Dell PowerVault 50F (Fibre Channel Switch) - Manual (Page 31)

Introducing PowerVault™ 50F Fibre Channel Switch Manager: Dell™ PowerVault™ 50F 8-Port Fibre Channel Switch Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
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Real-time graphical switch/port status and statistics report
— Port performance shown graphically (polled up to 2.5 seconds depending on operating system and
browser used)
— Four minutes of aggregate bandwidth throughput (polled up to 2.5 seconds depending on operating
system and browser used) shown graphically, scaled dynamically, based on activity
— Management with security protection via:
- Graphical User Interface (GUI)
- Management by Telnet commands (Telnet session)
Screen views
— Five for monitoring and gathering information
— Two for administrative interfaces
Help functions
— Pop-up help for error conditions
— Glossary help
— Online help HTML pages
Interface
— Out-of-band via a 10BaseT Ethernet connection
Switch Management Tools
The management tools provide five screens, as described in the following subsections.
Fabric View Page
The Fabric View Page shows the number of network switches and confirms worldwide names, domain IDs,
and switch names, if applicable.
Fabric Topology View Page
The Fabric Topology View Page shows the physical configuration including active domains, paths and
routing information. For example, the hop count which is the number of switches that handle a data frame
from origination through to the destination.
General Switch View Page
The General Switch View Page displays switch enclosure information, confirms general switch information,
and includes GUI buttons for quick access to the Administrative Interface, Telnet, and the Performance View.
The front panel identifies the type of interface module installed in each switch slot, the industry media (GBIC,
or Gigabit Interface Converter) used by the ports, and each port's light-emitting diode (LED) status. From this
view, more information is available about the switch by moving to either the Performance View or the Port
Detail View.