## Adding a Fabric and Changing the Fabric Name

You need to add the fabric that includes the Cisco MDS switch with the Cisco MSM-18/4 module installed. You also can add a fabric that includes an Cisco MDS 9222i switch.

Restrictions

• Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.2(2c) or later or Cisco Release NX-OS 4.x supports one cluster per switch. Consider this support during your planning.

Detailed Steps

To add a fabric using DCNM-SAN Web Server, follow these steps:

1. Log in to DCNM-SAN Web Client.

2. Click the Admin tab.

3. Click General and select Data Sources.

The Add Fabric screen displays fields to log in to the fabric seed switch.

4. Enter the Fabric Seed Switch name or IP address, user name and password, and select the Auth-Privacy from the drop-down list. Check the Use SNMPv3 check box.

5. Click Add.

Note It takes a few minutes after you click Add to connect to the seed switch.

A notification window indicates that monitoring has started and that the fabric will be available after discover is complete.

6. Click OK to return to the main screen.

Note The fabric name is identified as Fabric_ and the switch name. If you reopen the fabric with a different seed switch, you need to manually change the fabric name to what it was called before so that the fabric name remains the same. If you reopen the fabric with a different seed switch and do not manually change the fabric name, the fabric might be renamed to show the new switch name. This will conflict with the configured SME fabric name in the MDS switches. Choose a unique name that is easily identifiable.

7. Select the fabric and click Edit.

8. Enter a unique fabric name, user name, and password.

9. Select Managed Continuously and click Modify.

Note SME requires that you select Manage Continuously to receive continuous updates from the switches.

10. Click Close to return to the main screen and view the modified fabric name.