Cisco Systems MDS 9000 manual

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Corporate Headquarters Cisco Systems, In c. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 951 34-1706 USA http://www.ci sco.com Tel: 408 526-4000 800 553-NETS (638 7) Fax: 408 526-4100 Cisco MDS 90 0 0 F amil y F abric Manager Conf iguration Guide, Release 2.x Cisco MDS SAN- OS Rele ase 2. 0(1b) throu[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. THE SPECIFICATION S AND INFORMATION RE GARDING THE PR ODUCTS IN THIS MA NUAL ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL STATEMENTS , INFORMATION, AND RECOMMENDATI ONS IN THI S MANUAL ARE BE LIEVED TO BE A CCURATE BUT ARE PRESENTED WI THOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EX PRESS OR IMPLIED. USERS MUS[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. iii Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x CONTENTS New and Changed Information xxvii Preface xxxi Audience xxxi Organization xxxi Document Conventions xxxiv Related Documentation xxxv Obtaining Documentation xxxvi Cisco.com xxxvi P[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents iv Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x IPFC 1-5 Installing the Management Software 1-6 Before You Install 1-6 Installation Procedure 1-7 Upgrading the Managemen t Software 1-9 Downgrading the Management Software 1-9 Down[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents v Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Using Fabric Manager Client 3-3 Multiple Fabric Display 3-4 Contents P anes 3-5 Fabric Pane 3-5 Saving the Map 3-7 Purging Down Elements 3-7 Main Menu 3-7 Toolbar 3-8 Information Pan[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents vi Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x CHAPTER 5 Fabric Manager Web Services 5-1 Fabric Manager Web Services Overview 5-1 Filter Tree 5-2 Events 5-3 Performance 5-3 Inventory 5-3 Custom 5-4 Admin 5-4 Installing Fabric Ma[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents vii Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Installing and Launchi ng Cisco Traffic Ana lyzer 8-4 Configuring Cisco Traffic Analyzer 8-7 Discovering Cisco Traffic Analyzer from Fabric Manager We b Services 8-7 Accessing Cisc[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents viii Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x File System Manipulation 10-8 Listing the Files in a Directory 10-8 Creating a Directory 10-8 Deleting an Existing File or Directory 10-9 Copying Files 10-9 Performing Other File [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents ix Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x DPVM Databases 14-2 DPVM Database Distribution 14-2 Config Database Ac tivation 14-3 Copying the DPVM Database 14-3 Autolearn Entri es 14-3 Using the DPVM Setup Wizard 14-4 Modifyin[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents x Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Exporting Active Zone Sets 15-19 Full Zone Set Propagation 15 -19 One-Time Distribution 15-19 Copying a Full Zone Databas e 15-20 Migrating a No n-MDS Database 15-20 Zone-Based Traff[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents xi Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Activating an IVR Topology 16-12 Clearing the IVR Topolog y 16-12 Adding IVR Virtual Domains 16-12 IVR Zones and IVR Z one Sets 16-13 IVR Zones Versus Zone s 16-13 Automatic IVR Zon[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents xii Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces 18 -6 Configuring Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces 18-7 Enabling or Disabling Interfa ces 18-7 Managing Interface Attributes for Ports 18-7 Buffer-t[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents xiii Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Fibre Channel PortChannels 19-19 FSPF 19-19 VRRP 19-20 Ethernet PortChannels 19-20 Ethernet PortChannels and Fibre Channel PortChannels 19-21 CHAPTER 20 iSCSI Configuration 20-1 C[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents xiv Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x iSNS Client Functionality 20-25 Creating a n iSNS Profile 20-25 Modifying an iSNS Profile 20-25 Enabling the iSNS Server 20-2 6 Configuring the ESI Retry Count 20-26 CHAPTER 21 Con[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents xv Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Port Blocking 22-14 Port Prohibiting 22-14 Configuring Port Blocking and Port Prohibiting 22-15 Entering FICON Port Configur ation Information 22-15 Viewing FICON Port Attributes 22[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents xvi Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Fibre Channel Write Acce leration 23-4 Configuring Fibre Chan nel Write Acc eleration 23-5 SCSI Flow Statistics 23-5 Enabling SCSI Flow Statistics 23-6 Viewing SCSI Flow Statistics[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents xvii Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Creating or Updating Users 25-5 Creating Strong Passwords 25-5 Adding a User 25-5 Deleting a User 25-6 Viewing User I nformation 25-6 Configuring SSH Services 25-6 Generating the [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents xviii Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Server Groups 27-4 AAA Service Configuration Options 27-4 Configuring RADIUS 27-5 Setting the RADIUS Server fo r Authe ntication and Accounting 27-5 Setting the Glob al Preshared[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents xix Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x IPsec Prerequisites 29 -2 IPsec Compatibility 29-3 About IPsec 29-3 About IKE 29-4 IPsec and IKE Termin ology 29-4 Supported IPsec Tra nsforms 29 -5 Supported IKE Transforms an d A[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents xx Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Enabling FC-SP on ISLs 30-8 CHAPTER 31 Port Security 31-1 About Port Security 31-1 About Auto-Learn 31-1 Auto-Learning Device Authorization 31-2 Port Security Enforcement 31-2 Confi[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents xxi Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Configuring System Message Logging 32-4 Syslog Server Logging Facilities and Severity Levels 32-4 Configuring Message Logging 32-7 Configuring a Syslog Server 32-8 Verifying Syslog[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents xxii Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Event Triggers 34-3 Message Contents 34-5 Configuring SNMP Events 34-11 Filterin g SNMP Events 34-11 Configuring SNMP Event Destinations 34-12 Configuring Event Security 34-12 Vie[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents xxiii Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Permitted Capture Filters 35-12 Using the Ping Tool 35-12 Using Traceroute and Other Trouble shooting Tools 35-13 Analyzing the Results of Merging Zones 35-13 Issuing the Show Te[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents xxiv Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Why does the PortChannel creation dialog be come too small after several uses? 36-9 Why do I see errors when I have configu red IPFC? 36-9 Why is Fabric Manager or Device Manag er[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents xxv Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Can I Search for Devices in a Fabric? 36-24 Do I Need A License of Fabric Manager Server for Each Switch in the Fabric? 36-24 How can I Manage Multiple Fabrics? 36-24 License Expir[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Contents xxvi Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. xxvii Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x New and Changed Information The Cisco MDS 9000 F amily F abric Manager Conf igur ation Guide pro vides release-specific information fo r the Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x (including Rel ea[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. xxviii Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x New and Changed Information SANT ap Integrates th ird-party data storage applications int o the SAN. 2.1(1a) Chapter 23, “Confi guring Intelligent Storage Services” Performance Manag[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. xxix Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x New and Changed Information Fabric Manager Enhancements Displays SANs and multiple f abrics in Fabric pane. V iew f iltering. Rearranged Logical and Ph ysical panes. Detachable tables in I[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. xxx Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x New and Changed Information De vice Manager Enhancements MPS 14/2 support. AES support (authenticat ion algorithm). FCIP interfaces displayed in Physical Vi e w. Release 2.0(1b) feature sup[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. xxxi Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Preface This preface describes the audience, organization, and con v entions of the Cisco MDS 9000 F amily F abric Mana ger Conf igur ation Guide . It al so provides i nformation on ho w t[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. xxxii Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Preface Organization Chapter 6 Performance Manager Provides o vervie w of Performance Manager architecture. Chapter 7 Authentication in F abric Manager Describes the authentica tion schem[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. xxxiii Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Preface Organization Chapter 20 iSCSI Configurati on Provides d etails on extending the reach of Fibre Channel SANs b y allo wi ng IP hosts to access FC storage using the iSCSI protocol [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. xxxiv Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Preface Document Conventions Document Conventions Command descriptions use these co n ven tions: Screen examples use these con v entions: This document uses the f ollo wing con ventions: [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. xxxv Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Preface Related Documentation Related Documentation The documentation set for t he Cisco MDS 9000 F amily includes the f ollow ing documents: • Cisco MDS 9000 F amily Release Notes for C[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. xxxvi Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Preface Obtaining Documentation For information on IBM T otalStora ge SAN V olume Controller Stor age Software fo r the Cisco MDS 9000 Famil y , refer to the IBM T otalStorage Supp ort we[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. xxxvii Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Preface Documentation Feedback Nonregistered Cis co.com users can orde r technical docum entation from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (0800 to 1700) PDT b y calling 1 866 463-3487 in the United [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. xxxviii Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Preface Obtaining Technica l Assistance • Nonemergencies — psirt@cisco.com In an emer gency , you can also reach P SIR T by telephone: • 1 877 228-7302 • 1 408 525-6532 Ti p W e[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. xxxix Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Preface Obtaining Additional Public ations and Information Submitting a Service Request Using the online T AC Service Request T ool is the fast est way to open S3 and S4 service requests.[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. xl Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Preface Obtaining Additional Publ ications and Information • Cisco Pr ess publishes a wide range of general networking , training and cert ificat ion titles. Both ne w and experien ced use[...]

