Storage Networking

Hi, I am a networking guy and i need to understand which configuration do i need to connect 2 UCS 6120 to my Nexus 5000 (2 with VPC),I know that i must activate npiv and fcoe feature, and read about creating vsans and vfc, my first question is does a...

Just a quick question because I could not find this in the Cisco document for MDS 9513.We're replacing module 2's with module 3s.  Since it's Active/Standby, I know I can shut down the Standby module 2 and replace with a module 3.  The questions are:...

Someone is using a Virtual Connect FlexFabric Module and CISCO MDS switches ??It's possible to aggregate (trunking) 2 or more uplinks between the Virtual Connect FlexFabric Module's uplink ports and the  SAN switch MDS 9148?Virtual Connect suports VS...

hi, would there be any advantage to do a port trunk to gain performance increase in speed/io through put?scenario is as follows, I have 2 9506's, two seperate fabrics.one netapp filer that has 8 ports, 4 for tape and 4 for disk luns.would it make sen...

Hi all,Supose I have "9513", connected to it several "Bladecenters" and several "9513" switches.My wish is to discover the attached switches with CLI commands.The additional 9513 I can recognize with "show topology" that gives me the attached (trunk,...

Hello,I had a quick question about the FI's ability for multipathing.As in the pic I've attached. If the the FC switch with the big circle around it, and line through it goes down. What will happen to the VM's on my ESXi hosts do? How will this failo...

Hello All,I'm designing a UCS+Storage FC solution for two sites (Primary and DR) and there's only the N7K+N2K combo. Because the N7K doesn't have FC ports (anything in the roadmap?) and the sites doesn't have SAN switches (only iSCSI storage), I'm tr...

Hi, I have the following scenario.I have a neo oveland 8000 with 12 drives. The first drive acts as a library controller. We just got 2 new 9506 switches and I am wondering can I split the library between the two sans. Now the two SANS we would like ...

I have a Nexus 5548UP switch running version 5.2(1)N1(1b) and a UCS C240 M3S with firmware version 1.4(7b) directly attached via a 10G link (fiber) between the switch port and a UCS VIC P81E in slot 2 of the C240 (Eth 1/32 to port 0 on the P81E).I ha...

1 x PC is showing as thick link and also all ISLs shown beside it. There are other PC created and all ISL links have been replaced by one PC link in the topology diagram. All links are up and working if viewed from CLI. Port channel created between 1...

We are going to do a rip and replace of our 9509 directors to new 9513's.  I am setting up the new environment for the new fiber manager server and the 9513 chassis.  The delivered NX-OS is 5.2.2, I see a 5.2.6(b) out there.  I see a version 6.2 on t...