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HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual

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Viewing Element Topology and Properties

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*Additional menu items may appear for types of Automators and Advisors, such as Reachable

Storage. The descriptions of the right-click menu options for a fabric appear in the following section,

since these menu options are only accessible from the List tab.
When you right-click a fabric in the List tab, you are shown the following options:

Change Fabric Name

- Type the new fabric name in the Change Fabric Name window. Then,

click OK.

Go to Properties

- Displays the properties of the fabric. See ”

Viewing Element Properties

” on

page 275 tab for more information. It also provides access to the Events and Provisioning

Manager tabs. The Events tab displays events occurring within the fabric. The Provisioning

Delete Element

Removes an element and its discovery instance from the system. It also

removes other elements discovered through the removed element. See

Deleting Elements from the Product

” on page 78.

Important

: If you are blocking pop-ups in a Netscape or Mozilla Web

browser and you use the right-click menu to delete an element from System

Manager, the Delete window is blocked and you are unable to delete the

element. You must disable the popup blocker before you can delete the

element.

Adding a Custom
Command

Lets you run a custom command on an element, for example to start an

executable or a script. See

Adding a Custom Command

” on page 259.

Group together
with other
elements

Lets you group “Discovered” hosts and storage systems.
See one of the following topics:

Grouping "Discovered" Hosts

” on page 252

Grouping "Discovered" Storage Systems

” on page 254

Ungroup into
multiple
elements

Lets you ungroup “Discovered” hosts and storage systems.
See one of the following topics:

Ungrouping "Discovered" Hosts

” on page 253

Ungrouping "Discovered" Storage Systems

” on page 255

Recalculate
Topology

Lets you know about topology changes. The management server contacts the

elements on the topology list (Discovery > Topology) to determine topology

changes. The management server uses this updated information to redraw the

topology.

Change Fabric
Name
(Only Available

from the List Tab)

Lets you change the name of the fabric. See ”

Changing the Fabric Name

” on

page 255 for more information.

Table 30

Drop-Down Menu Options Accessible from the Topology* (continued)

Menu Option

Description