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CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 1-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 1 Installation and Configuration The Cisco Fabric Manage r is a set of network ma nagement tools th at supports Secure Simple N etwork Management Protocol v ersion 3 (SNMPv3).[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 1-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 1 Installatio n and Configuration About Cisco Fabric Mana ger Fabric Manager Server The Fabric Manage r server component mu st be started before running F abric Manager . On a W ind[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 1-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 1 Insta llation and Configuration Cisco MDS 9000 Switch Management Step 5 Click OK to sav e your changes. See the “Running Fa bric Manager Behind a Fire wall” sectio n on page [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 1-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 1 Installatio n and Configuration Cisco MDS 9000 Sw itch Management Storage Management Solutions Architecture Management services required for the st orage en vironment can be di vi[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 1-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 1 Insta llation and Configuration Cisco MDS 9000 Switch Management • Dev ice management pro vides tools to conf igure and manage a de vice withi n a system or a fabric. Y ou use [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 1-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 1 Installatio n and Configuration Installing the Ma nagement Software Installing the Management Software T o install the software for the f irst time, or if you want to update or re[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 1-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 1 Insta llation and Configuration Before You Install – Solaris 2.8 – Redhat Linux 7 .2 • Jav a – Sun JRE and JDK 1.4.0, 1.4.1 , 1.4.2, and 1.5.0 Note Fabric Manage r Releas[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 1-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 1 Installatio n and Configuration Before You Install Note Y ou can run CiscoW orks on the same PC as F abric Manager , even t hough the Ja v a requirements are different. When insta[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 1-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 1 Insta llation and Configuration Upgrading the Man agement Software A Cisco MDS 9000 p rogram group is created un der Start > Programs on W indows. This pro gram group contains[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 1-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 1 Installatio n and Configuration Launching the Ma nagement Software Step 1 Close all instances of F abric Manager Clie nt or De vice Manager on your w orkstation. Step 2 Choose St[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 1-11 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 1 Insta llation and Configuration Integrating Cisco Fabric Manager with Other Manage ment Tools Note Y ou can creat e users with management traffic encryption (so a Priv ac y pass[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 1-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 1 Installatio n and Configuration Running Fabric Manager Behi nd a Firewall Running Fabric Manager Behind a Firewall For W indows PCs runni ng Fabric Manager , Devi ce Man ager , a[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 1-13 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 1 Insta llation and Configuration Uninstalling the M anagement Software • Jav a RMI 9099, 9199 to 9299 (TCP) • SNMP picks a random free local port. (UDP) or 91 89 (TCP) if SNM[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 1-14 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 1 Installatio n and Configuration Uninstalling the Ma nagement Software[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 2-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 2 Fabric Manager Server Fabric Manager Server is a platform for ad v anced MDS mon itoring, troubleshoo ting, and configuration capabilities. No additional softw are must be i[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 2-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 2 Fa bric Manager Server Fabric Manager Server Features Fabric Manager Server Features Cisco Fabric Manager Se rver has the following features: • Multiple Fa bric Management— Fa[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 2-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 2 Fabric Manager Server Installing and Configurin g Fabric Ma nager Server Installing Fabric Manager Server When you install F abric Manager , the b asic versio n of the Fabric Man[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 2-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 2 Fa bric Manager Server Installing and Configurin g Fabric Manager Server Setting the Seed Switch When you run Fa bric Manager , you must sel ect a switch for Fabric Man ager to us[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 2-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 2 Fabric Manager Server Installing and Configurin g Fabric Ma nager Server Step 3 Check the Ty p e check boxes for each t ype of links flo w or SAN element that you w ant included [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 2-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 2 Fa bric Manager Server Installing and Configurin g Fabric Manager Server Installing Fabric Manager Web Services Y ou must install F abric Manager W eb Services to view Performan c[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 2-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 2 Fabric Manager Server Fabric Manager Serve r Fabric Monitoring and Remo val Note V iewing reports r equires installing F abric Manager W eb Services. See the “Install ing Fabri[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 2-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 2 Fa bric Manager Server Fabric Manager Server Pr operties File Removing a Fabric from Monitoring T o remo ve a fabric fr om the Fabri c Manager Server monitoring list, fo llow t he[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 2-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 2 Fabric Manager Server Modifying Fabric Manag er Server • pr ox y .l oc al a dd re ss — Specif ies the local network inte rf ace name, e.g. "eth0", "eth1",[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 2-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 2 Fa bric Manager Server Modifying Fabr ic Manager Server Using Device Aliases or FC Aliases Y ou can change w hether Fabric Manager uses FC Alia ses or global de vices aliases fro[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 3-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 3 Fabric Manager Client The Cisco Fabric Manage r Client is a java based GUI application that provides easy access to the Fabric Manager applications fro m a remote workstatio[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 3-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 3 Fab ric Manager Client Launching Fabric Ma nager Client Fabric Manager Advanced Mode Fabric Manager Rele ase 2.1(1a) in troduces Advanced Mode. Ad v anced Mode is enabled by defau[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 3-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 3 Fabric Manager Client Using Fabric Manager Client Using Fabric Manager Client This section describes the Fabric Ma nager client interface, a s sho wn in Figure 3-1 . Figur e 3-1 [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 3-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 3 Fab ric Manager Client Using Fabric M anager Client Multiple Fabric Display Fabric Manager can di splay multiple fabrics in the same pane (see Figure 3-2 ). Figure 3-2 F ab r ic M[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 3-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 3 Fabric Manager Client Using Fabric Manager Client Contents Panes The follo wing sections describe the panes in the F a bric Manager view . Y ou can resize each pane by dragging t[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 3-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 3 Fab ric Manager Client Using Fabric M anager Client If a switch or director i s grayed out, Fabri c Manager can no longer communicate with it. There are multiple tabs on the bott [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 3-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 3 Fabric Manager Client Using Fabric Manager Client Saving the Map Y o u can sa ve the map in the F abric P ane as an image, or i n Fabric Manager Release 2.1(2) or later , as an e[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 3-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 3 Fab ric Manager Client Using Fabric M anager Client Toolbar The Fabric Manager main toolbar provides b uttons for accessing th e most commonly used menu bar options as sho wn in T[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 3-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 3 Fabric Manager Client Using Fabric Manager Client Information Pane The Information pane displays tables of information asso ciated with the opti on selected from the me nu tree i[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 3-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 3 Fab ric Manager Client Using Fabric M anager Client Note After making changes you must sa ve the confi guration or the changes will be lost when the de vice is restarted. Note Th[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 3-11 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 3 Fabric Manager Client Using Fabric Manager Client Physical Attributes Pane Use the Physica l Attributes pane to displa y a tree of the opti ons av ailable for managi ng the swit[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 3-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 3 Fab ric Manager Client Using Fabric M anager Client Note Y ou can launch web-based or non-we b-based ap plications from th e Fabr ic pane. T o do this, you assign an IP addres s [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 3-13 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 3 Fabric Manager Client Setting Fabric Manag er Preferences Detachable Tables Fabric Manager Relea se 2.0(2b) introd uced detachable tables in Fabric Manager . Y ou can, for examp[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 3-14 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 3 Fab ric Manager Client Setting Fabric Manager Prefer ences The default SNMP preferences for Fabric Manager are: • Retry request 1 time(s) after 5 sec timeout—Y ou can se t th[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 3-15 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 3 Fabric Manager Client Network Fabric Discovery Network Fabric Discovery Cisco Fabric Manager collect s information on the fa bric topology throug h SNMP queries to the switches [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 3-16 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 3 Fab ric Manager Client Control of Administrator Access with U sers and Roles Using Alias Names as Enclosures T o create an enclosure that uses the alias name as the name of the e[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 3-17 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 3 Fabric Manager Client Fabric Manager Trou bleshooting Tools • License Install —Facilitates download and instal lation of licenses in selected switches in the fabric. • Sof[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 3-18 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 3 Fab ric Manager Client Fabric Manager Trouble shooting Tools[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 4-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 4 Device Manager This chapter contains descripti ons of, and instruct ions for using, th e Cisco MDS 9000 De vice Manager . This chapter contains the following sections: • D[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 4-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 4 Device Manager Launching Device Manager • Sav e and copy conf igurati on files and software image. • V iew hardw are conf iguration. • V iew chassis, module, port status and[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 4-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 4 Device Manager Using Device Manager Using Device Manager This section describes the Device Manager interface, as sho wn in Figure 4 -1 . Figure 4-1 Device Manager , Device T ab 1[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 4-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 4 Device Manager Using Device Manager Menu Bar The menu bar at the top of the De vice Manager main win dow pro vides options for managi ng and troubleshooting a single swi tch. The [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 4-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 4 Device Manager Using Device Manager Dialog Boxes If a toolbar icon is select ed, a dialog box may open th at allows conf iguration of the selecte d feature. The dialog box may in[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 4-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 4 Device Manager Using Device Manager Selected Interface T raffic Util% button. T o display detaile d statisti cs for selected ob jects, click the Monitor Selected Int erface T raff[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 4-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 4 Device Manager Using Device Manager • SD—Span Destination • CH—Channel • CU—Control Unit Note For a detailed table descr ibing the le gend, see the “There is a r ed[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 4-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 4 Device Manager Setting Device Manager Prefere nces From Summary V iew: • T able— Right-click t he table header to sho w a list of whic h columns to display in that tabl e: Int[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 5-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 5 Fabric Manager Web Services W ith F abric Manager W e b Services you can mon ito r Cisco MDS switch e v ents, performance, and in v entory from a remote locati on using a we[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 5-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 5 Fabric Man ager Web Services Fabric Manager Web Services Overview Fabric Manager W eb Services d isplays in a web browser as shown in Figure 5-1 . Figure 5-1 F abr ic Manager W eb[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 5-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 5 Fabric Manager Web Services Fabric Manager Web Services Overview Events The Events tab sho ws e vents and issues for the se lected items, persistent ac ross user sessions. The Ev[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 5-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 5 Fabric Man ager Web Services Installing Fabric Manager Web Services • ISLs—Sho ws the Inter-Switch Links. • Zones—Shows the acti ve zone members (including t hose in inter[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 5-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 5 Fabric Manager Web Services Installing Fabric Manager We b Services For switches runni ng Cisco MDS 9000 Fabri cW are, you need to install the F abric Manager W eb Services softw[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 5-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 5 Fabric Man ager Web Services Installing Fabric Manager Web Services Using Fabric Manager Web Services with SSL Fabric Manager W eb Services uses TCP port 80 by default. If you wan[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 5-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 5 Fabric Manager Web Services Launching and Usin g Fabric Manager Web Service s Launching and Using Fabric Manager Web Services Before you can use F abric Manager W eb Services to [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 5-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 5 Fabric Man ager Web Services Launching and Using Fabric Manager Web Services Step 2 Enter your user n ame and password. Step 3 Click the Login b utton. Note When attempting to log[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 5-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 5 Fabric Manager Web Services Launching and Usin g Fabric Manager Web Service s Step 4 Click Monitor ... to start monitoring another fabric in F abric Mana ger W eb Services. Y ou [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 5-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 5 Fabric Man ager Web Services Launching and Using Fabric Manager Web Services Step 4 Launch F abric Manager W eb Services. See the “Launch ing and Using Fabric Manager W eb Serv[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 5-11 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 5 Fabric Manager Web Services Launching and Usin g Fabric Manager Web Service s Generating Custom Reports Y ou can generate custom reports from an y pre viously sa ved report temp[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 5-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 5 Fabric Man ager Web Services Launching and Using Fabric Manager Web Services[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 6-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 6 Performance Manager The primary purpose of F abric Manager is to mana ge the network. A ke y management capability is network perfor mance monitoring. This chapter contains [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 6-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 6 Performa nce Manager Performanc e Manager Architectu re Data Interpolation One of the unique features of Performance Manager is its ability to interpolate d ata when statistical p[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 6-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 6 Performance Ma nager Performance Manag er Architecture Figur e 6-1 Baseline Threshold Example The threshold is set for Monday at 2 PM. The baseline threshol d is set at 130% of t[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 6-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 6 Performa nce Manager Performanc e Manager Architectu re[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 7-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 7 Authentication in Fabric Manager Fabric Manager contains interdependen t software co mponents that communi cate with the switches in your fabric . These components use v ary[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 7-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 7 A uthentication in Fabric Manag er Fabric Manager A uthentication Overview Figure 7-1 sho ws an e xample configur ation for these components. Figur e 7 -1 F abr ic Manag er A uthe[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 7-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 7 Authen tication in Fabric Manager Best Practi ces for Discov ering a Fabr ic Best Practices for Discovering a Fabric Fabric Manager serv er monitors multipl e physical fabr ics u[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 7-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 7 A uthentication in Fabric Manag er Fabric Manager W eb Services Authenticatio n Step 3 Right-click th e fabrics that h av e updated username and passw ord information . Step 4 Cli[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 8-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 8 Cisco Traffic Analyzer Cisco T raf fic Analy zer is a versio n of network top ( ntop) software that is mod ified to supp ort Fibre Channel and SCSI. This chapter contains th[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 8-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 8 Cisco Traffic Analyzer Using Cisco Traffic Analyzer with Perfor mance Manager Figure 8-1 sho ws how Performance Manager works with Cisco Traf fi c Analyz er to monitor traff ic on[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 8-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 8 Cisco Traffic Analyzer Using Cisco Traffic Analyzer with Performance Manager Understanding the PAA-2 The P AA-2 enables effecti ve, lo w-cost analysis of Fibre Channel traf fic. [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 8-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 8 Cisco Traffic Analyzer Using Cisco Traffic Analyzer w ith Fabric Manager Web Services Using Cisco Traffic Analyzer with Fabric Manager Web Services Y o u can run Cisco T raff ic A[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 8-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 8 Cisco Traffic Analyzer Using Cisco Traffic Analyze r with Fabric Manager Web Service s Where database_dir ectory is the directory where you wa nt Cisco T raf f ic Analyzer to sa [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 8-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 8 Cisco Traffic Analyzer Using Cisco Traffic Analyzer w ith Fabric Manager Web Services d. Set the Start P arameters to -P database_ di rectory , where database dir ectory is the di[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 8-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 8 Cisco Traffic Analyzer Using Cisco Traffic Analyze r with Fabric Manager Web Service s Configuring Cisco Traffic Analyzer At a minimum, you must conf igure Cisco T raff ic Analyz[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 8-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 8 Cisco Traffic Analyzer Configuring Cisco Traffic Analyzer for Fa bric Manager Releases Prior to 2.1(2) Accessing Cisco Traffic Analyzer fr om Fabric Manager Web Services T o acces[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 8-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 8 Cisco Traffic Analyzer Configuring Cisco Traffic Analyzer for Fabric Manager Releases Prior to 2.1(2) Step 2 Start Ci sco T raf fic Analy zer . a. Choose P erformance > T raff[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 8-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 8 Cisco Traffic Analyzer Configuring Cisco Traffic Analyzer for Fa bric Manager Releases Prior to 2.1(2) Step 5 Click Cisco T raffic Analyzer at the top o f the Host or Storage det[...]

