The Fabric View graphical user interface enables port activity to be monitored from a workstation, and consists of a menu bar, a tool bar, a fabric tree (left windowpane), and a graph window (right windowpane).
To start Fabric View, open the faceplate display, open the Fabric menu and select Start Fabric View. To display a graph in the right windowpane, double-click a port in the fabric tree in the left windowpane.
The appearance and function of the graphs can be configured as follows:
Graph types
Kbytes or frames per second.
Traffic types
The total number of Kbytes or frames transmitted, received, or transmitted and received per second.
Errors
The total number of errors encountered per second.
Traffic type colors
User-defined colors for the traffic types and graph background included in all graphs.
Grid lines
Whether or not to display grid lines on graphs.
Polling frequency
How often (1 - 60 seconds) the Fabric View application polls the fabric to obtain the most current port traffic information and display it in the graph.