Storage Networking

We tried to do a failover to test the HA environment for the upcoming upgrade to 2.0(1b), only with no succes. We're currently running on 1.2(1b) and want to upgrade non-disruptively to the new firmware.can anybody tell me what went wrong? Thanks in ...

Hi All,In SAN storage, many server connect to a SAN storage for data transaction, so that will create bottleneck in the storage because even if the storage connect more fiber to the SAN switch, like spanning-tree in switching network,just one link up...

I have a MDS 9140 that I can't access with Fabric Manager or Device Manager with SNMP v3. I could get in with this method last week. I can telnet in and use SNMP v2 using the community strings. When I try to use Device Manager I get a message sayi...

Folks, Can i tie more than 1 FCIP tunnel to a Gigabit ethernet interface. I was reading documentation and if i remeber correctly, it mentioned about support for upto 3 tunnels over a gigabit ethernet interface, not sure if i can attach more tha...

Folks, I recently purchased a SN5420 router. I have a few questions:1) can i use the ethernet interface to connect the router to a WIN2k server using iscsi drivers??2) I want a cheap FC capable array so that i can test the iscsi to FC conver...

I have the following error when I tried to start the performance collector on Solaris.SEVERE 2005/01/26 08:18:58 PM /usr/local/cisco_mds9000/pm/usr/local/cisco_mds9000/pm/pm.xml (No such file or directory)<-- Wrapper StoppedAny suggestions ?Luc

is there any reason why a qlogic iscsi initiator can't establish an iscsi session with an IPS module via a port-channel interface? it successfully establishes a session with a single interface on the same IPS module.dayo

how can get public key from a user on MDS 9509?

Hi, I know I can set QoS per VSAN, but can I somehow prioritize VSANs ? I mean how to 1. enable one VSAN to use more resources (CPU for example)on one switch and 2. set priorities on EISLs for VSANs

Hi All,In storage network, what's the different between Fabric Switches and Directors? Thank you!Best RegardsTeru Lei

want to implement FCIP between two MDS9509s. Each switch has 2 ips-8 modules and 2 FC-16 modules.from the docs, I know I need the SAN_EXTN_OVER_IP license for each switch. Do I need additional licenses for each of the IPS modules to be able to implem...

I can not get the mds on SanOs 203 to assign the users the correct role. That is if I am a network administrator I can log on, but with network operator rights!If I set the Av-pair parameter i cann't log in to my ethernet routers and switches

Is there such a product marketed by Cisco. This is suppose to be a rebranded model that HP calls a SR2122-2 IP storage router. I have not been able to find this (SN5422) model on the Cisco website. The only thing I have found is the models SN5420 and...

Folks, Is there any latency when going over the FC connection. I mean, Lets say that i am writing at a certain rate will the FC transmit all instructions over the FC to the storage device at the same rate??Any link on FC Perfomance would be hig...