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Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager Quick
Configuration Guide
February 2006
Corporate 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: 408 526-4100
Text Part Number: OL-7765-02
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  • Page 1 Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide February 2006 Corporate Headquarters Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134-1706 http://www.cisco.com Tel: 408 526-4000 800 553-NETS (6387) Fax: 408 526-4100 Text Part Number: OL-7765-02...
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  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Overview of Fabric Manager Overview of VSANs, Interfaces, Zones, and Zone Sets Initial Switch Configuration C H A P T E R Preparing for Network Connections Configuration Prerequisites Connecting the Console Port Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...
  • Page 4 Multiple Fabrics in the Fabric Pane Contents Panes Main Menu Toolbar Information Pane Logical Domains Pane Physical Attributes Pane Status Bar A-10 Context Menus A-10 Filtering A-10 Detachable Tables A-11 Fabric Manager Wizards A-11 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...
  • Page 5 Configuring Static Domain IDs and Persistent A P P E N D I X FC IDs Configuration Files A P P E N D I X Saving the Configuration File N D E X Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...
  • Page 6 S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide...

  • Page 7: Preface

    S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Preface This preface describes the audience, organization, and conventions of the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide. It also provides information on how to obtain related documentation.

  • Page 8: Document Conventions

    Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the Note manual. Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment Caution damage or loss of data. Cisco MDS9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide viii OL-7765-02...

  • Page 9: Related Documentation

    S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Related Documentation The documentation set for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family includes the following documents. To find a document online, use the Cisco MDS SAN-OS Documentation Locator at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5989/products_documentation_roadmap09186a00804500c1.html...

  • Page 10: Cisco Fabric Manager

    Cisco MDS 9000 Family Port Analyzer Adapter Installation and Configuration Note • Obtaining Documentation Cisco documentation and additional literature are available on Cisco.com. Cisco also provides several ways to obtain technical assistance and other technical resources. These sections explain how to obtain technical information from Cisco Systems.

  • Page 11: Cisco.com

    Cisco products and to view technical documentation in HTML. With the DVD, you have access to the same documentation that is found on the Cisco website without being connected to the Internet. Certain products also have .pdf versions of the documentation available.
  • Page 12 You can submit comments by using the response card (if present) behind the front cover of your document or by writing to the following address: Cisco Systems Attn: Customer Document Ordering 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134-9883 We appreciate your comments. Cisco MDS9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...

  • Page 13: Cisco Product Security Overview

    Register to receive security information from Cisco. • A current list of security advisories and notices for Cisco products is available at this URL: http://www.cisco.com/go/psirt If you prefer to see advisories and notices as they are updated in real time, you can access a Product Security Incident Response Team Really Simple Syndication (PSIRT RSS) feed from this URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_psirt_rss_feed.html...

  • Page 14: Obtaining Technical Assistance

    Cisco engineer. The TAC Service Request Tool is located at this URL: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport/servicerequest For S1 or S2 service requests or if you do not have Internet access, contact the Cisco TAC by telephone. (S1 or S2 service requests are those in which your production network is down or severely degraded.) Cisco engineers are assigned immediately to S1 and S2 service requests to help keep your business operations running smoothly.

  • Page 15: Definitions Of Service Request Severity

    Definitions of Service Request Severity To ensure that all service requests are reported in a standard format, Cisco has established severity definitions. Severity 1 (S1)—Your network is “down,” or there is a critical impact to your business operations. You and Cisco will commit all necessary resources around the clock to resolve the situation.
  • Page 16 You can access the Internet Protocol Journal at this URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj Networking products offered by Cisco Systems, as well as customer support services, can be • obtained at this URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/index.html...

  • Page 17: Chapter 1 Overview

    C H A P T E R Overview 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).

  • Page 18: Overview Of Fabric Manager

    Start the process by setting up the hardware and performing the initial switch setup using the CLI. Then install Cisco Fabric Manager, and use it to configure VSANs, interfaces, zones, and zone sets, which are the minimum requirements for creating a fabric.
  • Page 19 S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m VSANs and zoning within the MDS 9000 Family of products aid the SAN designer in building secure and manageable networking environments while optimizing the use and cost of switching hardware.
  • Page 20 S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide...

  • Page 21: Chapter 2 Initial Switch Configuration

    • Before installing a device, have all additional external equipment and cables available. Configuration Prerequisites Before you configure a switch in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family for the first time, make sure you have the following information: Administrator password. •...

  • Page 22: Connecting The Console Port

    2-2, and Figure 2-3 show the console port and management port (located on a Cisco MDS 9500 series supervisor module), a Cisco MDS 9200 series supervisor module, and Cisco MDS 9100 series supervisor module. Figure 2-1 Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor Module...

  • Page 23: Connecting The Console Port To A Pc

    MGMT 10/100 Ethernet port (with integrated link and activity LEDs) Connecting the Console Port to 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.

