Storage Networking

HiCan anyone tell me if SNMP can be used to obtain zoning information for cisco fibre channel switches? Where can I get the latest MIB? I went through the MIB files from www.oidview.com/mibs but could find no information related to switch zoning.Than...

Does anyone know why some 16-port line cards report Q-Engine instance shutdown during a code upgrade? Even though it is reported as a 'hardware failure', restarting the module clears this condition.Here are the relevant log entries:2007 Aug 14 12:10...

I was able to rename a vsan via cli. I could not figure out a way to do this from FM 3.1(2). Did I miss it?

The database process - FMPersist - of Cisco Fabric Manager (3.02a) fails then I can't get it started again.We're running on a Linux server and I'm attaching the FMPersist.log.

Hi,Hopefully someone can help, or at least point me in the direction as to where to look to fix this problem. On our site we have a couple of 9509 switches with the DS-X9308-SMIP IPS module, which we use to connect to some exposed LUN's on a HP EVA50...

I added a second switch on our fabric to use "Call-Home" and enabled CFS for Call-Home. I get the following error message, when I try and send a test, it worked fine before the second switch was added."callhome:warning:no callhome message sent"Thanks...

Does anyone knows where i can get access to some online resources for Cisco Storage products / technology??Would appreciated any help.

Hello - we would be connecting two 9509's, situated in different buildings across the street, with three LW SFPs in each switch. Besides plugging them in (into three adjacent ports), is there anything special that needs to be done? After plugging the...

After upgrading to 3xxxx I cannot login to the Fabric Manager. I get the error "Unable to connect to server! admin login from 127.0.0.1 failed.

Hi All,I am new to MDS 9000. I am setting up an Environment for Replication. I have following basics questions1. The customer has bought MDS9216i and he didn?t receive any additional licenses along with the pack ..Do we need any extra license for SA...

Hey Guys,does anyone know if the new 9134 supports IVR? The 9124 does not and it seems the 9134 has a very similar architecture.The available documentation talks about VSANs but does not mention IVR at all...Michael

As I am relatively new to Cisco switches but have used Qlogic for quite some time, I found Cisco's idea of hard and soft zoning reversed. Eg, to me a soft zone is port zoning and a hard zone is WWN zoning. But the MDS training notes have exactly th...

Guys, As above. Anyone got any idea? I know that the MSFC3 has got 500k PPS performance. However, does this translate to IOS SLB performance with NAT i.e. directed mode? I ask since the config guides state that directed mode is not hardware accele...

I am familiar with logging into the MDS9xxx device with telnet and copying files off to an external server via tftp and the like.Is it possible to drive this functionality from the external server, rather then the MDS9xxx device?I would like to be ab...

I had a look what was on offer at Networkers @ Brisbane and considering I am purely a SAN person now, there is not much there for me. All I saw was two sessions that covered everything I know. Its a pity as there should be full three day SAN Breako...