Hello to the community, I'm working on a SAN built by scratch using MDS switches and I need to integrate some brocade switches installed on bladecenters.At first I decided to built two vsan, one for the "Cisco-only" vsan and one for the interoperable...
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We're using MDS9513 with NX-OS 5.0(8) with server in VSAN 223 and storage in VSAN 227. There is no way to put them in the same VSAN, so IVR must be put in place.
switchA# sh ivr zone n ServerA_CX4-960_2 a
zone name ServerA_CX4-960_2
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Recently updated MDS9148 FW to 5.2.8d and also installed new DCNM 6.2.3. 9148 is working fine with all fcaliases and zones active. The problem is fclias is not coming up in DCNM. DCNM can see the active zoneset which can be edited and activated but a...
Hi, Can someone explain the difference between N77-FCOE-xxx and N77-SAN license. Both seems to support FCoE ?When do we deed the module based license and when do we need the feature based license, or do we need both?As I also understood, The N77-FCOE...
Hello Team,a customer is evaluating UCS attached to a Brocade DCX SAN Fabric via multiple FC Uplinks. As recommended FI is in NPV mode and DCX is in NPIV mode. FI uplinks are configured with common VSAN loadbalancing the servers via round robbin on t...
We are planning on replacing two old cisco switches to MDS 9xxx switches. I am not so sure on what model of CISCO switch we currently have. I am seeking for the help on procedures to safely replace them both, keep all configurations, and meanwhile as...
I set up my SSH key in the Cisco MDS, and now I'm trying to copy a file with SCP from a Linux server to a Cisco MDS switch with version 2.1. But also received the following error:$ scp user @ test IP-SWITCH: // testMDS Switchstdin: is not a ttyCmd pa...
Hi,I am trying to boot UCS B200 M3 server from SAN.I am using FCoE uplinks from the FI (6248) to Nexus 5K (5548P). the 5K is connected to an MDS switch with FC ports and the storage is attached to the same MDS switch.(the topology is UCS->N5K->MDS->s...
according to attached scenario i think FCOE NPV beside FC NPV should be enabledso which of the following licenses should be applied on FabricInterconnect device which is in NPV mode?FC_FEATURES_PKG or FCOE_NPV_PKGThanks
on attached scenario the FI is NPV enabled to be able to pass flogi to upstream core brocade san switchesthe question is does enabling npv affects negatively FI's functionality on Ethernet processing ? later 2* C3750 switch will add to the scenario w...
Hello, I have a question about the possibiliy that I have to get FC Statistics from a hour-range (by example: each 24 hours) from a Nexus 5548UP with firmware version: n5000-uk9.7.0.5.N1.1 Thanks for your help.
Hi All,I'm looking to upgrade our Nexus 5548 switches. I can upgrade IOS Routers / Switches no problem but never done a Nexus before.Currently looks to be running the following - kickstart image file is: bootflash:///n5000-uk9-kickstart.5.1.3.N2.1.b...
