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Viewing element topology, About the topology tab – HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual

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Viewing Element Topology and Properties

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• The name is case sensitive, for example, “Element1” and “element1” are different elements.

3.

In the Vendor field, type the vendor of the tape drive.

4.

Select the Tape Library option.

5.

Click the Save button.

Viewing Element Topology

This section describes the following:

About the Topology Tab

” on page 279

About the New Window Option

” on page 285

Printing the Topology

” on page 286

About the Topology Tab

The Topology tab provides a graphical representation of an element's path. It displays additional

information not found in System Manager, such as adapters, slots, and fibre channel ports.
For example, assume you want to view the topology of a server called QASERVER02, and it

contains seven fixed local disks. If you double-click the server in System Manager and then click the
Topology

tab, you can see the path of the server. The Topology tab also displays the drives of the

server's fixed local disks, as well as the adapter used to connect the server with the switch, as shown