Storage Networking

I am in the process of deploying a UCS platform with two Nexus 5k switches for LAN and SAN connectivity. Behind the 5ks are two old McData 4700 fabric switches which are no longer supported or compatable with anything. I have the last available firmw...

Hello,We wanted to upgrade our Cisco SAN core switch firmware. Currently we are running below firmware version. We wanted to go to latest version NX OS 5.2 (x) but as per the white paper i need to go to 5.0 (X) and after that i need to upgrade it to ...

Hello,We have an old version of 9124 switch which we are using it as edge switch. It rebooted last week and generated an alert saying cold_boot. Any idea why this is happened ?

hi, I have a question.since the system administrators changed the hostnames of the servers after zoning, so we need to update our zones correspondingly.old hostnames new hostnames MWDBWS0274 ------------->dbops01n1MWDBWS0275 ------------->dbops01n2pl...

Hi,Anyone confugured FCoE between Nexus 5596UP and IBM BNT Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module for BladeCenter?I am having challenges discovering the FCoE VLAN using FIP.

Hi, I have an IBM Blade H with 2 Nexus 4000, bladeservers HS23 with Qlogic QMI8142. FCF are two Nexus 5548UP, 6.0(2)N1(1).VSAN VLAN from each NX4k are connected to only one NX5k using trunk with only VSAN and VLAN 1 allowed. (I don't know why, but wi...

Hi,I am planning a Nexus 5k upgrade (5548) and plan to move from our current NX_OS n5000-uk9.5.0.3.N2.1to 5.2.1.N1.3.There is an alternate option of 5.1(3)N2(1c).Is there any reason why I should choose one of these options over another. I have examin...

Hey, anyone know if there is an NPIV flogi limit on MDS? I have an MDS 9124 that is being used for UCS connectivity and we are seeing this n the log2013 Jul  2 13:07:10 MDS-2210-9248-1 %FLOGI-1-MSG_FDISC_REJECT_TOO_MANY_LOGINS: %$VSAN 10%$ [VSAN 10, ...

Hello all, I was hoping someone out there might have seen this error before that I'm seeing on my switch running at 4.2(3).In the show logging log:2013 Jun 27 10:58:43 dldn0804psw %DAEMON-2-SYSTEM_MSG: fatal: Write failed: Connection reset by peer le...

Hi All,Can anybody advise if it is possible to setup an alerting system for monitoring low light levels on individual SFPs connected to the MDS switches. I have seen alerts crop up in the show logging log, but not sure if we can configure the events ...