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Send documentation comments to [email protected] Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide November 2007 Americas Headquarters Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134-1706 USA http://www.cisco.com Tel: 408 526-4000 800 553-NETS (6387) Fax: 408 527- - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 2
TO USE THIS MANUAL, EVEN IF CISCO OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. CCVP, the Cisco logo, and Welcome to the Human Network are trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc.; Changing the Way We Work, Live, Play, and Learn is a service mark of Cisco Systems, Inc.; and - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 3
ix Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information ix Hardware Installation ix Cisco Fabric Manager x Command-Line Interface x Troubleshooting and Reference x Installation and Configuration Note x Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines xi Overview 1-1 Overview of Fabric - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 4
I X Launching Fabric Manager in Cisco SAN-OS Releases Prior to 3.2(1) A-1 Setting the Seed Switch in Cisco SAN-OS Releases 3.1(1) to 3.2(1) A-1 Setting the Seed Switch in Releases Prior to Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.1(1) A-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide iv OL-7765-06 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 5
cisco.com B A P P E N D I X C A P P E N D I X D A P P E N D I X INDEX Quick Config Wizard B-1 Adding or Removing Zone Ports B-1 Configuring Static Domain IDs and Persistent FC IDs C-1 Configuration Files D-1 Saving the Configuration File D-1 OL-7765-06 Cisco MDS 9000 Family - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 6
Contents Send documentation comments to [email protected] Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide vi OL-7765-06 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 7
how to obtain related documentation. Audience This guide is for experienced network administrators who are responsible for configuring and maintaining the Cisco MDS 9000 Family of multilayer directors and fabric switches. Organization This guide is organized as follows: Chapter Chapter 1 Title - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 8
cisco.com Chapter Title Appendix B Quick Config Wizard Appendix C Appendix D Configuring Static Domain IDs and Persistent FC IDs Configuration Files Description Users sessions and information the switch displays are in to material not covered in the manual. Caution Means reader be careful. - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 9
Storage Service Interface Images Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information • Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Hardware Installation • Cisco MDS 9124 Multilayer Fabric Switch Quick Start Guide • Cisco MDS 9500 Series Hardware Installation Guide • Cisco MDS - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 10
9020 Fabric Switch System Messages Reference Installation and Configuration Note • Cisco MDS 9000 Family SSM Configuration Note • Cisco MDS 9000 Family Port Analyzer Adapter Installation and Configuration Note • Cisco 10-Gigabit Fibre Channel X2 Transceiver Module Installation Note Cisco MDS 9000 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 11
, and Security Guidelines For information on obtaining documentation, obtaining support, providing documentation feedback, security guidelines, and also recommended aliases and general Cisco documents, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 12
Preface Send documentation comments to [email protected] Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide xii OL-7765-06 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 13
The primary objective of the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide is to get you started with configuring your Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch using the Cisco Fabric Manager graphical user interface (GUI). Figure 1-1 outlines the organization of the guide and it also serves as - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 14
a switch to relay frames from one data link to another. You must define the characteristics of the interfaces through which the frames are sent and received. The configured interfaces can be Fibre Channel interfaces, the management interface (mgmt0), or VSAN interfaces. The zoning service within - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 15
comments to [email protected] VSANs and zoning switching hardware. VSANs are used to divide a redundant physical SAN infrastructure into separate virtual SAN islands, each with its own set of Fibre Channel fabric services. By each VSAN supporting an independent set of Fibre Channel services - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 16
Overview of VSANs, Interfaces, Zones, and Zone Sets Chapter 1 Overview Send documentation comments to [email protected] Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide 1-4 OL-7765-05 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 17
Send documentation comments to [email protected] 2 C H A P T E R Initial Switch Configuration This chapter provides instructions for setting up the hardware, connecting to the console port, and initially configuring the switch from the CLI. This chapter includes the following sections: • - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 18
the switch from the CLI. • Monitor network statistics and errors. • Configure SNMP agent parameters. • Manage downloading software updates MGMT 10/100 Ethernet port (with integrated link and activity LEDs) Figure 2-2 Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2 Module 2 1 1 Status, System, Active, and Pwr - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 19
