What's Next - Cisco AJ732A - MDS 9134 Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

What's Next?

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Click Close to close the dialog box.
Step 7
Step 8 After creating a zone set and activating it, make sure you save the configuration file. See
"Configuration Files,"
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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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide
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Zone Set Activation/Deactivation
for details about copying and saving configuration files.
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.
Chapter 6 Configuring Zones and Zone Sets
Appendix D,
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