# Adding a Fabric

To view a fabric in the topology display, do the following:

1. Open the Fabric menu and select Add Fabric, or click the Add button to open the Add a New Fabric dialog.

2. Enter a fabric name and the IP address of the switch through which to manage the fabric.

3. Enter an account name and a password. The factory account name is “admin” and the factory password is “password”. If security is turned off (default), you are not required to enter an account name or password. This account name is for the switch and is stored in the switch firmware.

4. Click the Add Fabric button.

Note: A switch supports a combined maximum of 19 logins reserved as follows:

* 4 sessions for internal applications such as management server and SNMP

* 15 sessions for SANbox Manager inband and out-of-band logins, Application Programming Interface (API) inband and out-of-band logins, and Telnet logins. Of these 15, there can be a combined maximum of 10 SANbox Manager and API logins. Additional logins will be refused.