Chapter 3 Fabric Manager Server; Installing And Configuring Fabric Manager Server; Installing Fabric Manager Server - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Installing and Configuring Fabric Manager Server

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You must have the same release of Fabric Manager Client and Fabric Manager Server.
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Installing and Configuring Fabric Manager Server
Prior to running Fabric Manage Server, you should create a special Fabric Manager administrative user
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on each switch in the fabric or on a remote AAA server. Use this user to discover your fabric topology.
See the
To install Fabric Manager Server and set the initial configuration, follow these steps:
Step 1 Install Fabric Manager and Fabric Manager server on your workstation. See the
Manager Server" section on page
Step 2 Log in to Fabric Manager. See the
and Later" section on page
Optionally, create flows Performance Manager to monitor your fabric. See the
Step 3
Statistics" section on page
Set Fabric Manager Server to continuously monitor the fabric. See the
Step 4
Server Fabric" section on page
Repeat
Step 5
Install Fabric Manager Web Server. See the
Step 6
Verify Performance Manager is collecting data. See the
Step 7
section on page

Installing Fabric Manager Server

When you install Fabric Manager, the basic version of the Fabric Manager Server (unlicensed) is
installed with it. After you click the Fabric Manager icon, a dialog box opens and you can enter the IP
address of a computer running the Fabric Manager Server component. If you do not see the Fabric
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The unlicensed Cisco Fabric Manager can only monitor and configure one fabric at a time. You
must use the Open menu to switch to a new fabric, which causes the application to stop
monitoring the previous one and to rediscover the new fabric.
Continuous health monitoring—MDS health is monitored continuously, so any events that
occurred since the last time you opened the Fabric Manager Client are captured.
Roaming user profiles—The licensed Fabric Manager Server uses the roaming user profile feature
to store your preferences and topology map layouts on the server, so that your user interface will be
consistent regardless of what computer you use to manage your storage networks.
"Best Practices for Discovering a Fabric" section on page
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Step 2 through Step 4 for each fabric that you want to manage through Fabric Manager Server.
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"Launching Fabric Manager Client in Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.2(1)
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"Installing Fabric Manager Web Server" section on page
"Verifying Performance Manager Collections"
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"Installing Fabric
"Counting Flow
"Managing a Fabric Manager
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