Cisco Cisco Fabric Manager Release 4.2 Release Notes
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Release Notes for Cisco Fabric Manager Release 4.2(7a)
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Introduction
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Introduction
Cisco Fabric Manager is the management tool for storage networking across all Cisco SAN and unified
fabrics.
fabrics.
Cisco Fabric Manager provides comprehensive visibility for improved management and control of Cisco
storage networks (2-, 4-, and 8-Gbps Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel over Ethernet [FCoE]), and it
helps reduce overall total cost of ownership (TCO) and complexity through unified discovery of all Cisco
Data Center 3.0 devices and through task automation and detailed reporting.
storage networks (2-, 4-, and 8-Gbps Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel over Ethernet [FCoE]), and it
helps reduce overall total cost of ownership (TCO) and complexity through unified discovery of all Cisco
Data Center 3.0 devices and through task automation and detailed reporting.
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.