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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x
Preface
This preface describes the audience, organization, and conventions of the Cisco MDS 9000 Family
Fabric Manager Configuration Guide. It also provides information on how to obtain related
documentation.
Audience
This guide is for experienced network administrators who are responsible for configuring and
maintaining the Cisco MDS 9000 Family of multilayer directors and fabric switches.This guide includes
information for switches running Cisco MDS 9000 Family SAN-OS or Cisco MDS 9000 FabricWare.
You should be familiar with the basic concepts and terminology used in internetworking, and understand
your network topology and the protocols that the devices in your network can use. You should also have
a working knowledge of the operating system on which you are running Fabric Manager, such as
Microsoft Windows, Linux, or Solaris.
Organization
This guide describes the most commonly used features of Fabric Manager and Device Manager. Refer
to the online help available with Fabric Manager or Device Manager for details on all features.
This guide is organized as follows:
Chapter Title Description
Chapter 1 Installation and Configuration Provides a brief overview of Fabric Manager
components and capabilities, and information
on installation and launching the applications.
Chapter 2 Fabric Manager Server Provides in-depth descriptions of GUI and
capabilities for the Fabric Manager Server.
Chapter 3 Fabric Manager Client Provides in-depth descriptions of GUI and
capabilities for the Fabric Manager.
Chapter 4 Device Manager Provides in-depth descriptions of GUI and
capabilities for the Device Manager.
Chapter 5 Fabric Manager Web Services Provides in-depth descriptions of GUI and
capabilities for the Fabric Manager Web Client.