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CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 9-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 9 Obtaining and Installing Licenses Licensing functionality is a v ailable in all switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Famil y . This functionality allows you to access specifi ed p[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 9-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 9 Obtaining and Installing Licenses Licensing Model • Node-locked license—A l icense that can only be us ed on a particular swit ch using the switch’ s unique host ID. • Hos[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 9-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 9 Obtain ing and Installing License s Licensing Model Note Each module requires its o wn separate license. If you repl ace a module that requires a license with a module of the sam[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 9-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 9 Obtaining and Installing Licenses Licensing Model SAN extension over IP (SAN_EXTN_O VER_IP) SAN extension license are a v ailable for the IPS-8, IPS-4 and MPS-14/2. • FCIP proto[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 9-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 9 Obtain ing and Installing License s Licensing Model Licensing High Availability As with other Cisco MDS SA N-OS features, the lice nsing feature also maintains the follo wing hig[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 9-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 9 Obtaining and Installing Licenses Options to Install a License Options to Install a License Licenses are installed on the switch using TFTP . If you hav e purchased a ne w switch [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 9-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 9 Obtain ing and Installing License s Options to Install a License Figur e 9-1 Obtaining a License Ke y File Obtaining the License Key File T o obtain ne w or updat ed license ke y[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 9-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 9 Obtaining and Installing Licenses Installing Licenses Using F abric Manager License Wizard Installing the License Key File Ti p If you need to install multip le licenses in any sw[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 9-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 9 Obtain ing and Installing License s Installing Licenses Using Fabric Manager License Wizard The License Server U RL changes depending on the ve ndor you select. If your URL is di[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 9-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 9 Obtaining and Installing Licenses Installing or Updating Licens es Using Device Manager Step 2 Click the F eatur e Usage tab to see the switch, name of the featur e package, the [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 9-11 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 9 Obtain ing and Installing License s Uninstalling Licenses • generalLicen singFa ilure—Genera l error from license Manager . • none—No install operatio n is performed. ?[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 9-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 9 Obtaining and Installing Licenses Updating Licenses Ti p If you are using an ev aluation license and would like to install a ne w permanent license, you can do so without service[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 9-13 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 9 Obtain ing and Installing License s License Expiry Alerts License Expiry Alerts The Cisco MDS SAN-OS license counte r keeps track of all licenses on a switch. Once an expiry per[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 9-14 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 9 Obtaining and Installing Licenses Fabric Manager Server Lic ensing If you are e v aluating F abric Manager Serv er features and wan t to stop the e v aluation period for that fea[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 10-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 10 Software Images This chapter describes ho w to install and upgrade so ftw are images, and introduces the f ile system. It includes th e following sections: • About Softw[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 10-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 10 Software Images Essential Upgrade Prereq uisites • Supervisor modules—Th ere are single or dual superv isor modu les. In the dual supervisor scenario, the standb y superviso[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 10-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 10 Software Images Software Upgrade Methods Remotely—images are in a remote location and the user specifies the destinati on using the remote server parameters and the f ile nam[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 10-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 10 Software Images Using the Software Install Wizard – An incompatible feature i s enabled in the image to be installed and it is not a v ailable in the running image and may cau[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 10-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 10 Software Images Using the Software Install Wizard Figur e 1 0-1 Softw ar e Install Wizar d Icon Y ou see the Software Install W izard. Step 2 Select the switches you want to in[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 10-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 10 Software Images Upgrading from Cisc o MDS SA N-OS 1.3(4a) to 2.0(1b) Note On hosts where the TFTP server cannot be started, a warning is displayed. The TFTP server may not start[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 10-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 10 Software Images Upgrading from Cisco MDS SA N-OS 1.3(4a) to 2.0(1b) T o upgrade with F abric Manager , you use the Soft ware Install W izard. Soft ware upgrades may be disrupti[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 10-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 10 Software Images File System Manipulation Note Before exiting the session, be su re the upgrade process is comp lete. The wizard will display a status as i t goes along. Ch eck t[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 10-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 10 Software Images File System Manipulation Step 1 Select Admin > Flash Files . By default, you see the bootfl ash: dir ectory listed for the supervisor’ s local partition. S[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 10-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 10 Software Images File System Manipulation Step 6 Click the ... button to bro wse for the source f ile on your lo cal PC or on the serv er , dependi ng on the type of copy . Note[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 11-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 11 Configuration Files This chapter describes ho w to update conf iguration files. It i ncludes the follo wing sections: • W orking with Configuratio n Files, page 11-1 •[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 11-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 11 Config uration Files Copying the Configuration File Copying the Configuration File Y o u can cop y the running conf iguration to t he startup config uration across the entire f [...]

S end documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. P ART 3 S witc h Conf iguration[...]

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CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 12-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 12 Cisco Fabric Services This chapter contai ns descriptions of, and in structio ns for using, the Cisco F abric Services (CFS) wit h Fabric Manager and Device Manager . The [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 12-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 12 Cisco Fabric Services About CFS • Distributed De vice Alias Services • iSNS • Call Home • VSANs • IVR topolog y • Port security • NTP • Syslog • SCSI flo w ser[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 12-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 12 Cisco Fabric Services Enabling CFS for a Fe ature – Other features make a copy of the configuration databas e (when you start making configuration changes) and use this as a [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 12-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 12 Cisco Fabric Services Enabling CFS for a Fe ature T o enable C FS for a feature us ing De vice Manager , follo w these steps: Step 1 Select Admin > CFS from the main menu. Y [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 12-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 12 Cisco Fabric Services Enabling CFS for a Fe ature T o commit changes usin g Fabric Mana ger for CFS-enabled features, foll ow these st eps: Step 1 Choose the feature you w ant [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 12-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 12 Cisco Fabric Services Disabling or Enabling CFS Distribution on a Switc h Clearing a Locked Session Y o u can clear locks held by a feature from any switch in the fabric. This o[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 12-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 12 Cisco Fabric Services CFS Merge Support CFS Merge Support A feature keeps the configuration sy nchronized in a fabric through CFS. T wo such f abrics might merge as a result of[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 12-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 12 Cisco Fabric Services A CFS Example Using Fabric Manager Step 8 Choose the CFS tab for this feature. Step 9 Set the Conf ig Changes > Action co lumn to commit to distrib ute [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 12-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 12 Cisco Fabric Services A CFS Example Using Devic e Manager A CFS Example Using Device Manager This procedure is an e xample of what you see when you use De vice Manager to conf [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 12-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 12 Cisco Fabric Services A CFS Example Using Device Manager[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 13-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 13 VSAN Configuration Y o u can achie v e higher security and gr eater stability in Fibre Chan nel fabrics b y using V irtual SANs (VSANs) in Cisco MDS SAN-OS. VSANs pro vide[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 13-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 13 VSAN Configuration Configuring a VSAN Default VSANs The factory settings f or switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 F amily ha ve only the def ault VSAN 1 enabled. If you do not need m[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 13-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 13 VSAN Configuration Deleting VSANs Note T o see only the VSANs that a user role is restricted to, you must mak e the user role and r ole defin ition the same on each switch in t[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 13-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 13 VSAN Configuration Deleting VSANs[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 14-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 14 Dynamic VSAN Configuration Port VSAN membership on the switch is assigned on a port-by-port basis. By default each port belongs to the def ault VSAN. As of Cisco MDS SAN-O[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 14-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 14 Dynamic VSAN Configuration About DPVM DPVM Requirements V erify the follow ing requirements when using DPVM: • The interface through which the dynamic de vice connects to the [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 14-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 14 Dynamic VSAN Configuration About DPVM Config Database Activation When you expl icitly acti v ate the database, the conf ig database becom es the active database. Activ ation ma[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 14-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 14 Dynamic VSAN Configuration Using the DPVM Setup Wizard Using the DPVM Setup Wizard T o use the DPVM Setup W izard in Fabric Manager to set up dynamic port VSAN memb ership, foll[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 14-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 14 Dynamic VSAN Configuration Modifying the DPVM Da tabase Using the DPVM tables Y ou can mod ify the DPVM database throug h the DPVM Setup Wizard or directly using the DPVM table[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 14-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 14 Dynamic VSAN Configuration Modifying the DPVM Database[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 15 Zone Configuration Zoning enables you to set up access control betw een storage devices or user groups. If you hav e administrator pri vile ges in y our fabric, y ou can c[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration Zoning Features A zone set can be activ ated or deactiv ated as a sing le entity across all switches in the f abric. Only one zone set can be activ ated at an[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration Using the Zone Configuration Too l Caution Y o u must only conf igure pWWN-typ e zoning on an MDS switch running Cisco SAN-OS if there is a Cisco MDS 9020 sw[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration Using the Zon e Configuration Tool c. Optionally , check the Restrict Broadcast frames to Zone Members check box. Step 5 Click Aliases and click the Cr eate R[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration Adding Zone Members Zone Database Information If required, yo u can clear conf igured informat ion stored in the zone serv er database. Note Clearing a zone [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration Alias Configuration T o add a member to a zone, follo w these steps: Step 1 Click the Zones folder from the Logical Attrib utes pane. Right-click the folder f[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration Alias Configuration Ti p Cisco FabricW are Release 2.1(2) or later supports a maximum of 2500 aliases.[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration Alias Configuration Creating Zones with Aliases T o create a zone with al iases, follo w thes e steps: Step 1 Select Edit Local Full Zone Database. .. from th[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration Zone Set Creation Converting Zone members to pWWN-based Members Fabric Man ager Release 2.1(2) introduced the ab ility to con vert zone and alias member s fr[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration Zone Set Creation Note Y ou can specify multiple zon e members on multiple lines at the switch promp t. Ti p Zone sets are conf igured with the names of the [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-11 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration Zone Set Creation Figure 15-4 sho ws a zone being added to an acti ve zone set. Figure 15-4 Active and F ull Zone Sets Zone set Z1 Zone A Zone B Zone C Zone[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration Zone Set Creation Creating Zone Sets T o create zone sets, follo w these s teps: Step 1 From Fabric Manager , choose Zone > Edit Local Full Zone Database [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-13 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration Zone Set Creation T o activ ate a zone set, follow these steps: Step 1 Right-click th e zone set in the Edit Local Ful l Database dialog box. Step 2 Click A[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-14 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration Zone Set Creation The zone set is automatically added to the zone database. Cloning Zones and Zone Sets Y ou can make a copy and then edit it without alter i[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-15 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration Zone Set Creation The selected object is deleted from the zone database. Zone Enforcement Zoning can be enforced in t wo ways: soft and hard. Ea ch end de v[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-16 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration Zone Set Creation Configuring the Default Zone Policy The default zone member s are explicitly listed when the default poli cy is conf igured as permit or wh[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-17 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration Performing Zone Merge Analysis T o permit or den y traf fic to members in the default zone from the Zone Ser ver, follo w these steps: Step 1 Choose VSANx x[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-18 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration Performing Zo ne Merge Analysis Figure 15-5 Importing and Expo r ting the Database Importing Zone Sets Note Importing from one switch and exporting fro m ano[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-19 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration Performing Zone Merge Analysis Exporting Active Zone Sets Y ou can export acti ve zone sets (do a Mer ge Fail Recove ry) if the cause of an ISL failure is a[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-20 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration Zone-Based Traffic Priority Copying a Full Zone Database Y ou can recov er a databas e by cop ying the ac tiv e zone database or the full zone d atabase. T o[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-21 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration About LUN Zoning Configuring Zone QoS and Broadcast Attributes QoS attribute-specif ic configuration ch anges tak e effect when you activ ate the zone set o[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-22 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration About LUN Zoning A storage de vice can hav e multiple LUNs behind it. If the de vice port is part of a zone, a member of the zone can access any LUN in the d[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-23 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration About Read-Only Zone s Step 4 Check the LUN check box and add the LU Ns for this zone in the te xt box. Step 5 Click Add to add this LUN -based zone or Clos[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 15-24 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 15 Zone Configuration About Read-Only Zones The read-only zone feature behaves as designed if F A T16 or F A T32 file system i s used with the abov e-mentioned W indows operating [...