Server Networking

Hi,We have N2K dual homed to 2 N5K. The N2K registers the fex with one of the N5K. But when one of the N5K fails it takes more than a minute to register with the second N5K.How can we reduce this delay so that there is minimum timeout between failove...

Greetings All,I am having a heck of a time getting these 1010's running.  I am tring to create a virtual services blade and I am using a Cisco guide and when I attempt to enable the new VSB I get an error.  I verified that the file that I am using is...

I am upgrading the software on a NX-1000v. When I run the pre-upgrade utility I pass every check except check #2 (Port-profiles). The output tells me to put the speed and duplex configurations on the Port-Profile and remove them from the interface. H...

I have been playing with Auto-Deploy in vSphere 5, and it works great with a standard vswitch.  However, when I try to use auto-deploy with the Cisco Nexus 1000v, I am having some trouble.  The auto-deploy relies on host-profiles, and I wanted to kno...

Hi!I’m about to start the configuration of two new Nexus 5010 with FC-module and license, please have a look at the attached Visio drawing. The servers have one CNA card with two ports connected to each of the switches which should be used both for n...

Hi,I am seeing Mac address for my VM's appearing on all the hosts in the cluster.  Is this normal behavior?  We are running ESXi4.1 with VSM 4.2(1)SV1(4) on the Nexus 1010 appliance.  Any help on this would be appreciated.  Thanks.FC-DCnxVSM-01# show...

Hi,Were deploying a couple 5548's and eight 2248TP's.  At the very bottom of the “Topology Choice for Connectivity Between Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series” section of this document (link below)  it states that FCoE is not supporte...

Can someone please tell me how the 1000V gets its serial number?  I have a few I need to register the license PAK and they all seem to have the same serial number.