Hi AllDo you see any issues using the NPV traffic map command to push a server's SAN traffic through specific external interface? Can this be done online without any disruption? for eg: config# npv traffic-map server-interface fc1/45 external-int...
Hi,I have a question regarding the Domain ID's and local priority values for a VSAN in terms of extending the fabric across new MDS switches. I currently need to extend our current MDS switch fabric (VSAN 101) by adding another CISCO MDS switch to t...
HiMy team leader has requested that i look into employing NPIVin our environment.However it seems to be inextricably linked in with NPV whicheffectively makes the non core switches into HBA aggregators.Is it possible to do NPIV with out using NPV - a...
Hi All,I am very new to this and have a general question to help me better understand Cisco SAN design.My question is how are N5K and MDS related or diffrent in a SAN architecture design, in relation to a SAN array (i.e. Netapp or EMC). Do you need b...
dear everyone~ in project ,i need config MDS 9222i use 4 FCIP interface connect to 7606S 4 GE port for port-channel feature,but in MDS9222i i use port-channel commad ,cannot run。how can i config it？thinks~
Can storage change it's pWWN by itself, while migrating that link to another MDS in another fabric?We need to replace old MDS with new one, in dual-fabric environment.It's HP-UX and EMC mostly. Going to use same Domain ID and FCID:pWWN mapping.Our cu...
Hi,I have two Cisco new MDS9513 directors which i am trying to link with 6 ISL's. I have configured the port-channel (both side )and been added ports into port-channel 1.The ports are not coming up. What could be the problem? Any suggestions? Please ...
Hi all,I know that in some NX-OS versions we need to manually set some default system-qos policies in order to make FCoE to work on Nexus 5500UP:switch(config-sys-qos)# service-policy type qos input fcoe-default-in-policy
switch(config-sys-qos)# ser...
Hello!I have a fairly new Nexus 5548 implementation, using the Nexus for stricly storage. I have two 5548s for two different Fabrics, for redundancy. They are two seperate fabrics, and the Nexus are not stacked so they are managed individually. When ...
We're currenlty running 3.3.4a, with 9016 and 9124 line cards. We want to put in some ds-x9224-96k9, but If I understand correctly, they will only run on an NX-OS, and the older cards (9016,9124s) won't. Can anyone confirm this for me?ThanksBrian
Hello All!I have been looking everywhere for a clear description of how to see/zone/manage virtual WWNs with NPIV on my Cisco 9509 switches and I can't find anything that actually details the zoning best practices or how to see the virtual WWNs. Thi...
On a Nexus I'm looking for an equivilent to a MAC address table listing but for WWN for true FC ports. Essentially I want to know the exact WWN of a connected device so I can document and confirm what device is connected to which port. For ethernet I...
Hi thereI need to provide documented references for a large SAN, and have a few queries.I have the show tech-supports for an edge-core-edge SAN consisting of 2 redundant fabrics.There are 4 host edges, 1 core, 4 storage edges per fabric. All are MDS ...
Hello,We are currently troubleshooting an FCOE connection from a server to a nexus 5596.the cna card is a brocade 1860 firmware is at 3.0.0.0 and the nexus os is at 5.1(3)N1(1)the pwwn of the server cna card never shows up in the flogi database....t...
