The Ethernet Fabrics view displays a map of the traffic for VCS devices on your network. To view the
fabric members and TRILL (Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links) connections for a fabric,
double-click the fabric in the Product List. To display the topology map for Ethernet Fabrics, you
must have the Main Display - Ethernet Fabric privilege. For more information about privileges, refer
to

“User Privileges”

on page 1935.

The Ethernet Fabrics view Product List contains all the VCS fabrics known to the system. Within
each VCS fabric, nodes that are part of that VCS fabric display. You can only view one VCS fabric at
a time.

If the Ethernet fabric is connected to a backbone fabric that is available in the current SAN
topology, the backbone fabric and IFL connections display on the topology. The backbone fabric
displays as a non-expandable node. For IFL connections, the flyover details the following
information: - FC - -.

For more information about the components and customization of the topology map, refer to the
following sections:

•

“IP topology map components”

on page 420.

•

“Topology map elements”

on page 421.

•

“Topology map layout”

on page 423.

For more information about general functions you can perform on the topology map, refer to

“Topology Map functions”

on page 375.

Ethernet Fabric topology map functions

•

Go to backbone fabric — Right-click the backbone fabric and select the Go To icon and that
fabric displays on the SAN tab and selected on the SAN Product List and topology map.

•

Backbone fabric properties — Launch the Properties dialog box by selecting Properties from
the shortcut menu or View menu, or by clicking the Properties icon on the main tool bar. For
more information, refer to

“Viewing VCS fabric properties”

on page 1980.