Storage Networking

Hi Folks, I am going through a problem with connectivity between our server and NetApp storage. Server is writing data on storage drive. Common connectivity is normal between these but when application team is storing the data on storage disk it tak...

Hi Guys, Until now i used to know one topology - 2 FIs , each one connected to his own N5K . Now, we need to build from scratch an environment with 2 FIs, but only one N5K . I need some help to understand what I need to do . I can't find myself . ne...

Hello Experts, Please help me on this  Can a Service leaf switch be compatible with SAN ?

Hi Guys, my name is Ron , and I'm working at Cisco . We got Nexus 5020 , that someone erased all of the boot files [i think he did "erase boot"] . Now, the Nexus is on "loader>" prompt , and i just can't load any image . 1. I tried to config...

Does anyone know what the Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) version naming convention is? i.e. what does 7.2(3) mean - is 7 a major release, 2 a minor release, and 3 a fixpack?

Hi Team, Below is our setup. - CISCO C240M4 -Qlogic FC HBA 8 GB 2*2 Port -SAN Storage. We have enabled boot from SAN on all the qlogic 4 adapter of CISCO C240M4 Server and assign LUN ID 0 with 100 GB. Everything goes well until the Windows partition ...

Hi there!There is a problem as follows.I have Nexus 5548UP with SAN attached to FC-port and UCS 200 M2 attached by CNA to Ethernet port. FCoE is configured and operational. FC port is 8Gbps, Ethernet is 10G. UCS is discless and boots from the SAN. Sa...

Hi All, I am currently in the process of merging fabrics; The main SAN switch is the MDS9513 with an active zone configuration since 2011, the client has furthermore went ahead and bought a 9148, which currently doesn't have any zone config. I hav...

Following an upgrade of DCNM-SAN to version 7.2(1) when I try to login to the DCNM I get a dialog box with the following error: ERROR Data Center Network Manager 0 SAN 7.2(1)Unable to connect to DCNM-SAN server.The fabric may be loading or discoverin...

Hi, I have Nexus 3524x. Can I use this as SAN switch to connect my NetApp storage controller? Regards, Ashish.

There is one N5K-C5596 within N55-M16UP       2 x N55-8P-SSK9 licenses because  needed 16 port (combination of FC/FCOE). Request to  you guys help how to add the license so that to be able to use 16 port as fc/fcoe.  As already paid for 2 x 8 port li...

We have 2 Cisco 9396 FC switches. We want to create one fabric across both switches and have the ability to zones across both switches.  What steps would we follow to accomplish this?