Chapter 3 Installing And Launching Fabric Manager; Installing Cisco Fabric Manager - Cisco MDS 9000 Configuration Manual

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Installing and Launching Fabric Manager
Before installing Fabric Manager, make sure that the hardware setup and initial configuration using the
CLI is completed. See
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.
This chapter includes the following sections:
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Installing Cisco Fabric Manager

The Cisco Fabric Manager management software is compatible with the following software:
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Chapter 2, "Initial Switch Configuration,"
Installing Cisco Fabric Manager, page 3-1
Launching Cisco Fabric Manager, page 3-3
Operating Systems
– Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
Solaris 2.8
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– Redhat Linux 7.2
Java
– Sun JRE and JDK 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and 1.5.0
Sun JRE and JDK 1.5.0 is supported only for Cisco SAN-OS Release 2.1(2) or later.
Note
IPv6 needs Java 1.5.0 to work with Fabric Manager.
Java Web Start 1.2 and 1.0.1
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Browsers
Internet Explorer 5.5 or later
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Netscape 6 or later
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Mozilla 1.0 or later
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C H A P T E R
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide
for details.
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