Storage Networking

Greetings,If I edit a zoneset on a switch that has other switches in the VSAN and they are connected via an ISL, what exactly happens when I activate the Zoneset? This is on a switch with the default zoneset propagation policy of activeZoneSet? Als...

Using Device manager I can go to the FLOGI tab for an fc port. Usually the PortName and the NodeName have the exact same wwn. But with our Unisys host HBA, the port name starts with 10:00 while NodeName starts with 50:80. What is the differnece betwe...

Is there a document for or Best Practices Guide for Merging two Cisco MDS Fabrics together Via ISL or EISL ? Such as Zonenames have to be unique? Domain Id's? Principal switch and so on ? Thanks

I have 2 mds9506 in the Pas location and two more .5 miles away in the Alt location. PasMds1 has an ISL to AltMds1 using dark fiber. PasMds2 has an ISL to AltMds2. The ISLs are on 2 TE ports on each switch. We have Vsan 101 on TE ports on the Mds1 sw...

Hi,I have installed FM server 3.2(2c) with oracle database and it completed successfully.After the installation when i try to install FM client by browsing to FM server i get the login prompt for Web Client,after keying the credentials the page goes ...

Hello,We have one fabric composed by three MDS 9124 switches, and now, we want to add a new 9124.there is one principal switch with Domain id static (=100), one VSAN (100) and one zoneset activated. The other switches also have one VSAN (100), and d...

Hello,I'm quite new to MDS.we have 2 MDS connected with on ISL (2 FC ports per MDS)the ports used for the ISL are on the same FC board.I'm wondering if for availability reason, it would be better to spread these ports on separate FC board?is this a g...

In the list of gbic's you are to use for SMIP modules found here:http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/ps4159/ps6409/ps4358/product_data_sheet09186a00801bc698.htmlThey say you can use DS-SFP-FCGE-SW. They call this a tri-rate GBIC, saying it can...

Can you please confirm :Dimensions (H x W x D): 24.5 x 17.37 x 28.0 in. (62.3 x 44.1 x 71.1 cm)this seesm to be small ...

We have to locations about 1/2 mile apart. They are Pasteur and Alton. Pastuer has 2 9506 switches - pasmds1 and pasmds2. Alton has 2 9506 switches altmds1 and altmds2. Pasmds1 has a new ISL to altmds1. Pasmds2 has a new ISL with altmds2. These are t...

Looking for docs on setting up SANTap on SAN OS 3.1.3a

Hi All,I had problem in saving the zoning on my MDS9124, but when I rebooted the switch, I see the following in y console. tried couple of reboots. No go. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.++++++++++++++++>> MDS-Bootloader-01.00.15 (Jul 16 ...

Is there any recommendation/best practise for1) setting port speed ie choose Auto or hard code eg 2gb, 4gb wrt b/w available ?2) ratemode ie dedicated or shared ?For ISL's And Storage processors/Controllers and hostsThanks,

According to the Optical guys, the 9124 san switch cannot be used to extend one of the fabrics between sites because it does not have a frequency specific dwdm gbic which is supported.Is this statement true?

Good Day,Just a basic question. We use 9509's and 9513's for our SAN configuration. If I rename either a zone or an active zoneset does this in any way disrupt the connections using the zone or the zoneset. I want to standardize the naming convention...