Storage Networking

I have a customer running Nexus 7009 running NX-OS 6.0.(4) and having some serious iSCSI issues which is affecting SQL and some critical applications.  The basic problem is dropped iSCSI packets which seems to indicate a network problem.  We tried e...

Configuration lost after power failure MDS 9392S 8.1.1a; this happen to all 4 switches !Is this a known issue ?

I need a quick sanity check, as I have no server / storage at hand to verify: I populated the device-alias db, and then used the alias in the zoning Enhanced device alias MDS-A-1(config-zone)# zone name vulcano_adapter0_zone vsan 100MDS-A-1(config-zo...

Dear All,I'm a newbie and I'm trying to understand something about my old CISCO MDS 9513 switch.I would like to save current switch config and zoning in order to preserve them.I read that I can do a config save using this command from switch command ...

Hi, I need to update the device-alias member across multiple zones, is there a way I can update the device-alias name & membership which would automatically reflect across all the zones? If not could you please let me know what is the best procedure ...

Dear All,this is first time I try to ask Cisco Community how to solve a problem.My old Cisco mds 9513 fiber channel switch is not usable due to a dual failure on both supervisor-2 elements.Both the two supervisors have a red status led. So, I decided...

I have a UCS C240 M5 with a Cisco 12G modular SAS HBA listed as an MRAID in the pci slot. It shows 2 physical drives in JBOD mode. All the options when I click on the controller info disappear except for "clear boot drive" The 2 disks show up in jbod...

I have a customer with a Brocade SAN which should be migrated to MDS; at the moment he uses port-based zoning.I proposed to switch to pwwn based zoning, but customer doesn't like it, although he cannot give me any reason why not.How popular is port-b...

Hello,https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/mds9000/sw/8_x/config/security/cisco_mds9000_security_config_guide_8x/configuring_fips.htmlmanual says: Configuration GuidelinesFollow these guidelines before enabling FIPS mode:• Make y...

Downgraded a 9396S from 8.2 down to 6.2(23);There was an exception which I corrected MDS-A-1# show incompatibility-all system  m9300-s1ek9-mz.6.2.23.binChecking incompatible configuration(s)The following configurations on active are incompatible with...

I work on a migration project from Brocade to Cisco MDS,Today, port-based zoning is used, which will be converted to pwwn.Most zones have > 2 members, therefore smart zoning is a big topic.I don't like to setup the device alias db, and tag each entry...

Hey Everyone, I have a 9506 that I am replacing with a 9396S switch. My question is, is there an easy way to export the config from the 9506 (I have the show tech-support details output from the 9506) and then import that same config onto the 9396S s...