02-16-2013 10:51 AM - edited 03-01-2019 10:52 AM
Hi,
I would like to know about Cisco Twinax Cables Compatibiltiy with EMC VNX/VNXe series storage - for connectivity between UCS Fabric Interconnect and EMC VNX/VNXe.
Are the following Cisco Twinax Cables compatible with EMC's VNX and VNXe serie platforms:
Kindly advice. Thanks.
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02-17-2013 12:08 PM
From what I've seen on the EMC forums, the active cables are supported, passive ones are not.
02-17-2013 04:11 PM
This discussion <https://community.emc.com/message/642136> points to this whitepaper <http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/white-papers/h8217-introduction-vnx-wp.pdf>.
02-18-2013 01:58 AM
Hi Michael,
yes. I'm using 5108 Chassis, and using two UCS-B200 M3. connected to UCS-FI6248 using 2 copper cable (10Gb).
and the VNX5300 connected using 2 copper cable (10Gb) and 2 FC (8Gb) cable to FI6248.
Hope thats helped.
Thanks,
Pieter
02-17-2013 12:08 PM
From what I've seen on the EMC forums, the active cables are supported, passive ones are not.
02-17-2013 03:48 PM
Thank you Brian. Kindly paste the links to these EMC forums. Thanks.
02-17-2013 04:11 PM
This discussion <https://community.emc.com/message/642136> points to this whitepaper <http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/white-papers/h8217-introduction-vnx-wp.pdf>.
02-17-2013 04:47 PM
Brian,
This was very helpful. Thank you very much.
02-17-2013 09:40 PM
Hi,
I'd like to confirm you, that passive assembly is supported. Haven't tried the actives one yet.
I'm using UCS-B200 M3, and EMC VNX 5300.
the EMC VNX5300 (Block Level) connected using 2 type of media. Copper (SFP-H10GB-CU5M= 5-m 10G SFP+ Twinax cable assembly, passive) and Fiber Channel 8 GB directly info Fabric Interconnect 6248 ports.
For old server the connection is via iSCSI 10GB Copper. and for UCS-B200 M3 is via FC 8GB.
All my configuration is running well.
Hope thats helped.
Thanks,
Pieter
02-18-2013 12:27 AM
Hi Pieter,
I believe that by mentioning UCS-B200 M3 you mean that the blade server UCS-B200 M3 is inside a Cisco UCS 5100 Blade Chassis and hence you are connecting a Cisco UCS 6100/6200 Fabric Interconnect to the EMC VNX 5300. Is that so? Kindly confirm. Thanks.
02-18-2013 01:58 AM
Hi Michael,
yes. I'm using 5108 Chassis, and using two UCS-B200 M3. connected to UCS-FI6248 using 2 copper cable (10Gb).
and the VNX5300 connected using 2 copper cable (10Gb) and 2 FC (8Gb) cable to FI6248.
Hope thats helped.
Thanks,
Pieter
02-18-2013 02:05 AM
Hi Pieter,
This has helped. Thank you very much.
Thanks,
Michael Kimani Gitonga.
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