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Analyzing Switch Fabric Configuration Chapter 68 Troubleshooting Your Fabric Send documentation comments to [email protected] Figure 68-1 Results of a Switch Health Analysis Step 3 Step 4 Click Clear to remove the contents of the Switch Health Analysis window. Click Close to close the window. Analyzing Switch Fabric Configuration The Fabric Configuration option lets you analyze the configuration of a switch by comparing the current configuration to a specific switch or to a policy file. You can save a switch configuration to a file and then compare all switches against the configuration in the file. To use the Fabric Configuration option in Fabric Manager to analyze the configuration of a switch, follow these steps: Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Choose Tools > Fabric Configuration. You see the Fabric Configuration Analysis dialog box. Decide whether you want to compare the selected switch to another switch, or to a policy file. • If you are making a switch comparison, select Policy Switch and then click the drop-down arrow to see a list of switches. • If you are making a policy comparison, select Policy File. Then click the ... button to the right of this option to browse your file system and select a policy file (*.XML). Click Rules to set the rules to apply when running the Fabric Configuration Analysis tool. You see the Rules window. Change the rules as needed and click OK. Click Compare. The system analyzes the configuration and displays issues that arise as a result of the comparison as shown in Figure 68-2. 68-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-8007-10, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x