Storage Networking

Does anyone know how to create a cisco zoneset that is sorted by zone name by default?  I've been a SAN admin for many years and one thing I've learned is that if I get waken up at 2:00 in the morning on a "can't see my storage issue" the last thing ...

The DEBUG message like this:249) Event:E_DEBUG, length:57, at 777747 usecs after Fri Feb  6 11:13:39 2015    [825307441]  21:00:00:24:ff:50:48:da recvd DU_OFFLINE on vsan 20250) Event:E_DEBUG, length:57, at 391774 usecs after Fri Feb  6 11:09:26 2015...

Good afternoon,I am working on replacing our existing Brocade FC switches with MDS 9148. The MDS switches will connect to a HP C7000 chassis using the Brocade fiber channel interconnects (HP B-series 8/12c SAN Switch BladeSystem c-Class). Today the i...

I have a customer who have Nexus 2K 10Gb connected to NetAPP SAN, but they are only getting 10Mb.  The statistics also shows a lots of CRC error.  Not sure, if there is any need to turn on some additional features on the port or could be a bug on the...

I have a Nexus 5000 uplinked to an MDS 9710.The uplink is a 4-port SAN port-channel, which is not in the production VSAN (10), but in the default VSAN 1 instead.Is this expected/normal behavior & configuration for an E/TE port between two SAN switche...

Hello!  I am planning on enabling a feature on a MDS 9148 and wanted to run the "reload in 10" command first as a safety net.  However I learned that this command only works in ISO O/S not NX-OS O/S.  Is there an equivalent?  Thanks is advance!

 Hi,I am working on an isolated network, please review the attached PDF. I have 2=4500x and two independent DC. with 2 redundant fiber paths as depicted in the PDF.attached to the 4500x are EMC VNX arrays and VM hosts at each DC.(datacenter) Will the...

How much traffic 4Gb port can handle? at which point device manager shows port is 100%? should we consider 400MB/s as a peak or 512 MB/s?