Storage Networking

Current 5548P Q&A document (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps9441/ps9670/qa_c67-618605.pdf) claims 16 Unified Ports will be offered via an expansion module targeted for Q1CY11. The problem is I already have installed an extension...

Hi,aynone guide me how to deploy Cisco MDS9148 which our network is having 8 Dell Servers, Netapp storage box and existing network with Cisco 3560 as core switch.as of now netapp and servers are running on copper ports. now we want to deploy Cisco MD...

Can we connect MDS9513's over a 25 mile site-to-site fibre link utilizing either long wave or CWDM SFP's in the MDS(s)?If so, does that require any special licensing on the Cisco MDS? What about adjusting buffer credits?If not, does this mean such a ...

Does checking the box "Restrict broadcast frames to zone members" in active zoning or create zone in Fabric Manager, cause the following error message and you can no longer zone Activation failed on VSANxxx Reason: Unknown: 25, domain id: xxx ?? Also...

Under each VSAN in Domain Manager it shows that persistent FCIDs have been Enabled. Assignment is dynamic and in the Used column it shows thatsome of the devices are True and others false. I didn't set this up and know a bit about Windows servers usi...

Hi,I have a couple of Cisco MDS9513 switches added to device manager but they are grayed out and nothing lit on the interface. When I go to Interface->Monitor->FC Enabled, it says "No FC Enabled ports".See attached image.Clicking on the Summary tab w...

Does it auto negotiate speed down to 100 Mb ?I'm trying to connect to an emulation target with slow speed.

Hi all,I have a MDS-9124 switch with one port which randomly becomes Error disabled due to MAC Bit error exceeded threshold. My colleague suspects that it's related to rate-mode setting, so I try to consult related docs.In CLI configuration guide rel...

Hi guys,I have a working setup but I am wondering why I don't have any statistics available on my VFC interfaces.lct-n5kup# show int counters fc brief-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Interface            ...

Hey Guys,.After a raid rebuild that resulted in a system being hung for hours, power cycling the system toasted the booting process. System now stays on solid amber with fans going at maximum without any chance of coming up. Network interface link al...