# Graphical User Interface

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.