SANbox2-64 Menu Bar

The SANbox2-64 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.

 

SANbox2-64 Menu

 

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 Switch Date and Time dialog from which to set the date and time on the switch

Hot Swap Wizard (Alt+S+H)

Opens the Hot Swap Wizard consisting of a series of dialogs that walk you through the process of removing, inserting, or replacing an I/O blade

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

 

Blade Menu

Blade Properties (Alt+B+P)

Opens Blade Properties dialog in which to view or change blade properties

Test Blade (Alt+B+T)

Verifies operational status of blade

Reset Blade (Alt+B+E)

Resets blade to the most recent configuration

 

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