What's Next - Cisco MDS 9000 Configuration Manual

Chapter 5 Configuring Zones and Zone Sets
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What's Next?

After completing the procedures in this book, your Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch can provide the
basic, minimal Fibre Channel services necessary to enable hosts to access their storage. Beyond this, you
will want to set up security, management, and monitoring for your network. These tasks are beyond the
scope of this document. However, the following tasks should be performed to leverage the full abilities
of the MDS switch.
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Configure DNS servers.
Enable SSH and disable Telnet.
Create unique user names for each user.
Create and assign roles for users that do not include network administrative privileges.
Configure TACACS+/Radius for centralized user management.
Configure a syslog server.
Configure time/date/timezone and additionally NTP.
Configure schedules and jobs to regularly back up the configuration of the MDS switch.
Configure device aliases.
If licensed, configure Fabric Manager Server to provide historical and performance trending.
Configure Call Home.
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide
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