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BCSM IN A NUTSHELL 2008
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FABRIC MANAGER CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Fabric Manager Change Management provides a common interface to monitor and manage changes to a
Fabric Manager SAN Profile
• Tracks changes to a range of SAN components
• Checks for changes against a previously-created Fabric Manager baseline
• Notifies you when changes are detected
You can review detailed reports of all detected changes
A Change Management profile has three components:
1. A snapshot configuration that defines which items to monitor: ISLs, switches in/out, switch configuration,
zoning, name server, firmware version, licenses, ports*, device links*, security mode, and security policies.
* Ports – Fabric Manager can monitor the status of a designated set of ports. Fabric Manager tracks four
status levels: disabled (not configured), offline, online, and down. The mapping of switchshow status
values to these levels are:
• lock_ref, port_flt, no_sync, laser_flt, testing Æ down
• no_port, disabled, no_module, no_card Æ disabled
• no_light, in_sync Æ offline
• online Æ online
* Device links – Fabric Manager monitors the switch domain and port WWN to which a device is connected
2. A user-specified schedule for automatically checking one or more fabrics against the baseline snapshot
Specify a time interval for checking the items defined in the snapshot
Can compare a single live, or two previously-captured, snapshot(s) against a baseline snapshot
Note: If you schedule more than 4 automated checks at the same time, Fabric Manager will put them in a
queue and run 4 checks at one time.
3. A notification configuration that defines the response when changes are detected
Sends email notification
Generates a Fabric Manager alert
Auto-generates an XML change report (similar to call home functionality)