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Hardware view
Window layout and function
NOTE: The SAN management application window is still available as a
separate window. You can drag the Element Manager window away from the
SAN management application window and view both windows on your PC
desktop or minimize one or both of them to icons if desired. You can have a
maximum of four Element Manager windows open concurrently.
The main Element Manager window is divided into four main areas.
The menu bar on the Element Manager window displays tabs for the
following menus:
•
Product
•
Configure
•
Logs
•
Maintenance
•
Help
Click one of the tabs to display a list of menu options. Click an option
to open a dialog box that allows you to perform configuration and
maintenance tasks and view logs. If a menu option contains a check
box, click in the box to add a check mark and enable a function. Click
a check box containing a check mark to remove the check mark and
disable the function.
Product menu
Select one of the following options from the Product menu.
Management style
This provides a secondary menu with radio buttons for Open
Systems and FICON management styles. These options change some
Element Manager dialog boxes and options to allow management of
the switch in open systems or FICON environments.
• Open Systems. Click this radio button for (non-FICON) Fibre
channel environments.
• FICON. Typically, select this radio button when attaching an
IBM S/390 Parallel Enterprise or zSeries server to the switch
and implementing inband director management through a
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