Which tool was used to manage Cisco Storage networking before Cisco DCNM?

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Options

• ACisco UCS Manager
• BCisco Adaptive Security Device Manager
• CCisco UCS Director
• DCisco Fabric Manager

• B
  4% (2)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  93% (43)

Explanation

Cisco Fabric Manager was the purpose-built GUI tool for managing Cisco MDS SAN switches and storage networking fabrics. Cisco DCNM (Data Center Network Manager) was introduced as its successor, consolidating both LAN and SAN management into a unified platform - making Fabric Manager obsolete.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. Cisco UCS Manager - manages Cisco UCS blade/rack servers and compute infrastructure, not SAN fabrics.
• B. Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM) - is the GUI for managing Cisco ASA firewalls; unrelated to storage networking.
• C. Cisco UCS Director - is a data center automation and orchestration tool, not a SAN fabric management predecessor to DCNM.

Memory tip: Focus on the word "Fabric" - a SAN is literally called a storage fabric, so Fabric Manager logically managed the fabric. When DCNM arrived, it absorbed that role. If you remember "fabric → Fabric Manager → replaced by DCNM," the answer locks in.

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