Storage Networking

I have a problem of using MDS 9506 to connect two NetApp filers (within the same fabric)in order for replication to be done with Snapmirror.Having assined IP address to the FCNIC card on the filers,I couldn't ping accross.I also have a multiprotocol ...

Greetings,While waiting for a "highly respected" vendor to even consider my request to trade in our Brocade directors for a bunch of 9513s, I have been handed a very short deadline to get quotes, etc.I was wondering if anyone had gone through the pro...

I have an MDS 9140 to which several hosts are connected via QLogic2340 HBA's. An HBA went bad and was replaced. I have static (port based) VSAN's and I added the new WWN to the correct zone. As far as I can see from the switch everything seems OK wit...

when using SAN OS 2.0.3 in 9509, I was able to Synchronize the time with external ntp server or other switch by setting the ntp server or peer.Recently I got two new MDS9513, which are running SAN OS 3.0(3), I can not make them Synchronize with each ...

How to you disable HTTP on a MDS 9509?

Hello,I am wondering if the MDS9120 is compatible with OM3 fibre cabling?And what about the MDS9509?We would like to do 2Gbps over 350m without long wave optics.Thanks for any advice,Francis

can i cascade multiple cisco MDS9020 ?any tips?

I am kinda new to Cisco Switches. If a single VSAN is spread across multiple switches ISLed together, does the VSAN will have different domain ID's on each switch ?Ex: Switch-1 and Switch-2 are connected together and I need to setup VSAN 10. Does the...

I was wondering if anyone had used WAAS to prepostion AV updates to remote sites. If so, were there any unexpected gotcha's or did things proceed along smoothly? I am thinking of rolling out Symantec Corporate AV updates this way to save on bandwidth...

I am seeing the following entries in the logs for my MDS 9509 : 2007 Feb 7 01:48:03 PORT 5 IF_UP Interface mgmt0 on slot 5 is up There are no other entries in the log that the mgmt0 interface went down so why would alerts say that it is "up" ?

We have a MDS 9513 switch and are testing the supervisor fail over.We tried to disconnect cable to the mgmt port of the active suppervisor. Waited 5 mins and no failover, no Mgmt accessCan any one tell me in what Scenarios the Suppervisor would fail ...

Greetings,Just as a matter of interest, when searching for a partner with Storage Specialization, what does that mean? Does it mean that the partner has something like a CCIE in Storage Networking? If not, then what qualifications are needed?Cheers...

Greetings,Is anyone actually using Cisco Network Accelerated Serverless Backup (NASB)? I have a project in the making of using HDS arrays and VTL's but in different datacenters.When you read the sales blurb on NASB, it does look good especially in t...

Greetings,We currently have two pairs of Brocade 48000 Directors at each site that are filling up very rapidly. We also have two pairs of Brocade 3800's that have ISL's over dark fibre. We have purchased some 8-Port Enhanced Data Muxponder Cards fo...

I need to develop a design of SAN with many devices (total number of FC ports >= 55, and at least 10 additional ports are planned in a future). I can use a pair of Brocade SW4100 with 32 ports each, but I'm CCNA, so I strongly prefer Cisco devices. M...