Cisco Cisco Fabric Manager Release 5.0 Release Notes
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Release Notes for Cisco Fabric Manager Release 5.0(1a)
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Version Compatibility
Cisco Fabric Manager provides centralized storage network management services, performance
monitoring, federated reporting, troubleshooting tools, discovery, and configuration automation for the
data center.
monitoring, federated reporting, troubleshooting tools, discovery, and configuration automation for the
data center.
Cisco Fabric Manager includes these management applications:
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Fabric Manager (client and server)
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Fabric Manager standalone (FMSA)
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Device Manager
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Performance Manager
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Fabric Manager Web Services
For detailed information on using Cisco Fabric Manager to configure a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch
or a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch, refer to the feature-specific Cisco Fabric Manager Configuration
Guides available at the following website:
or a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch, refer to the feature-specific Cisco Fabric Manager Configuration
Guides available at the following website:
Version Compatibility
As the features and capabilities of Cisco Fabric Manager continue to evolve, it is important to be aware
of the software version compatibility information described in the following sections.
of the software version compatibility information described in the following sections.
Compatibility with Cisco MDS 9000 Family Switches
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Cisco Fabric Manager Release 5.0(1a) can manage MDS 9000 switches that are running any NX-OS
4.2(x) release or any SAN-OS 3.3(x) release.
4.2(x) release or any SAN-OS 3.3(x) release.
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Any Fabric Manager 3.x release cannot fully manage switches that are running any MDS 9000
NX-OS 4.x release because Fabric Manager Release 3.x cannot manage features that are specific to
the MDS 9000 NX-OS 4.x release series. Fabric Manager Release 3.3(x) can manage all legacy
features in any SAN-OS 3.x, 2.x, and 1.x release.
NX-OS 4.x release because Fabric Manager Release 3.x cannot manage features that are specific to
the MDS 9000 NX-OS 4.x release series. Fabric Manager Release 3.3(x) can manage all legacy
features in any SAN-OS 3.x, 2.x, and 1.x release.
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In terms of testing and support, future releases of Cisco Fabric Manager 4.x will be backwards
compatible with the two previous releases of MDS NX-OS 4.x and with the two highest releases in
the SAN-OS 3.x release series.
compatible with the two previous releases of MDS NX-OS 4.x and with the two highest releases in
the SAN-OS 3.x release series.
Compatibility with Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
Cisco Fabric Manager Release 5.0(1a) has limited support for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches running
versions earlier than Release 4.0(1a)N1, because it does not support FCoE features on Cisco Nexus 5000
Series switches running versions earlier than Release 4.0(1a)N1.
versions earlier than Release 4.0(1a)N1, because it does not support FCoE features on Cisco Nexus 5000
Series switches running versions earlier than Release 4.0(1a)N1.
lists Cisco Fabric Manager versions and the software products they support.