Locality goal is to reduce hop counts and resultant latency, on same switch is ideal, If implement VSAN, will VSAN conflict with "On the same switch ideal" ?which means will VSAN increase hop count in single mds chassis ?
FCIP 11 appears to be operational, but Device Manager is reporting "trunkNotFullActive" in the Failure Cause column. Has anyone experienced passed failures hanging around forever?Running on 3.2.(2c).
hello i have 2 fabrics with for each one a DS5000 ( Brocade OEM) 16 port and CISCO MDS switch for Ibm blade center.With FOS 6.01a for the 5000B who is the principal and SAN OS 3.1(3a) for the Cisco, i use the Interope Mode 3 on the cisco, so my DS...
Hi, I have two shiny new MDS9513 directors which i am trying to link with two ISL's. The problem i am having is that the ports on both switches stay in a state of 'initializing' although the port light is green. My HDS USPV disk ports come up fine as...
Hi there,Maybe someone could clarify this for me:If the bandwidth resources for a 4Gbps port is set to "dedicated", and then ISL'd to another switch which is only 2Gbps capable how much bandwidth is left in the port group ?Reading the port-resources ...
Hi all, Can anyone see any issues that may arise from changing the name of one of our MDS switches as far as the Management software is concerned?I presume changing the name through the Management software would be the best way to go?P.S. Not a lot o...
Hi, Has anyone had any issues with AIX hosts (badged IBM/Emulex HBA's) failing to flogi afterport disable/ enable or cable pulled/replugged? We are having to reset the HBA to get it logged back into the fabric. Windoze hosts behave normally.... Port ...
HiIm trying to export data collections to csv via the documented "pm.bat export..." method. However there is no pm.xml file in the pm directory. There are data collections defined and I can export via the web tool.How/when does the pm.xml file get cr...
How do you show the military SAN security professionals in the Cisco CLI MDS-9500 using hardware zoning? I tried the “show fcns database detail†command in CLI and it showing a hard-address of 0x00000.
trying to book CCIE storage lab in the last couple of weeks but no luck. it always says no seat is available. has anyone seen the same thing? I heard the the schedule system allows you to book for the next 6 months. I thought there aren't that many c...
Greetings,I have a large Brocade SAN which I am gradually migrating to Cisco but it will take time. Brocade are not really interested in supporting interop modes and as I need to puchase more edge switches for our HP C Class blade enclosures, I star...
Hi,It is found that two MDS 9140 can't write configuration:Here are the error:2007 Nov 10 15:20:40 hkgsan02 %SYSTEMHEALTH-4-OHMS_SUP_BOOTFLASH_ERRORS: Bootflash test has encountered an error on module 1 Reason (13).2007 Nov 10 15:21:40 hkgsan02 %SYST...
When merging a Cisco MDS 20 port switch module to a MDS 9140 fabric switch I keep failing with bitErrRTThresExeeded. I have trunked both ports, created the vsans on the new switch module. When the ports are activated the TE lights green for about a m...
Saw the link below about SMNP v3 security threat, is it something to be worried about? http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a00809ac83b.shtml
