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About Cisco Fabric Manager
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Fabric Manager Server

The Fabric Manager Server component must be started before running Fabric Manager. On a Windows
PC, the Fabric Manager Server is installed as a service. This service can then be administered using the
Windows Services in the Control Panel. Fabric Manager Server is responsible for discovery of the
physical and logical fabric, and for listening for SNMP traps, syslog messages, and Performance
Manager threshold events. For more information, see

Fabric Manager Client

The Fabric Manager Client component displays a map of your network fabrics, including Cisco MDS
9000 Family switches, third-party switches, hosts, and storage devices. The Fabric Manager Client
provides multiple menus for accessing the features of the Fabric Manager Server. For more information,
see

Fabric Manager Server Proxy Services

The Fabric Manager Client and Device Manager use SNMP to communicate with the Fabric Manager
Server. In typical configurations, the Fabric Manager Server may be installed behind a firewall. The
SNMP proxy service available in Cisco Fabric Manager Release 2.1(1a) or later provides a TCP-based
transport proxy for these SNMP requests. The SNMP proxy service allows you to block all UDP traffic
at the firewall and configure Fabric Manager Client to communicate over a configured TCP port.
Fabric Manager uses the CLI for managing some features on the switches. These management tasks are
used by Fabric Manager and do not use the proxy services. Your firewall must remain open for CLI
access for the following features:
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If you are using the SNMP proxy service and another application on your server is using port 9198, you
need to modify your workstation settings.
The MDS switch always checks the local SNMP users before the remote AAA users, unlike the CLI.
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To modify a Windows workstation, follow these steps:
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
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Fabric Manager Web Server
Chapter 5, "Fabric Manager Client."
External and internal loopback test
Flash files
Create CLI user
Security - ISCSI users
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Switch resident reports (syslog, accounting)
Zone migration
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Chapter 2 Installing Cisco MDS NX-OS and Fabric Manager
Chapter 3, "Fabric Manager Server."
OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x