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

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Chapter 31 Troubleshooting Your Fabric
Configuring a Fabric Analyzer
About the Cisco Fabric Analyzer
The Cisco Fabric Analyzer consists of two separate components (see Figure 31-14):
• Software that runs on the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch and supports two modes of capture:
– A text-based analyzer that supports local capture and decodes captured frames
– A daemon that supports remote capture
• GUI-based client that runs on a host that supports libpcap such as Windows or Linux and
communicates with the remote capture daemon in a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch.
Figure 31-14 Cisco Fabric Analyzer Use
Local Text-Based Capture
This component is a command-line driven text-based interface that captures traffic to and from the
supervisor module in a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch. It is a fully functional decoder that is useful for
quick debug purposes or for use when the remote capture daemon is not enabled. Additionally, because
this tool is accessed from within the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch, it is protected by the roles-based
policy that limits access in each switch.
FC analyzer
GUI output
IP
network
Textual output
IP
network
FC analyzer
RS-232
(Serial console)
Fibre Channel
fabric
10/100 Ethernet
(00B Mgmt)
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Remote mode Local mode