About Topology Map Layout

Fabric Manager is built upon a topology representation of the fabric. Fabric Manager provides an accurate view of multiple fabrics in a single window by displaying topology maps based on device discovery information. The topology map visualizes device interconnections, highlights configuration information such as zones, VSANs, and ISLs exceeding utilization thresholds. The Fabric Manager topology map can be customized to provide a view into the fabric that varies from showing all switches, end devices, and links, to showing only the core switches with single bold lines for any multiple links between switches. Changes made to the topology map can be saved so that the customized view is available any time you open the Fabric Manager Client for that fabric.

To save the customized layout using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:

  1. Click File > Preferences to open the Fabric Manager preferences dialog box.
  2. Click the Map tab and check the Automatically Save Layout check box to save any changes to the topology map.
  3. Click Apply then OK to save this change, or click Close to discard any unsaved changes and close the dialog box.


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