About The Cisco Fabric Analyzer - Cisco AP776A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5020 Configuration Manual

Chapter 58 Troubleshooting Your Fabric
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m
•
•
•
•

About the Cisco Fabric Analyzer

The Cisco Fabric Analyzer consists of two separate components (see
•
•
Figure 58-1
OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
Configuring the Cisco Fabric Analyzer, page 58-6
Clearing Configured fcanalyzer Information, page 58-9
Displaying Configured Hosts, page 58-9
Displaying Captured Frames, page 58-9
Software that runs on the Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch and supports two modes of capture:
A text-based analyzer that supports local capture and decodes captured frames
–
A daemon that supports remote capture
–
GUI-based client that runs on a host that supports libpcap such as Windows or Linux and
communicates with the remote capture daemon in a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch.
Cisco Fabric Analyzer Usage
Remote mode
GUI output
FC analyzer
IP
network
10/100 Ethernet
(00B Mgmt)
IP
network
FC analyzer
Fibre Channel
fabric
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
Cisco Fabric Analyzer
Figure 58-1):
Local mode
Textual output
RS-232
(Serial console)
58-5