HP Cisco MDS 9134 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide - R - Page 740

FDMI Chapter 34 Managing FLOGI, Name Server, FDMI, and RSCN Databases Send documentation comments to [email protected] Figure 34-3 Name Server Dialog Box Step 2 Step 3 The General tab is the default tab; you see the name server database. Click the Statistics tab. You see the name server statistics. Click Close to close the dialog box. FDMI Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches provide support for the Fabric-Device Management Interface (FDMI) functionality, as described in the FC-GS-4 standard. FDMI enables management of devices such as Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) through in-band communications. This addition complements the existing Fibre Channel name server and management server functions. Using the FDMI functionality, the NX-OS software can extract the following management information about attached HBAs and host operating systems without installing proprietary host agents: • Manufacturer, model, and serial number • Node name and node symbolic name • Hardware, driver, and firmware versions • Host operating system (OS) name and version number All FDMI entries are stored in persistent storage and are retrieved when the FDMI process is started. Displaying FDMI To display the FDMI database information using Device Manager, choose FC > Advanced > FDMI. You see the FDMI dialog box. 34-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x