Cisco Cisco Data Center Network Manager 4.0 Getting Started Guide
At-A-Glance
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New Cisco Data Center Network Manager
Modern data centers are becoming increasingly complex and massive. Proliferation of
new technologies such as virtualization is adding yet another level of complexity while
enabling higher workloads to be placed on the network. Innovations such as Cisco®
Unified Fabric unify storage and data networking to deliver convergence, scalability,
and intelligence with reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) and faster return on
investment (ROI). IT departments today are challenged to look beyond traditional
silos of networking and storage to manage this converged, virtualized data center.
Meeting this challenge calls for unification of the management plane to enable holistic
management of the data center infrastructure.
new technologies such as virtualization is adding yet another level of complexity while
enabling higher workloads to be placed on the network. Innovations such as Cisco®
Unified Fabric unify storage and data networking to deliver convergence, scalability,
and intelligence with reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) and faster return on
investment (ROI). IT departments today are challenged to look beyond traditional
silos of networking and storage to manage this converged, virtualized data center.
Meeting this challenge calls for unification of the management plane to enable holistic
management of the data center infrastructure.
Recognizing the need to support this convergence in management, Cisco is merging
two best-in-class management solutions, Cisco Fabric Manager and Cisco Data
Center Network Manager (DCNM) for LAN, into one unified product called Cisco
DCNM (Figure 1).
two best-in-class management solutions, Cisco Fabric Manager and Cisco Data
Center Network Manager (DCNM) for LAN, into one unified product called Cisco
DCNM (Figure 1).
Figure 1 The New Cisco DCNM
Cisco DCNM
(Converged)
Cisco Fabric Manager
Fabric Manager Server
Cisco DCNM
One converged product
• SAN & LAN health and performance dashboards
• Can be licensed for SAN or LAN or both
• Common operations (discovery and topology)
• Single installer and RBAC
• Consistent licensing model (licenses on DCNM server)
• SAN & LAN health and performance dashboards
• Can be licensed for SAN or LAN or both
• Common operations (discovery and topology)
• Single installer and RBAC
• Consistent licensing model (licenses on DCNM server)
Cisco DCNM can be licensed to manage a combination of SAN and LAN environments.
Administrators still maintain control and segmentation through role-based access
control (RBAC), now with single-pane visibility across the network and storage access
infrastructure. Depending on licensing, different features for management of SAN and
LAN infrastructure are available.
Administrators still maintain control and segmentation through role-based access
control (RBAC), now with single-pane visibility across the network and storage access
infrastructure. Depending on licensing, different features for management of SAN and
LAN infrastructure are available.
Features of Cisco DCNM
The new converged Cisco DCNM increases overall data center infrastructure uptime
and reliability. Focused on supporting efficient operations and management of virtual
machine–aware fabrics, Cisco DCNM provides a robust framework and comprehensive
feature set that meets the routing, switching, and storage administration needs of
present and future virtualized data centers. Cisco DCNM provides outstanding visibility
into dependencies that exist between virtualized computing, networking, and storage
infrastructures through features such as VMpath and virtual machine–aware topology
views. Cisco DCNM streamlines the provisioning of the unified fabric and proactively
monitors the LAN and SAN components. Offering an exceptional level of visibility
and control through a single management pane for the Cisco Nexus®, Cisco Unified
Computing System™, and Cisco MDS 9000 Family products, Cisco DCNM is the Cisco
recommended solution for managing mission-critical data centers.
and reliability. Focused on supporting efficient operations and management of virtual
machine–aware fabrics, Cisco DCNM provides a robust framework and comprehensive
feature set that meets the routing, switching, and storage administration needs of
present and future virtualized data centers. Cisco DCNM provides outstanding visibility
into dependencies that exist between virtualized computing, networking, and storage
infrastructures through features such as VMpath and virtual machine–aware topology
views. Cisco DCNM streamlines the provisioning of the unified fabric and proactively
monitors the LAN and SAN components. Offering an exceptional level of visibility
and control through a single management pane for the Cisco Nexus®, Cisco Unified
Computing System™, and Cisco MDS 9000 Family products, Cisco DCNM is the Cisco
recommended solution for managing mission-critical data centers.
Who Should Migrate to Cisco DCNM?
Organizations that are currently using Cisco DCNM 5.0 or Cisco Fabric Manager Server
(FMS) 5.0 are encouraged to migrate to the new converged Cisco DCNM 5.2. The
new Cisco DCNM 5.2 is intended to be a transparent upgrade for customers who are
using either of the two existing products. Cisco supports an inline upgrade from your
current installation to get to Cisco DCNM 5.2.
(FMS) 5.0 are encouraged to migrate to the new converged Cisco DCNM 5.2. The
new Cisco DCNM 5.2 is intended to be a transparent upgrade for customers who are
using either of the two existing products. Cisco supports an inline upgrade from your
current installation to get to Cisco DCNM 5.2.
Support for Existing Cisco FMS Deployments
Cisco Fabric Manager customers who have their Cisco FMS licenses deployed on Cisco
MDS 9000 Family switches can upgrade to Cisco DCNM 5.2 without disturbing any of their
existing licenses. All currently installed Cisco FMS licenses will be automatically retained
and supported by Cisco DCNM 5.2. From now on, Cisco DCNM is the product that will
be maintained to manage new technologies and products in the data center networking
domain. Cisco Fabric Manager and FMS will continue to be sold and supported by Cisco,
but they will be transitioned into a sustaining mode, meaning that they will receive only bug
fixes and critical patches, but no new features or new hardware support.
MDS 9000 Family switches can upgrade to Cisco DCNM 5.2 without disturbing any of their
existing licenses. All currently installed Cisco FMS licenses will be automatically retained
and supported by Cisco DCNM 5.2. From now on, Cisco DCNM is the product that will
be maintained to manage new technologies and products in the data center networking
domain. Cisco Fabric Manager and FMS will continue to be sold and supported by Cisco,
but they will be transitioned into a sustaining mode, meaning that they will receive only bug
fixes and critical patches, but no new features or new hardware support.