Storage Networking

In our SAN environment, before we make changes to the active zoneset, we make a copy of it in the "Edit local full zone database" screen.Are there any benefits to this?  Or is the better practice, to backup the database to a file in a remote location...

Hi,Is sfp CISCO-AVAGO SFCT-5798PZ-CS3 (it's 1 GE sfp) supported on Storage Node (SSN16) module on Cisco MDS9513 switch Director ?If yes, short wave fc cable connexion or lon wave fc cable connexion ? thanksAbd

One of the network/hba modules died on one of our blade and we had to replace it. Because of this I need to update the PWWN for the FCALIAS. It's been a while but I think it is simple as getting in to the fcalias, adding the new pwwn and removing the...

I am trying to get CPU usage and memory usage in java code for a CISCO fabric switch (MDS 9148).I can see the CPU and memory usage on DCNM (data center network manager) web client so there should be some way to retrieve this detail in code as well.Bu...

I was wondering about how Cisco MDS uses RSCN delayAs such my quesion is :When I configure RSCN delay for 2sec would following events take place or I am mistakenRSCN created by switch and send to all other switches (due to target going OFFLINE)RSCN d...

Hi, I merged a new switch into my fabric earlier today, before carrying out the merge I created a dummy alias and zone and added it to a Zoneset on the switch with the same settings as what I have on the live environment. I carried out a merge analys...

Hi,We recently started using FCoE SANs in our environment. Servers are IBM Server X with the Dual Port 1020 CNA installed. SAN implementation on a Cisco Nexus 7k with an F1-32 port module installed. FCoE is licensed on the module and a storage VDC ha...

Hi Guys, I'm trying to connect a Quantum Scalar i40 Tape Library (with HP Tape Drive) to a MDS-9148.Below are the MDS version information:BAMDSPR01# sh versionSoftware  BIOS:      version 1.0.21  loader:    version N/A  kickstart: version 6.2(7)  sys...

Hi,we have a setup with a nexus 5010 and 2 ucs c200 m2 with p81E CNA. We have configured the nexus with one vsan, 20, and two vfc. Every cna is bound to his own vfc, and we can see the VFC up, but the vsan operational state is down...attached the rel...

I have an MDS9124 that is connected to an MDS 9124e connected into an HP blade chassis.  I notice then when looking at the fc domain status, the 9124e shows as running at priority 2, even though that priority is not configured  in the running config....