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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
Chapter 2 Installing Cisco MDS NX-OS and Fabric Manager
Installing the Management Software
A JDBC driver is a software component enabling a Java application to interact with a database. Fabric
Manager uses Oracle JDBC drivers ojdbc14.jar and ojdbc14.jar to access the Oracle database and store
data.
You can download the recommended version (10.2.0.1.0) of the ojdbc14.jar file, from the following link:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/htdocs/jdbc_10201.html
Alternatively, if you have access to the system where Oracle is installed in your environment, you can
find the jar file in the Oracle installation directory under ORACLE_HOME\jdbc\lib\.
Minimum Hardware Requirements
For a PC running Fabric Manager Server on large fabrics (1000 or more end devices), we recommend
you use a Dual Core/Dual CPU high-speed system with 2 GB of RAM and 10 GB of free disk space.
Upgrading Fabric Manager in Cisco SAN-OS Releases Prior to 3.1(2b)
When you install Cisco SAN-OS 3.2(1), data is migrated from the Hypersonic HSQL database to either
the PostgreSQL database or Oracle Database 10g Express during the installation. To install the
PostgreSQL database on Windows, click the FM Installer link on the CD. To install Oracle Database 10g
Express, follow the instructions in the
“Installing Oracle” section on page 2-22.
Note If you are upgrading a previous installation of Fabric Manager Server, be sure the previous installation
of the database is running. Do not uninstall the previous version. If the previous version is uninstalled,
the database will not be migrated and your server settings will not be preserved. After you ensure that
the previous installation is running, follow the steps listed in the
“Installing Fabric Manager” section on
page 2-24. Before beginning the upgrade, you must close Fabric Manager and Device Manager.
Upgrading Fabric Manager in Cisco SAN-OS Releases 3.1(2b) and Later to 3.2(1)
When you install Cisco SAN-OS 3.2(1), data is migrated from the Hypersonic HSQL database to either
the PostgreSQL database or Oracle Database 10g Express during the installation. Data is also migrated
from Oracle to Oracle.
Note If you migrate the database from Oracle to Oracle, the schema is updated as required by Cisco SAN-OS
3.2(1).
To install the PostgreSQL database on Windows, click the FM Installer link on the CD. To install Oracle
Database 10g Express, follow the instructions in the
“Installing Oracle” section on page 2-22.
Installing the Database
Before you install Fabric Manager, you must install a database. As of Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(1)
and later, Fabric Manager is packaged with PostgreSQL and Oracle Database 10g Express databases.
You can install the database of your choice using Fabric Manager from the CD-ROM or from Cisco.com.
If the database is present, the Fabric Manager installer will upgrade it to the latest version.
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