Cisco Systems MDS 9000 Installing the Management Software, Before You Install

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com.

1-6

Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide

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

Chapter 1 Installation and Configuration

Installing the Management Software

To install the software for the first time, or if you want to update or reinstall the software, access the

supervisor module with a web browser. Click the Install links on the web page that is displayed. The

software running on your workstation is verified to make sure you are running the most current version

of the software. If it is not current, the most recent version is downloaded and installed on your

workstation.

Note Before upgrading or uninstalling Fabric Manager or Device Manager, make sure any instances of these

applications have been shut down.

Installation options include:

•Upgrade/Downgrade - The installer detects your current version of Fabric Manager and Device

Manager, and it provides the option to upgrade or downgrade. The default is to upgrade to the latest

version of Fabric Manager or Device Manager.

•Uninstall - If you are downgrading from Fabric Manager 2.x to Fabric Manager 1.3x or earlier, use

the Uninstall batch file or shell script. Do not delete the MDS 9000 folder as this might prevent your

installation from being upgraded in the future.

Note We recommend that you install the latest version of the Fabric Manager applications. Fabric Manager is

backward-compatible with the Cisco MDS SAN-OS and Cisco FabricWare software running on the

switches. When upgrading, upgrade the Fabric Manager software first, and then upgrade the Cisco MDS

SAN-OS or Cisco FabricWare software on the switch.

Before You Install

Before you can access the Cisco Fabric Manager, you must complete the following tasks:

•Install a supervisor module on each switch that you want to manage.

•Configure the supervisor module with the following values using the setup routine or the CLI:

–

IP address assigned to the mgmt0 interface

–

SNMP credentials (v3 user name and password or v1/v2 communities), maintaining the same

username and password for all the switches in the fabric

Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(1a) or later supports AAA authentication using RADIUS, TACACS+

or local SNMP users.

The Cisco Fabric Manager software executable files reside on each supervisor module of each Cisco

MDS 9000 Family switch running Cisco MDS SAN-OS software in your network. The supervisor

module provides an HTTP server that responds to browser requests and distributes the software to

Windows or UNIX network management stations. You can also find Cisco Fabric Manager software pm

Cisco.com at the following website:

http://cisco.com/cgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/mds-fm

The Cisco Fabric Manager management software has been tested with the following software:

•Operating Systems

–

Windows 2000, 2003, XP