Cisco Systems MDS 9000 Modifying Fabric Manager Server

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide

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

Chapter 2 Fabric Manager Server

Modifying Fabric Manager Server

•proxy.localaddress—Specifies the local network interface name, e.g. "eth0", "eth1", or a local IP

address, to bind proxy server socket on a multi-homed localhost. If IP address 0.0.0.0 is specified, proxy

will be bound to the wildcard address, an IP address chosen by the kernel.

•proxy.localport—Specifies the local TCP port to listen for client connection. If port 0 is specified, proxy

will be bound to a port chosen by the kernel. Default is 9198.

For more information on setting the server properties, see Chapter 5, “Fabric Manager Web Services.”

Modifying Fabric Manager Server

Fabric Manager Release 2.1(2) or later allows you to modify certain Fabric Manager Server settings

without stopping and starting the server. These settings include:

•Changing the Fabric Manager Server Username and Password, page 2-9

•Changing the Polling Period and Fabric Rediscovery Time, page 2-9

You can modify the username or password used to access a fabric from Fabric Manager client without

restarting Fabric Manager Server.

To change the username or password used by Fabric Manager Server, follow these steps:

Step 1 In Fabric Manager, select Server > Admin. You see the Admin dialog box displayed.

Step 2 For each fabric that you are monitoring with Fabric Manager Server, set the Username or Password.

Step 3 Click Apply to save these changes or click Close to exit the dialog box without saving any changes.

Fabric Manager Server periodically polls the monitored fabrics and periodically rediscoveries the full

fabric at a default interval of five cycles .You can modify these settings from Fabric Manager client

without restarting Fabric Manager Server.

To change the polling period or full fabric rediscovery setting used by Fabric Manager Server, follow

these steps:

Step 1 In Fabric Manager, select Server > Admin. You see the Admin dialog box displayed.

Step 2 For each fabric that you are monitoring with Fabric Manager Server, set the Polling Interval to configure

how frequently Fabric Manager Server polls the fabric elements for status and statistics.

Step 3 For each fabric that you are monitoring with Fabric Manager Server, set Rediscovery Cycles to configure

how often Fabric Manager Server rediscovers the full fabric.

Step 4 Click Apply to save these changes or click Close to exit the dialog box without saving any changes.