C H A P T E R 32 Configuring Fabric Configuration Servers; About Fcs; Significance Of Fcs - Cisco DS-C9216I-K9 Configuration Manual

About FCS

Figure 32-1
Management
Application 1

Significance of FCS

The significance of FCSs are as follows:
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FCSs in a VSAN Environment
VSAN 1
N port
F port
(port VSAN=1)
Network Management
N port management application can query and obtain information about the fabric elements.
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SNMP Manager--A SNMP Manager can use the FCS management information base (MIB) to
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start discovery and obtain information about the fabric topology.
FCSs supports TE and TL ports in addition to the standard F and E ports.
FCS can maintain a group of modes with a logical name and management address when a platform
registers with it. FCSs maintain a backup of all registrations in secondary storage and updates it with
every change. When a restart or switchover happens, FCSs retrieve the secondary storage
information, and rebuild its database.
The SNMP manager can query FCSs for all the IEs, ports, and platforms in the fabric.
Management
Application 2
(port VSAN=2)
F port
Switch 3
(dFCS3)
ISL1
Switch 1
(dFCS1)
Switch 2
(dFCS2)
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VSAN 2
ISL2
Switch 4
(dFCS4)
ISL3
VSAN 3
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