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Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager Switch Configuration Guide
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Preface
Organization
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Chapter 7, “Configuring High Availability”
—Provides details on the high availability feature
including switchover mechanisms.
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Chapter 8, “Software Images”
—Describes how to upgrade Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches,
install software image files, use the Flash file system on the supervisor engine, and recover a
corrupted bootflash image.
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Chapter 9, “Managing Modules”
—Explains how to display and analyze the status of each module
and specifies the power on and power off process for modules.
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Chapter 10, “Managing System Hardware”
—Provides details on switch hardware inventory,
power usage, power supply, module temperature, fan and clock modules, and environment
information.
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Chapter 11, “Configuring and Managing VSANs”
—Describes how virtual SANs (VSANs) work,
explains the concept of default VSANs, isolated VSANs, VSAN IDs and attributes, and provides
details on how to create, delete, and view VSANs.
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Chapter 12, “Configuring Interfaces”
—Explains port and operational state concepts in Cisco
MDS 9000 Family switches and provides details on configuring ports and interfaces.
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Chapter 13, “Configuring Trunking”
—Explains TE ports and trunking concepts.
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Chapter 14, “Configuring PortChannels”
—Explains PortChannels and load balancing concepts
and provides details on configuring PortChannels, adding ports to PortChannels, and deleting ports
from PortChannels.
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Chapter 15, “Configuring and Managing Zones”
—Defines various zoning concepts and provides
details on configuring a zone set and zone management features.
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Chapter 16, “Configuring Inter-VSAN Routing”
—Describes Inter-VSAN Routing.
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Chapter 17, “Managing FLOGI, Name Server, FDMI, and RSCN Databases”
—Provides name
server and fabric login details required to manage storage devices and display registered state
change notification (RSCN) databases.
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Chapter 18, “Configuring Switch Security”
—Discusses the AAA parameters, user profiles,
RADIUS authentication, SSH services, and SNMP Security options provided in all switches in the
Cisco MDS 9000 Family and provides configuration information for these options.
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Chapter 19, “Configuring Fabric Security”
—Describes how to configure and manage fabric
security.
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Chapter 20, “Configuring Port Security”
—Provides details on port security features that can
prevent unauthorized access to a switch port in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family.
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Chapter 21, “Configuring Fibre Channel Routing Services and Protocols”
—Provides details
and configuration information on Fibre Channel routing services and protocols.
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Chapter 22, “Configuring IP Services”
—Provides details on IP over Fibre Channel (IPFC)
services and provides configuring IPFC, virtual router, and DNS server configuration information.
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Chapter 23, “Configuring FICON”
—Provides information on configuring and managing FICON
with the Cisco MDS 9000 Family.
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Chapter 24, “Configuring IP Storage”
—Provides details on extending the reach of Fibre Channel
SANs by connecting separated SAN islands together via IP networks using FCIP, and allowing IP
hosts to access FC storage using the iSCSI protocol.
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Chapter 25, “Configuring Call Home”
—Provides details on the Call Home service and includes
information on Call Home, event triggers, contact information, destination profiles, and e-mail
Options.
