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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Chapter 3 Fabric Manager Server
Modifying Fabric Manager Server
The server properties file contains these nine general sections:
• GENERAL—Contains the general settings for the server.
• SNMP SPECIFIC—Contains the settings for SNMP requests, responses, and traps.
• SNMP PROXY SERVER SPECIFIC—Contains the settings for SNMP proxy server configuration
and TCP port designation.
• GLOBAL FABRIC—Contains the settings for fabrics, such as discovery and loading.
• CLIENT SESSION—Contains the settings for Fabric Manager Clients that can log into the server.
• EVENTS—Contains the settings for syslog messages.
• Performance Chart—Contains the settings for defining the end time to generate a Performance
Manager chart.
• EMC CALL HOME—Contains the settings for the forwarding of traps as XML data using e-mail,
according to EMC specifications.
• EVENT FORWARD SETUP—Contains the settings for forwarding events logged by Cisco Fabric
Manager Server through e-mail.
The following are new or changed server properties for Fabric Manager Release 3.4:
• Display FCoE—Allows the user to display tree nodes, menu items, toolbar buttons, and topology
nodes/links related to Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). If the fabric contains Nexus 5000 Series
switches, set the displayFCoE property to true.
Note After you set the Display FCoE property, a Fabric Server restart is required.
Modifying Fabric Manager Server
Fabric Manager allows you to modify certain Fabric Manager Server settings without stopping and
starting the server. These settings include:
• Adding or Removing Fabric Manager Server Users, page 3-5
• Changing the Fabric Manager Server User Name and Password, page 3-6
• Changing the Polling Period and Fabric Rediscovery Time, page 3-6
Adding or Removing Fabric Manager Server Users
To add a Fabric Manager Server user or to change the password for an existing user using Fabric
Manager, perform this task:
Step 1 Click the Local FM Users tab in the Control Panel dialog box, as shown in Figure 3-1. You see a list of
Fabric Manager users.
Note Only network administrators can manage users.
Step 2 Click New to add a user or click the user name and click Edit to change the password for an existing user.
You see the FM User dialog box as shown in Figure 3-2.