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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
New and Changed Information
SAN virtual device
automatic failover
and fallback
Create Virtual Device
Dialog
Added information about automatic
failover and fallback configuration.
4.1(3a) Chapter 27, “SAN Device
Virtualization”
Table menu
enhancements
Table menu
enhancements
Added information on changes in
Switch Table, ISL Table and End
Devices menu options.
4.1(3a) Chapter 5, “Fabric
Manager Client”
Edit Full Zone
Database
Backup and Restore
operations
Added information on changes in
backup and restore operations.
4.1(3a) Chapter 30, “Configuring
and Managing Zones”
Flow Configuration
Wizard Enhancement
Flow Configuration
Wizard Enhancement
Added new screen in the Flow
Configuration Wizard.
4.1(3a) Chapter 8, “Performance
Manager”
Web Client
enhancements
Interactive Performance
Manager charts display
and realtime status.
Changes in charts display and
realtime status information.
4.1(3a) Chapter 7, “Fabric
Manager Web Client”
NX-OS Software As of Release 4.1(1a) and later, the
MDS SAN-OS software name is
changed to MDS NX-OS software.
The earlier release names are
unchanged and all refrerences are
retained.
4.1(1a) All chapters
Supported Platforms
Information and FM
Express Install
Installation options and
screens
The server platforms supported for
Cisco Fabric Manager have been
revised in this release.
4.1(1a) Chapter 2, “Installing
Cisco MDS NX-OS and
Fabric Manager”
Server Admin Tool A perspective view
filters out menu items,
buttons, tabs, tables,
and configuration
options that are not
relevant to the server
admin.
The Server Admin perspective view
limits the scope of Fabric Manager
to FlexAttach configuration and
relevant data
4.1(1a) Chapter 5, “Fabric
Manager Client”
Inventory Report
Enhancements
SAN Health Report and
Template
The FMS inventory switch detail
report has been enhanced to include
a number of summary statistics
useful for creating a more
comprehensive “SAN health
report”.
4.1(1a) Chapter 7, “Fabric
Manager Web Client”
FlexAttach
Configuration by
Server Administrators
New FlexAttach
Pre-Configure Server,
Move Server, and
Replace Server wizards
Procedures to use the FlexAttach
wizards for pre-configuring all or
selected ports, moving a server to a
different port or switch, and
replacing a server in the same or
different port or switch.
4.1(1a) Chapter 14, “Configuring
FlexAttach Virtual
pWWN”
IP Static Peers for
CFS over IP
New NPV CFS Setup
wizard
Added IP static peers configuration
steps for CFS distribution over IP.
4.1(1a) Chapter 13, “Using the
CFS Infrastructure”
Table 1 New and Changed Features for Cisco MDS Fabric Manager Release 4.x (continued)
Feature GUI Change Description
Changed
in
Release Where Documented
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