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Hi folks. I am about to embark on a project to move a customer from a MDS 9509 based core to 9396S. It will be a staged implementation, so I want to make sure all the fcdomains and switch priorities are set right so as not to cause any disruption. A...
Hi Community,I'm currently trying to setup secure syslog on our MDS 9000 series.That is what I've done so far:Generated a RSA key "crypto key generate rsa label NAME.LOCAL modulus 4096"Created a Trustpoint for the CA "crypto ca trustpoint myCA" and m...
Hello We have two Cisco MDS 9148S switches linked to EMC storage, and one of these SANs is connected to another Cisco MDS 9148T, as shown in the diagram below.SAN-1 and SAN-2 are located in the same building (Building-1), while SAN-3 is in a differen...
Hello, I need to replace the MDS 9148 with the new MDS 9148T. What is the best procedure to do it? 1. Can I take a configuration file from the old 9148 to the new 9148T? 2. Can I use the zone migration tool?
Hello,We have 2 cisco Fiber channel SAN switches (9132T) & both are in production now, as different fabric. Now we are planning to make both switches as single fabric.Zoneset on both san switch is with same name : FabricAVsan name : vsan 100Do we nee...
We have to upgrade firmware on a fabric of 3 switches from 9.2.(1a) to 9.3(2a) . The smart licensing setup is no CSLU and no connectivity to CSSM . The switches have PAK based licensing on them and there is no connectivity to CSSM , below are the 2 q...
Hello, I would like to ask if there is a possibility if I added up additional hard drive on the host through the SAN switch that is EOL causes problem? Thank you
HelloRegarding connecting the storage to the MDS, usually the Storage has two Storage Processors (or controllers) A and B. Do I connect them crossed between the SP and the MDS (like vPC) or Controller A goes only to MDS Fabric A and Controller B goes...
Resolved! Fiber Channel on Nexus Switches
We have IBM TS4300 Tape Library that we would like to connect to our backup solution from Veeam (on 2 servers). The only available connection is an Fiber Channel 8Gb port (LC connector), and we have Nexus switches to connect it to. We need some infor...
We need to create zone between VSAN 110 (Initiator-2) and VSAN 210 (Target-3). [Diagram Attached]Do I need to do anything in fcdomain? Please share your recommendations and action plan to configure the IVR zoning.Please see following command for fcd...
Hello,Wanted to ask a possibly silly question but I'm trying to work out the best option for this new config. We are coming off UCS with FI's which currently holds hosts and FC storage from our SAN. This is all well and fine but we are moving to sepa...
Hello.I am preparing a migration from the Brocade SAN to Cisco and as a first step I have to integrate the Brocade switches from a C-7000 chassis along with the new MDS.I already have all the zones configured on the Cisco MDS and my idea is to config...
I have two MDS9220I switches and recently added a third MDS9220I at another site. While trying to configure a pair of new FCIP links to the new MDS9220I I am running into a strange situation.When I create an initially bring the fcip interfaces up wi...
Hello I just thinking if i can connect two of Cisco C9148S MDS SAN switch or it not applicable, I have a storage with two MDS's at "Site-A" and UCS Server with one MDS at "Site-B" as the below figure:Please need to know if i can connect "SAN-2" with ...
