Storage Networking

Hi folks,Do the four GigE ports on the MDS 9222i and 18/4 module support a 100BaseT IP network?  In other works can I connect the GigE port to a 100BaseT connection or does it have to be physically connected to a 1000Mb/s connection?  I have an IP cl...

Hello,I'm trying to configure a L3 Etherchannel in a Cisco MDS 9222i, as explained in http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/mds9000/sw/nx-os/configuration/guides/ipsvc/ipsvc_cli_4_2_published/ips.html#wp1971215 and I'm getting the follo...

Hello,We have a MDS 9509 Switch with software version NX4.1(3a) which is reporting repetitive messages as:PCIS9509-D1 %DAEMON-3-SYSTEM_MSG: error: channel 0: chan_read_failed for istate 3 - sshdWe know that they are from SSH and we have found similar...

Hello,  I am having a problem with host hbas logging into a CLARiiON array via IVR.  The hbas are zoned to 2 sp ports (spa and spb).  Usually only one SP port gets logged into successfully. This is very strange.  Sometimes it works fine.  Then I star...

Does the NSS4000 support iscsi?

We have MDS9509/9513 with X9124 modules with 4Gb ports.We do notice that FMS reports a fix 400MB (shareable ofcource) for an interface speed, where as the "show interface" command shows the speed of the interface as 4Gbps (which translates to 512MB)....

hi all,I've having a hard time finding the answer to following question (that appeared in the certif exam on SAN Design):how many Nexus 2000 is it supported to connect to a NX 5000?has anyone got a pointer to that answer?thanksselim

I am having a problem merging a third switch into a VSAN with Enhanced Zoning enabled. I am getting this error "2009 Sep 8 22:01:38 SAN-Blade17-SwA %ZONE-2-ZS_MERGE_FAILED: %$VSAN 2%$ Zone merge failure, isolating interface port-channel 17 received ...

Quick design question as new to MDS switches. We are looking in purchasing 4 9509 switches. 2 at site A, 2 at site B.How would we connect the switches across the two sites using two LES1000 links?Would we create a virtual port-channel between the swi...

Hello I 'm new to CISCO  Switch world.I 'm working as Clariion Admin and have have taken up the responsibilty to manage switches.Since,i am a novice i need little guidance on how work on cisco switches.I know the Zoning (how zoning done on MDS 9000 s...

hellotrying to modify interop mode received this error messagewhat does it mean ?do i need to shutdown vsan first ?thanks for any advice or pointerJYP

Folks,How i can safely clean the logs of an cisco switch (MDS 9500 family)?

Greetings,When I do a sho int fcx/x counters, I can see information that really doesn't make much sense to me and its not explained anywhere that I can easily find. One in particular is:<number> bb credit transitions from zero.I also see the same <n...

I am planning on increasing the bandwidth on an existing PortChannel group this coming Weekend. Although, I have done this on a couple of occasions earlier in prior versions of SANOS, but we are at a newer version of SANOS (3.3.2) now and hopefully i...