Server Networking

Dear Experts,Please suggest me the Naxus switches for our Data Center.Right now we are using  cisco 4500 series switches.Please give any link which shows benifits of Naxus switches.Regards,

hellocustomer encoured issue of trunking timing issue betweenC3120 and HP blade server, unable to get ip from DHCPserver when server is booting upseems issue resolved in .53SE but i didnt  find eitheron CCO or HP Web ?any advice welcomedJYP

Hi,Anybody know if there will be any issue when i enable bpduguard and bpdufilter on trunk ports connecting to the HP virtual connect?Regards,

Hi,I just wan't to make a simple question:Should the css11151 respond to ping requests made to a redundant-interface?If yes, what can be the reason for the redundant interface, not being responding to ping requests?Thanks in advance,Regards,LR

Hi Guys,I am trying to figure out how to do vmotion on the Cisco Nexus. At the moment i have both cold/hot migrations taking place but i am not sure if its best practise the way i have configured it.Basically i created a port profile, which is below,...

Hello to all,We want to test in our labo a Nexus1000V solution based on two ESXi standalone nodes with a VEM installed on each one. On the same nodes we would like to install in a redundant way the VSM, it's not yet the final infrastructure since ano...

Anyone doing 10GBase-T over Cat 6?I understand that this approach is limited to ~50m (as compared to 10GBase-T over Cat 6a).  I understand that Cat6a involves a raft of physical layer modifications.Can I re-use my existing Cat 6 plant to run 10GBase-...

I am setting up a pair of Nexus 1000v switches.   As per the Ciscodocumentation, I have the management port in the system-uplinkport-profile.  However, currently, this management port is in the sameproduction VLAN as most of our servers.  I would rat...

Hello,I'm trying to configure a high availability senario for the Service Console und the VMotion Interface. My goal is, that in default status the Service Console uses one physical NIC and the VMotion Interface uses an other NIC. If one of theses NI...

Hi, I was wondering how I could set some parameters like Domain ID, packet & control vlans on VEMs. I must have missed it in Cisco documents, any help appeciated. Thanks

I have a client that is experiencing issues with the Nexus 5000 switches and vPC configuration.  They have a pair of Dell servers each with dual port Emulex CNA's installed.  When the server(s) are single homed to one Nexus 5000, using bandwidth thro...

Could anyone comment on whether the capability exists to configure an ACL that protects management access, restricting access to certain source subnets? I want to use inband mgmt access (interface vlan feature)but limit the access by IP. ACLs seem ...

Hey, network professionals!I found the following text about the Cisco 3020 switch:Dual-purpose external/internal 10/100/1000BASE-T copper Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports. Theseports can be configured for internal 1000BASE-X cross-connection with a corr...