Storage Networking

       we have five swithes in the fabric ,how to setup  NTP servers in the cisco MDS switches.

ModelReleaseDS-C95093.3(3)DS-C91243.3(3)DS-C91403.3(3)DS-C91403.3(3)DS-C91403.3(3)DS-C91403.3(3)Currently we have are having different time in five switches in fabric,We have NTP configured on all the switches and the NTP servers are reachable.Still ...

HelloWe want to change IP on some of the DS-C9513 in each fabric.Do the IP change on mgmt 0 have any impact on a FC only fabric, example FSPF recalculation?Most connted host is thru NPV device ( n5k, Blade servers)The fabric is running 5.2(6a).Regard...

                   Dear sir/ma,i want to design a SAN network and am planing to use this cisco SAN switch(DS-C9148D-8G16P-K9)..which transceivers is most appropriate to use with this SAN switch?DS-SFP-FC8G-SW= or DS-SFP-FC4G-SW=?brkuku

Has anyone seen any issues with using the output redirection character with newer NXOS versions?Am receiving "Error 0x40870004 while copying."Simply copying a file from bootflash to tftp is ok.This occurs for both 3CDaemon and Tftpd32 softwares.Have ...

We are having problems with devices logging out of our fabric. Everything points to a cabling problem, but this is happening to multiple devices across multiple fabrics. The only two things that all the fabrics have in common are:1. The fabric's are ...

I had a quick question about connecting a 5548 to a blade chasis.  Right now we have the Nexus connected and are presenting storage to the servers over the 10GB links using NFS and we're not seeing any issues.  We're considering adding some FC storag...

Hi Everyone, Can anyone explain me what is the meaning of green X on the SAN Device manager port 5? Please see details below image and cli command. I am not sure if the port is faulty or just wrong information by device manager. SANCORE-1B# sh int f...

Greetings.We have an existing MDS 9124 fabric to which I need to add a brocade switch. I understand the solution to this is to change the vsan to interop mode 3, however I am concerned about doing this on a production vsan. Will changing the interop ...

I have two MDS switches in 1 fabric. My Tape Drive is in VSAN 112 in sw1 and my host is in VSAN 1002 in sw2. I have shanged the VSAN ID of 112 on that port of Tape Drive to VSAN ID 1002. But still I cannot see tape drive in sw2 or the database is not...

I'm implementing some testing solution.I need to comunicate via SNMP with CISCO MDS 9148 FC switchI need to:Read interfaces statusSet interface downSet interface upThe question is what MIBs do I need to be able to do mentioned over? I'm using Python ...

Hi All,I am trying to implement smart zoning in a lab environment before considering it for our production environment.Switch platform (for the time being) is MDS 9124. Running code for lab is 5.2(8b).It seems that documentation on SZ is pretty parse...

I'm trying to understand what the best practice is in connecting multiple links to the Storage VDC.  What is recommended, connecting multiple links to the same line card or splitting it up between two line cards?  Also not clear if you have to licens...