Significance Of Fcs - Cisco AP776A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5020 Configuration Manual

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and Management Application 2 (M2) is connected through an F port with port VSAN ID 2. M1 can query

the FCS information of switches S1 and S3, and M2 can query switches S3 and S4. Switch S2

information is not known to both of them. FCS operations can be done only on those switches that are

visible in the VSAN. Note that M2 can send FCS requests only for VSAN 2 even though S3 is also a part

Application 1

Significance of FCS

This section lists the significance of FCSs.

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Management Application 1 (M1) is connected through an F port with port VSAN ID 1,

FCSs in a VSAN Environment

(port VSAN=2)

(port VSAN=1)

FCSs support network management including the following:

N port management application can query and obtain information about fabric elements.

SNMP manager can use the FCS management information base (MIB) to start discovery and

obtain information about the fabric topology.

FCSs support TE and TL ports in addition to the standard F and E ports.

FCS can maintain a group of modes with a logical name and management address when a platform

registers with it. FCSs maintain a backup of all registrations in secondary storage and update it with

every change. When a restart or switchover happens, FCSs retrieve the secondary storage

information and rebuild its database.

SNMP manager can query FCSs for all IEs, ports, and platforms in the fabric.

Application 2

Configuring Fabric Configuration Servers

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