Data Center Fabric Manager Professional User Manual - Supporting DCFM 10.3.x (53-1001355-01, October 2009)

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Fabric discovery overview
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During fabric discovery, if you have defined IPv6 IP addresses for the switch, the Management
application remembers the IP address only. If the switch has a DNS name that you have defined,
the Management application can remember the DNS name and use that.
NOTE
Professional edition can discover only 1 fabric.
NOTE
Professional edition can discover, but not manage M-EOS devices or the Backbone chassis. Use the
device’s Element Manager, which can be launched from the Connectivity Map, to manage the
device. This device cannot be used as a Seed switch.
FCS policy and seed switches
The Management application requires that the seed switch is the primary Fabric Content Service
(FCS) switch at the time of discovery.
Setting time on the fabric will set the time on the primary FCS switch, which will then distribute the
changes to other switches.
When FCS Policy is defined, ConfigDownload is allowed only from the primary FCS switch, but
Management application does not check at the time of download that the switch is the primary FCS
Switch.
NOTE
Switches running in Access Gateway mode cannot be used as the seed switch.
NOTE
The Backbone Chassis cannot be used as a seed switch.