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 16-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 16 Inter-VSAN Routing Configuration This chapter e xplains the i nter-VSAN ro uting (IVR ) feature and pro vides details on shar ing resources across VSANs using IVR manageme[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 16-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 16 Inter-VSAN Ro uting Configuration Inter-VSAN Routing IVR is in compliance with Fibre Channel standards and incorp orates third-party switches, h owe ver , IVR-enabled VSANs may [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 16-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 16 Inter-V SAN Routing Configuration Inter-VS AN Routing • Edge VSAN—A VSAN that init iates (source edge-V SAN) or terminates (d estination edge-VSAN) an IVR path. Edge VSANs [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 16-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 16 Inter-VSAN Ro uting Configuration Inter-VSAN Routing Note Load balancing of IVR N A T traff ic across equal cost pa ths from an I VR-enabled switch is not sup ported. Ho wev er [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 16-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 16 Inter-V SAN Routing Configuration Inter-VS AN Routing Note Y ou must update the service grou p and distrib ute it using CFS whenev er a fabric reconf iguration affects an IVR-e[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 16-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 16 Inter-VSAN Ro uting Configuration Inter-VSAN Routing Border Switch Guidelines Before conf iguring border switches, consider the fol lowin g guidelines: • Border swit ches requ[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 16-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 16 Inter-V SAN Routing Configuration Using the IVR Zone Wizard • Config ure the allo wed-domains list so that th e domains in dif ferent VSANs are non-o verlapp ing on all parti[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 16-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 16 Inter-VSAN Ro uting Configuration Modifying IVR Step 1 From F abric Manager , click the IVR Zo ne Wizard icon in the Zone tool bar . Figure 16-2 shows the IVR Zone W izard icon.[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 16-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 16 Inter-V SAN Routing Configuration Modifying IVR Modifying IVR NAT and IVR Auto Topology T o modify IVR i n N A T mode and IVR topo logy in auto mode from F abric Manager , foll[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 16-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 16 Inter-VSAN Ro uting Configuration Modifying IVR Step 1 Select All VSANs > IVR fro m the Logical Domains pane. Y ou see the IVR conf iguration in the Information pane. Step 2[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 16-11 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 16 Inter-V SAN Routing Configuration Modifying IVR Step 9 Select the Appl y Changes b utton from the informati on pane to distrib ute IVR on the switches. Manually Creating the I[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 16-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 16 Inter-VSAN Ro uting Configuration Modifying IVR Activating an IVR Topology After creating the IVR top ology , you must acti v ate it. T o acti v ate the IVR topology from Fabri[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 16-13 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 16 Inter-V SAN Routing Configuration IVR Zones and IVR Z one Sets Ti p As of Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.3(4a), only add I VR domains in the edge VSANs and n ot in transit VSANs. [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 16-14 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 16 Inter-VSAN Ro uting Configuration IVR Zones and IVR Z one Sets Automatic IVR Zone Creation Figure 16-3 depicts an I VR zone consisting of four mem bers. T o allow pwwn1 to comm[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 16-15 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 16 Inter-V SAN Routing Configuration IVR Zones and IVR Z one Sets Y o u see the Edit I VR Local Full Zone Database dial og box for the VSAN you selected. Step 3 Right- click th e[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 16-16 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 16 Inter-VSAN Ro uting Configuration IVR Zones and IVR Z one Sets Activating IVR Zone Sets Once the zone sets hav e been created and populated, you must acti vate the zon e set. T[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 16-17 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 16 Inter-V SAN Routing Configuration IVR Interoperability T o recov er a zone topology, follo w these steps. Step 1 From Fabric Manager , choose Zone > IVR > Copy Full T op[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 16-18 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 16 Inter-VSAN Ro uting Configuration IVR Interoperability[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 17-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 17 PortChannel Configuration PortChannels refer to the aggregatio n of multiple physical interfaces into one logical interface to provide higher aggregated b andwidth, load b[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 17-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 17 PortChannel Con figuration Using the PortChannel Wizard Using the PortChannel Wizard T o create a PortCh annel with the PortChannel W izard in Fabric Manager , follo w these ste[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 17-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 17 PortChannel Configuration Using the PortChannel Wizard Figure 17-3 sho ws a list of the ISLs. Figure 1 7 -3 Se lect ISLs Step 5 Optionally , check the Dynamically form P ort Ch[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 17-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 17 PortChannel Con figuration Using the PortChannel Wizard Figur e 1 7 -4 Dynamically For m a P or tChannel Step 8 If you did not choose to dy namically form a PortChannel, you see[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 17-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 17 PortChannel Configuration Modifying PortChannels The follo wing attrib utes are sho wn in Figure 17-5 : • VSAN List—The list of VSANs to w hich the ISLs belong. • T runk [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 17-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 17 PortChannel Con figuration Modifying PortChannels[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 18-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 18 Interface Configuration A switch's main funct ion is to relay frames from one da ta link to another . T o do that, the characteristics of the int erfaces through whic[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 18-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 18 Interface Configuration Fibre Chan nel Interfaces Figure 1 8-1 Cisco MDS 90 00 Family S witch Interf ace Modes Note Interfaces are created in VSAN 1 by default. See Chapter 13, [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 18-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 18 In terface Configuration Fibre Channel Interfaces FL Port In fabric loop port (FL port) mode, an interface functi ons as a fabric loop port. This p ort may be connected to one [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 18-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 18 Interface Configuration Fibre Chan nel Interfaces ST Port In the SP AN T unnel port (S T port) mode, an interf a ce function s as an entry point port in the source switch for th[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 18-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 18 In terface Configuration Fibre Channel Interfaces About Interface States The interface state d epends on the administrati ve conf iguration of t he interface and the dynamic st[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 18-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 18 Interface Configuration Configuring Fibre Channel Interf aces • The auto mode is the default port mode. The auto mode is not allowed in a 32-port switch ing module or the host[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 18-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 18 In terface Configuration Configuring Gigabit Ethern et Interfaces Configuring Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces Each port or interf ace on the IPS module is displayed i n the Etherne[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 18-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 18 Interface Configuration Managing Interface Attributes for Ports • FC Logical[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 18-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 18 In terface Configuration Managing Inte rface Attributes for Ports • Ethernet • SVC • PortChannels T o manage interf ace attrib utes from the Devi ce Mana ger , right -cli[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 18-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 18 Interface Configuration IPFC Interface Configuration Identification of SFP Types T o sho w the SFP types for an interf ace us ing Fabric Manager , follo w these steps: Step 1 C[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 19-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 19 FCIP Configuration Cisco MDS 9000 Family IP storag e services (IPS) modu les e xtend the reach of Fibre Channel SANs b y using open standard, IP-based techn ology . The sw[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 19-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 19 FCIP Configu ration FCIP Configuration Configuring a Basic Giga bit Ethernet Interface T o conf igure the gener al characteristics of a Gigabi t Ethernet interface, follo w thes[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 19-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 19 FCIP Configuration FCIP Configuration A virtual ISL is establ ished ov er a FCIP link and transp orts Fibre Channel traf f ic. Each associat ed virtual ISL looks like a Fibre C[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 19-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 19 FCIP Configu ration FCIP Write Acceleration FCIP Write Acceleration The FCIP write acceleration feature in Cisco MDS SA N-OS Release 1.3(3) enables you to signif icantly improv [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 19-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 19 FCIP Configuration FCIP Compression Ti p FCIP write accelera tion does not work if the FCIP port is part of a PortChannel or if the re are multiple paths with equal weight betw[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 19-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 19 FCIP Configu ration Using the FCIP Wizard Figur e 19-4 FCIP Wizard Step 2 Choose the switches that act as en dpoints for the FCIP link and click Next . Step 3 Choose the Gig abi[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 19-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 19 FCIP Configuration Using the FCIP Wizard Figure 1 9-6 Specifyin g T unnel Properties Step 7 Check the Enable Write Acceleration check box to enable FCIP writ e acceleration on [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 19-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 19 FCIP Configu ration Modifying FCIP Links Step 11 Set the Po rt VSAN and click the T runk Mode radio b utton for this FCIP link, as sho wn in Figure 19-7 . See the “Checking T [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 19-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 19 FCIP Configuration Modifying FCIP Links The FCIP profile’ s local IP address determines the Gi gabit Ethernet port where the FCIP links terminate (see Figure 19-8 ). Figur e [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 19-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 19 FCIP Configu ration Modifying FCIP Links Step 3 Click the Pr ofiles tab if it is not already selected. Y ou see the FCIP Profiles dial og box. Any prof iles already bound are l[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 19-11 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 19 FCIP Configuration FCIP Tape Acceleration Modifying FCIP Write Acceleration or FCIP Compression T o modify FCIP Write Acceleration or FCIP comp ression usin g Fabric Manager ,[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 19-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 19 FCIP Configu ration FCIP Tape Acceleration Figure 1 9-9 FCIP Link T ape Acceleration Note The tape acceleration feature is disabled b y default and mu st be enabled on both sid[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 19-13 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 19 FCIP Configuration Configuring Advanc ed FCIP Interfaces Enabling FCIP Tape Acceleration T o enable FCIP tape acceleration , follow these steps: Step 1 From Fabric Manager , c[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 19-14 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 19 FCIP Configu ration Configuring Adva nced FCIP Interfaces Y o u can conf igure the required mode for i nitiating an IP connection. By defa ult, acti ve mode is enab led to acti[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 19-15 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 19 FCIP Configuration Configuring Advanc ed FCIP Interfaces Note Refer to the Fibre Ch annel IP standards for further in formation on special frames. Ti p Special frame nego tiat[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 19-16 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 19 FCIP Configu ration Configuring Adva nced FCIP Interfaces Figure 1 9-1 0 FCIP B P ort and Fibr e Channel E Po rt B ports bridge Fibre Channel traf f ic from one E port to a rem[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 19-17 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 19 FCIP Configuration Configuring Advanc ed FCIP Interfaces The IPS module supp orts FCIP links that originate from a B port SAN extender de vice b y implementing the B access IS[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 19-18 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 19 FCIP Configu ration FCIP High Availability Step 5 Set the RemoteIP Address and Remo teTCPPort f ields for the peer IP address you ar e configur ing. Step 6 Check the Passiv eMo[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 19-19 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 19 FCIP Configuration FCIP High Availability Fibre Channel PortChannels Figure 19-12 pro vides an example of a Port Channel-based load balancin g co nf iguration. T o perform thi[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 19-20 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 19 FCIP Configu ration FCIP High Availability The follo wing characterist ics set FSPF so lutions apart from other solutions: • Each FCIP link is a separate (E)ISL. • The FCIP[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 19-21 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 19 FCIP Configuration FCIP High Availability The follo wing characterist ics set Ethernet PortChan nel solutions apart fro m other solutions: • The Gigabit Ethernet li nk le ve[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 19-22 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 19 FCIP Configu ration FCIP High Availability[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 20 iSCSI Configuration Cisco MDS 9000 Family IP storag e services (IPS) modules ex tend the reach of Fibre Channel SANs by using open-standard, IP-based tech nology . The swi[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI Figur e 20-1 T ypica l IP t o Fibr e Channel SAN Configur ation IPS modules enable you to create virtual iSCSI tar gets and then map them t[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI In conjunction with presenting Fibre Channel targets to iSCSI hosts, the IPS module presents each iSCSI host as a Fibre Channel host (in t[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI Routing iSCSI Reques ts and Responses The iSCSI feature consists of routing iSCSI requ ests and responses between hosts in an IP netw ork a[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI Figure 20-5 T rans par ent SCSI Ro uting Actions Note FCP (the Fibre Channel equi v alent of iSCSI) carr ies SCSI commands ov er a Fibre C[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI Step 4 Select the VSAN and tar gets to associate with th is iSCSI initiator , as sho wn in Figure 2 0-6 and click Next . Figur e 20-6 Selec[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI Step 5 Set the zone name f or this ne w iS CSI zone and optionally ch eck the Read Only check box, as sho wn in Figure 20-7 . Figure 20-7 [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI Note The IPS module does not impor t Fibre Channel tar gets to iSCSI by def ault. Either dynamic or stat ic mapping must be conf igured bef[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI Creating a Static iSCSI Virtual Target Y ou can manually (staticall y) create an iSCSI target and assign a node name to it. A st atically [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI High Availability Static Target Importing Statically import ed iSCSI targ ets hav e an additiona l