Storage Networking

Hi,we're in the design phase of a new project involving:2 x Nexus 50101 x Nexus 1000VVMWare ESX 4.xCNA adaptersStorage with FC and FCoE Brocade FC switchThe Nexus 5010 are collapsing all the connections between VMWare, Storage and the LAN: there will...

Hi,I'm trying to send a device identification VPD page (0x83) SCSI INQUIRY to a CISCO Virtual scsi-fcp::target device from an initiator machine and receive the following:# sg_inq -i /dev/sg4VPD INQUIRY: Device Identification page    inquiry: field in...

Could someone please tell me what are the exam codes and track for MDS9000 ?I have tried to find this information however everytime i get the same exam code for IP Track rather than Storage track.

Can 8GB modules be used in an MD9509?  If so, does it also host the lastest supervisor card that support addional throughput?Paul

The description is the same -DS-C9216-K9MDS 9216 16-port semi-modular fabric switch (includes16 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel ports, power supply, andexpansion slot—SFPs sold separately).DS-C9216A-K9MDS 9216A 16-port semi-modular fabric switch (include...

Do all the MDS 9000 series switches use the same NX-OS? Thanks.

Hello,Complete newbie question I'm afraid. I have done the usual "purchased switch of ebay" and am struggling to set it up.I think the switch has been reset to default, and it has the username: admin & password: adminpass written on top of the switch...

Hi ,I need to know the required configurations in order to ISL and IBM blade chassis to Cisco MDS 9509the Blade Chassis model is Blade Center E-Chassis 8677  3XU firmware 5.3.2a.appreciate of there is a white paper available for this matter.ThanksKar...

Is the following possible:Site_ANetapp filer (RJ45-IP Traffic)<------> MDS9513 (module ???-RJ45 SFP) <------> MDS9513 DS-X9304-18K9 (Gen2) (GigE LCC) <---------> DWDM Mux <------> to Site BSite_BFrom Site_A <-------> DWDM Mux <-------> MDS9513 DS-X93...

I have one MDS 9513 and one MDS 9134 currently connected via a single 4Gb TE port on each switch. The 4Gb ISL was used by the engineer who implemented the fabric because the 10G ports on the 9134 were not licensed. The 9134 10G ports are now licensed...

Hi All,We are using FM server 3.2.3(a),i managed to install FM server with oracle database and was sucessful in doing so.After the installation when i try to install FM client by browsing to FM server i get the login prompt,after keying the credentia...

I have a situation where we took 2datacenters and collapsed them into 1. Each datacenter had it's on set of 2 switches, for dual paths,and storage.  Each also had different VSANs for host to storage connectivity.  Now that they are in the same datace...

is it possible to use one gigabit port on MDS IPS 14+2 linecard to create FCIP tunnels between two other remote MDS switches?each tunnel will  allow a different VSAN. this is kindda crude but gotta do it, if it can be done