# Feature History for SME Configuration

Table 1-5 lists the release history for this feature.

Table 1-9 Feature History for SME Configuration

Feature Name | Releases | Feature Information
Software change | OL-25317-01 | In Release OL-25317-01, Fabric Manager is changed to DCNM for SAN (DCNM-SAN).
4.1(1c) | In Release 4.1(1b) and later, the MDS SAN-OS software is changed to MDS NX-OS software. The earlier releases are unchanged and all references are retained.
Enabling Clustering Using Fabric Manager | 3.3(1c) | The enable feature allows the user to enable clustering using the Fabric Manager. In 3.3(1c), the command menu of the Control tab was changed to enable clustering using the Fabric Manager. The following commands are introduced or modified: enable command.
Enabling SME Using Fabric Manager | 3.3(1c) | The SME enable feature allows the user to enable the SME using the Fabric Manager. In 3.3(1c), the command menu of the Control tab was changed to enable the SME using the Fabric Manager. The following commands are introduced or modified: enable command.
Enabling SSH Using Fabric Manager | 3.3(1c) | An error message dialog box displays if the Fabric Manager GUI is used to enable SSH before using the Device Manager or the CLI to generate the SSH keys. In 3.3(1c), the Error dialog box in Fabric Manager was changed to display an error message dialog box.
Enabling SSH Using Device Manager | 3.3(1c) | In 3.3(1c), the SSH Telnet windows were modified to support this feature. The users should first create and then enable SSH using the Device Manager.
SME Roles | 4.1(1c) | The SME feature provides two primary roles: SME Administrator and the SME Recovery Officer. The SME Administrator role also includes the SME Storage Administrator and SME KMC Administrator roles. In 4.1(1c), the Cisco Storage Administrator and Cisco SME KMC Administrator roles were added.
Key Management | 4.1(1c) | In 4.1(1c), the Cisco KMC can be separated from Fabric Manager for multisite deployments.
Key Manager Settings | 4.1(1c) | A key manager needs to be selected before configuring Cisco SME. There are three options for key manager available now. In 4.1(1c), a new option ‘None’ is added to the Key Manager Settings page in the DCNM-SAN web client.
FC-Redirect and CFS Regions | 4.1(1c) | In 4.1(1c), the support for CFS Regions and SME are available.
16 port Storage Service Node (SSN-16) module | 4.2(1) | The Cisco MDS 9000 Family 16-Port Storage Services Node is new hardware that provides a high-performance, unified platform for deploying enterprise-class disaster recovery and business continuance solutions with future support for intelligent fabric applications.
High Availability KMC server | 4.1(3) | High availability KMC can be configured by using a primary and secondary servers. In 4.1(3), HA settings are available on the Key Manager Settings page. The primary and secondary servers can be chosen during cluster creation. The primary and secondary server settings can be modified in the Cluster detail page.

DCNM-SAN provides a web browser interface that displays real-time views of your network fabrics and lets you configure the SME with easy-to-use wizards.

This chapter contains information about the SME initial configuration and the tasks that are used to manage SME clusters using DCNM-SAN.

This chapter includes the following topics:

• Information About SME Configuration

• Configuring SME Cluster Management Using the GUI

• Verifying SME Cluster Management Configuration

• Monitoring SME Cluster Management

• Feature History for SME Cluster Management