Storage Networking

How does Fibre Channel switch with NPIV enabled port operates, when two devices behind the single NPIV port want to communicate with each other?   e.g. Ethernet switch, would just drop frames, if destination mac address in a frame arrived on physical...

I have several issues deploying Hyperflex 2.6 fresh installation :   1)when I try to connect to the GUI of the cluster it takes a long time to load and sometimes fail even to load the GUI   2)Failed to upload files to HX-datastores   did anyone face ...

  This is with regards to Cisco MDS 9718 Multilayer Director, what is Grid Redundancy and does the director by default come with power supply units, what is the minimum number of power supply units I can have and how many number of power supply units...

Hi Friends, We want configure the three storage zones, please help me out how to configure and maping threes zones to VM hosts.   device details Model number is DS-C9148-16P-K9Software  BIOS:      version 1.0.18  loader:    version N/A  kickstart: ve...

I have a long distance ISL ( 60 miles) between a couple of 9513s with 32x8GB modules.    The port that is in the Production Data Center often runs out of Tx Buffer Credits. The corresponding port in the DR site does not run out of Rx or TX buffers. E...

I am getting some odd results when zoning currently and was looking for feedback!   So just an example.  Here is a new zone I wanna put in.   zone name ESXUCSD10-VPLEX-E1-B0-FE03 vsan 102 member device-alias ESXUCSD10 member device-alias VPLEX-E1-B0...

Hello,i need to connect MDS 9513 to McData 6140 for migration purposes, plan is to get rid of McData in the near future.  McData is running in open mode 1.0 so i am planning to set VSAN mode to 1. After all systems get migrated to Cisco i would like ...

I am building a BOM for a Cisco MDS 9148S 16G Multilayer Fabric Switch for India.I don't see the cable option specifically for India but for the below mentioned Geo, can I include the power cord for UK and will that work for India ? Please advice..  ...

Not trying to create FUD or anything here, long time Cisco customer,  just thought folks should know. We've had two switches in the last 6 weeks with this issue. One we've had in service since 2008 (and which started having SF errors in March but did...

I have an opportunity to sell an IBM V5030 device, which is required to connect to a Cisco Chasis by means of a 6324 switch integrated into the chasis. The connection is required by means of a cable "40GBASE-CR4 QSFP + to four 10GBASE-CU SFP + direct...

Hi All,   Interesting query, when using FI 6200 UCSM DAS zoning, single initiator to multiple targets in FC switching Mode, is it possible to connect two storage Arrays together through the FI to run a san copy?   in general i would assume the Arrays...

Dear all,   I was reading the Nexus 9000 datasheets && I wonder if the Nexus C9336C-FX2 (N9K-C9336C-FX2) supports FC or FCoE for the storage networking purpose? Here is the link that I read: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/...