Storage Networking

Hello!I'm trying to create a contingency plan to failure of a NSS4000. I wonder how to view information stored Storage disks on a PC running Linux (or Windows) where the power supply of the equipment is broken so we can continue to operate until repl...

anybody had any luck with ISL'n an HP blade chasssis 9124e with a brocade director (in this case a 5300).any pointers would be helpful...thanks.bruce

Hi all.I need to migrate an actual fabric based on Cisco 9124 and 9134, to a brand new Cisco Director 9506. Actually I have two fabric (fabric 1 and 2) which are not currently merging together. VSAN are not in use in the actual scenario.I would like ...

Hello,i am planing to write cisco storage certification.so i would like to know from what level of exam i need to start & what will be resources(like books,documents) i need to refer for writing my exams.appreciated for your  help.Thanks.....

Afternoon,We have received this error on a switch which resulted in 5 ports being dropped.2010 Apr 28 20:45:32 Switch144 %KERN-2-SYSTEM_MSG: mts_do_msg_input() failing since no space available in 22 (src_sap = 22, opc = 709)2010 Apr 28 20:45:32 Switc...

Hi,I'm puzzled about support for iSCSI-to-FC routing in the MDS 9000 family. Earlier hardware such as the 9216i switch and the MPS-14/2 module had a feature to allow an iSCSI Initiator to connect transparently to an FC target. This equipment is now E...

I think I have sd2 going bad.  Can anyone confirm or refute this?  The nss4000 is generally slow a locks up from time to time.This is the output from dmesg:=========  Tue Apr 13 13:55:58 MDT 2010 ========== Opening the watchdog .... gpio_poller resum...

Hi There. I am trying to reset the password on Cisco 9124 that came back from a partner. They haven't provided any of the config information. I am able to get a serial connection running, but I am unable to get a break sequence to work. I have used h...

I am trying to figure out how Gen3 modules handle oversubscription.  With the 1st and 2nd gen modules it was very simple.  12.8Gbps per port, and you could oversubscribe to a certain ratio on a given module.The gen3 documentation says the modules hav...

Hi,I want to attach iSCSI SAN to ethernet switches. Which method would be better: use one (or two for redundancy) 10G link, or combine multiple 1G interfaces? Does anyone know about any pros or cons in using 10G interfaces?

Hello there,Please advise if you have any working SAN port-channel between a NX-OS device and sanOS device, or if I need to upgrade the MDS to NX-OS as well.Thanks

Hi,We have 4 x 9124's running 3.2(1a) when checking on the website I notice that there is no 3.2 train anymore is this correct and what version can i safely upgrade to , to we are current ?RegardsScott.

I have added an IBM AIX host to our SAN and cannot get it to see the NetApp array. I can fcping the host and flogi database looks correct. Zone is configured correctly.  If I run a sh fcns internal reject-log vsan 10 I get the below error but cannot ...

hello all,we are running fabric manager 4.1 on a windows box. Unfortunately the admin password is lost. Is there a procedure to reset the admin password? FM uses postgres so basically it should be possible. Could not find it from the docs though...ma...