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Appendix C Managing Cisco FabricWare
Managing Cisco FabricWare with Fabric Manager
The syslog, or system message logging software, saves messages in a log file or directs the messages to
other devices. This feature provides you with the following capabilities:
•Provides logging information for monitoring and troubleshooting
•Allows you to select the types of captured logging information
•Allows you to select the destination server to forward the captured logging information
By default, the switch logs normal but significant system messages to a log file and sends these messages
to the system console. You can specify which system messages should be saved based on the type of
facility and the severity level. You can access logged system messages using the CLI or by saving them
to a properly configured system message logging server.
You can configure the Cisco MDS 9020 switch using the CLI to send notifications to SNMP managers
when particular events occur. You can send these notifications as traps.

Managing Cisco FabricWare with Fabric Manager

Fabric Manager Release 2.1(2) or later supports switches running Cisco FabricWare.
Note If you have a mixed fabric of Cisco SAN-OS and Cisco FabricWare switches, we recommend that you
securely open the fabric with a Cisco SAN-OS switch using SNMPv3. The SNMPv1/v2c communities
for the Cisco FabricWare switches should be entered in the communities.properties file. See the“Setting
the Seed Switch” section on page 2-4 and the “Adding A Community String to the
communities.properties File” section on page 26-4.
Table C-1 shows the supported features and where to access more information on that feature.
Table C-1 FabricWare Features in Fabric Manager
Feature FabricWare Capabilities Section
Zones Zone configuration
Zone membership by pWWN
No Cisco FabricWare support for QoS,
broadcast, LUN, or read-only zones
Using the Zone Configuration Tool
Adding Zone Members
Zoning Features
Interfaces 1/2/4 Fibre Channel autonegotiating ports Fibre Channel Interfaces
SNMP SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c SNMP Version 1 and Version 2c
Adding A Community String to the
communities.properties File, page
26-4
Software images Automated upgrades
Manual upgrades
Using the Software Install Wizard
Software Upgrade Methods
FLOGI, name server,
FDMI, and RSCN
Displaying FLOGI details
Registering name server proxies
Displaying FDMI
RSCN statistics
Refer to the Cisco MDS 9020
Switch Configuration Guide and
Command Reference.