About Sme Cluster Management; Creating A Cisco Sme Cluster Using The Cisco Sme Wizard - Cisco AJ732A - MDS 9134 Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

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Cisco SME Cluster Management
The Cisco Fabric Manager provides a web-browser interface that displays real-time views of your
network fabrics and lets you configure Cisco Storage Media Encryption with easy-to-use wizards. This
chapter contains information about Cisco SME initial configuration and the tasks that are used to manage
Cisco SME clusters using Cisco Fabric Manager.
This chapter contains the following sections:
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About SME Cluster Management

An SME cluster consists of a group of MDS switches running the SME application in a single fabric
environment where each switch is a member or node. The cluster infrastructure enables the SME
application to offer high availability and load balancing by providing the ability to communicate and
coordinate with the other members to maintain a consistent and distributed view of the application's
configuration and operational state.
The process of configuring Cisco SME on an MDS switch with an installed MSM-18/4 module or on a
Cisco MDS 9222i switch involves a number of configuration tasks that should be followed in
chronological order. See the topics in the Before You Begin online help in Fabric Manager Web Server.
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information about the tasks that must be completed before creating an Cisco SME cluster.

Creating a Cisco SME Cluster Using the Cisco SME Wizard

The Cisco SME Wizard is an easy-to-use interface that walks you through the process of creating a Cisco
SME cluster. The following sections describe the steps in this process:
OL-18091-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
About SME Cluster Management, page 4-1
Creating a Cisco SME Cluster Using the Cisco SME Wizard, page 4-1
Deactivating and Purging a Cisco SME Cluster, page 4-20
Viewing Cisco SME Cluster Details, page 4-23
Viewing Cluster Information Using Fabric Manager Client, page 4-28
Viewing Cluster Information Using Device Manager, page 4-29
Cluster Quorum and Master Switch Election Overview, page 4-30
In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) in a Two-Node Cluster, page 4-33
Chapter 2, "Getting Started"
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and Chapter 3, "Cisco SME Interface Configuration"
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Storage Media Encryption Configuration Guide
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