Launching Fabric Manager Client in Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.2(1) and Later

You can launch Fabric Manager Client.

Note     Network administrators must initially launch Cisco DCNM-SAN Client using Cisco DCNM-SAN Web Server, as described in the following procedure. Once an administrator has installed the Cisco DCNM-SAN Client icon on your desktop, you can double-click the icon to launch the Cisco DCNM-SAN Client.

DETAILED STEPS

  1. Open your browser and enter the IP address where you installed Cisco DCNM-SAN Server, or enter localhost if you installed Cisco DCNM-SAN Server on your local workstation.

    2. You see the Cisco DCNM Web Client Login dialog box.

  2. Enter your user name and password and click Login.

    3. You see the Cisco DCNM Web Client Summary page.

  3. Click the Download link in the upper right corner of the page.

    4. You see the Download page for Cisco DCNM-SAN and Device Manager.

  4. Click the link for Cisco DCNM-SAN.

    5. If you are launching Cisco DCNM-SAN Client for the first time, you see a message asking whether you want to create shortcuts for Cisco DCNM-SAN.

  5. Click Yes to create shortcuts for Cisco DCNM-SAN.

    6. Note     This message only appears the first time you launch Cisco DCNM-SAN Client. If you select No, your selection will be remembered and you will not be prompted to make a selection again. In this case, you will need to launch Cisco DCNM-SAN Client using the Cisco DCNM-SAN Web Client.

  6. When the software is installed and icons are created on your desktop, double-click the Cisco DCNM-SAN icon to launch Cisco DCNM-SAN.

    7. You see the Cisco DCNM-SAN Login dialog box.

  7. Enter the Cisco DCNM-SAN Server user name and password.
  8. Check the Use SNMP Proxy check box if you want Cisco DCNM-SAN Client to communicate with Cisco DCNM-SAN Server through a TCP-based proxy server.
  9. Click Login. Once you successfully log in to Cisco DCNM-SAN Server, you can set the seed switch and open the fabrics that you are entitled to access.

    10. Note     When you launch Cisco DCNM-SAN Client for the first time or when there are no available fabrics, you see the Discover New Fabric dialog box.

    You see the Discover New Fabric dialog box.

    Note     Only network administrators can discover new fabrics.

  10. Click the Ethernet (CDP) radio button to discover using Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP).
  11. Starting from NX-OS Release 4.2(0), Fabric Manager uses Cisco Discovery Protocol to discover Ethernet switches such as Nexus 5000, Nexus 7000, Catalyst 4000, and Catalyst 6000 switches. You need to use a CDP seed switch for a CDP discovery.
    Set the fabric seed switch to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch or Cisco Nexus 5000 Series that you want Fabric Manager to use.
  12. Choose the Auth-Privacy option according to the privacy protocol you have configured on your switch:
    1. If you have not configured the switch with a privacy protocol, then choose Auth-Privacy option MD5 (no privacy).
    2. If you have configured the switch with your privacy protocol, choose your Auth-Privacy choice.

    Note     You may use SNMP v2 credentials for CDP discovery as the most of the Catalyst switches do not use MD5-DES for configuration.

    Note     If you want a clean fabric discovery, remove the fabric and rediscover it. If you want a clean LAN discovery, unmanage LAN, remove the CDP seed switch and then rediscover it.

  13. Enter the username and password for the switch.
  14. (Optionsl) To limit the discovery, specify the VSAN range.
    Scoping limits the resources discovered by Cisco DCNM-SAN client. You can either include a range of VSANs to be discovered or exclude a range of VSANs from being discovered.
    1. To limit the discovery to a range of VSANs, click Included VSAN List radio button. Specify the range of VSANs.
    2. To exclude a range of VSANs from being discovered, click Excluded VSAN List radio button. Specify the range of VSANs to be excluded.
  15. Click Discover.

    16. You see the Control Panel dialog box.

    You see the included and excluded VSANs list under the Fabric tab.

    Note     You see a message in the dialog box when the server and client are running on the same workstation and there are unlicensed fabrics in the database. You also see a message when there are unmanaged fabrics (the state of the licenses is unknown).

    Note     In the open tab, you see all the discovered fabrics displayed in the control panel. You need to click on the Open button to see all the discovered Ethernet switches.

  16. Check the check box(es) next to the fabric(s) you want to open in the Select column, or click Discover to add a new fabric.

    17. Note     Only network administrators can continuously manage or unmanage fabrics. For more information, see the "Selecting a Fabric to Manage Continuously" topic.

  17. Click Open to open the selected fabric(s).

    18. Note      • If you have an incomplete view of your fabric, rediscover the fabric with a user that has no
       VSAN restriction.
     • If the fabric includes a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch, then the Layer 2 node appears under
       the Switches > Interfaces > Ethernet tree, the VFC (FCoE) node appears under the
       Switches > Interfaces tree, and the FCoE node appears under the Switches tree in the
       Physical Attributes pane.
     • For Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches in the fabric, the tooltip for the switch shows the bind
        information of a virtual Fibre Channel interface to its corresponding Ethernet interface, such
        as vfc2(eth1/4).

You can launch Cisco DCNM-SAN Client from within a running instance of Cisco DCNM-SAN.

DETAILED STEPS

  1. Choose File > Open or click the Open Switch Fabric icon on the Cisco DCNM-SAN toolbar.

    2. You see the Control Panel dialog box.

  2. Check the check box(es) next to the fabric(s) you want to open in the Select column and click Open.

    3. Note     Changes made using Cisco DCNM-SAN are applied to the running configuration of the switches that you are managing. If you have made changes to the configuration or performed an operation (such as activating zones), Cisco DCNM-SAN prompts you to save your changes before you exit.


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