Switch Management - Cisco Nexus 5010 Manual

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Software
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Ethanalyzer
Ethanalyzer is a Cisco NX-OS protocol analyzer tool based on the Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) open
source code. Ethanalyzer is a command-line version of Wireshark for capturing and decoding packets. You
can use Ethanalyzer to troubleshoot your network and analyze the control-plane traffic. For more informa-
tion about Ethanalyzer, see Cisco NX-OS Troubleshooting Guide, Release 4.0.
Call Home
The Call Home feature continuously monitors hardware and software components to provide
e-mail-based notification of critical system events. A versatile range of message formats is available for
optimal compatibility with pager services, standard e-mail, and XML-based automated parsing
applications. The feature offers alert grouping capabilities and customizable destination profiles. This
feature can be used, for example, to directly page a network support engineer, send an e-mail message
to a network operations center (NOC), and employ Cisco AutoNotify services to directly generate a case
with the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC). This feature is a step toward autonomous system
operation, which enables networking devices to inform IT when a problem occurs and helps to ensure
that the problem is resolved quickly.
Online Diagnostics
Cisco generic online diagnostics (GOLD) is a suite of diagnostic facilities to verify that hardware and
internal data paths are operating as designed. Boot-time diagnostics, continuous monitoring, and
on-demand and scheduled tests are part of the Cisco GOLD feature set. GOLD allows rapid fault
isolation and continuous system monitoring.

Switch Management

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Simple Network Management Protocol
Cisco NX-OS is compliant with Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) version 1, version 2,
and version 3. A full set of Management Information Bases (MIBs) is supported.
Role-Based Access Control
With role-based access control (RBAC), you can limit access to switch operations by assigning roles to
users. Administrators can customize access and restrict it to the users who require it.
Configuration Methods
You can configure Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches using direct network configuration methods or web
services hosted on a Fabric Manager server.
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Simple Network Management Protocol, page 1-6
Role-Based Access Control, page 1-6
Configuration Methods, page 1-6
Chapter 1 Product Overview
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