Cisco Fabric Manager; Fabric Manager And Device Manager - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Troubleshooting Manual

Chapter 1 Troubleshooting Overview
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Cisco Fabric Manager

Cisco Fabric Manager provides fabric-wide management capabilities including discovery, multiple
switch configuration, network monitoring, and troubleshooting. It provides the troubleshooting features
described in the following topics:
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For detailed information about using Cisco Fabric Manager, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric
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Manager User Guide.

Fabric Manager and Device Manager

Fabric Manager provides a map of the discovered fabric and includes tables that display statistical
information about the switches in the fabric. You can also select troubleshooting tools from the Fabric
Manager Tools menu.
When you click on a zone or VSAN in Fabric Manager, the members of the zone or VSAN are
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highlighted on the Fabric Manager Map pane.
Device Manager provides a graphic display of a specific switch and shows the status of each port on the
switch. From Device Manager, you can drill down to get detailed statistics about a specific switch or
port.
Figure 1-1
OL-5183-02, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.3
Fabric Manager and Device Manager, page 1-9
Analyzing Switch Device Health, page 1-10
Analyzing End-to-End Connectivity, page 1-11
Analyzing Switch Fabric Configuration, page 1-11
Analyzing the Results of Merging Zones, page 1-12
Alerts and Alarms, page 1-13
shows the Device Manager Summary View window.
Using Cisco MDS 9000 Family Tools
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide
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