The topology viewer uses color and icons to indicate the status of objects in the topology and tabular views. These colors and icons are called overlays and are used to indicate health, performance, and policy compliance status. Overlays can be very useful for performing storage management tasks, such as troubleshooting the health of a storage asset, or determining the performance of a set of network devices.
Overlays can apply to:
Status overlays can apply to groups of topology objects, and can indicate the status of the group, whether the group is expanded or not. Status for more that one storage asset follows these rules:
Overlay icons have different colors and shapes, depending on the type of status that is being shown. Storage assets can have multiple status overlays. For example, a switch object in the topology can have a health overlay and a performance overlay. For a list of the available overlay icons, see Topology Icons overview.
You can see a short description of a particular object or status icon by holding the cursor over the object or icon for a brief time. These brief descriptions are called flyover help.
You can filter objects or connections to show just the information you need, based on existing overlays. Use the Settings window to change the filtering options.
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