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
Note We recommend that you install the latest version of the Fabric Manager applications. Fabric Manager is
backward compatible with the NX-OS software running on the Nexus 5000 Series switches. When
upgrading the switch, upgrade the Fabric Manager software first, and then upgrade the Cisco NX-OS
software on the switch.
Supported Software
Note For the latest information on supported software, refer to the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Release Notes for
Cisco NX-OS Release 4.0.
Cisco Fabric Manager supports the following software:
• Operating systems
– Windows 2000 SP4, 2003 SP2, XP SP2
– Redhat Linux (2.6 Kernel)
– Solaris (SPARC) 8 and 10
– VMWare Server 1.0
• Java
– Sun JRE and JDK 1.5(x) is supported
– Java Web Start 1.2, 1.0.1 and 1.5
• Browsers
– Internet Explorer 6.x and 7.0
Note Internet Explorer 7.0 is not supported on Windows 2000 SP4.
– Firefox 1.5 and 2.0
• Databases
– Oracle Database 10g Express
– PostgreSQL 8.2 (Windows)
– PostgreSQL 8.1 (Solaris and Linux)
• Security
– Cisco ACS 3.1 and 4.0
– PIX firewall
– IP tables
– SSH v2
– Global Enforce SNMP Privacy Encryption
– HTTPS