Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide, NX-OS 4.0 (OL-16598-01, June 2008)

Send comments to [e-mail]
5-18
Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide
OL-16598-01
Chapter 5 Fabric Manager Client
Setting Fabric Manager Preferences
Status Bar
The status bar at the bottom of the Fabric Manager window shows the last entry displayed by the
discovery process, and the possible error message on the right side. The status bar displays a message
stating that something has changed in the fabric and a new discovery is needed. The status bar shows
both short-term, transient messages (such as the number of rows displayed in the table) and long-term
discovery issues.
Setting Fabric Manager Preferences
To set your preferences for the behavior of the Fabric Manager, choose File > Preferences from the
Fabric Manager menu bar. You see the Preferences dialog box with the following tabs for setting
different components of the application:
• General
• SNMP
• Map
The default General preferences for Fabric Manager are as follows:
• Show Device Name by—Displays the switches in the Fabric pane by IP address, DNS name, or
logical name. The default setting for this value is Logical Name.
• Show WorldWideName (WWN) Vendor—Displays the world wide name vendor name in any table
or listing displayed by Fabric Manager. Check the Prepend Name check box to display the name in
front of the IP address of the switch. Check the Replacing Vendor Bytes check box to display the
name instead of the IP address. The default is the Prepend Name option.
• Show End Device Using—Displays end devices in the Fabric pane using alias or pWWN alias. The
default setting for this value is Alias.
• Show Shortened iSCSI Names—The default setting for this value is OFF.
• Show Timestamps as Date/Time—Displays timestamps in the date/time format. If this preference is
not checked, timestamps are displayed as elapsed time. The default setting is enabled (checked).
• Telnet Path—Displays the path for the telnet.exe file on your system. The default is telnet.exe, but
you need to browse for the correct location.
Note If you browse for a path or enter a path and you have a space in the pathname (for example,
c:\program files\telnet.exe), then the path will not work. To get the path to work, you must
manually place quotes around it (for example, “c:\program files\telnet.exe”).
• Use Secure Shell instead of Telnet—Specifies whether to use SSH or Telnet when using the CLI to
communicate with the switch. If enabled, you must specify the path to your SSH application. The
default setting is disabled.
• Confirm Deletion—Displays a confirmation pop-up window when you delete part of your
configuration using Fabric Manager. The default setting is enabled (checked).
• Export Tables with Format—Specifies the type of file that is created when you export a table using
Device Manager. The options are tab-delimited or XML. The default setting is Tab-Delimited.
• Show CFS Warnings—Shows warning messages if CFS is not enabled on all switches for a selected
feature.