Storage Networking

I have a topology that will look like:  san1 - switch1 - switch2 - san2. The SANs are HPE Alletra using FC. The Alletra requires its san to san replication ports (RCFC) to use a different zone from its host to SAN ports.  That seems straightforward. ...

Does DS-C9710S support integrated routing and virtual Fabric (VF)?

We are upgrading from 4x MDS 9396S to 4x MDS 9396T, I have created a few high-level steps, please validate if the steps make sense as this is the first time I am migrating a cisco switch, or is there a standard recommended by Cisco, I understand in B...

I appreciate your help with the best practices for zoning on Cisco MDS. We have EMC storage with 4 ports for each Cisco MDS switch. So it's better to create a single zone (Server HBA + all 4 storage pWWNs), or should we create four separate zones, ea...

Equipment: UCS with 2 x 6248UP fabric interconnects, running version 4.2(1f).Problem: On FI A, SAN port channel 101 (fc1/29-32) connects to SAN port channel 102 (fc1/37-40) on a N5K-C5596UP switch. I'm attempting to move those four connections to SAN...

Good day,I am getting this notification below on a specific port but the port is not down. Can I be worried about it?Portmon: fcIfTxWtAvgBBCreditTransitionToZero

Hello how can we migrate our MDS switch configuration to a new MDS 9148S (16GB)  > 9132T (32GB) Does anyone have the more current high level steps? Can we just import the startup config from the old switch to the new one?

i just wonder if there is any ETA for this feature to be enabled ?

Hello looking for some guidance and want to just reassure we are following the best approach . Migrating off a pair of old 9148S to a newer pair of 9132T . Can i use zone migration tool? is it still supported?

Hello We have MDS C9148T with version 8.3 and need to upgrade it, while checking Cisco website see two recommended version:(8.4 2f) and (9.4 2a). so which one should I go to.Appreciate your help Thanks

Is there a monitoring threshold or reference value for the 32G/64G SFP used in the MDS 9000 series?