comments to [email protected] Figure 2-3 Connecting the Console Cable to a Cisco MDS 9200 Series Switch 12 MDS 9216i CONSOLE link and activity LEDs) Figure 2-4 Connecting the Console Cable to a Cisco MDS 9100 Series Switch 140572 12 1 Console port 2 MGMT 10/100 Ethernet port (with - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 20
a PC You can connect the console port to a PC serial port for local administrative access to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch. Note The PC must support VT100 terminal emulation. The terminal emulation software-frequently a PC application such as HyperTerminal Plus-makes communication between the - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 21
10/100/1000 Ethernet Port The Supervisor-2 module supports an autosensing MGMT 10/100/1000 Ethernet port (labeled "MGMT 10/100/1000") and has an RJ-45 interface. You can use this port to access and manage the switch by IP address, such as through Cisco Fabric Manager. Use a modular, RJ-45, straight - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 22
-sensitive. You must explicitly configure a password that meets the requirements listed in the "Configuring User Accounts" section in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide. Note If you are running the switch setup utility for the first-time, it starts automatically. If this is not the first - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 23
cisco.com Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Would you like to enter the basic configuration dialog (yes/no): yes The switch setup utility guides Telnet service. Enable the telnet service? (yes/no) [y]: yes Step 15 Enter no (no is the default) to not enable the SSH service. Enable the ssh service? (yes - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 24
to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide). Enable full zoneset distribution (yes/no) [n]: yes Step 21 You see the new configuration. Review and edit changes will not be updated the next time that the switch is rebooted. Type yes to save the new configuration to ensure that - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 25
switch# show module Mod Ports Module-Type Model Status 2 32 1/2 Gbps FC Module DS-X9032 ok 3 16 1/2 Gbps FC Module DS-X9016 ok 4 8 IP Storage Services storage vendor support organization for further assistance. OL-7765-05 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 26
Verifying the Module Status Chapter 2 Initial Switch Configuration Send documentation comments to [email protected] 2-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-05 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 27
initial configuration using the CLI is completed. See Chapter 2, "Initial Switch Configuration," for details. The Cisco Fabric Manager software executable files reside on every supervisor module of each Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch in your network. The supervisor module provides an HTTP server that - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 28
. Set the password for the system user. The database administrator uses the password services (OracleServiceXE and OracleXETNSListener) are running from the Services supported on Microsoft Windows. It is not supported on UNIX systems. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 29
cisco.com Installing PostgreSQL Note If you choose to install PostgreSQL, you must disable any security software you are running, as PostgreSQL may not install certain folders or users. To install the PostgreSQL database on Windows, follow the instructions solaris, then manually copy $INSTALLDIR/ - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 30
Enter a password for the new role. Re-enter the password. The database user ID must be provided in the Fabric Manager Installer. To stop and start your switch, or you can download Fabric Manager from Cisco.com. To download the software from Cisco.com, go to the following website: http://cisco.com - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 31
cisco.com Step 5 Follow the on-screen instructions provided in the Fabric Manager management software setup wizard. Note Cisco Choose Management Software > Cisco Fabric Manager. Click the Cisco Fabric Manager Installer window shown in Figure 3-1. OL-7765-06 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 32
3 Installing Fabric Manager Send documentation comments to [email protected] Figure 3-1 Welcome to the Management Software Setup Wizard workstation for Fabric Manager. On Windows, the default location is C:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\MDS 9000. On a UNIX (Solaris or Linux) machine, the - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 33
comments to [email protected] Step 10 Click Next PostgreSQL or Use existing database and enter a database user name and password. If you select Use existing database the User Options dialog box shown in Figure 3-4. Figure 3-4 User Options Dialog Box Step 14 Enter a user name - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 34
comments to [email protected] Figure 3-5 Authentication Options Dialog Box Step 15 Choose an authentication mode (Local, RADIUS, TACACS or MDS) and click Next. Note When MDS radio button is selected, the FM authentication uses the user database in the switch for authentication. Step 16 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 35
Send documentation comments to [email protected] You see the Configuration Options local interface, web server port or fm server port and check the FC Alias and SNMPv3 check boxes as desired and click Install if you Cisco Fabric Manager Installer window shown in Figure 3-8. OL-7765-06 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 36
