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Finding the status of a port on a switch – HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual

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Viewing Element Topology and Properties

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*The management server displays cxfs for SGI IRIX computers if it detects cxfs on the cluster. On

individual IRIX computers "cxfs" is not displayed when you type the following at the command

prompt:

df -k

Data may be missing from the Navigation tab for a McDATA or a Connectrix switch if the switch

was discovered by using SNMP and one of the following techniques:

Its IP address

Enterprise Fabric Connectivity (EFC) Manager or EMC Enterprise Connectrix Manager (ECM)

If the McDATA and/or Connectrix switches are discovered by their IP address (SNMP connection),

the following fields are empty:

IP Gateway

Switch ID

FC Net Address

FC Net Mask

If the McDATA and/or Connectrix switches are discovered by SNMP and by Enterprise Fabric

Connectivity (EFC) Manager or by EMC Enterprise Connectrix Manager (ECM), the following fields

are empty:

IP Gateway

Switch ID

DNS Name

IP Address

IP Net Mask

FC Net Address

FC Net Mask

To learn how to access the Navigation tab, see

Accessing the Navigation Tab

” on page 275 for

more information.

Finding the Status of a Port on a Switch

The management server can detect the status of a switch. This can be especially useful if a port is

being a problem. To find the status of a port on a switch:

1.

Access System Manager as described in

Accessing System Manager

” on page 219.

Switches

Storage

Systems

Table 42

Information Available from the Navigation Page (continued)

Element

Dependencies

Front

Physical

Back

Physical

Logical

Physical