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This preface describes the audience, organization, and conventions of the High Availability and Redundancy Configuration Guide, Cisco DCNM for SAN. It also provides information on how to obtain related documentation.
This guide is for experienced network administrators who are responsible for configuring and maintaining the Cisco MDS 9000 Family of multilayer directors and fabric switches.
This guide is organized as follows:
Provides an overview of high availability and redundancy features. |
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Describes how to configure the high availability feature, including switchover processes. |
Command descriptions use these conventions:
Screen examples use these conventions:
This document uses the following conventions:
Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the manual.
The documentation set for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family includes the following documents. To find a document online, use the Cisco MDS NX-OS Documentation Locator at:
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Releases
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for MDS SAN-OS Releases
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS 9000 EPLD Images
•Cisco DCNM Release Notes
•Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family
•Cisco Data Center Interoperability Support Matrix
•Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Hardware and Software Compatibility Information and Feature Lists
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family Switch-to-Switch Interoperability Configuration Guide
•Cisco MDS 9500 Series Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco MDS 9200 Series Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco MDS 9100 Series Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco MDS 9124 and Cisco MDS 9134 Multilayer Fabric Switch Quick Start Guide
•Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Licensing Guide
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Fabric Configuration Guide
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Quality of Service Configuration Guide
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Security Configuration Guide
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS IP Services Configuration Guide
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Intelligent Storage Services Configuration Guide
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS High Availability and Redundancy Configuration Guide
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Inter-VSAN Routing Configuration Guide
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family Cookbook for Cisco MDS SAN-OS
•Cisco DCNM Fundamentals Guide, Release 6.x
•System Management Configuration Guide, Cisco DCNM for SAN, Release 6.x
•Interfaces Configuration Guide, Cisco DCNM for SAN, Release 6.x
•Fabric Configuration Guide, Cisco DCNM for SAN, Release 6.x
•Quality of Service Configuration Guide, Cisco DCNM for SAN, Release 6.x
•Security Configuration Guide, Cisco DCNM for SAN, Release 6.x
•IP Services Configuration Guide, Cisco DCNM for SAN, Release 6.x
•Intelligent Storage Services Configuration Guide, Cisco DCNM for SAN, Release 6.x
•High Availability and Redundancy Configuration Guide, Cisco DCNM for SAN, Release 6.x
•Inter-VSAN Routing Configuration Guide, Cisco DCNM for SAN, Release 6.x
•SMI-S and Web Services Programming Guide, Cisco DCNM for SAN, Release 6.x
The following publications support both Cisco DCNM for LAN and DCNM for SAN, and address the new licensing model, the new installation process, and the new features of Cisco DCNM:
•Cisco DCNM Fundamentals Guide, Release 6.x
•Cisco DCNM Installation Guide, Release 6.x
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family I/O Acceleration Configuration Guide
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family SANTap Deployment Guide
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family Data Mobility Manager Configuration Guide
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family Storage Media Encryption Configuration Guide
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family and Nexus 7000 Series System Messages Reference
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family SAN-OS Troubleshooting Guide
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS MIB Quick Reference
•Cisco DCNM for SAN Database Schema Reference
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