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 4 Authentication in Fabric Manager
Information About Fabric Manager Authentication
Figure 4-1 Fabric Manager Authentication Example
Administrators launch Fabric Manager Client and select the seed switch that is used to discover the
fabric. The user name and password used are passed to Fabric Manager Server and are used to
authenticate access to the seed switch. If this user name and password are not a recognized SNMP user
name and password, either Fabric Manager Client or Fabric Manager Server opens a CLI session to the
switch (SSH or Telnet) and retries the user name and password pair. If the user name and password are
recognized by the switch in either the local switch authentication database or through a remote AAA
server, then the switch creates a temporary SNMP user name that is used by Fabric Manager Client and
server.
Note You may encounter a delay in authentication if you use a remote AAA server to authenticate Fabric
Manager or Device Manager.
Note You must allow CLI sessions to pass through any firewall that exists between Fabric Manager Client and
Fabric Manager Server. See the “Running Fabric Manager Behind a Firewall” section on page 2-19.
Note We recommend that you use the same password for the SNMPv3 user name authentication and privacy
passwords as well as the matching CLI user name and password.
Fabric
Local database
AAA server
Fabric Manager Server
and Performance
Manager
Fabric Manager
Client
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