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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide

OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x

Chapter 32 Network Monitoring

SAN Discovery and Topology Mapping

To log into multiple fabrics, the same username and password must be used. The information for both

fabrics is displayed, with no need to select a seed switch. To see details of a fabric, click the tab for that

fabric at the bottom of the Fabric pane, or double-click the fabric’s cloud icon.

When you quit the Fabric Manager client, you can have Fabric Manager Server continuously monitor

that fabric. Alternatively, you can use Fabric Manager client to select a fabric to monitor.

To continuously monitor a fabric in Fabric Manager, follow these steps:

Step 1 Choose Server > Admin. You see the Server Admin dialog box with a list of fabrics.

Step 2 Check the Continuously Monitor check box next to the fabric(s) you want Fabric Manager Server to

monitor.

Step 3 Click Apply.

The Continuously Monitor feature requires the purchase of the Fabric Manager Server license package.

If you have not purchased and installed this package, you see a pop-up window informing you that you

are about to enable a demo license for this feature. Click Ye s to enable the demo license.

Note When you are finished checking out the demo, you can “check in” the feature by clicking the

Check In FM button as described in the “Fabric Manager Server Licensing” section on

page 9-13.

Step 4 Click Close to close the Server Admin dialog box.

Inventory Management

The Information pane in Fabric Manager shows inventory, configuration, and status information for all

switches, links, and hosts in the fabric. Inventory management includes vendor name and model, and

software or firmware versions. Select a fabric or VSAN from the Logical Domains pane, and then select

the Summary tab in the Information pane to get a count of the number of VSANS, switches, hosts, and

storage elements in the fabric. See the “Using Fabric Manager Client” section on page 3-3 for more

information on the Fabric Manager user interface.

If you have configured Fabric Manager Web Services, you can launch this application and access the

Inventory tab to see a summary of the fabrics managed by the Fabric Manager Server. The Inventory tab

shows an inventory of the selected SAN, fabric, or switch.

•Summary—Shows all VSANs, switches, and ports in the selected SAN or fabric.

•VSANs— Shows all VSANs in the selected SAN or fabric.

•Switches—Shows all attributes (such as IP address, vendor, and model) for all switches in the

selected SAN, fabric, or VSAN.

•Licenses—Shows details about the licenses in use in the fabric.

•Modules—Shows all line cards, fans, and power supplies for all switches in the selected SAN,

fabric, or VSAN.