Manually Specifying An Interface For Fabric Manager Client Or Device Manager; How Do I Configure An Http Proxy Server; How Do I Clear The Topology Map - Cisco AP775A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5010 Configuration Manual

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Edit the server.properties file with a text editor.
Step 2
Scroll until you find the line: snmp.localaddress.
Step 3
If the line is commented, remove the comment character.
Step 4
Set the local address value to the IP address or interface name of the NIC you want to use.
Step 5
Save the file.
Step 6
Stop and restart Fabric Manager Server.
Step 7

Manually specifying an interface for Fabric Manager Client or Device Manager

To specify an interface for the Fabric Manager Client or Device Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Go to the MDS 9000/bin folder. On a Windows platform, this folder is at C:\Program Files\Cisco
Systems\MDS 9000 by default.
Step 2 Edit the DeviceManager.bat file or the FabricManager.bat file.
Step 3 Scroll to the line that begins with set JVMARGS=
Step 4 Add the parameter -Device Managerds.nmsaddress=ADDRESS, where ADDRESS is the IP address or
interface name of the NIC you want to use.
Step 5 Save the file and relaunch Fabric Manager Client or Device Manager.

How do I configure an HTTP proxy server?

If your network uses a proxy server for HTTP requests, make sure the Java Web Start Application
Manager is properly configured with the IP address of your proxy server.
To configure a proxy server in the Java Web Start Application Manager, follow these steps:
Launch the Java Web Start application.
Step 1
Choose File > Preferences from the Java WebStart Application Manager.
Step 2
Choose the Manual radio button and enter the IP address of the proxy server in the HTTP Proxy field.
Step 3
Enter the HTTP port number used by your proxy service in the HTTP Port field.
Step 4
Click OK.
Step 5

How do I clear the topology map?

If you have a switch that you have removed from the fabric, there will be a red X through the switch's
icon. You can clear this information from the Fabric Manager client, or from the Fabric Manager server
(which will clear the information for all clients) without having to reboot the switch.
To clear information from topology maps using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
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