Cisco Systems MDS 9000 Device Manager

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x
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Device Manager
This chapter contains descriptions of, and instructions for using, the Cisco MDS 9000 Device Manager.
This chapter contains the following sections:
•Device Manager Overview, page 4-1
•Device Manager Features, page 4-1
•Launching Device Manager, page 4-2
•Using Device Manager, page 4-3
•Setting Device Manager Preferences, page 4-8
Device Manager Overview
Device Manager provides a graphic representation of a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch chassis,
including the installed switching modules, the supervisor modules, the status of each port within each
module, the power supplies, and the fan assemblies.
The tables in the Fabric Manager Information pane basically correspond to the dialog boxes that appear
in Device Manager. However, while Fabric Manager tables show values for one or more switches, a
Device Manager dialog box shows values for a single switch. Also, Device Manager provides more
detailed information for verifying or troubleshooting device-specific configuration than what is available
from Fabric Manager.
Device Manager Features
Device Manager provides two views: Device View and Summary View. You can use Summary View to
monitor all of the interfaces on the switch. You can use the Device View to perform any switch-level
configuration task including the following:
•Manage ports, PortChannels, and trunking.
•Manage SNMPv3 security access to switches.
•Manage CLI security access to switch.
•Manage alarms, events, and notifications.