Server Networking

Hey all,I posted the below in VMware's forum yesterday, now I'm cross posting here for advise. I'd like to add after a day of research though -There is a LOT of advice on the Internet around this problem, generally suggesting the CONTROL VLAN isn't t...

Using the above setup can i use 4 disks, striping them togther in sets of two and then using one to mirror the orther. So I have Raid 0 and 1. I have only 2 disks at the moment but I will buy two more if I can do it.Basicly I want the fasted mirrored...

Hi,Our customer needs two Nexus (5548 + 5020) all with FCoE. What licenses do I need for each of them, if any?I am a bit confused:For 5020 there are:N5020-SSK9Nexus 5020 Storage Protocols Services   License1$24,000.00N5020-FNPV-SSK9FCoE NPV Lic for N...

New to Nexus in the Datacenter and looking for real life experiences and / or suggestions.Environment;- Dual SUP720 (8 port 10G blade in each) 6500 Distribution Layer - no VSS- 2 N5K 5548- 4 N2K 2232Design;- 2 Uplink from each N5K, 1 to each 6500 con...

Hi,I have a Catalyst 3560 and when trying to assign IPs to a port (using telnet to the switch's main IP) I keep getting an error.Here is the commands as s I am trying to enter them and you can see the error I have highlighted in red below.SC-153>enab...

I have a problem whit VPC configured on nexus 7000, when the peer-link connection goes down the vpc goes down too and the status of the interface show vpc peer-link is down

Hi  According to the doc, by default, N7K trust dscp and CoS and preserve the value at ingress.  A packet traverse N5K which is trunked to N7K. The packet contains both DSCP and COS value. In such scenario,   (1) Will the N7K just use the COS value i...

Apologies in advance for what might be obviously dumb questions to some, but I am new to Nexus. 1) Why would you buy a 5010/5020 over a 5548UP/5596UP? I've looked at the data sheets, and haven't yet identified the major difference between the 2 range...

Has anyone had an issue with deleting a virtual supervisor module on a 1010?A-TPL-NXS01# show virtual-service-blade summary -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name                Role        State          ...

Hello All,I have to connect a router (C3560E) to a vPC topology (2 * Nexus5596)I would like to create a vPC on Nexus 5500 side and a Port-channel on router side.Regarding L3 aspects all should be included in the same interconnection VLAN with vlans i...