Storage Networking

I understand how to create and add ports to a vsan.  I am having issues finding out how to enable a vsan.  I guess my question is do I enable the zoneset on muyltiple vsans?  If I had zoneset 100 and 300 would I do the following, if not, how do I get...

So - I'm using Nexus 5548's and 5596's as independent fabric A/B FCoE SAN switches.  We currently have ~1400 zones on each fabric, and have used single initiator/single target zoning. We have a new storage vendor that is recommending that we use sing...

Currently we have storage servers supporting iSCSI connected to Nexus 5020 switch Eth 1/x interface(10G interface). It is currently working in 10G / Full duplex mode Want to replace 5020 switch with 5672 UP switch. So have a question if 5672 UP has ...

We are installing a new NETAPP appliance that will be used for iSCSI and connected into some 9372 Nexus switches. The contractor says that the NETAPP will not be connected by a VPC but by two seperate links connecting to the two 9372 switches that ...

Hi, I have to upgrade 6 x 9396S with the port-side intake air flow. These switches are in production and i can't do a power off. I received the bi directional PSU and the Fan tray port-side intake. Now i have to replace the port-side exhaust PSU and ...

Hello Cisco-Team, i have a customer with a cisco MDS 9710 (10 Slot) Chassis ("Supervisor Module-3")     kickstart: version 6.2(13a)   system:    version 6.2(13a)   So it seems that you hit bug CSCuu43837. At least for the 9710 in a Hitachi TrueCopy a...

Hi, I am getting authentication failures in the DCNM webinterface after upgrade from version 7.2(3) to version 10.1.1 (Windows distribution). I checked postgres access using pgadminIII and it is ok. There isn't a pwreset.bat file to reset admin accou...

When disabling and enabling FSPF on a VSAN (to take settings back to the default) is there a certain order of which switch in the fabric to start with? Also, is there any risk of an interruption when changing back to default?, i.e., when you set FSPF...

  Consider this as three test scenarios: Supervisor module failover/failback. Expected: Management access to be available after a few seconds disruption during the switch over)Management port connection failure on active supervisor module. Expected: ...

Hi All, We are trying to move our gear from one room to another in the same building. The old and new room are basically 60 ft apart with 4 strands of fiber in between in order for us to create an ISL connection. What we have is a Cisco 5548UP switch...

I heard that there is no vpc support for nfs appliance and ucs can support static and lacp, is this true? for fcoe, if we activiate feature fport-channel-trunk, does it show a line in interface saying: san-port-channel state: trunking, or there is ot...

Hi All  In Cisco MDS we got link failure and some ports are down and its associated with IBM AIX server. As apart of troubleshooting, we reseated the cables and plugged properly. Note: SFPs are new In syslogs i notified link failures and the port is ...