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Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager Switch
Configuration Guide
March 2004
Text Part Number: OL-7753-01

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CONTENTS
Preface xxvii
Audience xxvii
Organization xxvii
Conventions xxx
Obtaining Documentation xxxi
Cisco.com xxxi
Documentation DVD xxxi
Ordering Documentation xxxi
Documentation Feedback xxxii
Cisco Product Security Overview xxxii
Reporting Security Problems in Cisco Products xxxii
Obtaining Technical Assistance xxxiii
Cisco Technical Support Website xxxiii
Submitting a Service Request xxxiii
Definitions of Service Request Severity xxxiv
Obtaining Additional Publications and Information xxxiv
New and Changed Information xxxvii
CHAPTER 1Product Overview 1-1
Hardware Overview 1-1
Cisco MDS 9216 Fabric Switch 1-2
Cisco MDS 9500 Modular Directors 1-2
Cisco MDS 9100 Series Fixed Configuration Fabric Switches 1-3
Software Features 1-4
Licensing 1-4
High Availability 1-4
Switch Reliability 1-4
Virtual SANs 1-5
Intelligent Zoning 1-5
Inter-VSAN Routing 1-5
Trunking 1-6
PortChannels 1-6
IP Services 1-6

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IP Storage 1-7
Call Home 1-7
QoS and Congestion Control 1-7
SPAN and RSPAN 1-8
Switch Management Features 1-8
Redundant Supervisor Module Management 1-8
Fabric Management 1-9
Security Management 1-9
Tools for Software Configuration 1-10
CLI 1-10
Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager 1-11
CHAPTER 2Getting Started with Cisco Fabric Manager 2-1
Managing Cisco MDS 9000 Switches 2-2
Storage Management Solutions Architecture 2-3
In-Band Management and Out-of-Band Management 2-4
MGMT0 2-4
IPFC 2-4
Installing the Applications 2-5
Launching the Applications 2-6
Using the Management Services Wizard 2-7
A Note on Ports 2-7
CHAPTER 3Overview of Fabric Manager 3-1
Launching Cisco Fabric Manager 3-1
Using Fabric Manager 3-2
Menu Bar, Toolbars, and Status Bar 3-3
Logical/Physical Pane 3-3
Information Pane 3-4
Map Pane 3-4
Discovering and Viewing the Network Fabric 3-7
Controlling Administrator Access with Users and Roles 3-7
Modifying Device Grouping 3-7
Setting Fabric Manager Preferences 3-8
Viewing Reports in Fabric Manager 3-9
Using Device Manager 3-10
Launching Device Manager from Fabric Manager 3-10
Using Summary View 3-11

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Comparing Device Manager to Fabric Manager 3-12
Performing Device Management 3-13
Managing Ports 3-13
Setting Device Manager Preferences 3-14
Using Performance Manager 3-14
Performance Manager Architecture 3-14
Creating a PM Configuration File 3-14
Collecting the Data 3-15
Presenting the Collected Data 3-15
Exporting and Importing Data 3-16
Integration with Cisco Traffic Analyzer 3-16
Configuring PM for Use with Cisco Traffic Analyzer 3-16
Stopping Data Collection 3-19
Exporting Data Collection to XML Files 3-19
Removing Data Collection Files from the List 3-19
CHAPTER 4Before You Begin 4-1
About Flash Devices 4-1
Internal bootflash: 4-2
External CompactFlash (Slot0) 4-2
Switch Roles 4-2
Using Valid Formats and Ranges 4-2
CHAPTER 5Obtaining and Installing Licenses 5-1
License Terminology 5-1
Licensing Model 5-2
Licensing High Availability 5-4
Options to Install a License 5-4
Obtaining a Factory-Installed License 5-4
Performing a Manual Installation 5-5
Obtaining License Key Files 5-5
Installing Licenses 5-6
Installing Licenses Using Fabric Manager License Wizard 5-6
Installing Licenses Using Device Manager 5-8
Viewing License Information in Fabric Manager 5-8
Viewing License Information in Device Manager 5-9
Removing Licenses 5-9

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Updating Licenses 5-10
License Expiry Alerts 5-10
Moving Licenses Between Switches 5-11
CHAPTER 6Initial Configuration 6-1
NTP Configuration 6-1
NTP Configuration Guidelines 6-2
Display General NTP Statistics for a Switch 6-3
Create an NTP Server or Peer 6-3
Edit an NTP Server or Peer Configuration 6-4
Delete an NTP Server or Peer 6-4
CHAPTER 7Configuring High Availability 7-1
About High Availability 7-1
Switchover Mechanisms 7-2
HA Switchover 7-2
Process Restartability 7-2
Synchronizing Supervisor Modules 7-2
HA Redundancy States 7-2
CHAPTER 8Software Images 8-1
About Software Images 8-1
Essential Upgrade Prerequisites 8-2
Using the Software Install Wizard 8-3
Maintaining Supervisor Modules 8-4
Standby Supervisor Boot Variable Version 8-4
Standby Supervisor Boot Alert 8-5
Replacing Modules 8-5
Recovering a Corrupted Bootflash 8-5
Default Factory Settings 8-5
CHAPTER 9Managing Modules 9-1
About Modules 9-1
Supervisor Modules 9-1
Switching Modules 9-2
Viewing the State of a Module 9-2
Identifying Module LEDs 9-3

