Server Networking

Hey All,I can't seem to find the answer to this in the configuration guides. I have a Nexus 5020 with 8 2148T extenders...do I need to create 8 FEXs?fex associate 100fex associate 101fex associate 102fex associate 103and so on...Also how do the intef...

Hello, I have a 6509 with 2 X sup 720's and 3 x ws-x6748-ge-tx. Our server team has 3 Data Domain backup servers that move Hundreds of gig's of data between them each day. Redundancy is not required. Where would I plug these in for the very fastest d...

Hello,I know vPC supports multi-homing a FEX to two N5000. Also vPC allows to build a server portchannel across two single connected FEX.Does vPC also support building a server portchannel across two FEX that are each dual connected to two N5000 ?Is ...

stupid question but how do you determine how much power to run to a rack in a datacenter?say we have a new rack going in where 24 of the 44 u's will be filled with ASAs and 2960s drawing 2.5-3a (based on documentation). Does that mean 24x3? I need ...

Hello,I am looking for a documentation on how to update a VSS-1440 system with modular IOS.I think follwing link describes only an IOS update (eFSU) with a native IOS.http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12.2SX/configuration/...

Hi All,Going forward our new servers will have the capability of aggregating multiple fiber ports into fewer connections on the SAN switch. I am told that there is a particular setting that needs to be enable on the switch for this functionality to w...

Hi,We have a stacked environment with 3 cisco 3750G switches.We see that the network troughput is not getting its full potential, the highest load we see on a (1 gb) nic is 25%...Also the line is not steady at 25% but its going down and up every seco...

Hello all. Is there a special line card i need on the cat6509 switch for the uplink connectivity from a nexus 5010 access switch?I was thinking of putting a 10g line card but they are very costly for my client at the moment. Can i use an ordinary 10/...

Hello All,I am working on a design to provide 10G server aggregation link for our network. Basic idea is to connect the servers to this 10G server aggregation switch which is turn connectes to the main 6509 cores. The idea to introduce this server ag...

Hi,I'm going to usa a couple of Nexus 5020 in a data-center but I've a doubt. Each Nexus has 16 FC ports. Omitting FCoE, can I use these FC ports like in a conventional FC switch? The customer would like to migrate from FC to FCoE but he has to u...

Dear all,I needed some help regarding the placement of nexus 7k and 5k switches in DC.things i require is 1) firstly i wanted to know whether cisco DC 3.0 architecture is available for dload if yes the where is it available?2)We have like 100 server...

Hi allI was wondering if anybody had experience with connecting HP Virtual Connect @ 10Gbps in a Cisco data centre? Specifically I'm wondering what others have done in terms of VLAN configuration in terms of numbers and requirements e.g. Heartbeat, ...

Hi,I'm trying to loadshare NFS over CSM in bridgemode. I have no problem connecting to the real servers, but when i try to connect to the VIP i get the following message :mount: RPC: Remote system error - Connection refusedAny idea whats wrong.I have...