A method for displaying graphically interconnected network fabrics on a
graphical user interface. The method disclosed herein is a view manager
that identifies fabrics (e.g., storage area networks) in a network system
and then displays graphical representations of the fabrics within a
graphical user interface. In this manner, the fabric representations are
displayed in respective regions of the graphical user interface such that
the pixels of each fabric representation do not overlap. Graphical
interconnections are displayed between network fabrics to represent the
relationship and connectivity between the fabrics. Additionally, the view
manager displays the physical and virtual components or resources (e.g.,
host computers, switch devices, storage devices) that make up the network
fabrics as graphical objects within the fabric representations. In order
to show the relationship and connectivity between the resource objects,
the view manager also displays graphical interconnections that flow
between the resources.