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# View physical view

Unisphere supports the display of the physical view for a storage system.

## Prerequisites

See Roles and associated permissions to determine the user roles that can perform this task.

## About this task

A physical view is supported for storage systems running PowerMaxOS 10 (6079). The view displays how the hardware is comprised along with its associated components. The view consists of the front or rear bay images, list of directors and DAEs within the system. Hovering over each component displays a tooltip detailing the name of the component.

## Steps

1. Select the storage system.
2. Select System > Physical View.
3. Click the Front radio button.

   The front physical view displays. Hovering over a component within the physical view results in the display of a tooltip displaying the FRU ID. Select the slider to zoom in and out on the physical view.

4. Click the Rear radio button.

   The rear physical view displays. Hovering over a component within the physical view results in the display of a tooltip displaying the FRU ID. Select the slider to zoom in and out on the physical view.

5. Depending on the storage system selected, click the refresh icon or click the Refresh Physical View to retrieve and display the most recent physical view details.
6. To view an animation of the steps involved in a component procedure, select an operation (replace, install, uninstall, remove, add, open, or close) from the Animations drop-down menu.
7. For storage systems that support a customer replaceable small form factor pluggable component (SFP) replacement policy (see View Storage System details), click the Replace Faulted SFPs (see Replace faulted SFP).
8. From the rear physical view, click the Cabling checkbox and select one of the options on the Cabling drop-down menu to view the related cable connection details.