Launching Cisco Fabric Manager - Cisco DS-C9216I-K9 Configuration Manual

Overview of Fabric Manager
This chapter contains descriptions of, and instructions for using, the Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager.
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Launching Cisco Fabric Manager

When you click on the Fabric Manager icon, the dialog box allows you to enter the IP address of a
computer running the FMServer component. If the server component is running on your local machine,
leave "localhost" in that field. If you try to run Fabric Manager without specifying a valid server, you
are prompted to start the FMServer.
On a Windows PC, you install the FMServer as a service. This service can then be administered using
the Service Panel in the Control Panel. The default setting for the FMServer service is that the server is
automatically started when the machine is rebooted. You can change this behavior by modifying the
properties in the Service panel.
If your computer has multiple interface cards (NICs), choose a local interface that can reach Fibre
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Channel network on clients and on the server.
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Launching Cisco Fabric Manager, page 3-1
Using Fabric Manager, page 3-2
Discovering and Viewing the Network Fabric, page 3-7
Controlling Administrator Access with Users and Roles, page 3-7
Modifying Device Grouping, page 3-7
Setting Fabric Manager Preferences, page 3-8
Viewing Reports in Fabric Manager, page 3-9
Using Device Manager, page 3-10
Using Performance Manager, page 3-14
Configuring PM for Use with Cisco Traffic Analyzer, page 3-16
Stopping Data Collection, page 3-19
Exporting Data Collection to XML Files, page 3-19
Removing Data Collection Files from the List, page 3-19
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