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
Installing the Management Software
5000 Series switch in the fabric through its Ethernet management port. You can then use this connection
to manage the other switches using in-band (Fibre Channel) connectivity. Otherwise, you need to
connect the mgmt0 port on each switch to your Ethernet network.
IPFC
You can also manage switches on a Fibre Channel network using an in-band IP connection. The Cisco
MDS 9000 Family supports RFC 2625 IP over Fibre Channel, which defines an encapsulation method
to transport IP over a Fibre Channel network.
IPFC encapsulates IP packets into Fibre Channel frames so that management information can cross the
Fibre Channel network without requiring a dedicated Ethernet connection to each switch. This feature
allows you to build a completely in-band management solution.
Note Fabric Manager requires an out-of-band (Ethernet) connection to at least one Cisco MDS 9000 Family
or Nexus 5000 Series switch.
Installing the Management Software
This section describes how to install Fabric Manager and Device Manager. This section contains the
following topics:
• Before You Install, page 2-5
• Supported Software, page 2-6
• Installing the Database, page 2-7
• Installing Fabric Manager, page 2-8
• Installing Device Manager, page 2-16
Before You Install
Before you can access the Cisco Fabric Manager, you must complete the following tasks:
Step 1 Configure the supervisor module with the following values using the setup routine or the CLI:
• IP address assigned to the mgmt0 interface
• SNMP credentials (v3 user name and password or v1/v2 communities), maintaining the same user
name and password for all the switches in the fabric
Note Nexus 5000 Series switches support AAA authentication using RADIUS, TACACS, or local
SNMP users.
Step 2 Obtain the Fabric Manager software, which is available as a download from Cisco.com at the following
location:
http://cisco.com/cgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/mds-fm
Step 3 Shut down any instances of Fabric Manager and Device Manager.