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lpphiggp · 04-05-2017

Our install of DCNM (just for SAN management, and unlicensed since our SAN is comparatively small) currently resides on a vm, whose volume is supplied from a datastore ultimately supplied by the SAN itself. It occurred to me that if something went re...

lpphiggp · 06-29-2016

Sooo.. what's the point of device aliases again? After creating a few zones, I noticed in my VNX that it doesn't enumerate the ports the way I thought it would. Port 0 of slot 2 in SPA shows as "A-4", whereas I had made a domain alias called "A2P0...

lpphiggp · 06-08-2016

Moving to Cisco for our SAN for the first time (used Brocade and McData before that); I can clearly see a benefit of device aliases vs. fc aliases, but I'm not sure if I should enable Enhanced aliases or just leave them as Basic. We have just only t...

lpphiggp · 06-20-2017

Ah, I see... that makes sense. Thanks for your help! I don't really have anyone good with databases around here that would have the time to sync them up, though that's an interesting idea. If you get a chance to test your setup with the 2nd DCNM, I'...

lpphiggp · 06-20-2017

Thanks, Grant, that's more along the lines of what I needed to know.I figured two different servers would have their own database each, but then, don't they just pull their information from the switches anyway? I only have a pair of MS9148s, nothing...

lpphiggp · 04-07-2017

Thanks Manish, but I'm not asking about redundant supervisors or switches, just whether I can install DCNM on two different servers, in case one server crashes.

lpphiggp · 08-26-2016

Sorry! I meant "Device alias". Guess I had domain on my mind. I think it created an issue because I had zoned it by device alias, not pwwn, so in retrospect, it makes sense that renaming the device alias caused the zone to break. I got it all squar...

lpphiggp · 06-29-2016

All I did was create device aliases for my pWWNs, in DCNM SAN client. I then zoned by device alias. Later, I thought better of the alias I'd given my storage ports, so I changed them a little. Afterward, the zones, however, were still using the or...

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Two installs of DCNM for SAN (for having a backup) possible?

Domain aliases renaming

Any caveats of Enhanced Device Aliases in a simple fabric?

Ah, I see... that makes sense

Thanks, Grant, that's more

Thanks Manish, but I'm not

Sorry! I meant "Device alias

All I did was create device