McDATA Sphereon 4500 - Manual (Page 82)

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Monitoring and Managing the Switch
• BB_Credit
The BB_Credit supported by the device. For private loop devices,
this field will be blank.
Double-click a row to display the Node Properties dialog box. For an
explanation of the fields on the Node Properties dialog box, refer to
Displaying Node Properties .
Private loop devices do not log into the fabric and do not provide any
additional information other than their Arbitrated Loop Physical Address
(ALPA) for private loop devices. The Port WWN field displays Not Logged
In and the Unit Type field is blank for all private loop devices.
Menu Options Double-click on a port row to highlight it and display the Node
Properties dialog box for that port.
Right-click a row to select it, highlight it, and display a menu with the
following port-related action options:
• Node Properties
Select this option to display the Node Properties dialog box. Refer
to
Displaying Node Properties on page 2-27 for details.
• Port Properties
Select this option to display the Port Properties dialog box (refer to
Figure 2-3 on page 2-8).
• Define Nickname
Select this option to display the Define Nickname dialog box,
where you can define a nickname to display for the attached
device instead of the device's 8-byte WWN.
The Define Nickname dialog box displays the world wide name
(WWN) of the device attached to the port. To define a nickname,
enter a name of up to 32 characters in the Nickname field and click
OK. The nickname will display under the Port WWN column
instead of the device's WWN.