Fabric Manager 3.0 - Brocade Communications Systems SilkWorm 12000 Design, Deployment And Management Manual

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SilkWorm 12000 Management Interfaces

Fabric Manager 3.0

Fabric Manager provides full remote administration of a SAN or multiple SANs from a standard
desktop workstation. Currently there are clients for Solaris and Windows. This management access
method provides all the standard features of Web Tools, plus advanced switch features that allow for
more detailed management of the fabric. Refer to Brocade Fabric Manager User's Guide Version 3.0
(publication number: 53-0000204-0).
Currently Fabric Manager v3.0 or earlier does not allow for Switch Reboot when used in conjunction
with a SilkWorm 12000 running Fabric OS v4.0. However, it is still possible to perform the basic
administration functions that are available in Web Tools. Full support for the SilkWorm 12000 will be
available in a future release of Fabric Manager. Shown in Figure 6-19 is an example output of a six-
switch fabric. Note that two of the switches are SilkWorm 12000s.
Figure 6-19 Two SilkWorm 12000s As Shown in Fabric Manager
SNMP
SNMP provides for remote monitoring of the SilkWorm 12000 switch. SNMP requires that there be a
dedicated monitoring server in place. This server may run under many platforms (Solaris, IRIX, HPUX,
AIX, Windows, Linux, etc). There are also several SNMP monitoring software packages available.
Choosing a proper SNMP Management software package will greatly enhance the ability to monitor
and maintain a SAN with ease. SNMP has limited management capabilities, its primary function is to
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