Dell PowerEdge M710 Web Tools Administrator’s Guide - Page 172

DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 10 Displaying switch information Checking the physical health of a switch The Status button displays the operational state of the switch. The icon on the button displays the real-time status of the switch. If no data is available from a switch, the most recent background color remains displayed. Any error-based status messages that is based on a per time interval cause the status to show faulty until the entire sample interval has passed. If the switch status is marginal or critical, information on the trigger that caused that status displays in the Switch Information view. Click the Status button to display a detailed, customizable switch status report, shown in Figure 42. Note that this is a static report and not a dynamic view of the switch. FIGURE 42 Switch Report window Use the following procedure to check the physical health of the switch. 1. Select a logical switch using the drop-down list under Fabric Tree section in the Switch Explorer window. The selected switch displays in the Switch View. The icon on the Status button indicates the overall status of the switch. 2. Click Status on the Switch View. The detailed switch health report displays, as shown in Figure 42. 3. Optional: Click the underlined links in the left panel to display detailed information about ports and Switch Availability Monitoring (SAM). 144 Web Tools Administrator's Guide 53-1001772-01