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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x
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Fabric Manager Server
Fabric Manager Server is a platform for advanced MDS monitoring, troubleshooting, and configuration
capabilities. No additional software must be installed. The server capabilities are an integral part of the
Cisco Fabric Manger software.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Fabric Manager Server Overview, page 2-1
• Fabric Manager Server Features, page 2-2
• Installing and Configuring Fabric Manager Server, page 2-2
• Fabric Manager Server Fabric Monitoring and Removal, page 2-7
• Fabric Manager Server Properties File, page 2-8
• Modifying Fabric Manager Server, page 2-9
Fabric Manager Server Overview
Install Cisco Fabric Manager Server on a computer that you want to provide centralized MDS
management services and performance monitoring. SNMP operations are used to efficiently collect
fabric information. The Cisco Fabric Manager software, including the server components requires about
20 MB of hard disk space on your workstation. Cisco Fabric Manager Server runs on Windows 2000,
2003, XP, Solaris 8.x or later, and Red Hat Linux.
Each computer configured as a Cisco Fabric Manager Server can monitor multiple Fibre Channel SAN
fabrics. Up to 16 clients (by default) can connect to a single Cisco Fabric Manager Server concurrently.
The Cisco Fabric Manager clients can also connect directly to an MDS switch in fabrics that are not
monitored by a Cisco Fabric Manager Server, which ensures you can manage any of your MDS devices
from a single console.