Storage Networking

Learn about the technical capabilities and best practices of implementing small SANs. You will also learn how to grow your SAN transparently. Different use cases, including designing small fabric, core-edge design, and migrating from 8G to 16G, are a...

Hi we have recently bought a UCSC server (C220-M3L), the server was delivered with UCSC-BBLKD-L HDD Blanking Panels which clearly aren't ment to mount 3.5" disk in. So my question is what do I need to be able to mount a 3.5" SAAS Disk?

can we schedule backup of cisco san switch 9148 through windows backup utility.

Hi,how to verify which direction of the traffic is flow when the design is SAN-A  and SAN-B in place with Cisco 5548UP, this to help if we need toshift the direction for any maintainance windows with minumum outage. Mohamed.

Hello AllWhat can be the max difference in cable lengths that we can have between the ISLs in a port-channel between MDS switches? Do we have any documentation?ThanksChetan

 Dear Experts,        We have SAN at our Primary data Center Site and Secondary data Center site (long distance approx. 1500 km). For San-2-San replication we are planning to own dedicated point-to-point connectivity from service provide as it is rec...

A customer recently asked an interesting question about exchange based load balancing on an FC port channel. The platform is UCS with an 8 and 16 port channel per fabric interconnect on two separate UCS domains. The application is Oracles data war...

Hi Cisco ,We have 2 MDS 9148 switches running on NX-OS 5.0(1a). These switches are connected to EMC VNX 5300 currently running on 05.31 version.We are planning to upgrade both Switches and VNX. So my query to you guys is, I am thinking to upgrade Swi...

Hi,4 MDS 9124 switches rebooting with the same strange behavior. The problem occurs if we have instability (e.g. spanning-tree calculation problems) on the LAN where the management interfaces are connected.ciscomds11# show versionCisco Nexus Operatin...

HiCan we use a 16 gb gbic with an 8 gb FC card?Regards.