Context Menu for Tables

When you right-click in the table, you see a pop-up menu with options that vary depending on the type of option you selected in the Physical Attributes pane. You can perform various operations by right-clicking the device listed in the table. To view various options available for switches, ISLs, and end devices, refer to the procedures in the sections that follows:

Viewing Switch Options

When you select the datacenter node, the switch table displays all the switches that are discovered. When you select the SAN node or the fabric node, the switch table displays all the Fibre Channel switches and when you select the LAN node, the switch table displays all the Ethernet switches.

DETAILED STEPS

Click Switches in the Physical Attributes pane.

Right-click the device in the table.

The pop-up menu provides the following options:

Apply Changes—Applies the changes to the switch.

Refresh Values—Refreshes the current values.

Undo Changes—Undoes modifications to the switch.

Export to File—Export the values to a file.

Print Table—Prints the table.

Detach Table—Detaches the table.

Switch Attributes—Changes the switch properties.

Interface Attributes—Changes the interface properties.

Element Manager—Manages this switch.

Command Line Interface—Enables to perform command line operations.

Copy—Copies the switch.

Purge—Purges the switch.

Fix Location—Fixes the switch in the current location.

Align—Aligns the switch.

Show End Devices—Shows the end devices.

Expand Multiple Links—Expands the links to this switch.

Other—Other options.

Group—Groups switches.

Viewing ISL Options

When you select the data center node, the ISLs table displays all of the Fibre Channel and Ethernet links. When you select the LAN node, the ISLs table displays all the Ethernet links.

DETAILED STEPS

In the Physical Attributes pane, click ISLs and then click Summary tab.

Right-click the device in the table.

The pop-up menu provides the following options:

Refresh Values—Refreshes the current values.

Copy—Copies information from a specific field.

Find—Conducts search based on the input string.

Export to File—Exports the values to a file.

Print Table—Prints the table.

Detach Table—Detaches the table.

Interface Attributes—Changes the interface properties.

Element Manager—Manages the device.

FCIP Tunnel Attributes—Changes FCIP tunneling properties.

Create Port Channel—Creates port channel.

Re-enable—Reenables a disabled device.

Enable FC-SP—Enables FC-SP.

SAN Extention Tuner—Optimizes FCIP performance.

Purge—Purges the device.

Note When you select a port channel from the table, the pop-up menu will have the following additional options:

Member Attributes—Changes the member properties.

Channel Attributes—Changes the port channel properties.

Edit—Edits the channel properties.

Viewing End Device Options

DETAILED STEPS

In the Physical Attributes pane, click End Devices and then click the Summary tab.

Right-click the device in the table.

The pop-up menu provides the following options:

Apply Changes—Applies the changes to the device.

Refresh Values—Refreshes the current values.

Copy—Copies the information specific to the field.

Paste—Pastes the copied text.

Undo Changes—Undoes modifications to the device.

Find—Searches for information depending on the input string.

Export to File—Exports the values to a file.

Print Table—Prints the table.

Detach Table—Detaches the table.

Device Attributes—Changes the device properties.

Interface Attributes—Changes the interface properties.

Element Manager—Manages this device.

Command Line Interface—Enables you to perform command line operations.

Copy—Copies the switch.

Purge—Purges the switch.

Fix Location—Fixes the switch in the current location.

Align—Aligns the switch.

Ping—Pings another device.

Trace Route—Determines the route taken by packets across the network.

Select Dependent Ports—Selects dependent ports.

Group—Groups devices.