Cisco Cisco Fabric Manager Release 4.1 Release Notes
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Release Notes for Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Release 4.1(3b)
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Introduction
Introduction
The Cisco Fabric Manager provides an alternative to the command-line interface (CLI) for most switch
configuration commands. Fabric Manager provides powerful Fibre Channel troubleshooting tools such
as advanced monitoring features and sophisticated debug analysis tools. These in-depth health and
configuration analysis capabilities leverage unique MDS 9000 switch capabilities including the Fibre
Channel Ping and Traceroute utilities.
configuration commands. Fabric Manager provides powerful Fibre Channel troubleshooting tools such
as advanced monitoring features and sophisticated debug analysis tools. These in-depth health and
configuration analysis capabilities leverage unique MDS 9000 switch capabilities including the Fibre
Channel Ping and Traceroute utilities.
The Cisco Fabric Manager includes these management applications:
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Fabric Manager (client and server)
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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,
refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide. For information on using the
CLI to configure a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI
Configuration Guide or the Cisco MDS 9020 Switch Configuration Guide and Command Reference.
refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide. For information on using the
CLI to configure a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI
Configuration Guide or the Cisco MDS 9020 Switch Configuration Guide and Command Reference.
Version Compatibility
As the features and capabilities of Cisco Fabric Manager continue to evolve, it is important to be aware
of the following software version compatibility information:
of the following software version compatibility information:
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Cisco Family Fabric Manager Release 4.1(3b) can manage switches that are running any MDS 9000
NX-OS 4.x release and switches that are running any SAN-OS 3.x release.
NX-OS 4.x release and switches that are running any SAN-OS 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.
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Fabric Manager Release 4.1(3b) offers backwards compatibility support for the releases shown in
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Upgrading Your Version of Cisco Fabric Manager
As of Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.2(1), Cisco Fabric Manager is no longer packaged with a Cisco MDS 9000
Table 1
Software Version Compatibility
Current Software Version
Tested with and Supports:
MDS Fabric Manager Release 4.1(3b)
MDS NX-OS 4.1(3a), 4.1(1c), 4.1(1b)
SAN-OS 3.3(3), 3.3(2), 3.3(1c)