Storage Networking

Hi, i'm trying to get a mds 9509 to work with cisco ACS. I've got it okay for login authentication, however I can't seem to get it the report accounting info i.e. any changes. I came across a document that stated that the mds uses interim-update Ra...

Hi all,After seeing some mind blowing performance today when mirroring a large number of Terabytes of data through my two 9509's, I have to ask is it possible to get more than 2 Gbps out of a port?My current setup has a port in each port group (if th...

Greetings,When using ISL's on 16 port 2 Gb cards, you can use one port for an ISL but when using 32 port cards, you must use only one port in the port group (four ports). So the other three ports are useless (turned off).With the new 4 Gb cards, por...

Interconecion of CISCO 9216i switch with the BROCADE FAMILY.Is there any guide for this inteconectivity I ca use ?

Hi all,If my storage array presents a number of LUNs/LDEVs down two physical fibre cables which are outputs from the primary and secondary controllers, and those two cables are ports on the MDS switches, do you need to know the LUN number as it was c...

Hi All,I would appreciate some advice on zoning best practices.Old configuration is four Qlogic switches with only one zone in one zoneset of each switch. Each switch has three host HBA's and 10 storage ports in the one zone. This slightly confuses...

Greetings,As part of our new and improved SAN infrastructure, we have purchased a number of 9509 (core) and 9216 (edge) SAN switches. We have done the admin and trouble shooting training and this raised questions about using ISLs. Our previous SAN ...

Hello,I am trying to connect USB2.0 Maxtor 300GB external hard drive to my wireless router. Tried using Linksys new product NSLU2 which allows any USB cable external hard drive to NSLU2 device/network storage hub and then connect this NSLU2 directly ...

So what is the opion about FC domains? I was working with an EMC tech who said it wasn't best practice to utilize FC domains for things like zoning.As I am new to SAN Switches, I wasn't sure but figured I would ask some people's opinions before maki...

I have created VSAN 2 and VSAN 3 W/port assignment of the VSAN. VSAN assignment is: ADic drive 1 and windows server to VSAN 2. VSAN 3 has a NETapp and ADIC drive 2 to VSAN 3. Both ADIC units come up W/status "NOT in FABRIC" . any ideas?

Folks, I just got a MDS switch. I have configured basic ip address and downloaded the fabric manager for it.I am able to add vsans, zones etc using the fabric manager, but I am unable to give alias to devices, i only get to options when i click...

Folks, I am new to MDS. I have 3 SAN switches (9516). I connected both of them using fc 1/7, i created vsans and zoneset on one switch, but was unable to propogate the information to the other switch. I enable EISL between the 2 switches on por...

Folks, I tried to define fcid as static and then tried to make it persistent, but the switch output still shows me that it is dynmaic?fcdomain fcid persistent vsan 1fcdomain domain 33 static vsan 10fcdomain fcid persistent vsan 10fcdomain domai...

Does anyone know of a doc which describes the differences? Thanks.-Wayne