The SANbox2 menu options displayed depends on whether you are using the topology display or the faceplate display. The topology display menu options are shown below in white background. The faceplate display menu options are shown below in gray background. In addition to the menu bar, both the topology and faceplate displays have context sensitive menus that pop up when you click in the graphic window with the right mouse button.
File Menu
Open View File (Ctrl+O, Alt+F+O) |
Opens an existing fabric view file |
Save View As (Alt+F+A) |
Saves fabric view file to a file |
Change Default File Password (Alt+F+D) |
Change the Default Fabric View File password |
Preferences (Alt+F+P) |
Opens the Preferences dialog |
Exit (Alt+F+X) |
Closes the SANbox Manager application |
Fabric Menu
Add a Fabric |
Adds a fabric to the topology display |
Remove Fabric (Alt+B+R) |
Removes a fabric from the topology display |
Rediscover Fabric (Alt+B+D) |
Clears out the currently displayed fabric information, and rediscovers information on all switches in the fabric |
Start Fabric View |
Starts the Fabric View application used to monitor port performance |
Show Event Browser (Alt+B+E) |
Opens the Event Browser in which switch event and alarm information can be filtered and displayed by time-stamp, switch (source), event type, and event description. Can be turned on or off (unavailable) using Preferences dialog. |
Switch Menu
Delete (Alt+S+D) |
Deletes switch from current fabric view |
Export Name Server (Alt+S+E) |
Saves name server information to a file |
Archive (Alt+S+A) |
Saves switch configuration information to a file |
Restore (Alt+S+R) |
Restores archived switch configuration information to the switch |
User Accounts (Alt+S+U) |
Opens User Accounts dialog in which to add a new a user, remove a current user, and change the password for a current user. |
Set Date/Time (Alt+S+D) |
Opens the Date/Time dialog in which to set the date and time on the switch |
Temperature Thresholds (Alt+S+H) |
Opens the Temperature Thresholds dialog in which to change the temperature threshold parameters |
Switch Properties (Alt+S+W) |
Opens the Switch Properties dialog |
Network Properties (Alt+S+N) |
Opens the Network Properties dialog |
Toggle Beacon (Alt+S+G) |
Sets the LEDs on the switch to blink so you can easily identify the switch |
Configure Alarm Thresholds (Alt+S+C) |
Opens the Configure Alarm Thresholds dialog in which to set rising/falling thresholds that trigger alarms on the switch |
Load Firmware (Alt+S+L) |
Opens the Load Firmware dialog from which you can upload and install new firmware to the switch |
Activate Firmware (Alt+S+V) |
Activates the uploaded firmware. |
Firmware Fallback (Alt+S+F) |
Opens the Firmware Fallback dialog from which to replace the current firmware image with the other (fallback) firmware image stored on the switch |
Reset Switch (Alt+S+E) |
Reboots or reinitializes switch to the most recent configuration |
Restore Factory Defaults (Alt+S+S) |
Restores switch settings to the configuration set at the factory |
Port Menu
Port Properties (Alt+P+R) |
Opens the Port Properties dialog |
Ext Credit Wizard (Alt+P+C) |
Opens the Extended Credits Wizard to extend port credits. |
Port Symbolic Name (Alt+P+N) |
Opens the Port Symbolic Name dialog in which to change the name of a port. |
Reset Port (Alt+P+T) |
Reinitializes selected port(s) |
Port Loopback Test (Alt+P+T) |
Runs Internal, External, Online diagnostic test on selected ports |
Zoning Menu
Edit Zoning (Alt+Z+E) |
Opens the Edit Zoning dialog in which you can change current zone sets |
Edit Zoning Config (Alt+Z+C) |
Opens the Zoning Config dialog in which to change the FC-SW-2 Auto Save, and Default Visibility settings |
Activate Zone Set (Alt+Z+A) |
Opens the Activate Zone Set dialog in which to activate a different zone set |
Deactivate Zone Set (Alt+Z+D) |
Opens the Deactivate Zone Set dialog in which to deactivate the current zone set |
Restore Default Zoning (Alt+Z+R) |
Restores zoning configuration to the default zoning |
View Menu
Refresh (Alt+V+R, F5) |
Starts a new polling cycle to update the currently displayed fabric information |
Layout Topology |
Arrange icons manually |
Toggle Auto Layout |
SANbox Manager automatically arranges the icons in topology display |
Remember Layout |
Saves a custom arrangement or layout that can be restored during a later SANbox Manager session |
View Port Modes |
Displays mode information on port icons in faceplate display |
View Port States |
Displays state information on port icons in faceplate display |
View Port Speeds |
Displays speed information on port icons in faceplate display |
View Port Media |
Displays media information on port icons in faceplate display |
Help
Help Topics |
Opens the online help file |
About… |
Displays SANbox Manager software version information |