Table Of Contents
Managing the System and Components
Viewing System Attributes
Viewing Running Processes
Viewing Flash File Information
Managing Inventory Information
Managing Card Attributes
Managing Temperature Sensor Information
Managing Power Supplies
Managing the System and Components
The Fabric Manager allows you to configure and monitor modules on multiple Cisco MDS 9000 switches. The Device Manager allows you to configure and monitor modules on a single Cisco MDS 9000 switch.
Note For information about configuring the chassis and its components using the command-line interface (CLI), refer to the Cisco 9000 Family Configuration Guide.
Procedures for managing the system and components include:
•Viewing System Attributes
•Viewing Running Processes
•Viewing Flash File Information
•Managing Inventory Information
•Managing Card Attributes
•Managing Temperature Sensor Information
•Managing Power Supplies
Viewing System Attributes
To manage system attributes, perform the following steps.
Step 1 From the Fabric Manager, choose Switches on the menu tree, OR
From the Device Manager, choose System from the Admin menu.
The Fabric Manager Information pane displays system attributes for multiple switches. The dialog box from the Device Manager displays system attributes for a single switch.
Step 2 Configure the system attributes for the chassis.
Note You can access the field descriptions for the windows or dialog boxes in this procedure in the Reference section of the Fabric Manager or Device Manager help systems.
Viewing Running Processes
To view information about the processes currently running on a switch, perform the following step.
Step 1 From the Device Manager, choose Running Processes from the Admin menu.
You see the Running Processes dialog box.
Note You can access the field descriptions for the windows or dialog boxes in this procedure in the Reference section of the Fabric Manager or Device Manager help systems.
Viewing Flash File Information
To view information about the files currently stored in flash memory on the switch, perform the following step.
Step 1 From the Device Manager, choose Flash Files from the Admin menu.
You see the Flash Files dialog box.
Note You can access the field descriptions for the windows or dialog boxes in this procedure in the Reference section of the Fabric Manager or Device Manager help systems.
Managing Inventory Information
To manage inventory attributes, perform the following steps.
Step 1 From the Fabric Manager, choose Switches > Modules on the menu tree and click the Inventory tab, OR
From the Device Manager, choose Inventory from the Physical menu.
The Fabric Manager Information pane displays system attributes for multiple switches. The dialog box from the Device Manager displays system attributes for a single switch.
Step 2 Configure the inventory attributes for the module.
Note You can access the field descriptions for the windows or dialog boxes in this procedure in the Reference section of the Fabric Manager or Device Manager help systems.
Managing Card Attributes
To manage card status attributes, perform the following steps.
Step 1 From the Fabric Manager, choose Switches > Modules on the menu tree and click the Card Status tab, OR
From the Device Manager, choose Modules from the Physical menu.
The Information pane from the Fabric Manager displays card attributes for multiple switches. The dialog box from the Device Manager view displays attributes for a single switch.
Step 2 Configure the status attributes for the module.
Note You can access the field descriptions for the windows or dialog boxes in this procedure in the Reference section of the Fabric Manager or Device Manager help systems.
Managing Temperature Sensor Information
To monitor sensor temperature attributes, perform the following steps.
Step 1 From the Fabric Manager, choose Switches > Modules on the menu tree and click the Temperature Sensors tab, OR
From the Device Manager, choose Temperature Sensors from the Physical menu.
The Information pane from the Fabric Manager displays sensor temperature attributes for multiple switches. The Sensors dialog box from the Device Manager displays sensor temperature attributes for a single switch.
Step 2 Configure the sensor attributes.
Note You can access the field descriptions for the windows or dialog boxes in this procedure in the Reference section of the Fabric Manager or Device Manager help systems.
Managing Power Supplies
To manage power supply power attributes, perform the following steps.
Step 1 From the Fabric Manager, choose Switches > Modules on the menu tree and click the Power Supplies tab, OR
From the Device Manager, choose Power Supplies from the Physical menu.
The Information pane from the Fabric Manager displays power supply power attributes for multiple switches. The dialog box from the Device Manager displays power supply power attributes for a single switch.
Step 2 Configure the power attributes for the power supply.
Note You can access the field descriptions for the windows or dialog boxes in this procedure in the Reference section of the Fabric Manager or Device Manager help systems.