Changing The Fabric Manager Server User Name And Password; Changing The Polling Period And Fabric Rediscovery Time; Using Device Aliases Or Fc Aliases - Cisco AP775A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5010 Configuration Manual

Chapter 3 Fabric Manager Server
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Changing the Fabric Manager Server User Name and Password

You can modify the user name or password used to access a fabric from Fabric Manager Client without
restarting Fabric Manager Server.
To change the user name or password used by Fabric Manager Server, follow these steps:
Choose Server > Admin.
Step 1
You see the Control Panel dialog box with the Fabrics tab open (see
Set the Name or Password for each fabric that you are monitoring with Fabric Manager Server.
Step 2
Click Apply to save these changes.
Step 3

Changing the Polling Period and Fabric Rediscovery Time

Fabric Manager Server periodically polls the monitored fabrics and periodically rediscovers the full
fabric at a default interval of five cycles.You can modify these settings from Fabric Manager Client
without restarting Fabric Manager Server.
To change the polling period or full fabric rediscovery setting used by Fabric Manager Server using
Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Choose Server > Admin.
Step 1
You see the Control Panel dialog box with the Fabrics tab open (see
Step 2 For each fabric that you are monitoring with Fabric Manager Server, set the Polling Interval to determine
how frequently Fabric Manager Server polls the fabric elements for status and statistics.
For each fabric that you are monitoring with Fabric Manager Server, set the Rediscover Cycles to
Step 3
determine how often Fabric Manager Server rediscovers the full fabric.
Click Apply to save these changes.
Step 4

Using Device Aliases or FC Aliases

You can change whether Fabric Manager uses FC aliases or global device aliases from Fabric Manager
Client without restarting Fabric Manager Server.
To change whether Fabric Manager uses FC aliases or global device aliases using Fabric Manager, follow
these steps:
Step 1 Choose Server > Admin.
You see the Control Panel dialog box with the Fabrics tab open (see
For each fabric that you are monitoring with Fabric Manager Server, check the Device Alias check box
Step 2
to use global device aliases, or uncheck to use FC aliases.
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