MDS 9148 Redundancy

[opnineopnine]

Hi all,

I have 3 9148, and I'm with the doubt about how I can connect them to have Redundancy.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

[dynamoxxx]

in fiber channe world you have concepts of "fabrics",  Fabric A and Fabric B. They should be independent of each other.  This is a good document to review

https://supportforums.cisco.com/document/12125891/large-san-design-best-practices-using-mds-director-class-switchespdf

[opnineopnine]

Hello dynamoxxx

Thanks for the .pdf but I was readinb about "multipath"  can I use this as redundancy?

thanks.!

[dynamoxxx]

are you referring to host based multipathing ? Where you present a LUN/Volume from a storage array via multiple ports/HBAs and use multipathing software to aggregrate those individual paths into one multipath device ?

[opnineopnine]

Im new with all this part, I know we are connecting to multiple ports/HBA.

thanks. 

[dynamoxxx]

you need to review both SAN design best practices as well as your storage vendor host connectivity best practices.

[opnineopnine]

ok but how can I configure multipath in a 9100 mds?

thanks

[dynamoxxx]

you don't configure multipathing on MDS swithes. You should download Cisco MDS documentation/admin guides, best practices guides.