option to pro vide a secondary pWWN for[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-11 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI Configuring the Tr espass Feature In addition to the high a v ailability of statically import ed iSCSI targets, the trespass feature is a[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI Dynamic Mapping When an iSCSI host connects to the IPS module using the iSCSI protocol , a virtual N port is created for the host. The nWW[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-13 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI Y o u can implement static mapping in one of tw o ways: • Manual assignment—Y ou can specify your o wn unique WWN b y provid ing them[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-14 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI Step 4 Set the iSCSI node name or IP address and VSAN membersh ip. Step 5 In the Node WWN section, check the Pe rs is te nt check box. Ste[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-15 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI when a ne w iSCSI host is added. On t he storage arra y , all LUNs that are used by iSCSI initiators are configured to allo w access by t[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-16 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI Configuring the iSCSI Proxy Initiator T o conf igure the prox y initiator, follo w these steps: Step 1 From Fabric Manager , select Interf[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-17 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI Step 4 Click Close to close the dialog box. iSCSI-Based Access Control For st atic iSCSI tar gets, you can man ually config ure a list of[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-18 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI Note Only the Challenge Handshake Auth entication Protocol ( CHAP) authentication method is supported. No Authentication If no authenticat[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-19 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI Step 3 Click A pply to sav e these changes or click Close to discard any unsav ed changes. Mutual CHAP Authentication In addition to the [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-20 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI Advanced iSCSI Configuration Adv anced confi guration options ar e a v ailable for iSCSI interfaces on a per-IPS port basis.Cisco MDS swit[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-21 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI iSCSI Forwarding Mode The iSCSI gate way on t he IPS module has two mo des of forwarding operati on: • The pass-thru mode (default): Th[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-22 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI Multiple IPS Ports Connected to th e Same IP Network Figure 20-12 pr ovides an e xample of a conf iguration with multiple Gigabi t Etherne[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-23 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI VRRP-Based High Availability Figure 20-13 pr ovides an e xample of a VRRP-based high a v ailability iSCSI conf iguration. Figur e 20-13 V[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-24 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI Storage Name Services Ethernet PortChannel-Based High Availability Note All iSCSI data traf fic for on e iSCSI link is carried on one TCP [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-25 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI Storage Name Services iSNS Client Functionality The iSNS client functionality o n each interface (Gigabit Ethernet interface or subinterf[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 20-26 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration Configuring iSCSI Storage Name Services Step 4 Click A pply to sav e these changes, or click Cancel to discard changes . Enabling the iSNS Server Before ena[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 21-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-8007-01, Cisco Fabric Manager Release 3.x 21 Configuring the SAN Extension Tuner The SAN exten sion tuner is unique to the Cisco MDS 9000 F amily of switches. This feature h elps you optimize FC IP performance by[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 21-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-8007-01, Cisco Fabric Manager Release 3.x Chapter 21 Configu ring the SAN Extension Tuner Prerequisites Figur e 21 -1 SCSI Command Genera tion t o the Vir tual T ar get The SAN extension tu ner assists with tuning b y gene rat[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 21-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-8007-01, Cisco Fabric Manager Release 3.x Chapter 21 Configuring the SAN Extension Tuner Using the SAN Extension Tu ner Wizard Note Both switches on an FCIP link must ha ve Cisco MDS SAN-OS 2.1 (2) or later to use the SAN e x[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 21-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-8007-01, Cisco Fabric Manager Release 3.x Chapter 21 Configu ring the SAN Extension Tuner Using the SAN Exte nsion Tuner Wizard[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 22 FICON Configuration Fibre Connection ( FICON) interface capabilit ies enhance the Cisco MDS 9000 Famil y by supporti ng both open systems and mainframe storage networ k en[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration About FICON About FICON The Cisco MDS 9000 Famil y supports the Fibre Channel Prot ocol (FCP), FICON, iSCSI, and FCIP capabilities within a si ngle, high a v[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration About FICON VSANs also help y ou to mov e unused po rts nondisrupti v ely and pro vide a common redundant physical infrastructure (see Figure 22-2 ). Figur [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration About FICON MDS 9000 Famil y platform, storage r eplication services such as IBM PPRC and XRC can be e xtended ov er metro to global distance s using ubiquit[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration About FICON or Fibre Channel FCP ports in an y combination in a sing le chassis and up to 7 68 Fibre Channel ports in a single rack. The 1.44 Tbp s of inter[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration About FICON FICON Port Numbering W ith reference to the FICON feature, ports in Cisc o MDS switches are id entified b y a st atically de fined 8-bit value kn[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration About FICON T able 22-1 li sts the port number assignment for the Cisco MDS 9000 F amily of switches and directors. FICON Port Numbering Guidelines The foll[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration About FICON FCIP and PortChannel Port Numbers FCIP and PortChannels cannot be used i n a FIC ON-enabled VSAN unless the y are ex plicitly bound to a port num[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration About FICON Cisco MDS switches ha ve a dynamic FC ID allocation scheme. When FICON is enabled or disabled on a VSAN, all the ports are flapped to switch fro[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration Enabling FICON Enabling FICON By default FICON is disabled in all switches in the Cisco MDS 90 00 Family . When you enable the FICON feature in Cisco MDS sw[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-11 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration Enabling FICON Step 2 Click Cr eate VSAN. Y ou see the Create VSAN dialog box. Step 3 Enter a VSAN ID. Step 4 Enter the name of the VSAN, i f desired. Step[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration Enabling FICON Viewing FICON Director History T o view FICON director hi story, follo w these steps: Step 1 In De vice Manager , select VSANs fro m the FICO[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-13 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration Enabling FICON FICON Host Control By default, th e clock in each VSAN is the same as the switch hardware clock. Each VSAN in a Cisco MDS switch represents [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-14 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration Configuring FICON Ports FICON Information Refresh Note When vie wing FICON information thr ough the De vice Manager dialog box es, you must manually refresh[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-15 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration Configuring FICON Ports Configuring Port Blocking and Port Prohibiting T o conf igure port blocki ng or port prohibiting f or FICON using De vice Manager ,[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-16 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration FICON Configuration Files Viewing FICON Port Attributes Note T o vie w the latest FICON information, you must click t he Refresh b utton. See the “FICON I[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-17 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration FICON Configuration Files Accessing FICON Configuration Files Only one user can access the conf iguration f ile at any gi ven time: • If this f ile is be[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-18 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration Port Swapping Managing FICON Configuration Files In Device Manager T o manage a FICON f ile using De vice Manager , follow these st eps: Step 1 Select VSANS[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-19 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration Clearing FICON Device Allegiance Port Swapping Guidelines Be sure to follo w these guidelines wh en using the FICON port swap feature: • Port swapping is[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-20 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration CUP In-Band Managemen t CUP In-Band Management The Control Unit Port (CUP) prot ocol configures access control and provides unif ied storage management capa[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-21 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration Fabric Binding Configuration Port-le vel checking for xE-ports • switch login uses both port binding as well as the f abric binding feature for a gi v en[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-22 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration Fabric Binding Configur ation T o enable f abric binding using F abric Manager , foll ow th ese steps: Step 1 Choose F abric > VSAN xx x > Fabric Bind[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-23 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration Fabric Binding Configuration If the database acti vation is rejected due to one or mo re conflicts listed in the prev ious section, you may decide to pro c[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-24 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration Fabric Binding Configur ation Creating a Fabric Binding Configuration T o create a f abric binding conf iguration, foll ow these st eps: Step 1 In Fabric Ma[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-25 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration Displaying RLIR Information Clearing Fabric Binding Statistics T o clear f abric bindi ng statistics , follo w these step s: Step 1 In F abric Manager , se[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-26 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration Calculating FICON Fl ow Load Balance T o use the FICON Flo w Load Balan ce calculator, follow these steps: Step 1 Click T ools > Other > FICON Flow Lo[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-27 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration Calculating FICON Flow Load Bala nce In the example sho wn in Figure 22-6 , there are 12 ISLs between d omains 0a and 0b with 13 fl ows. In this case, the [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 22-28 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 22 FICON Configuration Calculating FICON Fl ow Load Balance[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 23-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 23 Configuring Intelligent Storage Services The Storage Services Module (SSM) supports Intelli gent Storage Services on Cisco MDS 9 000 Family switches running Cisco MDS SAN-[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 23-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 23 Configurin g Intellige nt Storage Services Intelligent Stor age Services Intelligent Storag e Services include the fo llowi ng: • SCSI flo w services • SANT ap • NA S B ?[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 23-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 23 Configuri ng Intelligent Storage Services SCSI Flow Services Disabling Intelligent Storage Services T o disable Intell igent Storage Services in F abric Manager for an SSM and [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 23-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 23 Configurin g Intellige nt Storage Services Fibre Chan nel Wr ite Acceleration Configuring SCSI Flow Services A SCSI flo w specif ication consists of the follo wing attr ibutes: [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 23-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 23 Configuri ng Intelligent Storage Services SCSI Flow Statisti cs Configuring Fibre Channel Write Acceleration A SCSI flow is created when you configure Fibre Cha nnel write acce[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 23-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 23 Configurin g Intellige nt Storage Services SCSI Flow S tatistics Enabling SCSI Flow Statistics T o enable SCSI flo w statistics mo nitori ng using F abric Manager , follo w thes[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 23-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 23 Configuri ng Intelligent Storage Services SANTap SANTap The SANT ap feature allows third party data storage ap plications , such as long distance replication and continuous bac[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 23-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 23 Configurin g Intellige nt Storage Services SANTap Transparent Mode T ransparent mode eliminates the ne ed for any reco nfigur ation of either the host or target w hen introducin[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 23-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 23 Configuri ng Intelligent Storage Services SANTap Proxy Mode-1 Proxy mode-1 assigns Cisco-specif ic WWNs to the vir tual initiators (VIs) and digital virtual tar gets (D VTs). T[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 23-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 23 Configurin g Intellige nt Storage Services SANTap Proxy Mode-2 Proxy mode-2 includes the ben efits of t ransparent mode and proxy mode-1 b ut does not h av e the limitations of[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 23-11 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 23 Configuri ng Intelligent Storage Services NASB Note Y ou cannot simultaneousl y configure t he intel ligent services SANT ap and N ASB on a single SSM. NASB As of Cisco MDS SA[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 23-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 23 Configurin g Intellige nt Storage Services NASB Figur e 23-5 Example Con figur ation with Medi a Serve r as D ata Mov er When the N ASB is the data mo ver , it moves the data b[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 23-13 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 23 Configuri ng Intelligent Storage Services NASB Step 1 Choose VSAN xxx > Defaul t Zone . Y ou see the Default Zone conf igurati on in the Information pane. Step 2 Choose the[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 23-14 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 23 Configurin g Intellige nt Storage Services NASB T o conf igure N ASB using F abric Manager , follo w these steps: Step 1 Choose Switches > End De vices > SSM F eatures fr[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 24-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 24 Additional Configuration This chapte r describes the ad va n ced features provided in switch es in the Cisco MDS 900 0 Family . Note Click Help > Contents in Fabric Man[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 24-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 24 Additional Configuration The fctrace Fe ature The fctrace Feature The fctrace feature allows you to: • T race the route followed b y data tr af fic. • Compute inter -switch [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 24-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 24 Ad ditional Configuration Configuring World Wide Names Invoking the fcping Feature T o initiat e an fcping using F abric Manager , follo w these steps: Step 1 Choose To o l s &[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 24-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 24 Additional Configuration Flat FC ID Allocation • In Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel ease 2.0, both ELPs and EFPs use the VSAN WWN b y default d uring link initialization . Howe v er , th[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 24-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 24 Ad ditional Configuration Switch Inte roperability T able 24-2 l ists the changes in switch beha vior when you enab le interoperability mode. These changes are specifi c to swi[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 24-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 24 Additional Configuration Switch Interoperability Interoperability Configuration The interop mode in Cisco MDS 9000 F amily switches can be en abled disrupti vely or non disrupti[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 24-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 24 Ad ditional Configuration Switch Inte roperability Note When changing the domain ID, the FC IDs assigned to N ports also change. Step 6 Change the Fibre Channel time rs (if the[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 24-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 24 Additional Configuration Switch Interoperability[...]

