Server Networking

What's the difference between these 2 twinax cables besides the obvious price? SFP-10G-AOC10M           $260SFP-H10GB-ACU10M      $410Both are active cables and 10 meters. The compatibility document does show some switches accept both, others one one...

Hi All. I'm attempting to set up the Nexus 1000v switch, version 5.2.1.SV3.1.3.I've installed the VSM and VEM components.I cannot upload the new plug-in via the vsphere native client - the option is greyed-out, as per attachment.I have two esxi hosts...

Hi ,I am planning to upgrade N5Ks pair and four N2Ks from 5.2.N.1 to 7.x.x.x. The objective is to perform this upgrade without disruption as all servers are dual homed and L3 is not configured on Nexus.  There are 2 x N5Ks and 4 x N2Ks and each N2K h...

Hi Everyone, I am trying to configure FCOE between FI and Nexus 5K so that my server can boot from SANThis is the topology:UCS FI ----FCOE----- > Nk5----FC------ > NetappOn the FIA I have configured the VSAN 510 and on FIB I have configured is as VSA...

Hi, i just want to know if we can run VSM on a virtual machine (besides other VMs ) or it have to be alone on a bare-metal server. 

Hi, We have purchased two new Nexus 3064. We are planning to upgrade the network backbone from 1 Gig to 10 Gig. Current setup - the ESXi servers are connecting to existing WS-C3750X-48T-S x 5nos in stack.We are planning to connect the servers -> Nexu...

Hi All, I need your help. I have a VPC comain comprising of Nexus 9508 pairs. I have two ASA firewall which i intend to do active/standby mode. Please how best can i connect the ASA to the vPC domain, considering there are 5 vlans in the vpc domain w...

I mounted the drivers DVD to virtual drive but cannot get access through cimc. What is the next step after the mount of DVD?

Dear Expert, I am planning to put enhanced vPC design to get the benefit of enhanced vPC feature to enable the port channel between servers to access nexus switch, please refer attached design document and suggest, if this design supports or not. If ...

Hello,I'm trying to setup a moxa nport 5610-8 serial server as console server.  I can get connected to my cisco 2600 series router, but...I get no echo as i'm typing commands.  i seem to always get an '@' on every other line.The wiring diagram i'm us...

Hi,I have installed Cisco Nexus1000V VSM and VEM on Vmware hosts. I have loaded the rest plugins in VSM. I have accessed the rest api through browser. I could see different information including port-profile, uplink and other information. But when I ...

hi thereI have an issue with ME340x belongs to a network that runs rstp, however shows peaks of high throughput, configureTotal process cpu threshold type rising 95 interval 5I recorded the alarm to exceed 95% of the cpu yet in any of the logs record...