installation is finished, you see an installation completed message in the Cisco Fabric Manager Installer window shown in Figure 3-9. Figure 3-9 Install Click Finish to close the Cisco Fabric Manager Installer window. 3-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-06 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 37
these steps: Step 1 Enter the IP address of the switch in the Address field of your browser. You see the Installation window for Device Manager shown in Figure 3-10. Figure 3-10 Device Manager Installation Window OL-7765-06 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide 3-11 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 38
cisco_mds9000 or $HOME/cisco_mds9000, depending on the permissions of the user doing the installation. Click Install. You see the installation progress in the Cisco Device Manager Installer window shown in Figure 3-12. 3-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-06 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 39
, you see an installation completed message in the Cisco Device Manager Installer window shown in Figure 3-13. Figure 3-13 Install Complete Step 7 Click Finish to close the Cisco Device Manager Installer window. OL-7765-06 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide 3-13 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 40
Installing Device Manager Chapter 3 Installing Fabric Manager Send documentation comments to [email protected] 3-14 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-06 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 41
monitoring capabilities for Cisco MDS 9000 switches, Fabric Manager Client provides powerful Fibre Channel troubleshooting tools. These in a version of Cisco SAN-OS that is earlier than Cisco SAN-OS 3.2(1), follow the login instructions in the "Setting the Seed Switch in Cisco SAN-OS Releases - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 42
user name and password and click Login. You see the Fabric Manager Web Server Summary page. Click the Download link in the upper right corner of the page. You see the Download page for Fabric Manager and Device Manager (see Figure 4-2). Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 43
Fabric Manager Client in Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.2(1) and Later Send documentation comments to [email protected] Figure 4-2 Fabric Manager and Device Manager Download Page Step 4 Click dialog box shown in Figure 4-4. OL-7765-06 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 44
can discover new fabrics. Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 Set the fabric seed switch to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch that you want Fabric Manager to use. Enter the user name and password for the switch. Choose the Auth-Privacy option according to the privacy protocol that you configured on - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 45
[email protected] of your fabric, rediscover the fabric with a user that has no VSAN restriction. To launch Choose File > Open Fabric or click the Open Switch Fabric icon on the Fabric Manager toolbar. You see applied to the running configuration of the switches that you are managing. If you - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 46
comments to [email protected] Fabric Manager Client Fabric pane-Displays a map of the network fabric, including switches, hosts, and storage. It also provides tabs for , fabric, VSAN, or zone selected above. Lists the switches and end devices in the logical selection. 8 Status Bar - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 47
@cisco.com Note As of Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(1a), advanced mode is enabled by default and provides the full suite of Fabric Manager features, including security, IVR, iSCSI, and FICON. Uncheck the Advanced check box in the upper right corner of Fabric Manager Client to simplify the user - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 48
Director class MDS 9000 switch. Non-director class MDS 9000 switch. iSAN Generic Fibre Channel switch. Cisco SN5428. An orange X is down. Fibre Channel HBA (or enclosure). Fibre Channel target (or enclosure). Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide 4-8 OL-7765 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 49
cisco.com Table 4-1 Fabric Manager Graphics (continued) Icon or Graphic Description iSCSI host. Fibre Channel ISL and edge connection. Fibre Channel PortChannel. IP ISL and edge connection. IP PortChannel. Fibre Channel can switch between Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 50
Manager Client main window provides options for managing and troubleshooting the current fabric and for controlling the display of switch fabric. Rediscovers current fabric. Finds in the map. Creates VSAN. Launches DPVM wizard. 4-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 51
. Launches IP-ACL wizard. Launches License Install wizard. Launches Software Install wizard. Performs switch health analysis. Performs fabric configuration analysis. Performs end-to-end connectivity analysis. OL-7765-06 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide 4-11 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 52
Tour Chapter 4 Fabric Manager Client Send documentation comments to [email protected] Table 4-2 Icon Fabric Manager Client Main Toolbar (continued) change. Export Exports and saves information to a file. 4-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-06 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 53
the switches in FC Services-View and configure Fibre Channel network configurations. • IP-View and configure IP storage and IP services. • Events-View and configure events, alarms, thresholds, notifications, and informs. OL-7765-06 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 54
