Storage Networking

I'm planning to implement MDS9124 in our SAN. Right now we need only local SAN inside one building. But there is a slight chance that in a future we'll need to connect to a remote site using FC ptorocol. The site is not too far away - 20 km or so. Bu...

I have a mds9509 and when attempting to redirect the output of the "show tech-support" command to either ftp or a local file on the switch, I receive the error: "Write error: No space left on the device".Bootflash and system resources all look fine:M...

I had a quick question re: importing fcaliases into the device-alias database.We have a series of zones that were previously configured using the fcalias for the member definition.After the successful import of fcaliases into the device-alias databas...

I have a 9505, After running the write erase command, I can no longer log into the switch via telnet with the default admin password or the last configured password. Also I no longer get any activity over the serial connection to log in through seri...

Anyone has used 3560G-24TS-S in that environment. I want to know which version of IOS support doing transport iSCSI via vlan.It would be a great help with a sample topology and configuration with IOS version for 3560.Thanks.

After upgrading to SAN-OS v 3.1.2, I am not able to login via FM/DM Gui using the AAA/AD user credentials. Any reson..?

We are running VRRP and using In-Band Mgmt over vsan 254 w/ip to manage our SAN Fabric. I login into my Windows Fabric Manager Server then connect to our Seed Switch. I can see and manage our Core 9509's, however we have 9216 Edge Switches which I ...

I upgraded to 3.1(2a) and then I reinstalled Fabric Manger and Device Manager. Fabric Manager won't start, error is "Unable to connect to server! Admin login from 127.0.0.1 failed". Device Manager is fine.

HiI am in the process of having a seperate link (IP) installed between two of my Data Centre sites. The SAN is in one of them and I will be extending it (via FCIP) to the other once this big link is ready.There will be a combination of SAN traffic an...

Howdy,I'm just wondering how many people actually use fabric manager? :)CheersAndrew

In Cisco MDS FMS running on Windows 2003 Server, I see errors like "UknownUSer Name(Server), "Invalid Auth Password or Wrong Digest (Server)" under Status column against each switches and they are yellowed out and errors are occuring randomly. Switch...

Greetings,In another attempt to get some MDS switches for our extended SAN, I have veto'ed using Tape drives between data centers until Brocade can tell me exactly how they have "got around Head of Line Blocking (HoLB)" if they don't have Virtual Out...

Greetings,I was wondering if anyone has used a MDS and ONS 15454 solution to extend the distance limit for HDS sync true copy. It seems that native fibre has a best practice limit of about 32 km for intensive true copy usage for OLTP. Non intensive ...

version 3.1(2)The old wwns persist in the fcdomain fcid database. I'm curious if there is a fabric manager method to remove these. I can probably "no" them in the cli. Thx.