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Traffic Management Services Chapter 51 Configuring IP Services Send documentation comments to [email protected] Traffic Management Services In-band options are compliant with and use the RFC 2625 standards. An NMS host running the IP protocol over an FC interface can access the switch using the IPFC functionality. If the NMS does not have a Fibre Channel HBA, in-band management can still be performed using one of the switches as an access point to the fabric (see Figure 51-1). Figure 51-1 Management Access to Switches Console connection Out of band management subnetwork IP address 172.16.1.1 Router Telnet or CLI Switch 2 mgmt 0 (IP address: 172.16.1.2) SSH GUI SNMP IP network DNS server Management LAN (Ethernet connection) 79936 Management Interface Configuration The management interface on the switch allows multiple simultaneous Telnet or SNMP sessions. You can remotely configure the switch through the management interface, but first you must configure IP version 4 (IPv4) parameters (IP address, subnet mask) or an IP version 6 (IPv6) address and prefix length so that the switch is reachable. For information on configuring IPv6 addresses, see Chapter 54, "Configuring IPv6 for Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces." On director class switches, a single IP address is used to manage the switch. The active supervisor module's management (mgmt0) interface uses this IP address. The mgmt0 interface on the standby supervisor module remains in an inactive state and cannot be accessed until a switchover happens. After a switchover, the mgmt0 interface on the standby supervisor module becomes active and assumes the same IP address as the previously active supervisor module. Note The port on the Ethernet switch to which the MDS management interface is connected should be configured as a host port (also known as access port) instead of a switch port. Spanning tree configuration for that port (on the Ethernet switch) should disabled. This helps avoid the delay in the MDS management port coming up due to delay from Ethernet spanning tree processing that the Ethernet switch would run if enabled. For Cisco Ethernet switches, use either the switchport host command in IOS is or the set port host in Catalyst OS. Refer to the configuration guide for your Ethernet switch. 51-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x