Storage Networking

I am unclear on how to connect to an ONS from a MDS 9513 for a DWDM ISL. Are the sfp's on the MDS standard short wave sfp's or do I need a "DWDM SFP" such as: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/modules/ps5455/ps6576/product_data_sheet0900aec...

Greetings,I have a request to combine a Brocade fabric with a Cisco fabric and I was just wondering what the consequences of this would be. The Cisco fabric is basically just one VSAN and it has storage, hosts and most importantly a large VTL system...

Hi,is it possible to find some best practices about ISL between MDS95xx sw or a specific manual?ByeWalter

Hello,we have 2 datacenter (backup), we need to implement SAN over MPLS (perhaps with copper : G.SHDSL, or FO ), is it possible ?and how can we interconnect the 2 MDS, (through our WAN connexion, router, firewall, IPS...?) or connect directely the MD...

How do you activate 120 Days eval on MDS 9200 series for Fabric Manager. Do I need to install a license?

I currently have a Cisco 9513 that I want to lock down the SNMP-server to a select amount of snmp servers that will be accessing the 9513. On any other Cisco device I can apply an access list to the community string and lock it down but I do not seem...

Hi all,Can anyone tell me the list of variables created by a MDS9000 switch by default?So far I have found:$(SWITCHNAME)$(TIMESTAMP)What else is there?Sid

I have enabled the Https(Cimserver) using a dummy ssl certificate. Still my central management server (HP SIM) doesn't recognizes the switch to be a Storage Switch.when i run the identification query, it stops at " CIM_RegisteredProfile"

Can the Cisco SME solution provide encryption to the disk in addition to tapes?

Hi,I have an Cisco MDS environment with tacacs+ user authentication. Now I would like to script some stuff and automatically login to the switch via ssh without a password.How can I do that with TACACS+?Is it still possible to use private/public ssh...

Hi,I have a two 9506 sw. with 4.1.1b OS installed; where I can find information about the limitations (isf exists) for ISL connection with other old Cisco sw. with lower OS?Is ISL to be considered not OS dependant?ByeWalter

i am having issues with SNMP traps for link up and link down. i run a capture and i see snmp but not snmp traps. any advice?

Hi, The usual status LED of a STP Blocked interface is orange. With this Switch (3130), the LED is green while the RSTP status port is Alternate Blocked. Is this normal ? Is there any documentation about RSTP LED status ?