  • Page 24: Connecting The 10/100 Ethernet Management Port

    S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m If you are using a Cisco MDS 9500 Series switch that has multiple supervisor modules, connect Note the console port to the active supervisor module.

  • Page 25: Using The Switch Setup Utility

    Using the Switch Setup Utility The switch setup utility helps you configure the switch through the CLI. To configure the switch, follow these steps: Verify the following physical connections for the new Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch (see Figure 2-3): Step 1 The console port is physically connected to a computer terminal (or terminal server).
  • Page 26 Enter no (no is the default) to not configure any read-write SNMP community strings. Step 8 Configure read-write SNMP community string (yes/no) [n]: no Step 9 Enter a name for the switch. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...
  • Page 27 This step denies traffic flow for all members of the default zone. Step 20 Enter yes (no is the default) to enable a full zone set distribution (refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide). Enable full zoneset distribution (yes/no) [n]: yes You see the new configuration.
  • Page 28 If you do not save the configuration at this point, your changes will not be updated the next Caution time that the switch is rebooted. Type yes to save the new configuration to ensure that the kickstart and system images are also automatically configured. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...

  • Page 29: Verifying The Module Status

    00-0d-bc-2f-bc-b8 to 00-0d-bc-2f-bd-3c JAB073907DK 00-05-30-00-ad-4e to 00-05-30-00-ad-52 JAB070605QV * this terminal session If you do not see all the installed hardware, contact your storage vendor support organization for further Note assistance. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...
  • Page 30 S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide...

  • Page 31: Chapter 3 Installing And Launching Fabric Manager

    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 responds to browser requests and distributes the software to Windows or UNIX network management stations.
  • Page 32 Select an installation folder for Fabric Manager on your workstation.. The default location is C:\Program Step 3 Files\Cisco Systems\MDS 9000 for Windows. On a Solaris or Linux machine, the installation path name is /usr/local/cisco_mds9000 or $HOME/cisco_mds9000, depending on the permissions of the user performing the installation.

  • Page 33: Launching Cisco Fabric Manager

    Check the Don’t install and run FM Server check box if you are installing just the Fabric Manager Client on a remote workstation. During installation, a Cisco MDS 9000 program group is created under Start > Programs on Windows. This program group contains shortcuts to batch files in the install directory. Three services are also started: Fabric Manager Server, Fabric Manager Database, and Fabric Manager Web Server.
  • Page 34 Enter a user name and password in the appropriate fields. Step 4 Leave the SNMPv3 check box checked to select SNMP version 3. Step 5 Click Open. You see Cisco Fabric Manager. Step 6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...

  • Page 35: Chapter 4 Configuring Vsans And Interfaces

    Create a VSAN Add interfaces to VSAN Configure interfaces Enable interfaces Plug in cables This chapter includes the following sections: Creating VSANs, page 4-2 • Configuring Interfaces, page 4-4 • Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...

  • Page 36: Creating Vsans

    VSAN 1. If you use VSAN 1 as your production environment VSAN, you risk disrupting traffic when these features are configured. By default, all Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches belong to VSAN 1. We recommend that you create Note production environment VSANs and configure the switches to use those VSANs.
  • Page 37 4-3, the domain ID for the switch is 1; this ID is the domain ID assigned to the switch on VSAN_test. Appendix B, “Configuring Static Domain IDs and Persistent FC IDs,” for details. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...

  • Page 38: Configuring Interfaces

    From the General tab, set the values for Mode Admin, Port VSAN membership, and Status Admin. Step 2 Optionally, set other configuration parameters using the other tabs. Step 3 Click the Apply Changes icon Step 4 Click Yes. Step 5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...

  • Page 39: Enabling Or Disabling Interfaces

    After enabling the interfaces, be sure to plug in the cables. If the cables are not plugged in, the hosts cannot communicate with the storage device. In the example below, the message linkFailure indicates that a cable may not be plugged in (see Figure 4-4). Figure 4-4 Failed Switches Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...
  • Page 40 S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide...

  • Page 41: Chapter 5 Configuring Zones And Zone Sets

    Figure 5-1 Zones and Zone Sets Create zones Add members to the zone Create zone set Add multiple zones to a zone set Activate the zone set Save Configuration Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...

  • Page 42: Configuring Zones

    5-3.) Figure 5-3 Select VSAN Step 2 Select the VSAN where you want to configure zones or zone sets, or add members to a zone. (See Figure 5-3.) Click OK. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...
  • Page 43 Instead of configuring zones using pWWNs, you can use device aliases as zone members. Device aliases are a distributed, fabric-wide database consisting of unique mappings of plain text names for pWWN mappings. For details on configuring device aliases, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide.

  • Page 44: Creating Zone Sets

    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 OL-7765-02...
  • Page 45 Insert a new zone set Step 4 Assign a name to the new zone set. In the left pane, drag and drop zones into the zone set (see Figure 5-7). Step 5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...
  • Page 46 Figure 5-8 Activation After creating a zone set and activating it, make sure you save the configuration file. See Appendix C, “Configuration Files,” for details about copying and saving configuration files. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...

