Connectivity Map; View Management; Host Port Mapping - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 8/12c User Manual

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Connectivity map

Connectivity map

The Connectivity Map, which displays in the upper right area of the main widow, is a grouped map
that shows physical and logical connectivity of Fabric OS components, including discovered and
monitored devices and connections. These components display as icons in the Connectivity Map.
For a list of icons that display in the Connectivity Map, refer to the following tables in
"Getting
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The Management application displays all discovered fabrics in the Connectivity Map by default. To
display a discovered Host in the Connectivity Map, you must select the Host in the Product List. You
can only view one Host and physical and logical connections at a time.

View management

You can customize the topology by creating views at the managed host level in addition to the fabric
level views. If you discover or import a Fabric with more than approximately 2000 devices, the
devices display on the Product List, but not on the Connectivity Map. Instead, the topology area
shows a message stating that the topology cannot be displayed. To resolve this issue, create a new
view to filter the number of devices being discovered.
Instructions for managing customized views of the topology are detailed in
Management"
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Host port mapping

Host bus adapters (HBAs) and hosts discovered through one or more fabrics can be easily
identified in the topology by their product icons. For a list of products and their icons, refer to
product icons"
HBAs to them and import an externally created host port mapping file (.CSV) to the Management
application.
NOTE
The Management application now enables you to map HBAs from multiple fabrics (previous versions
limited HBA mapping to one fabric).
The Management application also enables you to discover hosts directly using Host discovery (for
step-by-step instructions, refer to
you open the Host Port Mapping dialog box, the Management application automatically groups all
HBAs under the host.
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Started":
"Host product icons" on page 18
"Host group icons" on page 19
"SAN port icons" on page 19
and include information about the following:
"Creating a customized view"
"Editing a customized view"
"Deleting a customized view"
"Copying a view"
"Grouping on the topology"
on page 18. Once identified in the topology, you can create hosts and assign the
"Host discovery" on page 66). If you discover a host directly, when
Chapter 1,
Chapter 7, "View
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