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Preface
This preface describes the audience, organization, and conventions of the Cisco MDS 9000 Family
Fabric Manager User's Guide. It also provides information on how to obtain related documentation.
Audience
This guide is for system administrators who intend to use the Cisco Fabric Manager to configure and
monitor the switches that build the network fabric.
You should be familiar with the basic concepts and terminology used in internetworking, and understand
your network topology and the protocols that the devices in your network can use. You should also have
a working knowledge of the operating system on which you are running Fabric Manager, such as
Microsoft Windows, Linux, or Solaris.
Organization
This document contains the following chapters:
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"New and Changed Information"—Summarizes the new and changed features for the Cisco MDS
9000 Family Fabric Manager Switch Configuration Guide.
Chapter 1, "Product Overview"—Presents an overview of the Cisco MDS 9000 Family of
multilayer switches and directors.
Chapter 2, "Getting Started with Cisco Fabric
Manager components and capabilities, and information on installation and launching the
applications.
Chapter 3, "Overview of Fabric
capabilities for Fabric Manager Client, Fabric Manager Server, Device Manager, and Performance
Manager.
Chapter 4, "Before You Begin"—Discusses some things to be aware of before installing your
switch.
Chapter 5, "Obtaining and Installing
Family licensing model, license concepts, and license installation and management.
Chapter 6, "Initial Configuration"—Provides initial switch configuration options and switch
access information.
Manager"—Provides a brief overview of Fabric
Manager"—Provides in-depth descriptions of GUIs and
Licenses"—Provides information on the Cisco MDS 9000
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