Users Guide

6 Fabric Manager for XC Xpress User’s Guide | A02
2.3 Launching Fabric Manager
XC Xpress supports a list of validated switches. To validate the design of your switch and its configured switch settings,
run Fabric Manager using your management workstation.
1. At the command prompt, navigate to the location where the tool is installed and run the executable.
a. On windows the executable ptfmcli.exe is located at:
C:\Dell_OEM\DellPowerToolsFabricManager
Usage:
Windows : ptfmcli.exe [OPTIONS]
OPTIONS:
-h
Print this help message and exit
-i <switch-IP>
Switch IP address
-u <username>
Username to use in switch SSH login
-f <file-name>
File containing list of IPv4 addresses of XC nodes to check the reachability (line
by line).
-l <log-file>
Log file to write (default: DellPowerToolsFabricManager.log)
-v <verbose-level>
Verbose level to use in log write (default: 3)
Figure 1 Initial screen when Fabric Manager connects to the switch IP address.
2. At the command prompt, enter the switch IP address.
3. At the command prompt, enter the User Name for the switch SSH login.
4. At the command prompt, enter the Password for the switch SSH login.
After authentication is established, the tool verifies all the required switch capabilities.