Storage Networking

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...

We recently purchased 2 - MDS 9513 SAN switches.  The only place to install them in our data center is in 2 Telco racks.  I realize this is unsupported and we are on our own in terms of how to physically install this.  We have placed one on a shelf a...

I am planning on performing a health check on multiple Cisco SAN switches. This check will be performed five or more times a day. I know that the "show" commands are usually safe commands, but I have seen instances where "show tech-support" has cause...

HiIs anybody is using Cisco Embedded SMI Agent 3.2 SAN OS. I am not able to subscribe for CIM indications. It is throwing  following exception while creating instanceWBEMException: CIM_ERR_ACCESS_DENIED (HTTP 401 - Unauthorized)Can you please share C...

A large customer has a port-channel with six ISL is defined between the 9513 with a number of gen-2 12-port blade and a MDS 9506 edge switch running  NX-OS 4.1. To increase port density on the MDS 9513 core switch, the customer want to upgrade all th...

Dear All,I am interested in monitoring the interface statistics (In/Out bytes) of MDS9216 & MDS9124 Fabric Switches via SNMP and have been researching on what OID (MIB) values shall i poll? Would anyone be able to help me please? I have looked at man...

Hi.Besides gaining accessto the Cisco PEC learning center lab and Websites that offer Rack time, are there any otherways to gain Hands-On experience with the equipment that is required for the CCIE SAN? Anything that includes Simulators, Emulators, D...

We have a Cisco NSS3000 Network Attached Storage (NAS) where we store Office documents, where some of them appear as tmp files (for example 4C73F7A6.tmp) for all others accespt the person that created the file. We have tried to work with access right...

I have tried to figure out why the topology map will not show the end devices, and can not figure it out. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

hi, My company has purchased a nss6000.The instructions that warning of an firmware upgrade before performing any type of configuration.After updating it with the version 1.14-20 attempted join to domain returned error: Join to domain is not valid - ...

Hi,I am trying to rename a device alias on and MDS 9000 series SAN Core Switch in Fabric Manager. When I click on it to make the change, it takes it. Then I save it. When I exit out and come back in, the change is new name change reverts back to the ...

I read following phrase in configuration guide of Nexus 5020The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch is a Layer 2 device. This means it does not fragment frames. As a result,the switch cannot have two ports in the same Layer 2 domain with different maximum...