DCFM Enterprise User Manual (53-1001775-01, June 2010)

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About This Document
In this chapter
•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii
•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxviii
•Supported open source software products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxi
•What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxii
•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiv
•Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxv
•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxvi
•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxvii
How this document is organized
This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as
possible. This document supports DCFM 10.4.0 and later.
The document contains the following components:
• Chapter 1, “Getting Started,” provides a high-level overview of the user interface.
• Chapter 2, “Discovery,” describes how to discover SANs and hosts.
• Chapter 3, “Application Configuration,” provides Management application configuration
instructions.
• Chapter 4, “Call Home,” provides call home configuration instructions.
• Chapter 5, “View management,” provides view and topology configuration instructions.
• Chapter 6, “Third-party tools,” provides instructions for adding and launching third-party tools.
• Chapter 7, “Server Management Console,” provides information on using the Server
Management Console to stop and start the Management application services, back up the
Management application database, and capture technical support information.
• Chapter 8, “Device Configuration,” provides device configuration instructions.
• Chapter 9, “Fabric Binding,” provides fabric binding instructions.
• Chapter 10, “Fault Management,” provides event management instructions.
• Chapter 11, “Performance Data,” provides information on how to manage performance.
• Chapter 12, “Reports,” provides instructions for generating reports.
• Chapter 13, “Port Fencing,” provides information on how to configure port fencing.
• Chapter 14, “Role-Based Access Control,” provides information on how to manage users.