McDATA Sphereon 4500 User Manual

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McDATA® Sphereon™ 4500 Fabric Switch Product Manager User Manual

Product Manager Overview

Fibre Channel fabrics managed by an EFC Server. The EFC Manager
also provides tools to administer user and product access to the EFC
Manager and Product Manager. Refer to the McDATA Enterprise
Fabric Connectivity Manager User Manual
(620-005001).

The Product Manager provides graphical views of switch hardware
components and displays of component status. By positioning the
cursor on icons, graphics, panels, and other visual elements in these
views and clicking the left or right mouse button, you can quickly
manage and monitor the switch on your network.

Access the switch Product Manager by double-clicking any switch
product icon on the EFC Manager’s Products View or the Topology tab
of the Fabrics View.

You can install the EFC Manager and Product Manager applications
on remote workstations, as shown in

Figure 1-1

, using any standard

web browser. For instructions, refer to the appendix in the McDATA
Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager User Manual
(620-005001) that
pertains to the operating system of your workstation.

Install the EFCM Lite on a customer-supplied server platform using
the instructions provided with the applications for that platform.

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