  • Page 47: What's Next

    S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m 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, management, and monitoring for your network.
  • Page 48 S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide...

  • Page 49: Fabric Manager Client

    S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Fabric Manager Client The Cisco Fabric Manager Client is a Java-based GUI application that provides easy access to Fabric Manager applications from a remote workstation.

  • Page 50: Fabric Manager Client Quick Tour

    VSAN, or zone selected above. Lists the switches and end devices in the logical selection. Status Bar (left side)—Shows short-term transient messages, such as the number of rows displayed in a table. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...

  • Page 51: Multiple Fabrics In The Fabric Pane

    S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m As of Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(1a), advanced mode is enabled by default and provides the full Note suite of Fabric Manager features, including security, IVR, iSCSI, and FICON.

  • Page 52: Contents Panes

    A red line through a device indicates that the device is not manageable. A red X through a device or link indicates that the device is down or that the ISL is down. Fibre Channel HBA (or enclosure). Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...
  • Page 53 Turn off end device labels. • • Collapse loops. • Collapse expanded multiple links (collapsed multiple links are shown as very thick single lines). Dim or hide portions of your fabric by VSAN. • Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...

  • Page 54: Main Menu

    • Zone—Manages zones, zone sets, and inter-VSAN routing (IVR). • Tools—Verifies and troubleshoots connectivity and configuration. Performance—Runs and configures Performance Manager and Cisco Traffic Analyzer and • generates reports. Server—Runs administrative tasks on clients and fabrics. Provides Fabric Manager Server •...
  • Page 55 Launches QoS wizard. Configures users and roles. 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. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...

  • Page 56: Information Pane

    Copies data from one row to another. Paste/Ctrl +V Pastes the data from one row to another. Undo Changes/Ctrl-Z Undoes the most recent change. Export Exports and saves information to a file. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...

  • Page 57: Logical Domains Pane

    • interfaces. 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. • Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...

  • Page 58: Status Bar

    Also, any information that does not belong to the selected items is not displayed in the tables in the Information pane. To further narrow the scope, select attributes from the Physical Attributes pane. The Fabric Manager tables, display, and filter criteria change accordingly. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide A-10 OL-7765-02...

  • Page 59: Detachable Tables

    S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Detachable Tables As of Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.0(2b), Fabric Manager Client has detachable tables. You can detach tables and move them to different areas on your desktop so that you can compare similar tables from different VSANs, or you can keep informational tables open from one view while you examine a different area in Fabric Manager.
  • Page 60 S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide...
  • Page 61 By default, the switch assigns the same FC ID to a device. However, if the switch is rebooted, this database of pWWN/FC ID mapping is not maintained. Enabling persistent FC IDs makes this database persistent across reboots. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...
  • Page 62 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 OL-7765-02...

  • Page 63: Configuration Files

    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 module, and you can configure the switch using a configuration stored on an external CompactFlash disk.
  • Page 64 You are also prompted when exiting Fabric Manager to save changes in the Configuration file. (See Figure C-1.) You see this dialog box only when any of the parameters of the Configuration file change when running a Fabric Manager session. Figure C-1 Save Configuration File Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide OL-7765-02...
  • Page 65 NTP connecting to the console port cables connect to the server recommended console port RJ-45 to RJ-25 Cisco MDS 9100 Series switch (figure 2-3) RJ-45 to RJ-45 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide IN-3 OL-7765-02...
  • Page 66 A-10 toolbar Edit Full Zone Database icon Fabric Manager Server enabling SSH Fabric Manager Wizards A-11 End Devices folder A-10 Fabric pane A-2, A-10 Events folder Fabric tab Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide IN-4 OL-7765-02...
  • Page 67 A-11 hardware ISLs folder A-10 hardware installation Hidden Links icon IVR Zone wizard A-11 historical and performance trending HP-UX HTTP server 3-1, 3-2 hubs HyperTerminal Plus Java Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide IN-5 OL-7765-02...
  • Page 68 FC IDs Mode Admin enabling modules Physical Attributes pane A-2, A-10 verifying status overview monitored fabrics physical connections Monitor ISL Performance icon ping command A-10 Mozilla Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide IN-6 OL-7765-02...
  • Page 69 Running DomainID switch add to VSAN configure the interfaces minimum configuration scripts move ports security switch(boot) prompt Security folder A-10 switch configuration commands serial port CLI and Fabric Manager Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide IN-7 OL-7765-02...
  • Page 70 (flowchart) A-10 traps overview trial version using device aliases (tip) troubleshooting zone sets trunking mode creating 2-7, A-10 5-4, 5-5 overview rules uninstalling Fabric Manager upgrading Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide IN-8 OL-7765-02...

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