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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
Chapter 69 Fabric Manager Web Services
Logon Service
XML
XML is the data format that defines the structure of the message. XML Web Services architecture allows
programs written in different languages on different platforms to communicate with each other in a
standards-based way. XML Web Services expose useful functionality to Web users through a standard
Web protocol (SOAP).
SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) is the communications protocol for Web Services. SOAP is a
specification that defines the XML format for messages. The advantage of SOAP is that it has been
implemented on many different hardware and software platforms.
HTTP/HTTPS
HTTP/HTTPS is the transport layer of the service. HTTP/HTTPS allows data to traverse the network
easily and is widely accepted. It is also considered as platform neutral. Every Fabric Manager Web
Services operation is through HTTP/HTTPS.
WDSL
A WSDL definition is an XML document with a root definition element from the
http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/ namespace. Fabric Manager Web Services uses the WSDL document
to publish which operations of Fabric Manager are available. The definitions element may contain
several other elements including types, message, portType, binding, and service, all of which come from
the namespace. WSDL is published on FMServer at http://localhost/LogonWSService/LogonWS?wsdl
Logon Service
LogonWS makes IdentityManager’s operations available as Web Service calls. LogonWS allows the
following operations:
requestToken
This method returns a token string that must be passed in as the header of the SOAP message. Once the
username and password is authentication using Fabric Manager’s SecurityManager, the token is
generated and is kept valid for the number of milliseconds specified in the expiration argument.
Parameters
username—Name of the user.
password—Password of the user.
expiration—Time (in milliseconds).
Return Value
Session token.
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