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 6 Device Manager
Using Device Manager
• Device—Opens an instance of Device Manager, sets management preferences, sets the page layout,
opens a Telnet/SSH session with the current switch, exports a device image, and closes the Device
Manager application.
• Physical—Allows you to view and manage inventory, modules, temperature sensors, power
supplies, fans, and the entire system.
• Interface—Allows you to configure and manage SAN port channels, as well as Fibre Channel and
Ethernet ports. Also provides diagnostic, management and monitoring capabilities, as well as SPAN
and port tracking.
• FC—Allows you to configure and manage VSAN, domain, and name server characteristics. Also
provides advanced configuration capabilities.
• Security—Allows you to configure and manage FCSP, port security, SNMP security, common roles,
SSH, AAA, and IP ACLs.
• Admin—Allows you to save, copy, edit, and erase the switch configuration, monitor events,
manipulate flash files, manage licenses, configure NTP, use CFS, and reset the switch. Also allows
you to use the show tech support, show cores, and show image commands.
• Logs—Shows the various logs: message, hardware, events, and accounting. Also allows you to
configure the syslog setup.
• Help—Displays online help topics for specific dialog boxes in the Information pane.
Toolbar Icons
The Device Manager toolbar provides quick access to many Device Manager features. Once the icon is
selected, a dialog box may open that allows configuration of the feature. The toolbar provides the main
Device and Summary View icons as shown in Table 6-1.
Table 6-1 Device Manager Main Toolbar
Icon Description
Open Device Opens the Device Manager view for another
switch, with the option to open this view in a
separate window.
Refresh Display Communicates with the switch and displays the
information in the Device Manager view.
Command-Line
Interface
Opens a separate CLI command window to the
switch.
Configure Selected Opens a configuration dialog box for the selected
component (line card or port).
SysLog Opens a window that lists the latest system
messages that occurred on the switch.