SAN Topology tool displays a map of the physical interconnection of storage devices, servers and SAN switches at the FC port level.
Supported devices:
- Storage: all except Dell EMC XtremIO, HPE StoreOnce, HPE MSA, EMC ME4/5 series, IBM XIV/A9k and NAS devices
You can find SAN Topology in:
- UI → SAN → SAN Topology
- UI → Storage → SAN Topology
- UI → Storage → (storage device) → Mapping → SAN Topology
- UI → Server → IBM Power System → SAN Topology
SAN Topology provides different types of views:
- Overview: high level view of parent components
- All connections: detailed view of all ports with their WWNs
- Custom: limited veiw for selected devices
- Fabric: ISL connections between SAN switches within a Fabric
Interactive map:
- Drag to move the topology map
- Scroll to zoom in/out
- Click on a parent component to highlight all connections originating from that component
- Click on a specific port to highlight the path to the destination port
- Hover over a connection to view utilization and WWN information
- The color of individual connections indicate utilization
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Examples
Overview
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Detailed
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Detailed : interactive
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Storage local
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Server
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Server detail
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