Locating Other Switches

The Locate Switches option uses SNMPv2 and discovers devices responding to SNMP requests with the read-only community string public.

To locate switches that are not included in the currently discovered fabric, follow these steps:

  1. Choose File > Locate Switches from the Fabric Manager main window.

    You see the Locate Switches dialog box.

  2. Enter a range of specific addresses belonging to a specific subnet which limit the research for the switches. To look for a Cisco MDS 9000 switch belonging to subnet 192.168.199.0, use the following string:

    192.168.100.[1-254]

    Multiple ranges can be specified, separated by commas. For example, to look for all the devices in the two subnets 192.168.199.0 and 192.169.100.0, use the following string:

    192.168.100.[1-254], 192.169.100.[1-254]

  3. Enter the appropriate read community string in the Read Community field.

    The default value for this string is “public.”

  4. Click Display Cisco MDS 9000 Only to display only the Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches in your network fabric.
  5. Click Search to discover switches and devices in your network fabric. You see the results of the discovery in the Locate Switches window.
    Note The number in the lower left corner of the screen increments as the device locator attempts to discover the devices in your network fabric. When the discovery process is complete, the number indicates the number of rows displayed.