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
OL-16598-01
Chapter 2 Installing Cisco Fabric Manager
Understanding Switch Management
You see the LAN Settings dialog box.
Step 3 Check the Use a Proxy Server for your LAN check box and click Advanced.
Step 4 Add your server IP Address or local host under the Exceptions section.
Step 5 Click OK to save your changes.
For additional information, see the “Running Fabric Manager Behind a Firewall” section on page 2-19.
Device Manager
Device Manager provides two views of the switch:
• Device View displays a graphic representation of the switch configuration and provides access to
statistics and configuration information.
• Summary View displays a summary of xE ports (Inter-Switch Links), Fx ports (fabric ports), Nx
ports (attached hosts and storage) and SAN port channels on the switch, as well as Fibre Channel
and IP neighbor devices. Summary View also displays all operational virtual interfaces (Fibre
Channel and Ethernet). Summary or detailed statistics can be charted, printed, or saved to a file in
tab-delimited format. For additional information, see Chapter 6, “Device Manager.”
Performance Manager
Performance Manager provides detailed traffic analysis by capturing data with SNMP. This data is
compiled into various graphs and charts that can be viewed with any web browser. For additional
information, see Chapter 29, “Performance Manager.”
Fabric Manager Web Server
Fabric Manager Web Server allows operators to monitor and obtain reports for events, performance, and
inventory from a remote location using a web browser.
Understanding Switch Management
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches are accessed and configured using standard management protocols.
Table 2-1 lists the management protocols that Fabric Manager supports to access, monitor, and configure
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches.
Table 2-1 Supported Management Protocols
Management Protocol Purpose
Telnet/SSH Provides remote access to the CLI for a Cisco
Nexus 5000 Series switch.
FTP/SFTP/TFTP, SCP Copies configuration and software images
between devices.