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HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual

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NOTE:

Right-click menu options are not available to undiscovered fabrics.

Table 34

Drop-Down Menu Options Accessible from the Topology*

Menu Option

Description

Go to Navigation
Details

This menu option redirects you to the Navigation page. If the element is

labeled “Discovered,” you are shown the Properties page. Elements are

labeled “Discovered” when the management server has discovered the

element, but it cannot obtain additional information about it. See ”

About the

Navigation Tab

” on page 301.

Go to Element
Topology

Displays a graphical representation of the path of an element. This also

includes multipathing. See ”

Viewing Element Topology

” on page 309.

Show Events

Displays the events for an element. See ”

About the Events Tab

” on page 320.

Show Policies

Displays the Policy tab for the element. You can then view, add, modify and

delete polices assigned to the element. See ”

About the Policies Tab

” on

page 324 for more information.

Update Element
Data

The management server gathers new and changed details from the element

and then redraws the topology with the updated information.
The Update Element Data functionality does not detect element components

that have been removed, such as ports and LUNs. For example, assume you

removed several LUNs from an array. If you right-click the storage system and

select Update Element Data, the LUNs still appear in the user interface. You

must perform Discovery Data Collection/Get Details for the deleted LUNs to

be removed from the user interface. See

Step 4 - Discovery Data Collection

or Get Details

” on page 90.

Show Impact

Highlights the elements that are impacted. See ”

Showing the Impact of an

Element

” on page 276.

Show Port
Details

Lets you determine the use of each port for all elements in the network. See

Viewing Ports

” on page 275 for more information.