Storage Networking

I am facing difficulty to understand below configuration. Any one can help me to understand this configuration on Nexus 5K. What is swwn? How it is helping to reduce configuration related to Zone.fcalias name FABI-B-P31 vsan 3001    member interface ...

Hello, does anyone know what port configuration needs to be configured on a Nexus switch that is connected to say Brocade switch or any other vendor that supports FCoE. I have created VLAN to VSAN mapping, i assume next step is to create a vfc device...

We are trying to migrate an application away from a single controller to a FAS3210HA we have had in place for a year.  This will help alleviate two SPOF's, (1) single controller and (2) adding another FC SAN Switch.  Also we will get away from the mi...

Hi Experts,I have a problem when add a new ISL to an existing Port Channel config. The ISL port is up state and correctly configured like another ports in port channel.Looks bellow the error:MDS1300M6A# show port-channel summary----------------------...

Hi,    If I am trying to configure VSAN load-balancing for an FCOE trunk. Besides, configuring the load-balance method under the VSAN database do I need to also configure the load-balance method globally on the switch for the port-channel load-balanc...

Hello, We have two 5548UP with 6.0.2-N2 with N2k in FEX, single homed, and FCoE, and we´ve been facing performance issues.I´ve configured the network-qos policy to permit 2158 MTU for the FCoE, and 1500 MTU for default traffic. On the statistics of a...

HiI have DCNM 6.2.1.0. I am logging to DCNM and when I try to open one of the fabrics, I get an error:No Fabric Manager license available for Fabric_XXXXX (where XXXX is the fabric name).Multiple connected users require a fabric license.Use Web Clien...

We have a few MDS 9250i switches, ready to replace a couple of 9222i switches and because of long distance links and the distance between the data centers, we would like to use extended buffer credits. The 9250i switches should be able to supply thes...

How many management IP's Required to Setup a new Cisco MDS 9710 Director class switch?

Hi,I'm looking for some informations regarding MDS-9148 and syslog.  I need for some security needs, to send the events of a cisco MDS-9148 into a syslog server.I did the following commands:config tlogging server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxxlogging commit --> Whe...

Hello,Can anyone confirm if FM_SERVER_PKG is still required on MDS 9700 and DCNM? I included DCNM SAN licencse for managing MDS with DCNM, and I think Fabric Performance feature is included in that license, but I need confirmation.Regards,Krzysztof

Does the Nexus 6001 support native FC?  I'm having issues changing the port type; show verCisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) SoftwareTAC support: http://www.cisco.com/tacDocuments: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9372/tsd_products_support_ser...