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Hi All iv recently installed a couple of Cisco 9124 SAN switches, these are entry switches and only have single PSU, as such they report failure alert for the 2nd PSU. how do i stop or disable the alerts, surly there must be an option for this, as th...

Hi, from 5.0(2)N2(1) on , on the N5K on a FCoE Port VSAN-trunking should be supported on VE-Port and VF-Port.But I could not find a doc how to configureclassical configuration where I assign one VSAN to every FCoE-Portvlan 111name ETH_111vlan 112 nam...

Guys,Its a very long time since i last configured and used our fabric switches but i am replacing my servers which are connected via hba, and would like to know that if i amend the member pwwn under the fcalias will it break my zoneset, meaning that ...

I have 2 separate mds 9148 switches (separate datacenters) connected by port-channel (sw1 and sw2) passing through Optera using dwdm technology. ISL was established succesfully. As seen on the topology in Fabric Manager, the switches are now connecte...

Looking for a solid Cisco SAN-OS version to migrate too. I have 12+ MDS Director Class Switches (mds9509, 9506, 9513) in 2 isolated Fabrics. They are currently running version 3.2.(1a). I am looking to upgrade to 4.x but want to ensure the version I ...

Trying to wrap my head around how a MDS 9222i is configured.  We have 2 of them and will be implementing FCIP.  I found a great document on FCIP and all of that and feel comfortable there.  However, connecting the MDS 9222i slightly confuses me.  I a...

Hello,When I make a report in Fabric Manager Web Client 4.2(1b) or 4.2(7b) and uncheck the private mark.The report is not usable for other users... using Fabric Manager Web Client 4.2(1b) or 4.2(7b).I would like to make my reports so that other users...

I want to convert from FCIP to just native FC replication over a partial OC-12 WAN simulator in my home lab. The Sources side is a MDS9216 with an IPS-8 card. The Target side is a MDS9509 that uses SUP-1 also with an IPS-8 card.I will keep this simpl...

I was trying to connect 2 mds 9148 switches with an ISL link(trunk). I encountered an error saying "Zone merge failure, isolating interface fc1/46 reason: Member mismatch". The zonesets & vsans were just configured using the quick config wizard and t...

We have a customer with a 9513 that is logging the following error messages. They seem to be continuous as they start at the beginning of the show logging log and continue through the last date logged. I can't seem to find any good explanation to the...

We recently added a new 9124 in our fabric. It was scuccessfully added. Its showing up in our fabric and VSAN but the two host port on the new switch are not showing up in fabric. we adde the ports to the exsisting VSAN also.There are no port issues ...

I have some outstanding additions and removes on a zoneset that are not activated. How can i copy the active zoneset to the local zoneset to undo the changes that were made on the local zoneset?I believe the command is:zone copy active-zoneset full-z...

I'm guessing no - based on the datasheet at:http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/ps4159/ps6409/ps5987/ps10703/data_sheet_c78-571411.pdfas the data sheet says it supports       8/4/2Gbps  DS-SFP-FC8G-SW     4/2/1Gbps   DS-SFP-FC4G-SWWe have some...