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CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 25-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 25 Users and Common Roles Fabric Manage r provides the capabilit y to conf igure and manage se veral dif ferent types of secu rity for MDS 9000 switches. This chapte r includ[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 25-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 25 Users and Commo n Roles Configuring Common Roles Configuring Common Roles From Cisco SAN-OS Release 1.2(x) , CLI and SNMP in all switches in th e Cisco MDS 9000 Family use commo[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 25-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 25 Users and Common Roles Configuring Common Roles Editing Rules For Common Roles in Device Manager Up to 16 rules can be conf igured for each rol e. The user-specif ied rule numb[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 25-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 25 Users and Commo n Roles Configuring User Accoun ts Note Users configured in roles where the VSAN scope is en abled cannot modify the conf iguration fo r E ports. They can only m[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 25-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 25 Users and Common Roles Configuring User Accounts Creating or Updating Users As of Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x and later , the passphrase specif ied in the snmp-server user opt[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 25-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 25 Users and Commo n Roles Configuring SSH Services Step 4 Select the role from the drop-do wn menu in Fab ric Manager or the check box es in De vice Manager . In Fabric Manag er ,[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 25-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 25 Users and Common Roles Configuring SSH Services The SSH service accepts three types of k ey pairs for use by SSH v ersions 1 and 2. • TheSSH1 option generates t he RSA1 key p[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 25-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 25 Users and Commo n Roles Configuring SSH Services[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 26-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 26 SNMP Configuration Fabric Manage r provides the capabilit y to conf igure SNMP for managing switches in the f abric. This chapte r includes the fol lo wing sections: • A[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 26-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 26 SNMP Con figuration About SNMP SNMP Version 1 and Version 2c SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c use a community stri ng match for user authenticatio n. Community strings provided a weak form of[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 26-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 26 SNMP Configuration About SNMP In Cisco MDS SAN-OS Relea se 2.0(1b) or later , users pr esent in the prior release are assigned set of roles that is the union of both the CLI an[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 26-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 26 SNMP Con figuration Understanding Users Deleting a Community String T o delete a community stri ng, follow these steps: Step 1 From F abric Manager , choose Switches > Securi[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 26-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 26 SNMP Configuration Understanding Users Adding a User T o add a user, follo w these steps: Step 1 From F abric Manager , choose Switches > Security->SNMP from the Physical[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 26-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 26 SNMP Con figuration Assigning SNMPv3 User s to Multiple Roles Group-Based SNMP Access Note Because gr oup is a standard SNMP term used industry-wide, we refer to role(s) as grou[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 26-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 26 SNMP Configuration Configuri ng SNMP Notifications Note Use the SNMP-T ARGET -MIB to obtain more informat ion on trap destin ations and inform re quests. Refer to the Cisco MDS[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 26-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 26 SNMP Con figuration Configuring SNMP Notifications[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 27-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 27 RADIUS and TACACS+ Fabric Man ager provides the capabi lity to authenticate users with RADIUS or T A CA CS+. This chapte r includes the fol lo wing sections: • Authentic[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 27-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 27 RADIUS and TACACS+ Authentication, Au thorization, and Accoun ting These security mechanisms can also be configured for the following scenarios: • iSCSI auth entication (s ee [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 27-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 27 RADIUS and TACACS+ Authentication, Authoriz ation, and Accounting If you use a SAN V olume Controller (SVC) setu p, two more roles e xist in all Cisco MDS switches: • SVC adm[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 27-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 27 RADIUS and TACACS+ Authentication, Au thorization, and Accoun ting Remote AAA Services Remote AAA services prov ided through RADI US and T ACA CS+ protocols hav e the foll owing[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 27-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 27 RADIUS and TACACS+ Configuring RADIUS In general, serv er group, local, and none are the thre e options that can be specif ied for any service in an AAA confi guration. Each op[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 27-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 27 RADIUS and TACACS+ Configuring RADIUS Step 8 Click Crea te t o c r e a t e t h i s R A D I U S s e r v e r o r c l i c k Close to exit the dialog b ox without creating the ne w [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 27-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 27 RADIUS and TACACS+ Configuring RADIUS Setting the Global Preshared Key Y o u need to conf igure t he RADIUS preshared ke y to authenticate the switch to the RADIUS server . The[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 27-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 27 RADIUS and TACACS+ Configuring TACACS+ The follo wing attrib utes are supported: • roles— This attrib ute lists all the roles to wh ich the user belongs. The v alue field i [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 27-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 27 RADIUS and TACACS+ Configuring TACACS+ About TACACS+ T A CA CS+ is a client/serv er protocol that us es TCP (TCP port 49) for transport r equirements. All switches in the Cisco[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 27-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 27 RADIUS and TACACS+ Configuring Server Gr oups Y o u can al so confi gure optional custo m attrib utes to a voi d conflicts with non -MDS Cisco switches usi ng the same AAA serv[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 27-11 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 27 RADIUS and TACACS+ Configuring Server Groups Step 4 Select the radius radio b utton to add a RADIUS serv er group or select tacacs+ to add a T A CA CS+ server group. Step 5 Ch[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 27-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 27 RADIUS and TACACS+ Configuring Server Gr oups Note After you issue the f irst conf iguration command re lated to AAA servers, all server and global confi guration made (includi[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 27-13 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 27 RADIUS and TACACS+ Configuring Server Groups Disabling AAA Authentication Y ou can turn o f f password verif ication. If you c onf igure this option, users will be able to log[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 27-14 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 27 RADIUS and TACACS+ Configuring Server Gr oups[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 28-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 28 IP Access Control Lists IP access control lists (IP-A CLs) provide basic netw ork security to all switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family . IP-ACLs restri ct IP-related traf[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 28-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 28 IP Access Control Lists Filter Contents • Config ure the order of condition s accurately . As the IP-A CL f ilters are sequen tially applied to the IP flo ws, only the f irst [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 28-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 28 IP Access Control Lists Filter Contents • Specify the numb er of the port. Port numbers rang e from 0 to 65535. T able 28-1 displays the port numbers recognized by the Cisco [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 28-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 28 IP Access Control Lists Using the IP-ACL Wizard Using the IP-ACL Wizard T o use the IP-A CL W izard to creat e an ordered list of IP f ilters in a named IP-A CL prof ile, follo [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 28-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 28 IP Access Control Lists Creating Complex IP-ACLs Using Devic e Manager Creating Complex IP-ACLs Using Device Manager The IP-A CL W izard in Fabric Manager pro vides tools to cr[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 28-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 28 IP Access Control Lists Associating IP-ACL Pr ofiles to Interfaces Associating IP-ACL Profiles to Interfaces T o associ ate the IP-A CL profile to an interf ace, follo w these s[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 28-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 28 IP Access Control Lists Deleting IP Profiles Step 3 Select the ro w you want t o delete. If you want t o delete multiple ro ws, hold do wn the Shift key whi le selecting ro ws.[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 28-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 28 IP Access Control Lists Deleting IP Profiles[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 29-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 29 IPsec and IKE Fabric Manage r provides the capabi lity to conf igure and manage IPsec using IKE. This chapte r includes the fol lo wing sections: • Config uring IPsec Ne[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 29-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 29 IPsec an d IKE Configuring IPsec Network Security This module is av ailable for use in any switch in the Cisco MDS 9200 Series or in the Cisco MDS 9500 Series. The 16-port, hot-[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 29-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 29 IPsec and IKE Configuring IPsec Network Security IPsec Compatibility IPsec features are compatible with the fol lowin g Cisco MDS hardware runnin g Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.0[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 29-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 29 IPsec an d IKE Configuring IPsec Network Security • Data origin authentication—The IPsec recei ver can au thenticate the source of the IPsec pa ckets sent. This service is d[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 29-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 29 IPsec and IKE Configuring IPsec Network Security – T ransform—A list of op erations done on a datafl ow to p rovide data authenti cation, data confid entiality , and data c[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 29-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 29 IPsec an d IKE Configuring IPsec Network Security • Data Encryp tion Standard (DE S) is used to encrypt packet da ta and implements th e mandatory 56-bit DES-CBC. CBC requi re[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 29-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 29 IPsec and IKE Enabling IPsec Using FCIP Wizard • The switch authentication algorithm uses th e presha red keys based on the IP address. Supported Algorithms for Windows and L[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 29-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 29 IPsec an d IKE Modifying IKE and IPsec Figur e 29-3 Enabling IPse c on an FCIP Link Step 5 Click Next . Y ou see the TCP connec tion characteristics. Step 6 Set the minimum an d[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 29-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 29 IPsec and IKE Modifying IKE and IPsec T o v erify that IPsec and IKE are enabled using Fabric Manager , follow these steps: Step 1 Choose Switches > Security > IPSEC in t[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 29-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 29 IPsec an d IKE Modifying IKE and IPsec Figure 29-4 IPsec Processing of Crypto A CLS • If you conf igure multiple statements for a gi ve n crypto A CL which is used for IPsec,[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 29-11 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 29 IPsec and IKE Modifying IKE and IPsec Figure 29-5 sh ows some samp le scenarios with and witho ut mirror image A CLs. Figure 29-5 IPsec Processing of Mir ror Imag e Configurat[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 29-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 29 IPsec an d IKE Modifying IKE and IPsec The any Keyword in Crypto ACLs Ti p W e recommend that you co nfigu re mirror image cr ypto A CLs for use by IPsec and that y ou av oid u[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 29-13 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 29 IPsec and IKE Modifying IKE and IPsec T able 29-2 pro vides a list of allo wed transform comb inations. Crypto Map Entries Once you hav e created the crypto A CLs, you can cre[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 29-14 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 29 IPsec an d IKE Modifying IKE and IPsec SA Establishment Between Peers When two peers try to establish an SA, they must each ha ve at least one crypto map entry that is compatib[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 29-15 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 29 IPsec and IKE Modifying IKE and IPsec Figure 29-6 iSCSI with End-to-End IPsec Using the A uto-P eer Option SA Lifetime Negotiation T o specify SA lifetime ne gotiation v alues[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 29-16 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 29 IPsec an d IKE Modifying IKE and IPsec T o create or modify crypto map entries using F abric Manager , follo w these steps: Step 1 Choose Switches > Security > IPSEC in t[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 29-17 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 29 IPsec and IKE Modifying IKE and IPsec IPsec Maintenance Certain conf iguration changes will only take ef fect when ne gotiating subseq uent security associations. If you want [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 29-18 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 29 IPsec an d IKE Modifying IKE and IPsec[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 30-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 30 FC-SP and DHCHAP Fibre Channel Security Proto col (FC-SP) capabilities pro vide switch-switch and ho st-switch authentication to ov ercome security challenges for enterpri[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 30-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 30 FC-SP and DHCHAP Fibre Channel Security Pr otocol Figure 30-1 Switch and Ho st A uthentication