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Using menu options, Switch menu – HP StorageWorks 2.12 Edge Switch User Manual

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Monitoring and Managing the Switch

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Edge Switch Element Manager User Guide

FC Address Domain—The switch’s Fibre Channel address (hexadecimal).

CTP State—Either Active or Failed.

Switch Speed—This is always set to

2 Gig

.

Switch Binding— Displays

Enabled

if the optional SANtegrity Binding

features are installed and enabled. Otherwise, displays

Disabled

.

Using Menu Options

Right-click on various parts of the Hardware View to display menu options for
displaying status and information and for controlling the switch and various
hardware components.

Switch Menu

Right-click on any area of the switch illustration where a hardware component is
not installed to display the following menu options:

Properties—Click this option to display the Switch Properties dialog box.
This dialog box contains the switch name, description, location, and contact
person configured through the Configure Identification dialog box. Also
included is other product information, as detailed in “

Displaying Switch

Information

” on page 68. You can also display this dialog box by

double-clicking an area on the illustration (near to, but not on, a hardware
component).

Enable Unit Beaconing—Click this option to toggle unit beaconing on or
off. When the check box has a check mark, unit beaconing is on, and the
system error light (ERR) on the switch blinks to help users locate the unit
managed by the Element Manager. The amber indicator on the Hardware
View also blinks when beaconing is enabled. When you click the check box to
remove the check mark, the unit beaconing is disabled.

Note:

You can only enable beaconing if there are no system errors (the system error

indicator is off).

Clear System Error Light—Click this option to turn off the amber system
error light (ERR), located below the green/blue power (PWR) LED on the
switch. This also turns off the amber system error light indicator in the
Hardware View (front view)

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