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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Chapter 5 Fabric Manager Client
Modifying the Device Grouping
database and collected using the Fabric Configuration Server’s request/response mechanisms that are
defined by the FC-GS-3/4 standard. When you start Fabric Manager, you enter the IP address (or host
name) of a seed switch for discovery.
After you start Fabric Manager and the discovery completes, Fabric Manager presents you with a view
of your network fabric, including all discovered switches, hosts, and storage devices.
Modifying the Device Grouping
Because not all devices are capable of responding to FC-GS-3 requests, different ports of a single server
or storage subsystem may be displayed as individual end devices on the Fabric Manager map.
To group end devices in a single enclosure to have them represented by a single icon on the map, Fabric
Manager, perform this task:
Step 1 In the Physical Attributes pane, expand End Devices and then choose Storage or Hosts.
You see the end devices displayed in the Information pane.
Step 2 Click one of the devices in the Fabric pane, or click the Enclosures tab of the Information pane, and then
click the device name (in the Name field) that you want to include in the enclosure.
Step 3 Enter a name to identify the new enclosure in the Fabric pane map.
Step 4 Click once on the device name in the Name field. To choose more than one name, press the Shift key
and click each of the other names.
Step 5 Press Ctrl-C to copy the selected name(s).
Step 6 Press Ctrl-V to paste the device name into the Name field.
Note To remove devices from an enclosure, triple click the device name and press Delete. To remove
an enclosure, repeat this step for each device in the enclosure.
Using Alias Names as Enclosures
To create an enclosure that uses the alias name as the name of the enclosure using Fabric Manager,
perform this task:
Step 1 In the Physical Attributes pane, expand End Devices and choose Hosts or Storage.
You see the list of devices in the Information pane. The NxPorts tab is the default.
Step 2 Right-click the enclosure names that you want to convert to alias names and choose Alias > Enclosure
as shown in Figure 5-11.