Switch Manager
85HP StorageWorks 2/8q Fibre Channel Switch Management User Guide
Name Server data window
The Name Server data window displays information about devices (hosts and storage targets)
connected to the switch. To open the Name Server data window from the topology or faceplate
display, click the Name Server tab below the data window. In the topology display, if no
switches are selected, the name-server entries for the entire fabric are displayed in the data
window; if switches are selected, only the devices attached to the selected switches are
displayed. In the faceplate display, only the devices attached the switch being viewed are
displayed. See Table 10 for a description of the Name Server data window entries.
Configuring ports
The port settings or characteristics are configured using the Port menu and the Port Properties
dialog box as shown in Figure 31. To open the Port Properties dialog box for a port, select one
or more ports, and then select Port > Port Properties.
Figure 31: Port Properties dialog box
The Port Properties dialog box displays the switch name and the selected port(s). Use the Port
Properties dialog box to view and change the following:
■ Port States parameters
■ Port Speed parameters
■ Port Type parameters
■ Interoperability Credits parameters
■ I/O Stream Guard parameters
■ Device Scan parameter
■ Changing the port symbolic name
■ Extending port credits