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
• If you have not configured the switch with a privacy protocol, then choose Auth-Privacy option MD5
(no privacy).
• If you have configured the switch with your privacy protocol, choose your Auth-Privacy option.
Note If you want a clean discovery, remove the fabric and rediscover it.
Step 13 Click Discover.
You see the Control Panel dialog box shown in Figure 5-6.
Figure 5-6 Control Panel Dialog Box
Note You see a message in the dialog box when the server and client are running on the same
workstation and there are unlicensed fabrics in the database. You also see a message when there
are unmanaged fabrics (the state of the licenses is unknown).
Step 14 Check the check boxes in the Select column next to the fabrics that you want to open, or click Discover
to add a new fabric.
Note Only network administrators can continuously manage or unmanage fabrics. For more
information, see the “Selecting a Fabric to Manage Continuously” section on page 3-3.
Step 15 Click Open to open the selected fabrics.
Note If you have an incomplete view of your fabric, rediscover the fabric with a user that has no
VSAN restriction.
To launch Fabric Manager Client from within a running instance of Fabric Manager, perform this task:
Step 1 Choose File > Open Fabric or click the Open Switch Fabric icon on the Fabric Manager toolbar.
You see the Control Panel dialog box as shown in Figure 5-6.
Step 2 Check the check boxes in the Select column next to the fabrics you want to open and click Open.