Storage Networking

I have a customer who needs to erase the configuration on their Supervisor-1 cards prior to shipping them out.  We have a couple of 9513swhich are not in production, yet.  Can we plug the Supervisor-1 cards into the 8513sjust long enough to erase the...

Can someone explain what uses SW_ILS command code 0x78?  I see this when analyzing PAA dumps of trunk links and I wasn't sure what the purpose of this is.Thanks,Brian

Hi,We're running a set of 5010 switches and in preparation for some soak testing embarked on setting up our usual snmp based monitoring. After letting the graphs settle we started to see wild results in terms of the amount of traffic claiming to trav...

Within this field notice it states that: "The m9500-sup2dimm-gplug-mz.3.4.1.bin utility will run on SAN-OS Release 3.x running on Supervisor 2 modules." However when I issue the load bootflash:m9500-sup2dimm-gplug-mz.3.4.1.bin I get the following err...

hi,   could anybody tell me what is actually mean by Network device backup , how can we do it .

Trying to connect 9124e blade switches to 9513 core switch.cfs distribution enabledvsans matcheson 9124e     - npv enabled     - host ports set to F     - external uplinks set to NP     - flex-attach enabled on host portson 9513     - npiv enabled   ...

Hi forum,I am currently preparing a test setup where it would very helpful to use LUN zoning.I found the following  statement in the Nexus 5000 SAN Switching Configuration Guide 4.2(1)N1(1):Cisco NX-OS software supports the following types of zoning:...

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...