Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide, NX-OS 4.0 (OL-16598-01, June 2008)

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Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide
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Installing Cisco Fabric Manager
Cisco Fabric Manager provides an alternative to the command-line interface (CLI) for most switch
configuration tasks. Fabric Manager provides a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays a real-time
views of your Fibre Channel fabrics, and lets you manage the configuration of Cisco and third-party
SAN switches.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Information About Cisco Fabric Manager, page 2-1
• Understanding Switch Management, page 2-3
• Installing the Management Software, page 2-5
• Upgrading the Management Software, page 2-18
• Integrating Cisco Fabric Manager with Other Management Tools, page 2-18
• Running Fabric Manager Behind a Firewall, page 2-19
• Uninstalling the Management Software, page 2-20
Information About Cisco Fabric Manager
Cisco Fabric Manager provides an alternative to the command-line interface (CLI) for many switch
configuration commands. For information about using the CLI to configure Nexus 5000 Series switches,
see the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series CLI Configuration Guide.
In addition to complete configuration and status monitoring capabilities, Fabric Manager provides
powerful Fibre Channel troubleshooting tools such as Fibre Channel ping and traceroute.
The Cisco Fabric Manager includes these management applications:
• Fabric Manager Server, page 2-2
• Fabric Manager Client, page 2-2
• Fabric Manager Server Proxy Services, page 2-2
• Device Manager, page 2-3
• Performance Manager, page 2-3
• Fabric Manager Web Server, page 2-3