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BCSM IN A NUTSHELL 2008

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FABRIC MANAGER

Fabric Manager is a GUI based application that allows monitoring and management of an entire SAN from

one central location

Fabric Manager

• Has the ability to get high-level or detailed information about fabrics, switches and ports

• Launches Brocade Web Tools and related services, as needed, for detailed switch information

• Assists SAN administrators by centralizing the configuration, monitoring and management tasks of

SANs

• Reduces the overall cost of SAN management by simplifying management tasks

• Enables firmware download and change management across multiple switches and fabrics

• Provides rapid access to SAN information across Brocade-based SANs

• To install Fabric Manager you must have the correct license and serial number for the number of

managed domains. Options include:

o 4 Domain Limit

o 10 Domain Limit

o Unlimited Upgrade (4 domain to unlimited)

o Unlimited Upgrade (10 domain to unlimited)

o Unlimited Upgrade (Fabric Manager 4.x unlimited to Fabric Manager 5.x unlimited)

o 10 Domain Limit Upgrade Version (4 to 10 domain)

o 4 Domain Limit Upgrade (Fabric Manager 4.x with 4 domains to Fabric Manager 5.x with 4

domains)

o 10 Domain Limit Upgrade (Fabric Manager 4.x with 10 domains to Fabric Manager 5.x with 10

domains)

FABRIC MANAGER DISCOVERY

You may use a subnet scan to determine all of the devices in a fabric, or enter the IP address of one of the

switches in a fabric to start.