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Cisco Fabric Manager Server Federation Deployment Guide

OL-21765-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.x

Chapter 2 Deploying Cisco Fabric Manager Server Federation

Installing the Federated Servers

During this stage, you configure your environment, install Federated Servers, and then start operating
and managing sites. Depending on your environment and your solution, you may have several
configuration steps to perform for your servers.

If you choose PostgreSQL as your database, you can setup the database using the install wizard when
installing the first server in the federation. You should use the database URL and DBA user and
password that was created when you installed the first server when adding new servers to the federation.

Installing the Database

You need to install the database first. Alhough it supports both PostgreSQL and Oracle XE, you should
install and use Oracle Enterprise version.

Note

All the servers in the federation must be using the database installed by the first server in the federation.
The database information is available in the server properties file.

Installing the Fabric Manager Server

After you install the first Fabric Manager Server, you can configure all the subsequent installations to
join the existing server federation. You can install only ten servers in a federation.

To install Fabric Manager Server on Windows, follow these steps:

Step 1

Click the Install Management Software link on your desktop.

Step 2

Choose Management Software > Cisco Fabric Manager.

Step 3

Click the Installing Fabric Manager link.

Step 4

Click the FM Installer link.

You see the welcome message in the Cisco Fabric Manager Installer window shown in

Figure 2-1