Cisco Cisco MDS 9000 SAN-OS Software Release 1.0

database on Windows. If you want to install the PostgreSQL database on Solaris or Linux, or if you 
want to install the Oracle Database 10g Express database, follow the instructions in the “Installation 
of Cisco MDS SAN-OS and Fabric Manager” section in the

Refer to 

Table 5

 for information on the supported upgrade path.

If you are upgrading a previous installation of Fabric Manager, make sure the previous installation 
is installed and running. Do not uninstall the previous version. If the previous version is uninstalled, 
the database will not be migrated and your server settings will not be preserved.

Select the database. 

If you want to use the Oracle Database 10g Express, you must install the database and create a user 
name and password before continuing with the Fabric Manager installation. We recommend the 
Oracle Database 10g Express option for all users who are running Performance Manager on large 
fabrics (1000 or more end devices).

If you want to install the PostgreSQL database, you must disable any security software you are 
running as PostgreSQL may not install certain folders or users. You must also log in as a Superuser 
before you start the installation.

Install Fabric Manager from the CD-ROM or from files that you download from Cisco.com at the 
following website:

From NX-OS Release 4.1(3a) and later, Fabric Manager Web Client and Device Manager are 
automatically installed during the Fabric Manager installation process. They are installed only on the 
host where the Fabric Manager Server is installed.

If you want to use Fabric Manager Web Client and Device Manager on a remote machine, use this 
procedure described in the 

 to download Device 

Manager using Fabric Manager Web Client. Cisco recommends using the Fabric Manager Web Client on 
a different host than the Fabric Manager Server for increased scalability.

This section includes guidelines on installing Fabric Manager Server on Solaris from the Fabric Manager 
Installation CD.

Turn off security software before installing PostGreSQL.

If you are installing the Fabric Manager Server on a Solaris 9 host, to avoid memory allocation 
issues during the PostGreSQL installation process, make these changes to the system parameters file 
/etc/system. You may need to increase these values depending on what applications are installed on 
your host.

set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=252993536

set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=1

set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=256 

set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=256

set semsys:seminfo_semmap=256

set semsys:seminfo_semmni=512

set semsys:seminfo_semmns=512

set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=32