Managing The Switch; Maintaining The Switch; Installing Dust Covers In Empty Ports; Replacing An Sfp Transceiver - Cisco MDS 8/12c User Manual

4 Managing the Switch

Use the management tools built into the Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch (see
topology, port status, physical status, and other information used for performance analysis and system
debugging.
When running IP over FC, these management tools must run on both the Fibre Channel host and the
switch and must be supported by the Fibre Channel host driver. For a list of Fibre Channel hosts supported
by the Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch, see the HP StorageWorks Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge
(SPOCK) website at http://www.hp.com/storage/spock. You must sign up for an HP Passport to be
granted access.
Table 2 Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch management features
Management tool
CLI
Fabric Manager
Standard SNMP applications
Management Server
1. For more information, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide.
You can connect a management station to one switch through Ethernet while managing other switches
connected to the first switch via FC. To perform this function,
other switches to be managed to the FC IP address of the first switch.
The gateway address of the first switch should be set to the gateway address for the subnet on which the
first switch resides (see
Table 3 Connecting via a management station
Ethernet
FCIP
Gateway

Maintaining the switch

The Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch does not require any regular physical maintenance. However, it is
critical that environmental conditions, described in
help prevent switch failure due to heat stress or improper air flow.

Installing dust covers in empty ports

Install the dust covers included in the Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch shipping carton in ports where SFPs
are not installed. Installing dust covers ensures proper airflow and helps reduce dust contamination of the
switch.

Replacing an SFP transceiver

To remove an SFP transceiver:
1. Press and hold the cable release.
2. Remove the cable from the transceiver.
3. Pull the bail to release the transceiver.
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1
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Table 3).
Management First switch
station
192.168.1.09 192.168.1.10
192.168.65.09 192.168.65.10
192.168.1.10 any, not self
Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class User Guide
Out-of-band support
Ethernet or serial
connection
Ethernet connection
Ethernet connection
Ethernet connection
the FC gateway address of each of the
set
Second switch
204.1.1.1 1
192.168.65.1 1
192.168.1.10
"Environmental considerations" on page 1 1 are met to
Table 2) to monitor the fabric
In-band support
IP over FC
IP over FC
IP over FC
SMI-S compliant
management program
Third switch
204.1.1.12
192.168.65.12
192.168.1.10
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