comments to [email protected] • Security-View and configure MDS management and FC-SP security. • ISLs-View and configure Inter-Switch Links. • End Devices display, and filter criteria change accordingly. 4-14 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-06 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 55
. • License Install-Facilitates download and installation of licenses in selected switches in the fabric. • Software Install-Verifies image compatibility and installs software images on selected switches in the fabric. OL-7765-06 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide 4-15 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 56
Fabric Manager Wizards Chapter 4 Fabric Manager Client Send documentation comments to [email protected] 4-16 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-06 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 57
comments to [email protected] 5 C H higher security and greater stability in Fibre Channel fabrics by using virtual storage area of a VSAN. Interfaces enable communication between switches in a VSAN. Interfaces that are members Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 58
Send documentation comments to [email protected] Creating VSANs VSANs help you create multiple logical SANs over a common physical infrastructure. Each VSAN can contain up to 239 switches and has an independent address space that allows identical Fibre Channel IDs (FC IDs) to be used - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 59
switches that you wish to assign to the VSAN. For example, in Figure 5-3, switch_name is the switch the local switch on this switch is 1; this ID is the domain ID assigned to the switch on VSAN_test. See Appendix C, "Configuring Static Domain IDs and Persistent FC IDs," for details. OL-7765-05 Cisco - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 60
add them to the VSAN. Adding Interfaces to VSANs To configure Fibre Channel interfaces, follow these steps: Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 In the Physical Attributes pane, expand Switches > Interfaces then choose FC Physical. You see the interface configuration in the Information pane. From - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 61
cisco.com Enabling or Disabling Interfaces Note You are not required to enable interfaces if the default state of the ports in the setup script is set to noshut. See the "Using the Switch the Physical Attributes pane, expand Switches > Interfaces and then select FC Physical. From the General tab, - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 62
Configuring Interfaces Chapter 5 Configuring VSANs and Interfaces Send documentation comments to [email protected] Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide 5-6 OL-7765-05 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 63
[email protected] 6 C H A P T E R Configuring Zones and Zone Sets Before setting up zones and zone sets make sure you have configured VSANs and interfaces. See Chapter 5, "Configuring VSANs and Interfaces." Zoning enables you to set up access control between storage devices or user groups - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 64
currently discovered fabric. Note that zone information must always be identical for all the switches in the network fabric. You can configure up to 8K zones in a VSAN. add members to a zone. (See Figure 6-3.) Click OK. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide 6-2 OL-7765-05 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 65
and Zone Sets Configuring Zones Send documentation comments to [email protected] Step 3 Click Zones then click Insert icon to make device aliases, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide. OL-7765-05 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 66
to all switches in the fabric if this feature is enabled in the source switch. Tip Zone sets are configured with the names of the member zones. If the zone set is in a configured VSAN, you must also specify the VSAN. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide 6-4 OL-7765 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 67
Creating Zone Sets Send documentation comments to [email protected] To create zone sets, follow these steps: select Activate. This configuration is distributed to the other switches in the network fabric. Note When you confirm the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 68
details about copying and saving configuration files. What's Next? After completing the procedures in this book, your Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch can provide the basic, minimal Fibre Channel services necessary to enable hosts to access their storage. Beyond this, you will want to set up security - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 69
What's Next? Send documentation comments to [email protected] • Configure device aliases. Monitoring • If licensed, configure Fabric Manager Server to provide historical and performance trending. • Configure Call Home. OL-7765-05 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 70
What's Next? Chapter 6 Configuring Zones and Zone Sets Send documentation comments to [email protected] Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide 6-8 OL-7765-05 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 71
instructions in the "Setting the Seed Switch in Releases Prior to Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.1(1)" section on page A-3. From Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.1(1) to Release 3.2(1), you must log in to Fabric Manager Server before you discover or open fabrics, and these fabrics can have different user credentials - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 72
