> # 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.

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