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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Authentication in Fabric Manager
Fabric Manager contains interdependent software components that communicate with the switches in
your fabric. These components use varying methods to authenticate to other components and switches.
This chapter describes these authentication steps and the recommended authentication configuration for
your fabric and components.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Information About Fabric Manager Authentication, page 4-1
• Discovering a Fabric, page 4-3
• Authenticating Performance Manager, page 4-4
• Authenticating Fabric Manager Web Server, page 4-5
Information About Fabric Manager Authentication
Fabric Manager contains multiple components that interact to manage a fabric.
This chapter includes the following sections:
• Fabric Manager Client
• Fabric Manager Server
• Performance Manager
• Interconnected fabric of Cisco SAN switches and storage devices
• AAA server (optional)
Figure 4-1 shows an example configuration for these components.