Upgrading Your Version Of Cisco Fabric Manager - Cisco AJ732A - MDS 9134 Fabric Switch Release Note

Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m .
Caution Before upgrading your Cisco MDS SAN-OS software image, you must run the Compact Flash Report
utility described in the
Manager Configuration
the status of Compact Flash on certain switch modules. To run this utility prior to upgrading your Cisco
SAN-OS software image, upgrade Cisco Fabric Manager as described in the
of Cisco Fabric Manager" section on page
For instructions on how to scan your switch fabric and display the status of Compact Flash using CLI
commands, refer to the
Configuration Guide.

Upgrading Your Version of Cisco Fabric Manager

To upgrade your version of Cisco Fabric Manager, or install Cisco Fabric Manager for the first time,
follow these steps:
Download m9000-fm-3.1.3.jar from the Software Center on Cisco.com
Step 1
(http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/mds-fm). You must have a CCO account to access the files
on Software Center.
Note
Launch the Fabric Manager installation program by doing one of the following:
Step 2
Select an installation folder for Fabric Manager on your workstation. The default location is C:\Program
Step 3
Files\Cisco Systems\MDS 9000 for Windows. On a Solaris or Linux machine, the installation path name
is /usr/local/cisco_mds9000 or $HOME/cisco_mds9000, depending on the permissions of the user
performing the installation.
Note
Step 4 Check the Don't install and run FM Server check box if you are installing just the Fabric Manager
Client on a remote workstation.
Note For other methods and details on upgrading, downgrading, and uninstalling Cisco Fabric Manager, refer
to the
Manager Quick Configuration
Click Finish to complete the Cisco Fabric Manager installation.
Step 5
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3)
10
"Managing System Hardware"
Guide. This reporting feature automatically scans your switch fabric and reports
"Managing System Hardware"
As of Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1, Cisco Fabric Manager requires Java 1.5.
Navigate to the folder where you have downloaded the file and double-click it.
a.
Open the file using Internet Explorer.
b.
Enter java -jar m9000-fm-3.1.3.jar on the Windows or UNIX command line.
c.
The Fabric Manager Server and the Fabric Manager Client must be able to communicate with
each other at all times. They can be installed on different workstations or the same workstation.
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
Guide.
section of the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric
-10.
section of the
"Upgrading Your Version
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI
and the Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric
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