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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 Client
The Cisco Fabric Manager Client is a java based GUI application that provides easy access to the Fabric
Manager applications from a remote workstation.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Fabric Manager Client Overview, page 3-1
• Launching Fabric Manager Client, page 3-2
• Using Fabric Manager Client, page 3-3
• Setting Fabric Manager Preferences, page 3-13
• Network Fabric Discovery, page 3-15
• Modifying Device Grouping, page 3-15
• Control of Administrator Access with Users and Roles, page 3-16
• Fabric Manager Wizards, page 3-16
• Fabric Manager Troubleshooting Tools, page 3-17
Fabric Manager Client Overview
The Cisco Fabric Manager is a Java and SNMP-based network fabric and device management tool with
a GUI that displays real-time views of your network fabric, including Cisco MDS 9000 and third-party
switches, hosts, and storage devices.
In addition to complete configuration and status monitoring capabilities for Cisco MDS 9000 switches,
Fabric Manager client provides powerful Fibre Channel troubleshooting tools. These in-depth health and
configuration analysis tools leverage unique MDS 9000 switch capabilities including Fibre Channel ping
and traceroute.
Note You must have the same release of Fabric Manager Client and Fabric Manager Server.