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 5 Fabric Manager Client
Launching Fabric Manager Client
Figure 5-4 Fabric Manager Login Dialog Box
Step 7
Enter the Fabric Manager Server user name and password.
Step 8 Check the Use SNMP Proxy check box if you want Fabric Manager Client to communicate with Fabric
Manager Server through a TCP-based proxy server.
Step 9 Click Login. After you successfully log in to Fabric Manager Server, you can set the seed switch and
open the fabrics that you are entitled to access.
Note When you launch Fabric Manager Client for the first time or when there are no available fabrics,
you see the Discover New Fabric dialog box.
You see the Discover New Fabric dialog box shown in Figure 5-5.
Figure 5-5 Discover New Fabric Dialog Box
Note Only network administrators can discover new fabrics.
Step 10 Set the fabric seed switch to the Cisco switch that you want Fabric Manager to use.
Note A Cisco switch running in NPV mode cannot be the fabric seed switch.
Step 11 Enter the user name and password for the switch.
Step 12 Choose the Auth-Privacy option according to the privacy protocol you have configured on your switch: