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Displaying switch information, Switch event log, Device and host bus adapter information – HP McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem p-Class User Manual

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McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide

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Displaying switch information

The faceplate display and data windows provide the following switch information:

Switch event log

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Device and Host Bus Adapter information

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Switch status and operational information

, page 60

Port performance statistics

, page 64

Port status and operational information

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McDATA Web Server Configured Zonesets data window

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The fabric updates the display by forwarding changes in status to the management workstation as they
occur. You can allow the fabric to update the switch status, or you can refresh the display at any time. To
refresh switch status in the display, choose one of the following:

Click

Refresh.

Select

View > Refresh.

Press the

F5 key.

Right-click in the graphic window of the faceplate display. Select

Refresh Switch from the popup menu.

Switch event log

You can display the switch event log using the Event Browser. To open the Event Browser from McDATA
Web Server, select

Fabric > Show Event Browser. To open the Event Browser from Element Manager, select

View > Show Event Browser. See ”

Displaying the event browser

” on page 31 for more information about

using the Event Browser.

Device and Host Bus Adapter information

The Devices data window displays information about devices (hosts and storage targets) connected to the
switch. Click the

Devices data window tab to display name server information for all devices that are

logged into the selected fabric. To narrow the display to devices that are logged into specific switches,
select one or more switches in the fabric tree. See

Devices data window

” on page 34 for a description of

the entries in the Devices data window.