Storage Networking

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 There are other PC created and all ISL links have been replaced by one PC link in the topology diagram.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...

We have a VSAN that span across two sites and we want to split it so we keep the original VSAN (44) in site one but in site two create a new VSAN (88) and make the members of the old VAN members of the new. We use Basic Zones. I see the steps as foll...

Hi,I am trying to configure FCoE between UCS (End host mode) and a Nexus switch. I think I have them configured correctly, however if I do a 'show interface vfc997' on the fabric interconnect, it displays this:vfc997 is trunking (Not all VSANs UP on ...

There are some limitations regarding QoS on the Nexus Fabric Extenders. One big limitation is that they currently cannot mark packets or qos-groups using ACL's or DSCP. As far as I know, on FEX ports you can only mark ALL packets w/ a COS value or tr...

I am trying to understand the best practice for flowcontrol in a NetApp environment. I have a NetApp filer connected to a Catalyst 6509 (WS-X6716-10GE).  NetApp provides the following direction for flowcontrol:"For modern network equipment, especiall...

I have 2 brand new 9506's. Each one has (2) DS-X9232 (32-Port, 8GB) cards in them. In Device manager the cards show up as"Unsupported Cards". The Show Module command produces thisMDS9506-SW1# sh moduleMod  Ports  Module-Type                      Mode...

Hi all,I would like to know the best way to configure the next properties (bolded and underlined):show zone status:                              VSAN: 1 default-zone: deny distribute: active only Interop: default                                  mode...

hi I have HP C7000 enclosure , with  MDS 8/12c Fabric switch. the enclosure is in production and connected directly to HP and IBM storage. I have new 24 port Brocade switch. , what is the best solution for connecting to the new Brocade switch with mi...

Hi all,in one of our MDS 9124, a port status appears as "notConnected" and the rest are "up" or "sfpAbsent". We have been making some troubleshooting in order to get that port up and running but it has been impossible. We don't know the reason why it...

Hi there                   Im pretty fresh into Cisco from Brocade and coming from a place where I know what recomended support code levels are off the top of my head, to one where i dont.. So I thought I would ask what is probably a simple question,...

Hello Everyone,I am working with a brand new pair of 5k's and I was following a configuration guide that said to enter the slot command and provision.  I attempt to enter the model of the module that is installed in the unit but I get the error below...