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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x
Chapter 3 Fabric Manager Client
Fabric Manager Troubleshooting Tools
•License Install—Facilitates download and installation of licenses in selected switches in the fabric.
•Software Install—Verifies image compatibility and installs software images on selected switches in
the fabric.
Fabric Manager Troubleshooting Tools
Fabric Manager has several troubleshooting tools available from the toolbar or Tools menu. Procedures
for using these tools are described in Chapter 35, “Troubleshooting Your Fabric.” Here is a brief
description of each tool.
•Zone Merge Analysis—The zone merge analysis tool (available from the Zone menu) enables you
to determine if zones will merge successfully when two Cisco MDS switches are interconnected. If
the interconnected switch ports allow VSANs with identical names or contain zones with identical
names, then Fabric Manager verifies that the zones contain identical members. The merge analysis
tool can be run before attempting a merge or after fabrics are interconnected to determine zone
merge failure causes.
•End-to-End Connectivity—Fabric Manager’s end-to-end connectivity analysis tool uses FC Ping to
verify interconnections between Cisco MDS switches and end-device (HBAs and storage devices)
in a particular VSAN. In addition to basic connectivity, Fabric Manager can optionally verify that:
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Paths are redundant.
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Zones contain at least two members.
End devices are connected to a manageable switch (have an currently active in-band or out-of-band
management path.)
•Switch Health Analysis—You can run an in-depth switch health analysis with Fabric Manager. It
verifies the status of all critical Cisco MDS switches, modules, ports, and Fibre Channel services.
Over 40 conditions are checked. This tool provides a very fast, simple, and thorough way to assess
Cisco MDS switch health.
•Fabric Configuration Analysis—Fabric Manager includes a fabric configuration analysis tool. It
compares the configurations of all Cisco MDS switches in a fabric to a reference switch or a policy
file. You can define what functions to check and what type of checks to perform. The analysis can
look for mismatched values, and missing or extra values. If all configuration checking is performed
for all functions, over 200 checks are performed for each Cisco MDS switch.
After the analysis is run, the results are displayed with details about the issues that were discovered. You
can automatically resolve configuration differences by selecting them and clicking the Resolve button.
Fabric Manager automatically changes the configuration to match the reference switch or policy file.