Storage Networking

I have an established Cisco SAN core with a couple of MDS 9513's.  Right now all our hosts have home runs back to the core.  As we go through and rebuild our datacenter, we are starting to move towards a core/edge type environment and putting MDS 912...

Hi all,I have some Cisco MDS 9513 directors.When I tried to login each one of them using Device manager with a SNMP V3 user I got "autorizationError" error, but when I tried to use the same user to login using Telnet/SSH to the director, the login wa...

A customer with 4x MDS9513 is asking for justifications to replace his current Bladeserver Brocade & Qlogic switches with Cisco ones.

Hi,Are the two modules below EOS?:DS-X9248-48HVK9 DS-X9248-48K9 I can't find any EOS announcement but neither I can find them in the GLP or  DCT tool.Can anybody help me please?

Hi Experts,I took a graph from ISL links and appears : Error when put mouse on top appears Error 2, the picture of graph in attachedWhat kind of erros are these?Could you help me?Tks,Wellington

Is it possible to remove a module from a MDS9216i without having to shutdown or reboot the switch.  The module has no active connections, although there are still some old unused fcaliases and zones that used to be connected to this module.

Got a 9513 running SAN-OS 3.2(3a) as the priciple switch of the fabric. recently, I just add a new 9222i into the fabric.using port channel to connect to the core. when I add a new zone member and activate the zoneset, it noticed:SFBXMSW001:Activatin...

Has anybody encountered this kind of error "bitErrRTThresExceeded" for a port (connected to a server/storage)?When we bounce the port the port comes up "on" but again goes down after a while with the above error.Any ideas?

Hi there,Can anyone please advise what happen to my Cisco MDS 9124 / Fabric Manager...?The problem is, a duplicate switch is appeared in Fabric Manager right after I created a VSAN in my MDS 9124.Domain ID that I assigned to the new VSAN is not repea...

Hi Guys,I am trying on enable HTTP-SERVER command on nexus 5548,but i am unable to do so,actually i want to access it through browser.RegardsTabish Bhat

Hi,Were in the process of building out a small data center.  At the core were going to be using either 6500's or 4500's depending on the sizing we deside on.We're currently using SAN switches but in the future may want to move to an iSCSI solution.  ...

Hi there,I would like to ask, what is the proper way/procedure to add a new switch into an existing fabric?And, they are 6 VSANs created in the existing fabric/switch.Existing fabric MDS 9216, SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c);new switch MDS 9124, NX-OS Release...

Hello,I have a 5596 in my lab for FCoE. I am going to set up a new host that is running Vmware ESXi4.0 and has a Emulex CNA in it.Questions1. The switch has to be in NPV mode correct? 2. I have other servers (non-VMs) running on ports on the 5596 alr...

I'm trying to connect two MDS 9148s running 5.0(1a).  Each switch has a unique domain Id, only using VSAN1 on both switches.  One port from each switch is using default settings (mainly auto) for the ISL port.  The ISL port on one switch say "Unknown...