We have NetApp FCoE storage directly attached to our Fabric Interconnects which is the Cisco recommended method at least for smaller implementations based on port density. This reduces latency and reduces complexity as you don't need to perform zonin...
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We got a pair of MDS 9132T's to replace Brocade switches.I added net-new connections between my UCS FI's and the MDS. The interfaces on the FI are set up exactly like the existing ones going to the Brocade - same VSANs and everything. They look good ...
I'm new to Cisco MDS. We had Brocade switches before.I'm struggling to get the NPIV ports on the UCS FI's to show the vHBA WWPN's of the blades even though it all looks good in the config. In my efforts to get that working, I ran a "reload" to reboot...
Could not find DS-X9648-1536K9 in CCW, neither in End-of-Life bulletins. Does anybody know wheter this module is still available? Thanks in advance, -- Celso
Hello Team,I am migrating from MDS 9148S to MDS 9148T, I have included a part of Zoneset output below and I can see a unique fcid though, but same WWPN is listed under each zone, please can you explain the logic here.This output is from MDS9148S, I a...
We met a strange on my mds cisco switch . After make connect to interface from my device according to follow pic it is showing twice for fc1/23 . Why happened this issue ?
Resolved! Disabling weak ssh encryption on MDS
My InfoSec team is complaining that my MDS9250i's with version 8.4(2c) are allowing weak encryption standards.My research seems to indicate the standard command to fix this is 'ip ssh ...' in config mode, but this command does not exist on my switch:...
I can see Active Zoneset with the command show zone status vsan or show zoneset active, the hosts are connected and there is FLOGI, but when I run the command “show zone alaysis vsan” I do not see any Zonesets listed, can I ignore, should I create a ...
Hi, I am looking to install N55-8P-SSK9= license on my N5K-C5548UP switch to enable 8 ports for storage. Can I add one more license to my same switch to enable 8 more ports for storage that is 16 ports in total?
MDS9396S was migrated to MDS9396T successfully, the zonesets are detected under Show zone status, but not under Show zone analaysys. copy zone or zone import commands are no more available, please advise.
When I create or delete aliases I get following error when committing:"Zone Server is currently busy handling other requests. Please retry the command after some time" I get a lock which I can release and try again with same error.
Hello,We have a debate between our teams, we need to know which team is the more apprioriate for managing MDS/SAN FC switch configuration, zoning etc..Network team ?Server team ? (that is also managing storage).Currently we have only few people (2) i...
When I set a unique Domian ID on the new switch, create an ISL between the old and the new, why isn't the complete configuration such as zonesets, zone and fcalias copy over from old to new san switch? why do I have to manually create Fcalias/zones ...
Resolved! Enhanced Zone merge in MDS9396T
I am migrating from 9396S to 9396T through ISL based migration, 9396S (OLD SWITCH) has Enhanced zone set with valid zones,Question is, I shall set Enhanced zone on 9396T, but the warning below is confusing, if I continue, doesn't the empty zoneset ge...
I have a topology that will look like: san1 - switch1 - switch2 - san2. The SANs are HPE Alletra using FC. The Alletra requires its san to san replication ports (RCFC) to use a different zone from its host to SAN ports. That seems straightforward. ...
