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Chapter 3
Overview of Fabric Manager
The main window has a menu bar, toolbar, message bar, status bar, and three panes:
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You can resize each pane by dragging the boundaries between each region or by clicking the Minimize
or Maximize controls.
Menu Bar, Toolbars, and Status Bar
The menu bar at the top of the Fabric Manager main window provides options for managing and
troubleshooting the current fabric and for controlling the display of information on the Map pane. The
menu bar provides the following menus:
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The Fabric Manager main toolbar provides buttons for accessing the most commonly used menu bar
options. The Map pane toolbar provides buttons for managing the appearance of the map. The
Information pane toolbar provides buttons for editing and managing the Information pane.
The status bar shows the last entry displayed by the discovery process, and the possible error message
on the right side. It displays a dialog stating that something has changed in the fabric and a new discovery
is needed. The status bar shows both short-term, transient messages (such as the number of rows
displayed in the table), and long-term discovery issues.
Logical/Physical Pane
Use the Logical tab on the Logical/Physical pane to manage virtual SAN attributes (e.g., zones) in the
currently discovered fabric.
To manage zones, right-click one of the folders in the VSAN tree and click Edit Local Zone Database
from the pop-up menu. You see the Edit Local Zone Database dialog box.
Use the Physical tab on the Logical/Physical pane to display a menu tree of the options available for
managing the switches in the currently discovered fabric.
To select an option, click a folder to display the options available and then click the option. You see the
dialog box for the selected option in the Information pane.
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Logical/Physical pane—Displays a tree of configured VSANs and zones on the Logical tab and a
menu tree of available configuration tasks on the Physical tab (see Number 6,
Information pane—Displays information about whatever option is selected in the menu tree (see
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Map pane—Displays a map of the network fabric, including switches, hosts, and storage. It also
provides tabs for displaying log and event data (see Number 3,
File—Open a new fabric, rediscover the current fabric, locate switches, set preferences, print the
map, and export the Map pane log.
View—Change the appearance of the map (these options are duplicated on the Map pane toolbar).
Zone—Manage zones, zone sets, and Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR).
Tools—Verify and troubleshoot connectivity and configuration, as described in the "Analyzing
Switch Fabric Configuration" section.
Performance—Run and configure Performance Manager and Cisco Traffic Analyzer, and generate
reports.
Server—Run administrative tasks on clients and fabrics.
Help—Display online help topics for specific dialog boxes in the Information pane.
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Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager Switch Configuration Guide
Using Fabric Manager
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