Storage Networking

Resolved! Interconnecting MDS-9124 and MDS-9148

I have two older MDS-9124s that we are replacing with MDS-9148 as part of an overall SAN upgrade. It is possible to simply interconnect one 9124 with one 9148 and basically make a stack as the first step to replacing the 9124? I am thining this would...

Resolved! how to identify that a host is connected to which particular edge switch

Hello GuysCan anybody explain how to identify that a host is connected to which particular edge switch and port in a Cisco SAN Fabric ??

NDMP Support on MDS 9148

Can someone provide data about the performance and/or support of NDMP traffic on the MDS 9148 switches. Are there limitations, etc?

Cannot configure SAN parameters in MDS 9000 after AAA authorization

After logging into a cisco MDS 9509 (Version 5.2(1)) using ACS authentication. I cannot configure changes in the SAN but am able to make changes to the non SAN related parameters of the MDS i.e. hostnames usernames etc.Disabling AAA and using local a...

JBOD support on UCS?

Is there any supported JBOD support for UCS? I would like to use XFS as the File System with JBOD using SwiftStack for storage file level, & Ubuntu LandScape.thanks

Resolved! Unable to boot from SAN, despite ESX 55u2 is installed on a LUN0 properly

Hello thereI configured the UCS server profile to boot from SAN, creating an hba with a WWN and LUN ID = 0when I install operating system booting the blade from a virtual cd of VMware 5.5u2, it found as disk the LUN0, the installation complete proper...

MDS 9506 Multilayer Director error at boot: Memory address bus failed at address 0x8, Please RESET the board

Hi all, We have a MDS 9506 Multilayer Director with an error at boot on the console: ERROR: Memory address bus failed at address 0x8Please RESET the board I have pulled all other cards and tried each of the controller cards, both exhibit the same err...

Resolved! NPV feature needed?

Hello everybody,here we have a director switch (MDS-9513) with NPIV and fport-channel-trunk features enabled.We had following chain: 9513 -> 9124e (module from HP blade enclosure) -> VC FlexFabric (another HP blade enclosure).MDS9124e also has got NP...

Resolved! NEXUS 5548UP LAYOUT - Shared flogi between nexus

Hello,I have 4 Nexus 5548UP, and I need to do they share information of FLOGI among the switches N5K1 and N5K3.Today i can do this, the way shown above.But I would like to have another link redundancy between switches N5K1 and N5K3.I already tried a...

ISSU upgrade fails cisco nexus 7018 switch

Hi Experts , We are trying to upgrade our nexus switch from 5.2(4) to 6.2(2a) through upgrade procedure. While installing the image we are getting the below error ,Notifying services about system upgrade.Show tech brief will take 4-6 minutes to com...

How to check MDS switch TCAM utilization?

I have convert traditional zones to smart zone. Wanted to see the TCAM utilization after smart zone conversion?Thanks,Nadeem

C220M3+P81E+N5K+Storage - SAN boot problem

Hi All, My customer has problem with server doesn't see LUN. He has the following set of equipment:- 1x Nexus 5548- 1 x UCS C220M3 in standalone mode, CIMC firmware is 2.0(3d)-1 x P81E VIC, firmware is 2.2(3a) (tested with 1225 VIC, had the same pro...

Resolved! Does ucs 6296 have autosensing feature for FC ports?

Hi, everyoneI was wondering, does UCS 6200 series fabric interconnect have autosensing /auto negotiation feature for Fiber Channel ports? I have ucs 6296 with 8Gb FC sfp ports and storage that has 4Gb FC ports. I'am consering that my storage won't co...

Problem on FCOE in our enviroment

Hi all,from the beginning of the implementation in our datacentre, we have many problems and deterioration on our FCOE infrastructure.We made many troubleshooting, we check the configuration at least 100 times in Cisco Nexus 4k, Cisco Nexus 5k, MDS ....

Resolved! Properly setting up my Storage Area Network: (Zoning & VSANs)

Guys, I need some help figuring out the best way to properly set up our FC Storage Area Network. We are about to order 2 MDS 9148s, 2 EMC VNX 5200s, and we have 5 dell blade servers. I just want to make sure that I am setting up my VSANs and Zoning p...

Storage Networking

Forum Posts

Resolved! Interconnecting MDS-9124 and MDS-9148

Resolved! how to identify that a host is connected to which particular edge switch

NDMP Support on MDS 9148

Cannot configure SAN parameters in MDS 9000 after AAA authorization

JBOD support on UCS?

Resolved! Unable to boot from SAN, despite ESX 55u2 is installed on a LUN0 properly

MDS 9506 Multilayer Director error at boot: Memory address bus failed at address 0x8, Please RESET the board

Resolved! NPV feature needed?

Resolved! NEXUS 5548UP LAYOUT - Shared flogi between nexus

ISSU upgrade fails cisco nexus 7018 switch

How to check MDS switch TCAM utilization?

C220M3+P81E+N5K+Storage - SAN boot problem

Resolved! Does ucs 6296 have autosensing feature for FC ports?

Problem on FCOE in our enviroment

Resolved! Properly setting up my Storage Area Network: (Zoning & VSANs)

Congratulations to the Event Top Contributors Class of 2024!

Cisco + Splunk: It's a new day for your data.

A new chapter of the Spotlight Award begins!

Join us in Celebrating the New Year and the Nov.-Jan. Winners!

Announcing Resources That Guide You to Success

Cisco Nexus 9K Priority flow control don't work

Real-time traffic tracking in FCIP(MDS9222i)

Default VSAN 1 suspension

SAN Fabric Controller bootflash space issue

SAN switching issues

Issues upgrading 9250i from 8.1(1b) to 8.4(2f)

Zone problem between storage and blade

fcoe-npv vs. fcoe

FCoE over VXLAN

N9K and Fibre Channel support