Note Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HB As) with ap propriate firmw are and driv [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 30-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 30 FC-SP and DHCHAP Configuring DHCHAP Authentication DHCHAP Compatibility with Existing Cisco MDS Features This sections identif ies the impact o f configurin g the DHCHAP featur[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 30-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 30 FC-SP and DHCHAP Configuring DHCHAP Authentication Step 4 Click the A pply Changes ico n to enable FC-SP and DHCHAP on the selected switch es. Configuring DHCHAP Authentication [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 30-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 30 FC-SP and DHCHAP Configuring DHCHAP Authentication T o conf igure the DHCHAP port auth entication mode, follo w these steps: Step 1 From Fabric Manager , choose Switches > I[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 30-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 30 FC-SP and DHCHAP Configuring DHCHAP Authentication T o change the DH g roup list using F abric Manager , follo w these steps: Step 1 Choose Switches > Security > FC-SP . Y[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 30-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 30 FC-SP and DHCHAP Configuring DHCHAP Authentication Configuring the DHCHAP Pass word for the Local Switch T o conf igure the DHCHAP pa ssword for the local switch, follo w these[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 30-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 30 FC-SP and DHCHAP Configuring DHCHAP Authentication Setting the DHCHAP Timeout Value During the DHC HAP protocol exchange, if the MD S sw itch does not receiv e the expected DHCH[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 31-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 31 Port Security All switches in the Cisco MD S 9000 F amily prov ide port security features that reject i ntrusion attempts and report these intrusion s to the administrator[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 31-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 31 Port Security About Port Security Auto-Learning Device Authorization T able 31-1 summari zes the authorized connection for de vice requests. Port Security Enforcement If you cho[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 31-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 31 Port Security Configuring Port Security Configuring Port Security T o conf igure po rt security, follo w these steps: Step 1 Enable the port security feature on all participati[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 31-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 31 Port Security Configuring Port Security • forceActi vate(T urnLearningOf f)—Activ ation is forced and autolearn is turned off. • deactiv ate—All currently acti ve port s[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 31-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 31 Port Security Configuring Port Security Turning Auto-Learning On or Off T o turn auto-learning on or of f, follo w these steps: Step 1 Choose VSAN xxx > P ort Securit y from[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 31-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 31 Port Security Configuring Port Security Manu ally Configuring Port Security Manually Note Most tabs in the Information pane for featu res us ing CFS are dimmed until you cli ck [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 31-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 31 Port Security Configuring Port Security Manually • TE port checking is done o n each VSAN in the allo wed VSAN list of the trunk port. • All PortChanne l xE ports must be c[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 31-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 31 Port Security Configuring Port Security Manu ally Database Interaction T able 31-3 lists the dif ferences and interactions be tween the acti ve and conf iguration databases . T [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 31-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 31 Port Security Configuring Port Security Manually Database Scenarios The v arious scenarios in Figure 31-1 depict the acti ve dat abase and the configurati on database status ba[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 31-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 31 Port Security Configuring Port Security Manu ally Activating the Port Security Database When you acti vate the port security database, all entries in the conf ig ured database [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 31-11 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 31 Port Security Configuring Port Security Manually Forceful Port S ecurity Activation If the auto-learn option was enabled before the activ ation, reacti vate the database.If th[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 31-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 31 Port Security Configuring Port Security Manu ally[...]

S end documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. P ART 5 Netw ork and P erformance Monitoring[...]

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CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 32-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 32 Network Monitoring The primary purpose of F abric Manager is to mana ge the network. In part icular , SAN discovery and network moni toring are two o f its key network man[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 32-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 32 Network Monitorin g SAN Discovery and Topology Mapp ing information su ch as zones, VSANs, and ISLs exceedin g utilization threshol ds. The topology map also provid es a visual [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 32-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 32 Network Monitoring SAN Discovery and To pology Mapping Mapping Multiple Fabrics T o log into mult iple fabrics, the same username and password must be use d. The information fo[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 32-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 32 Network Monitorin g Configuring System Message Logging • End De vices—Sho ws the host and storage ports. • ISLs—Sho ws all the Inter -Switch Links fo r the selected SAN,[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 32-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 32 Network Monitoring Configuring System Message Lo gging T able 32-2 descri bes some samples of internal facilities supported b y the system message logs for Cisco MDS SAN-OS. ke[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 32-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 32 Network Monitorin g Configuring System Message Logging T able 32-3 descri bes some samples of internal facilities supported b y the system message logs for Cisco Fab ri cW are .[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 32-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 32 Network Monitoring Configuring System Message Lo gging T able 32-4 describes the se v erity lev els supported by the system message logs for both Cisco MDS SAN-OS and Cisco F a[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 32-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 32 Network Monitorin g Configuring System Message Logging Ti p The current critical (def ault) logging l ev el is maint ain ed if the console baud speed is 9600 baud (default). All[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 32-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 32 Network Monitoring Configuring System Message Lo gging Dev ice Manager allow s you to vie w ev ent logs on yo ur local PC as well as those on the switch. F or a permanent recor[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 32-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 32 Network Monitorin g Health and Event Mo nitoring Y ou can view switch-re sident logs even if you hav e not set up your local s yslog server or your local PC is not in the switc[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 33-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 33 Performance Monitoring Cisco Fabric Manager and Devi ce Manager provide mul tiple tools for monitoring th e performance of the ov erall fabric, SAN elements, and SAN l ink[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 33-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 33 Performance Monitoring Historical Performanc e Monitoring Step 2 Choose the Pol l I n te r va l and how the data should be interpreted by clicking the Show Rx/Tx drop-do wn menu[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 33-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 33 Performance Monitor ing Historical Performance Monitoring The Performance Manager has three opera tional stages : • Defin ition—Uses two con figuration wizards t o create a[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 33-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 33 Performance Monitoring Historical Performanc e Monitoring Using Performance Thresholds The Performance Manager Conf iguration W izard allows you to set up tw o thresholds that w[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 33-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 33 Performance Monitor ing Historical Performance Monitoring T able 33-4 sho ws two examples of 1-Gigabit links with di f ferent av erages in our example collection and at what tr[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 33-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 33 Performance Monitoring Historical Performanc e Monitoring Note If you reconf igure your fabric, y ou may need to updat e your Performance Manager collections and flo ws. Recreat[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 33-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 33 Performance Monitor ing Historical Performance Monitoring Performance Tables and Details Graphs Click Host, Storage, ISL , or Flo w to view traf f ic ov er the past day for all[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 33-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 33 Performance Monitoring Historical Performanc e Monitoring T o generate a T op10 report using Fabric Manager W eb Services, follow these steps: Step 1 Choose Perf ormance from th[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 33-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 33 Performance Monitor ing Historical Performance Monitoring This reads the XML e xport format that rrdtool is capable of writing wi th the command: rrdtool xport filename.xml fil[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 33-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 33 Performance Monitoring Historical Performanc e Monitoring Configuring Performance Manager for Use with Cisco Traffic Analyzer Performance Manager works in conjun ction with the[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 33-11 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 33 Performance Monitor ing Historical Performance Monitoring c. Enter the URL for th e Cisco T raf f ic Anal yzer in the format http://<i p address >/< directory > wh[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 33-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 33 Performance Monitoring Historical Performanc e Monitoring[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 34-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 34 Third-Party Integration Fabric Man ager provides to ols to facilitat e inte grat ion with third-party applicatio ns and devices. This chapter contains the following sectio[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 34-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 34 Third-Party Integ ration Call Home Configuration T o register , the following items are required: • The SMAR Tnet contract number cov ering your Ci sco MDS 9000 Fa mily switch[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 34-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 34 Third-Party Integration Call Home Configuration • Message sev erity—Sev erity of messages that will trigger a Call Home message. Messages belo w this se verity do not trigg[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 34-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 34 Third-Party Integ ration Call Home Configuration Ta b l e 3 4 - 1 E v e n t Tr i g g e r s Event Alert Group Event Name Description Severity Level Call Home Syst em and CISCO_T [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 34-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 34 Third-Party Integration Call Home Configuration Message Contents The follo wing contact infor mation can be conf igured on the switch: • Name of the contact person • Phone [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 34-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 34 Third-Party Integ ration Call Home Configuration T able 34-3 , T able 34-4 , and T able 34-5 display the informati on contained in plain te xt and XML messages. T able 34-3 Reac[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 34-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 34 Third-Party Integration Call Home Configuration Contact e-mail E-mail address of person identif ied as contact for this uni t. /mml/body/sysContactEmai l Contact phone number P[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 34-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 34 Third-Party Integ ration Call Home Configuration T able 34-4 In vent ory Ev ent Message For mat Data Item (Plain text and XML) Description (Plain text and XML) XML T ag (XML onl[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 34-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 34 Third-Party Integration Call Home Configuration Contact phone number Phone number of the person iden tified as the co ntact for this unit. /mml/body/sysContact Phone Number Str[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 34-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 34 Third-Party Integ ration Call Home Configuration Message group This field should be ignored by the recei ving Call Home processing application, b ut may be popul ated with eith[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 34-11 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 34 Third-Party Integration Configuri ng SNMP Events Configuring SNMP Events SNMP e vents are asynchronous no tifications of stat us, performance, or conf iguration changes on th [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 34-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 34 Third-Party Integ ration Configuring SNMP Events Configuring SNMP Event Destinations Cisco MDS 9000 Fa mily switches, like other SNMP-enabled de vices, send e vents (traps and [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 34-13 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 34 Third-Party Integration Configuring RMON Using Threshold Mana ger Viewing the SNMP Events Log T o vie w the SNMP e v ents log from the De vice Manager , choose Logs > Event[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 34-14 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 34 Third-Party Integ ration Configuring RMON Using Thre shold Manager Alternati vely , click the appropriate radio b utton to choose ports b y type: All ports, xE ports, or Fx por[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 34-15 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 34 Third-Party Integration Configuring RMON Using Threshold Mana ger Step 5 Choose one of the fo llowi ng se verity le v els to assign to the al arm: Fatal , W arning, Critical ,[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 34-16 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 34 Third-Party Integ ration Configuring RMON Using Thre shold Manager Viewing the RMON Log T o vie w the RMON log from t he Devi ce Manager , follo w these steps: Step 1 Choose Ad[...]

