MDS 9134

[michailm33]

Hi I'm completely new to CISCO, so new i still have my MDS switches in the box.

We have purchased 2 MDS 9134, with the 10Gb Link cable (Copper Emulex) and full licenses.

My quesion is, can i link say port 1 on switch1 with port 1 on switch2 to get better throughput 2 x 4gb = 8gb, something little a trunk or etherchannel in the Ethernet world?

[Vu Phan]

Hello,

Yes, you can use the concept of port-channel to bundle the ports on MDS9134

Pre-requisite

connect MDS1 fc1/1 to MDS2fc1/1

connect MDS2 fc1/2 to MDS2fc1/2

Ex:

MDS1

conf t

interface fc1/1

switchport mode E

switchport speed 4000

channel-group 1 force

interface fc1/2

switchport mode E

switchport speed 4000

channel-group 1 force

MDS2

conf t

interface fc1/1

switchport mode E

switchport speed 4000

channel-group 1 force

interface fc1/2

switchport mode E

switchport speed 4000

channel-group 1 force

Thanks

[dynamoxxx]

what was the reason of buying these switches ?  If this is going going to be used for your SAN fabric than you want to have two separate fabrics: Fabric A and Fabric B, each fabric will consist of one switch. Having two redundant fabrics eliminates single point of failure as far as SAN fabric is concerned.