8 Set the fabric seed switch to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch that you want Fabric Manager to use. Enter the user name and password for the switch. Choose the Auth-Privacy option MD5-DES (default) when you log in. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide A-2 OL-7765-05 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 73
Fabric Manager login procedure changed. If you are running Cisco SAN-OS Releases 3.1(1) to 3.2(1), then follow the login instructions in the "Setting the Seed Switch in Cisco SAN-OS Releases 3.1(1) to 3.2(1)" section on page A-1. OL-7765-05 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 74
Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.1(1), use the same user name and password on each of the multiple fabrics that you open, then log in directly to the MDS 9000 Family switch operation. Uncheck this only if you have changed switch IP addresses. You may experience problems with out of sync SAN IDs in Fabric - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 75
supported on the Cisco MDS 9124 Switch only. Caution The Quick Config Wizard can only be used on stand-alone switches that do not have any existing zoning defined on the switch Device Manager on the Cisco MDS 9124 Switch, follow these steps: Step 1 Select Quick Config from the FC menu or click the - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 76
Appendix B Quick Config Wizard Send documentation comments to [email protected] Figure B-1 Discrepancies Dialog Box Step 2 Click OK to continue cleared. This may become disruptive if the switch is in use. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide B-2 OL-7765-06 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 77
B Quick Config Wizard Adding or Removing Zone Ports Send documentation comments to [email protected] Figure B-2 Quick Config Wizard Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Click a check Confirm Changes dialog box shown in Figure B-3. OL-7765-06 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 78
Zone Ports Appendix B Quick Config Wizard Send documentation comments to [email protected] Figure B-3 Confirm Changes Dialog Box Step 6 Step 7 Optionally, right the dialog box without saving the changes. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide B-4 OL-7765-06 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 79
VSAN, the local switch assigns Fibre Channel Identifiers (FC IDs) to each end device as they are logged in to the fabric using a process known as FLOGI (Fabric Login). Note HP-UX and AIX are two operating systems that utilize the FC ID in the device path to the storage. For a switch to always assign - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 80
Changes. At this point, the domain ID has been statically set and FC IDs will remain persistent across reboots for VSAN 3000 on the switch C-186. The persistent FC ID database can be viewed in the Persistent Fcids tab. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide C-2 OL-7765-06 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 81
hardware configuration so that they have identical module and port configurations. You can configure a switch in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family by using configuration files you create or download from another switch. In addition, you can store configuration files on a bootflash device on the supervisor - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 82
cisco.com To copy the configuration file, follow these steps: Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 In the Physical Attributes pane, expand Switches > Copy Configuration. Check the check box for each switch D-1 Save Configuration File Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide D-2 OL-7765-06 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 83
console port 2-1 console port 2-1 Cisco MDS 9100 Series switch (figure 2-3) 2-3 Cisco MDS 9200 Series switch (figure 2-2) 2-3 Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2 Module (figure 2-1) 2-2 Cisco MDS 9500 Series switch (figure 2-1) 2-2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide IN-3 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 84
15 Fabric pane 4-6, 4-14 Fabric tab 4-9 Fabric View tab 4-7 FC IDs C-1 configuring FC IDs and domain IDs (tip) C-1 Fibre Channel IDs. C-1 overview C-1 FCIP wizard 4-15 FC Services folder 4-13 Fibre Channel HBA icon 4-8 IN-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-06 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 85
[email protected] Fibre Channel ISL and Edge Connection icon 4-9 Fibre Channel Loop icon 4-9 Fibre Channel PortChannel icon 4-9 Fibre Channel Target icon 4-8 FICON 4-7, 5-4 traps 4-9 Find in the Map icon 4-10 FLOGI C-1 full zone set distribution 2-8 G gateway IP address 2-7 Generic Fibre Channel Switch - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 86
Non-director Class MDS 9000 Switch icon 4-8 noshut state 2-7 nstallation 1-1 NTP server 2-7 Q QoS wizard 4-15 quiesce 4-14 R Rediscover Current Fabric icon 4-10 red line through a device 4-8 red X through a device 4-8 IN-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-06 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 87
set distribution 2-8 host ID 2-5 mgmt0 IP address 2-7 NTP server 2-7 out-of-band management 2-7 SNMP community 2-7 SSH service 2-7 switch port trunk mode 2-8 Telnet service 2-7 user accounts creating additional 2-7 OL-7765-06 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide IN-7 - HP Cisco MDS 9500 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Gui - Page 88
@cisco.com T Telnet service 2-7 threshold events 1-2 toolbar 4-6 traceroute command 4-14 traps 4-9 troubleshooting support 3-1 Windows Services applet 1-2 wizards 4-15 Z Zone Edit Tool wizard 4-15 zone policy configuration 2-8 IN-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide
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