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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
Chapter 34 Managing FLOGI, Name Server, FDMI, and RSCN Databases
FDMI
Figure 34-3 Name Server Dialog Box
The General tab is the default tab; you see the name server database.
Step 2 Click the Statistics tab.
You see the name server statistics.
Step 3 Click Close to close the dialog box.
FDMI
Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches provide support for the Fabric-Device Management Interface (FDMI)
functionality, as described in the FC-GS-4 standard. FDMI enables management of devices such as Fibre
Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) through in-band communications. This addition complements the
existing Fibre Channel name server and management server functions.
Using the FDMI functionality, the NX-OS software can extract the following management information
about attached HBAs and host operating systems without installing proprietary host agents:
• Manufacturer, model, and serial number
• Node name and node symbolic name
• Hardware, driver, and firmware versions
• Host operating system (OS) name and version number
All FDMI entries are stored in persistent storage and are retrieved when the FDMI process is started.
Displaying FDMI
To display the FDMI database information using Device Manager, choose FC > Advanced > FDMI.
You see the FDMI dialog box.
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