Is there a command to show when a MDS switch was first powered on. What I mean by this is the first time the switch was brought up after it was manufactured. Say for example, you have MDS that's 5 years old and you want to know when it was first po...
hiwhat is the process in order to do password recovery on MDS9124e since there are console port ?same question for NXOS recovery ?thanks for any helpJYP
Greetings,Looking at a release note matrix for NX-OS, it states that the MDS 9216a and 9140 are not supported by NX-OS. As the 9216a was only End of Sales date on 22 nd of August this year, do we have to put up with SAN-OS for the next five years? ...
Do I need the Fabric Management software to configure the FC & FCoE features on the N5K? Can I use the unlicensed version, if I just have (2) N5K's in a cluster? Do I still need to install the database, if I don't use the Performance Monitor?
Hi,I've changed an HBA on two servers.In the fabric manager I see the old WWN and the new WWN.I've seen that the command used to erase unused WWN is purge fcdomain fcid vsan ID_VSAN.Is there a contraindication? Is there the danger of disrupt somethin...
We are in the process of adding a new Data Center which will be geographically located about 60 miles from our existing Data Center, the solution I'm proposing for continuous SAN access and replication is deploying a DWDM solution (Ciena or Cisco) to...
Hi, I am facing an issue as:Two data center Houston & Dallas.Right now, the data replication is done by SQL Server. However it is not reliable and slow.So I am looking for a hardware solution that is more reliable, fast. I wonder if Cisco MDS product...
I've always thought adding a switch was a non-disruptive activity. You have VSAN 10 on a core switch. You add that same VSAN to an edge switch and give it a different DID from the one that is randomly assigned and make it static (mostly for document...
I have worked with some other Fibre switches before but not Cisco and was wondering if someone can pass me some quick info on how to configure the MDS 9124. I saw the Quick Guide and it briefly talked about config, but do I have to go thru hyperterm...
Hi allWe are implementing a new backup server for our SAN, the server currently had one connection to our brocade switch, is it possible to put a second connection to the brocade switch from the server? and will it team them or become a failover conn...
Hi, I was wondering if anyone had any links to best-practices guides, or any experience, building mutli-swtich fabrics with the Cisco MDS 9124 or similar (small) switches? I've read most of the FibreChannel books out there and they all seem pretty ...
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