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Configuring EPLDs 9-5
Default Supervisor Module Settings 9-6
CHAPTER 10 Managing System Hardware 10-1
Configuring Power Supplies 10-1
Guidelines for Power Supplies with Different Capacities 10-1
Guidelines for Power Supplies with Different Capacities 10-3
Managing Power Supplies 10-4
Displaying Module Temperature 10-5
Monitoring Fan Modules 10-6
Monitoring Clock Modules 10-6
Viewing System Attributes 10-6
Viewing Running Processes 10-6
Viewing Flash File Information 10-7
Managing Inventory Information 10-7
Managing Module Attributes 10-7
10-7
CHAPTER 11 Configuring and Managing VSANs 11-1
How VSANs Work 11-2
VSANs Versus Zones 11-4
Default and Isolated VSANs 11-5
Default VSANs 11-5
Isolated VSANs 11-5
VSAN Membership 11-6
VSAN Attributes 11-6
Operational State of a VSAN 11-6
Adding and Configuring VSANs 11-7
Deleting VSANs 11-7
Default Settings 11-8
CHAPTER 12 Configuring Interfaces 12-1
Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces 12-1
About Interface Modes 12-2
E Port 12-2
F Port 12-2
FL Port 12-3

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TL Port 12-3
TE Port 12-3
SD Port 12-3
ST Port 12-4
Fx Port 12-4
B Port 12-4
Auto Mode 12-4
About Interface States 12-4
Administrative States 12-4
Operational States 12-5
Reason Codes 12-5
Configuring TL Port ALPA Caches 12-8
Configuring Buffer-to-Buffer Credits 12-8
Configuring Performance Buffers 12-8
Configuring the Beacon Mode 12-9
Identifying the Beacon LEDs 12-9
Configuring Switch Port Defaults 12-10
Default Settings 12-10
Configuring VSAN Interfaces 12-10
Configuring Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces 12-11
Enabling or Disabling Ports 12-11
Managing Interface Attributes for Ports 12-11
CHAPTER 13 Configuring Trunking 13-1
About Trunking 13-1
About Trunking Protocol 13-2
Configuring Trunk Modes 13-2
Configuring Trunk-Allowed VSAN List 13-2
Trunking Configuration Guidelines 13-4
Default Settings 13-5
CHAPTER 14 Configuring PortChannels 14-1
PortChannel Examples 14-1
Configuring 32-port Switching Modules and Host-Optimized Ports 14-2
Managing Physical Attributes for a Port 14-2
Viewing Port Capability Attributes 14-3
About PortChanneling and Trunking 14-3
Managing PortChannel General Attributes 14-4

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Managing PortChannel Interface Attributes 14-4
Quiescing/Disabling Port Channel Members 14-4
About Load Balancing 14-5
Considerations for PortChannel Configurations 14-6
Error Detection 14-6
Default Settings 14-7
CHAPTER 15 Configuring and Managing Zones 15-1
Zoning Features 15-2
Zoning Example 15-3
Configuring a Zone 15-4
Creating Zones 15-4
Creating Additional Zones 15-4
Cloning Zones 15-5
Adding Zone Members 15-5
Displaying Port Membership Information 15-6
Viewing Zone Statistics 15-6
Deleting Zones and Members 15-6
Configuring Aliases 15-6
Creating Zones with Aliases 15-7
Viewing Aliases 15-7
Zone Sets 15-7
Active and Full Zone Set Considerations 15-8
Distributing Zone Sets 15-10
Copying Zone Sets 15-10
Creating Zone Sets 15-10
Creating Additional Zone Sets 15-10
Cloning Zone Sets 15-11
Adding Zones to a Zone Set 15-11
Activating or Enforcing Zone Sets 15-11
Deactivating Zone Sets 15-12
Importing Active Zone Sets 15-12
Exporting Active Zone Sets 15-12
Deleting Zone Sets or Members 15-12
Clearing the Zone Database 15-13
Recovering a Full Zone Database 15-13
Performing Zone Merge Analysis 15-13
Zone Enforcement 15-14

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The Default Zone 15-14
Setting Default Zone Policy 15-15
Changing the Default Zone Policy 15-15
Recovering from Link Isolation 15-15
LUN Zoning 15-16
Assigning LUNs to Storage Subsystems 15-17
Read-Only Zoning 15-17
Guidelines to Configure Read-Only Zones 15-17
Default Settings 15-18
Migrating a Non-MDS Database 15-18
Using the Zone Wizard 15-18
CHAPTER 16 Configuring Inter-VSAN Routing 16-1
About IVR 16-1
IVR Features 16-2
IVR Terminology 16-2
IVR Guidelines 16-3
Domain ID Guidelines 16-3
Transit VSANs Guidelines 16-3
Border Switch Guidelines 16-3
Configuring IVR 16-4
Unique Domain ID Configuration Options 16-4
Enabling IVR 16-4
Configuring an IVR Topology 16-4
Creating an IVR Topology 16-4
Creating IVR Zones and Zone Sets 16-5
Creating Additional IVR Zones and Zone Sets 16-5
Activating IVR Zone Sets 16-6
Deactivating IVR Zone Sets 16-6
Recovering an IVR Full Zone Database 16-6
Recovering an IVR Full Topology 16-7
IVR Interoperability 16-7
IVR Using LUN Zoning or Read-Only Zoning 16-7
Creating IVZs and IVZSs 16-7
Zones versus IVZs 16-8
Automatic IVZ Creation 16-8
Configuring and Activating IVZs and IVZSs 16-9
Using the force Option 16-9