Storage Networking

We have an DC migration in progress. The setup included a MDS 9509 in the old DC and a MDS 9509 in the new DC. ISL was done between the two switches.All fabric connections were moved to the new switch though zones\zonesets remained on the old switch....

Hi there,I am currently setting up a CNA / Nexus test configuration in a Blade Server chassis.I am using a Fujitsu CEE switch in the chassis in between CNA and Nexus.The FJ switch is connected to the Nexus via a port-channel with 8 member ports.And h...

Our storage fabric is a pair of HP branded Brocade fiber chanel switches (StorageWorks 8/80) set up in a redundant topology. Our HP EVA arrays have 2 redundant controllers - each with 2 redundant storage ports....so each EVA controller has 1 connecti...

Hi,Can anyone tell me if it's possible to create a VPC directly from a Nexus 5000 to an ESX Host? My host is running 2 Qlogic 8152 CNAs, and i've got them connecting to 2 Nexus 5000 switches. My problem is, when I create the VPC and I bind the VFC to...

Hi,I'm building a new iSCSI SAN network with Cisco Catalyst 3750 (stack mode),  EMC storage and Dell servers.  Attached is the plan, a larger PDF  file is located here: http://xenmaster.com/EMCVMwareESX.aspx.   I need help with verifying that there i...

I upgraded a 9509 from dual sup1s running 3.3(1c) to dual sup2s running 3.3(1c). I later upgraded to 4.2(7a). we did this in order to get support for a new DS-X9248-96K9 module.After replacing the sup1s with sup2s, everything appeared fine with two e...

Can we setup the Nexus 5020 as a Fibre Director and remove our Brocade Fibre switches completely?We would like to be in Fabric mode and not use NPV mode and manage the fibre domains & zones complely within our 5020s....eventually migrating all device...

I work for a large storage provider and would like to get trained on the Cisco storage training.  What courses would you suggest?

Hi all,We have two sites about 1000 miles apart.  Each site has virtual tape library connected to a Cisco MDS9222i.  Each of the switches also has (2) GigE ports and the FCIP licenses.  We created an FCIP tunnel and tried to use IVR, but the fabrics ...

Hello all,in our company we have SAN with several MDS 9509 and 9513 switches. We use a FMS 4.1 for management.The cabling is done by a subcontractor. In future they should also do the port assignment. Enable/disable ports, change the port description...

I am unable to find something that points to the source of an error seen in the Backup tab of my FMS Web Client.I am using OracleXE with FMS 5.01a (switch firmware is 4.2.3)I am trying to backup the running config to my TFTP host (defined as my FMS h...