Server Networking

Hi All,  I don't have any qsfps and need to connect a 2248 to 5k nexus on fex connection. can normal ports be used for that purpose ? a normal 10gb port on the sfp side?

Hi all,  i have 2x5600 nexus and in excess of 16 nexus 2ks they are all single homed with vpc between the 56ks in order to form a port channel with a server, does the server have to support lacp? for guys with server knowledge, does that mean nic tea...

I am working on a migration where i need to update the OSPF are from 0 to 3 .The network where i will be migration having area 3 configured ,so doubt at what time i need to remove the area 0 related configuration from the devices.

A few years ago there were a lot of talks around making the same L2 VLAN's available between two or more datacenters. This resulted in DCI designs & products such as OTV. Does such requirement still exist today, now that VM hosts can now vMotion to a...

Hi guys, Does anyone know what the v·e part is on the following command on Nexus please and how best to remove it? is it default? snmp-server mib community-map XXXX context v·e     (note that the . is actually not a full stop but rather an interpunct...

I have two nexus switches, their role priority are the same, but one is primary, (1) i wonder how this primary role is derived? (2) if without using sh run, how to verify peer switch is implemented? my stp root bridge id is not equal to vpc  local sy...

Greetings,  I know that as documented in CSCtq79496 when a QOS class disabled, enabled, or even has it's packet drop attribute changed that it will disrupt FCoE traffic. Will this also happen if I modify the weights? Thanks!

Hi, interface Vlan20 no shutdown ip address 172.16.30.2/24 hsrp version 2 hsrp 2 preempt priority 200 timers 1 3 ip 172.16.30.1 interface Vlan50 no shutdown no ip redirects ip address 172.16.100.2/24 hsrp version 2 hsrp 5 preempt priority 200 ip 172....

Hello, besides peer link interface, what are other interfaces need o implement port type network? does every trunk port need to be port type trunk? I have some fex port, those starts with E123/1/11......does fex port always access port, can it be tru...

I'm new to Cisco servers. I have a C240M3 that hangs on boot at the "Configuring and testing memory..." statement. Usually it will hang there indefinitely -- at least several hours. Occasionally it will say that the BIOS is corrupt and display the pr...

Hello, I have a scenario with two N9k. Each nexus with 04 N9K-X9464PX eth module. Can I get to configure vPC, using  one QSFP-H40G-CU1M (40GBASE-CR4 Passive Copper Cable, 1m)  in each module? tks.  

Hi, We have the issue of servers not retaining their static IP address after a reboot they get the 169.... address as seen many times. we have enabled the retry arps 0 reg key on all our servers to resolve. http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1028373  Now we are...

hi i have question, i have already install esx 5.5 but, still stuck in this caption media test failure, check cable exiting intel boot agent Reboot and select prooper boot device "this is a pict" please give me a clue about boot order, Regards, Silve...

We are using UCS blade + fabric interconnect for our Oracle RAC environment.  We have two vnics for each blade. One is for public network. The other is for private network. The first one is using fabric A. The second one is using fabric B. If I am ri...

the following is the output of the command. I use smart-zone there is no * with pwwn 50:06:01:60:89:60:2a:ea,and no target behind this pwwn. there is no target behind the pwwn 50:06:01:6a:09:60:2a:ea #show zoneset active zoneset name SmartZoneset vsa...