Storage Networking

First of all, I'll admit that I'm a novice when it comes to the MDS.  I've inherited a pair of 9148s at my new job and needed to make some zoning changes to present a new storage array to some of our VMWare hosts in preparation to move their datastor...

Trying to setup a switch with 25 Gb components for the first time.  We are using a Qlogic QL45212H for Host HBA.  When I plug the SFP-H25G-CU2M into both the 93180YC-EX (NXOS: version 7.0(3)I4(3)) and the Windows 2016 host , the switch recognizes the...

Hi,  I'm in the process of transitioning from a Cisco 9124 fiber channel SAN environment to 10G iSCSI.  I currently have a Nexus 7009 and a Nexus 9396PX in my datacenter and the same in my DR site (1500 feet away) with single mode fiber between the t...

I'm preparing for a code upgrade to nx-os 6.2. On one switch I got disconnected while running a "show install all impact". The disconnect was a network problem, now that's fixed I try to run it again  show install all impact kickstart bootflash:m9500...

Hi,  I have created two vfc binded to the specified interfaces and I includeded them to the vsan database. Now, when I am using the command sh flogi database interfavce vfc X the output that I am getting back is No flogi sessions found Any ideas? ...

HI, Im not good at configuring N5k, i have configured one before. that worked fine. but right now im facing little problem. I have configured the n5k  Dell complent stroage(FC) and Dell Power edge R730 (CNA card[FCOE]) i have found that using showing...

We recently upgraded several UCS C220 rackmount servers with QLogic (Brocade) 1860-2 HBA\CNA. As part of our prep we downloaded the latest drivers from the QLogic website and installed them onto the C220's. Of the 9 servers only one recognized the HB...

Hello, I encountered service disruption during a non-disruptive upgrade from NX-OS 5.2 to 6.2 on multiple MDS 9148. Looking at the logs on our storage bay, it looks they received RSCN and performed a service registration. As not all switches in the ...

When I run "show logging onboard starttime xx/yy/zz-aa:bb:cc, it get tons of the following:  Wed Oct 19 15:55:44 2016 (885360 us)statcl_free_data_container: data_container_alloc = 1, If already zero dont decrement it Pages and pages of these.. I as...

A customer recently added some new IVR zones using some older, unused VSANs. After activation of the zonesets, only VSANs between one set of switches are connected, and an existing IVR zone in between a different set of VSANs no longer works. Knowing...

can I run fcip between 2 , mds9500  series switches that have different os levels, in particular 5.2 and 6.2 ?

Hello every one. One of my customers wants that two of their 9509 been upgraded. I am new working with this MDS and I am little concern about the MDS version I should recommend and use for this purpose. Actually the 9509 MDS have:   kickstart image ...