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
Fabric Manager Troubleshooting Tools
• Virtual Interfaces—Creates virtual Ethernet interfaces and virtual Fibre Channel interfaces.
Fabric Manager Troubleshooting Tools
Fabric Manager has several troubleshooting tools available from the toolbar or Tools menu. Procedures
for using these tools are described in Chapter 31, “Troubleshooting Your Fabric.” This section provides
a brief description of each tool:
• Zone Merge Analysis—The zone merge analysis tool (available from the Zone menu) allows you to
determine if zones will merge successfully when two Cisco switches are interconnected. If the
interconnected switch ports allow VSANs with identical names or contain zones with identical
names, then Fabric Manager verifies that the zones contain identical members. The merge analysis
tool can be run before attempting a merge or after fabrics are interconnected to determine zone
merge failure causes.
• End-to-End Connectivity—Fabric Manager’s end-to-end connectivity analysis tool uses FC Ping to
verify interconnections between Cisco switches and end-device (HBAs and storage devices) in a
particular VSAN. End devices must be connected to a manageable switch through an active in-band
or out-of-band management path. In addition to basic connectivity, Fabric Manager can optionally
verify the following:
– Paths are redundant.
– Zones contain at least two members.
End devices are connected to a manageable switch (have a currently active in-band or out-of-band
management path.)
• Switch Health Analysis—You can run an in-depth switch health analysis with Fabric Manager. It
verifies the status of all critical Cisco switches, modules, ports, and Fibre Channel services. Over
40 conditions are checked. This tool provides a very fast, simple, and thorough way to assess Cisco
switch health.
• Fabric Configuration Analysis—Fabric Manager includes a fabric configuration analysis tool. It
compares the configurations of all Cisco switches in a fabric to a reference switch or a policy file.
You can define which functions to check and what type of checks to perform. The analysis can look
for mismatched values, and missing or extra values. If all configuration checking is performed for
all functions, over 200 checks are performed for each Cisco switch.
After the analysis is run, the results are displayed with details about the issues that were discovered. You
can automatically resolve configuration differences by selecting them and clicking the Resolve button.
Fabric Manager automatically changes the configuration to match the reference switch or policy file.