Chapter 2 Getting Started With Cisco Fabric Manager - Cisco DS-C9216I-K9 Configuration Manual

Getting Started with Cisco Fabric Manager
The Cisco Fabric Manager is a set of network management tools that supports Secure Simple Network
Management Protocol version 3 (SNMPv3) and legacy versions. It provides a graphical user interface
(GUI) that displays real-time views of your network fabric, and lets you manage the configuration of
Cisco MDS 9000 Family devices and third-party switches. The Cisco Fabric Manager applications are:
Fabric Manager Server
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Device Manager
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Fabric Manager Client
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Performance Manager
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Fabric Manager Server is the server component of the Cisco Fabric Manager tool set, and must be started
before running Fabric Manager. On a Windows PC, Fabric Manager Server is installed as a service. This
service can then be administered using the Service Panel in the Control Panel.
The Fabric Manager displays a map of your network fabric, including Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches,
third-party switches, hosts, and storage devices.
The Device Manager presents two views of a switch.
Device View displays a graphic representation of the switch configuration, and provides access to
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statistics and configuration information for a single switch.
Summary View displays a summary of xEPorts (Inter-Switch Links), Fx Ports (fabric ports), and Nx
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Ports (attached hosts and storage) on the switch, as well as FC and IP neighbor devices.
Performance Manager provides detailed traffic analysis by capturing data with SNMP. This data is
compiled into various graphs and charts which can be viewed with any web browser.
The Cisco Fabric Manager applications are an alternative to the command-line interface (CLI) for most
switch configuration commands. For information on using the CLI to configure a Cisco MDS 9000
Family switch, refer to the Cisco 9000 Family Configuration Guide or the Cisco 9000 Family Command
Reference. To learn more about the general capabilities of Cisco Fabric Manager, refer to this document.
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