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Select from Left Frame Select host/Topology from left frame
Topology Icons Topology icons explanations.
 
 
Select a Host/Topology [ Back ]

Use the Topology section to display a host-based topology and SAN-based topologies.

To display the corresponding topology, select a host from the left frame. You can also select a TOPO name, as created in the Topology Maintenance -> Merge Topologies section.  
 
Topology Icons [ Back ]

The icons shown in Topology Help symbolize the various storage devices that Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment monitors. Inside each storage device icon are boxes that represent disks inside the arrays, ports, and 'other' components.

The 'other' category includes a variable set of boxes that represent components (labeled L, M, P, V, F, B, P, and O) of the enclosures that are monitored. 'Other' components include the following:

Fibre Channel errors are represented by red links with the word 'fc' in red. This means that CRC or ITW were found at either end of the link in red.
Fibre Channel errors are usually intermittent and do no represent a hard failure. When a hard failure occurs, a switch port going offline for example, fibre channel counters are ignored.