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CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 35-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 35 Troubleshooting Your Fabric There are sev eral things you can do to use Fabric Manager to tro ubleshoot your fabric . This chapter contains the following topics: • T rou[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 35-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 35 Troubleshoo ting Your Fabric Troubleshooting Tools a nd Techniques Protocol Analyzer —If even deeper in vestigation is needed , t he Cisco Protocol Analyzer fo r Fibre Channel[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 35-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 35 Troub leshooting Your Fabric Analyzing Sw itch Device Heal th Fibre Channel traf fic can be analyzed on a per VSAN basis with the Cisco T raffic Analyzer . The Domain T raf fic[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 35-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 35 Troubleshoo ting Your Fabric Online System Health Manage ment Online System Health Management The Online Health Management System (system heal th) is a hardware f ault detection[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 35-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 35 Troub leshooting Your Fabric Analyzing Switch F abric Co nfiguration Performing External Loopbacks External loopback tests send and receiv e FC2 frame s to and from the same po[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 35-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 35 Troubleshoo ting Your Fabric Analyzing End-to-End Connectivity Analyzing End-to-End Connectivity Y o u can use t he End to End Connecti vity option to determine connecti vity an[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 35-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 35 Troub leshooting Your Fabric Configuring a Fabric Analyzer Configuring a Fabric Analyzer Fibre Channel protocol anal yzers capture, decode , and an alyze frames and ordered set[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 35-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 35 Troubleshoo ting Your Fabric Configuring a Fa bric Analyzer Figur e 35-1 C isco F abr ic Analyzer Usage Local Text-Based Capture This componen t is a command -line driv en text-[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 35-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 35 Troub leshooting Your Fabric Configuring a Fabric Analyzer RPCAP supports tw o setup connection modes based on f ire wall rest rictions. • Passi v e mode (default)—The co n[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 35-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 35 Troubleshoo ting Your Fabric Configuring a Fa bric Analyzer • The capture interface can be specified either in th e capture dialog box or by using the -i option at the comman[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 35-11 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 35 Troub leshooting Your Fabric Configuring a Fabric Analyzer Defining Display Filters Display fi lters limit the frames that can be displ aye d, b ut not what is captured (simil[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 35-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 35 Troubleshoo ting Your Fabric Using the Ping Too l Permitted Capture Filters This section lists the permitted captu re filters. o vsan o src_port_idx o dst_port_idx o sof o r_ct[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 35-13 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 35 Troub leshooting Your Fabric Using Traceroute and Other Troubleshooting Tools Step 5 Click Start to perform th e ping between your switch and the select ed port. Step 6 In a f[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 35-14 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 35 Troubleshoo ting Your Fabric Issuing the Show T ech Support Command Step 4 Click Analyze . The Zone Merge Analysis window di splays any inconsistencies between the zone conf ig[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 35-15 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 35 Troub leshooting Your Fabric Locating Other Switches Step 7 Click the OK b utton to start issui ng the show t ech support command to the switches you specif ied, or click the [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 35-16 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 35 Troubleshoo ting Your Fabric Getting Oversubscription Info rmation in Device Manager Step 4 Click Display Cisco MD S 9000 Only to display onl y the Cisco MDS 9000 Fami ly switc[...]

CH A P T E R Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x 36 Management Software Troubleshooting This chapter answers some o f the most frequently asked questions about Cisco Fabric Manager and Device Manager . This chapter contains[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Manag ement Software Troubleshooting – Why are disk images in the De vice Manager Summary V ie w not showing up?, page 36-8 – Why can’t I set both the D_S_T O V and E_D_TO[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Management Software Troubleshooting Installation Issues – Can I use Fabric Man ager in a mixed softwa re en vironment?, page 36-23 – I Get an Error When Lau nching Fabric M[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Manag ement Software Troubleshooting Installation Issues How do I install Java Web Start on a UNIX machine? If you are using UNIX (Linux, Solaris) th e Sun JRE 1.4.0 and 1.4.1 d[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Management Software Troubleshooting Installation Issues Why can’t I see my desktop shortcuts? For W indows 2000 and W indo ws NT , we create Program Menu entries (under a ne [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Manag ement Software Troubleshooting Installation Issues Java Web Start hangs on download dialog. What do I do? T o make sure Jav a W eb Start is s et up to access the switch in[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Management Software Troubleshooting Installation Issues How do I clear the Java Web Start cache? T o clear the Jav a W eb Start cache, follow these steps: Step 1 Start th e Jav[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Manag ement Software Troubleshooting General Why can’t I install Fabric Manager or Device Manager when McAfee Internet Suite 6.0 Professional is running? The McAfee internet s[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Management Software Troubleshooting General Why can’t I set both the D_S_TOV and E_D_TOV timers in the Device Manager? If you modify bot h E_D_TO V and D_S_TO V at the same t[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Manag ement Software Troubleshooting General Why am I seeing display anomalies? If you see F abric Manager or De vice Manager submenus detached from menus, the mouse pointer in[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-11 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Management Software Troubleshooting Windows Issue s License Wizard fails to fetch license keys, saying connect failed Jav a versi ons 1.4.2_01 and older don't seem to hav[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Manag ement Software Troubleshooting Windows Issues Windows XP hangs (or blue screen). What do I do? W indo ws XP with the A TI Radeon A GP graphics cards has kno wn to freeze [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-13 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Management Software Troubleshooting UNIX Issues UNIX Issues Why do the parent menus disappear? Displaying a submenu may occasionally cause the parent menu to disap pear . For [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-14 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Manag ement Software Troubleshooting Other Other How can I set the map layout so it stays after I restart Fabric Manager? If you ha ve ar ranged the map to y our liking and wo [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-15 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Management Software Troubleshooting Other Light Gray Square Port is not manageable. Red Cross HardwareF ailure/LoopbackDi agFailure/Li nkFail ure Red Square Any other k ind of[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-16 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Manag ement Software Troubleshooting Other elpFailureIn validSwitchNam e Isolated for ELP fail ure due to in valid switch name. elpFailureIn validTxBBCredi t Isolated for ELP f[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-17 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Management Software Troubleshooting Other fcipSrcModuleNotOnline FCIP port went do wn due to sour ce module not online. fcipSrcPortRemov ed FCIP port went do wn due to source [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-18 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Manag ement Software Troubleshooting Other linkFailLIPF8 Rcvd Link f ailure due to F8 LIP recei v ed. linkFailLIPRcvdB2B Link failure when loop ini tialization (LIP) operation [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-19 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Management Software Troubleshooting Other Can I upgrade without losing my map settings? When you upgrade from one v ersion of F abric Manager to another , there is a way to pr[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-20 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Manag ement Software Troubleshooting Other How can I preserve historic al data when moving Fabric Ma nager server to a new host? T o preserv e your data when movi ng Fabric Man[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-21 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Management Software Troubleshooting Other Step 3 Sa ve and e xit the f ile. Step 4 Restart Fabric Manager . Note There are some cases where you would not want to do this, and [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-22 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Manag ement Software Troubleshooting Other Manually specifying an inte rface for Fabric Manager Client or Device Manager T o specify an interface for the Fabric Manager Client [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-23 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Management Software Troubleshooting Other How can I clear the topology map? If you ha ve a switch that you ha ve remo ved from t he fabric, there w ill be a red X through the [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. 36-24 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Chapter 36 Manag ement Software Troubleshooting Other Can I search for devices in a fabric? In Fabr ic Manager , it is possible t o search for on e or more de vices by dif ferent attrib u[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. A-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x APPENDIX A GUI/CLI Usage Chart In the table below , an X indicates the possible ways the procedure can b e performed (using the CLI, using Fabric Manager , or using Device Manager) . Proced[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. A-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Appendix A GUI/CLI Usage Chart Procedures High A vailability Ini tiating a Switchov er Synchronizing Su pervisor Modules Copying Images t o the Standby Supervisor X X X X X X X X Software I[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. A-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Appendix A GUI/CLI Usage Chart Procedures PortChannels PortChannel Creation and Conf iguration Enabling and Conf iguring A utocreation X X X X X X Zones Configu ring a Zone Alias Configura [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. A-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Appendix A GUI/CLI Usage Chart Procedures Fibre Channel Routing FSPF Global Configuration FSPF Interface Conf iguration Conf iguring Fibre Chan nel Routes Broadcast Routing Multicast Routin[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. A-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Appendix A GUI/CLI Usage Chart Procedures Domain P arameters Domain Configuration Switch Priority Allo wed Domain ID Lists Persistent FC IDs X X X X X X X X X X X X T raf fi c Management FC[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. A-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Appendix A GUI/CLI Usage Chart Procedures[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. B-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x APPENDIX B Interface Nonoperational Reason Codes If the administrati ve state for an in terface is up and the operational stat e is down, the reason code dif fers based on the nonoperationa[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. B-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Appendix B In terface Nonoperational Reason Codes Isolation due t o ELP failure Port negotiation f ailed. Only E ports and TE ports Isolation due t o ESC failure Port neg otiation failed. I[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. C-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x APPENDIX C Managing Cisco FabricWare The Cisco FabricW are software running on th e MDS 9020 switch of fers Fibre Chan nel switching services that realize maximu m performance. Cisco Fa bri[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. C-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Appendix C M anaging Cisco FabricWare Security Y ou can use the Fabric M anager zone configuratio n tool to manage zone sets, zones, and zone membership for switches running Cisco F abricW [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. C-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Appendix C Managing Cisco FabricWa re Managing Cisco FabricWa re with Fabric Manager The syslog, or system message logging software, sa ve s messages in a lo g file or di rects the messages[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. C-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Appendix C M anaging Cisco FabricWare Managing Cisco FabricWare with Fabric Manage r Security Configu ring RADIUS Conf iguring serv er groups Conf iguring Role-Based authorizatio n Conf igu[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. IN-1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x INDEX Numerics 16-port modules BB_credi ts 18-9 32-port modules BB_credi ts 18-9 configuration guid elines 18-5 A AAA description 27-1 distributing wi th CFS (procedure) 27-12 enabling dis[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Index IN-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x librar y 35-11 See also li bpcap freeware B ports enabling (procedure) 19-17 functionality 18-4 interface modes 18-1, 18-4 interoperability mode 19-15 SAN extenders 19-16 bridge por[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Index IN-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x See zone databases databases. See zone databases default zone s description 15-15 interoperability 24-5 setting policy (procedu re) 15-17 See also zones destination IDs fctrace 24-2 [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Index IN-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x evaluation license 9-2 events description 5-3 Device Manager 32-10 Fabric Manager 32-10 Fabric Manager Web Services 32-10 exchange IDs, load balancing 17-1, 24-2 exchange link param[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Index IN-5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x setting the seed switch (pr ocedure) 2-4 Fabric Manager Web Services Admin tab 5-4 creating report templates (procedure) 5-10 custom reports 5-4 description 5-1 events 5-3 filter tre[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Index IN-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x configuration (pro cedure) 23-5 description 23 -4 FICON allowing host co ntrol of switch (procedure) 22-13 allowing host to config ure FICON (procedure) 22-13 calculating flow load [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Index IN-7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x terms 29-4 vewing configur ation 29-9 Windows and Linux suppo rt 29-7 system images images.See kickstar t images inactive co de, interface B-1 in-band management 1-5 incremental lice[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Index IN-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x revert to primary port (procedure) 20-10 routing requests 20-4 session creation 20-17 using iSCSI Wizard (procedure) 20-5 to 20-7 virtual Fibre Chann el hosts 20-11 iSCSI authentica[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Index IN-9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x clearing manual entri es 16-12 creating manually 16-11 enabling auto-topol ogy 16-7 K kickstart images description 10-1 KICKSTART variable 10-1 L launching management software 1-10 l[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Index IN-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x N name server interoperability 24-6 NASB configuring (procedure) 23-14 description 23 -11 permiting defa ult zoning (procedu re) 23-12 native VSAN 16-2 network administrat or 27-2 [...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Index IN-11 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x trunking compari son 17-1 using the Po rtChanne l Wizard (procedure) 17-2 port group 18-5 port modes auto 18-4 IPS 19-1 port security *(wildcard) 31-6 activating with au to-learn (p[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Index IN-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x license re quirements 21-2 SAN operating system. See SAN-OS SAN-OS 10-1 SANTap configuring (procedure) 23-10 description 23 -7 to 23-10 proxy mode-1 23-9 proxy mode-2 23-10 transpa[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Index IN-13 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Storage Services Module. See SSM ST ports 18-1, 18-4 supervisor and switchi ng modules in Device Manager 4-7 syslog. See system messages syslog server configuring 32-8 verifying 32-[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Index IN-14 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x upgrades. See disrupt ive upgrades upgrades. See non disruptive u pgrades upgrading managemen t software 1-9 user ID for authentication 27-2 users creating (procedure) 25-5 deletin[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Index IN-15 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x configuring for Cisco FabricWare 15-3 creating read-only zones (procedure) 15-24 creating with aliases (p rocedure) 15-8 default polic y 15-2 deletin g (prodecure) 15-14 description[...]

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedbac k-doc@cisco.com. Index IN-16 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Ma nager Configuration Guide OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x[...]