Hi I am new to this forum , currently we are using MDS 9124 as a fabric swith .we are upgrading whole deatacenter with cisco nexus infrastructure 7K , and 5K. So my question is Nexus 5000 will do the job of MDS 9124 .or we have to keep MDS 9124 ?
helloOne of my customer has 2 x MDS 9xxx switches and Qlogic SANbox5600 in one fabric. Principal switch is MDS 9124, I am going to make some changes is this environment - add new storage arrays and modyfing zoning, in preparation phase I discovered t...
Hi thereCould someone please provide a link to download this tool?We are trying to install the SAN Health Advisor tool, but the instructions do not state where to launch the installer.The instructions we are following are here:http://www.cisco.com/en...
I'm new to the SAN/FC technology. I have a 5548UP which will have 2 NetApp filers and a couple of servers with FC cards connected to it. No FC traffic will leave this 5548 switch as we are just running FC to backup SAN data. I have the storage lic...
HiHow to Calculate / Estimate / even test the needed values for tcp max-bandwidth-mbps , min-available-bandwidth-mbps and round-trip-time-ms when configuring FCIP connection between different sitesbetween MDS Cisco 9513 and 9216 i SwitchesI have a...
I'm trying to get the following scheduled job to run:switch(config)# scheduler job name backup_jobswitch(config-job)# cli var name timestamp $(TIMESTAMP) ; copy running-config bootflash:/$(SWITCHNAME)-cfg.$(timestamp) ; copy bootflash:/$(SWITCHNAME)-...
Hello We are trying to connect 2 SAN switches . Details : cisco MDS 9124 (1 Slot) ChassisModel number is DS-C9124-K9-SUPCisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) SoftwareSoftware BIOS: version 1.0.19 loader: version N/A kickstart: version 5.0...
Hi All,I have a quick question :I need to upgrade a current VSAN Zoneset operational mode from Basic to Enhanced - is this a disruptive process to the fabric and the members in the VSAN?, or is it simply like an udpate to an active zoneset which is f...
Hello Gents,Can you please tell me what is the Difference in Nexu 7000: Control & Data Plane.How do we can compare it with 6500 SUP engine.I know Nexus 7000 control plane features -Forwarding table builts on control plane using routing protocols or ...
hi I can't synchronize switch-profile System version: 5.1(3)N1(1)Sync-status: Not yet mergedMerge Flags: pending_merge:0 rcv_merge:1 pending_validate:1Status: Verify FailureError(s):Following commands failed parsing: If the error is 'Command Parsing ...
Hi GuysWith the new Unified Ports Concept available in Nexus 5K can we say that Nexus 5K is as good a storage switch(one to which SAN boxes can be directly connected) as MDS 9124/9148...There is no clarity on this and there is lot of speculation in...
With three of our 9509 switches we can Export or view the Syslog via Device Manager but on one of them, it prompts for an account. When you input the correct login details you get "Authentication failed"? Tried different accounts same thing?Switches ...
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...
