I have a pair of MDS 9132T on 8.4(2a), I have previously successfully configured fresh fc ports, when going to use a port that was pre-populated with an SFP (just to imply some previous config may have existed) I assigned the vsan, however I noticed ...
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Dear , I have the below architecture. as you can see FI_A connected to MDS_A and FI_B connected to MDS_B. both MDS are connected to three storage array (netapp ,hp3par, IBM).My questions :I have only one vSAN (vSAN100) on both MDS (A&B) , the same al...
We have a recently installed MDS 9148T. This switch is running an HTTPS service with a self-signed certificate. I've created a trustpoint and generated a CSR and obtained and installed a certificate. I disabled/enabled the http-server but it still pr...
Hello, Sorry for this long-winded post... I am more of a routing and switching kind of guy but stuck managing a small SAN with backend fiber. This is probably a simple task for an expert but its so far out of my area of expertise so I wanted to get s...
I am going to install new QLE2692 Dual-port 16G FC on our UCSC-C220-M5SX servers. My question is "which PCIe slots is best to install them on one or two and I cannot find any post installation steps to ensure I did the install correctly and updated.
We have 3 HX Edge nodes without Fabric Interconnect but we do have Nexus 9k as TOR switches.Can we build cluster with the help of HX data platform? If yes then how?orWill it be build only with Intersight On-prem because cloud option is not available ...
Most of the time when we try to take hyperflex snapshots on VMs option gray out.In order to fix needs to follow below steps - from vCenter Menu-->Cisco HyperFlex-->hit "rescan" option then you see the cluster after this steps we are getting HX-snapsh...
Resolved! Cisco MDS Slow connection
Hello,We facing a latency issue for all LUNs that connected between Cisco MDS 9148S 16G switch and the storage, when I run command " show logging onboard error-stats" I see that counter "FCP_SW_CNTR_RX_WT_AVG_B2B_ZERO" is increasing in the two ports ...
Hello, I am trying to follow the instructions here http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/storage-networking/mds-9000-series-multilayer-switches/29441-8.html I reboot the switch, and before it extracts the boot image, I perform a ctrl - c (ctrl - ...
HelloCan anybody explain what is the point of Area ID in FCID? I tried to search on the internet, but no luck. In some documentation said that Area ID is used in FC-AL topology, but non mentioned clearly how it is used. Also, i can't understand the s...
Resolved! Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX
Hi, Can anyone confirm if Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX (Model-N9K-C93180YC-FX-24) can carry the FC traffic coming in from Connectrix DS-6630B Dell SAN Switches. FYI: We are configuring storage metro cluster between the two DC’s There will be stretched net...
hi there we are migrating from brocade to MDS and I think it makes sense to clean up the alias / zoning configurations during this time. I have 3 storage arrays , 10 UCS Blade servers and 5 non-Cisco rack ServersAll devices have HBA1 and HBA 2 (the ...
I can easily able to enable smart zoning on a vsan via the cli, however does anyone know how to do this via DCNM? It appears that when I enable smart zoning via the cli, I can't seem to activate a zoneset via DCNM.
Hi As of now we are using local authentication with MDS. As part of security hardening We have to configure authentication through TACACS+. Windows 2016 Domain Controllers are in network. We have the following KB "https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/doc...
HiWe bought nexus 93180YC-FX switches and enabled fcoe feature with honor based license! now when we bind physical or port-channel interface to vfc, getting this error message:ERROR: fcoe_mgr: Failure getting MAC from MAC pool. Pool exhausted (err_id...
