Hi   I am trying to check VNXe 3200 Connectivity with SFP+ ( Cisco UCS 6249 - UCS 6248 Switches )   will the 10 GB iscsi fiber / Copper connect directly to the UCS 6248 and what is the type of Cables ?   will SFP and SFP+ connect to each other or that will cause some issues?   i tried to search the EMC side but getting difficulty to get the Document showing the Comparability but expecting soon so wanted to check from Cisco side   I know this is the Guide to refer to   http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/servers-unified-computing/ucs-6200-series-fabric-interconnects/data_sheet_c78-675245.pdf   but please help me finding answers   Thanks ... View more

Hi Both N1k and the Secondary showing Primary with no Stand by ! what to do ? ... View more

Hi If we got Nexus 1000V from VMWARE , can we add the N1K to our CCO ( Cisco Account ) to have direct support from Cisco as sometimes it take some more time to get answer from VMWARE -> Cisco Thanks ... View more

Hello Guys I have some questions about the Nexus 1000 and the Configuration for ESXi 5.1 First : I have configured the ethernet ports this way N1K(config)# feature private-vlan N1K(config)# port-profile type eth my-uplink N1K(config-port-prof)# switch mode private-vlan trunk promiscuous N1K(config-port-prof)# swi priv trunk allow vlan 100 N1K(config-port-prof)# vmware port-group N1K(config-port-prof)# no shut N1K(config-port-prof)# channel auto mode on mac-pinning N1K(config-port-prof)# state enabled and we choose three NIC ports to be of that Ethernet Channel Port but yesterday noticed that one port was down and when removed the vlan was working again ! they should be all active so went to check , right Click the Nexus but edit settings is grayed out tried another user with all the Privillages but also grayed ! how  to check graphically ? and how to check from command line if all are  stand by or active ? ( I forgot that Command ) Why is that option there if we cant use ? Thanks ... View more

Hello I have many questions to help with as I have Nexus 1000V on an ESXi2 and was trying to add ESXi1 to all ports were showing down so after checking configuration on ESXi's , they both show the old ip of Nexus while i set a new ip in different range but with no luck , unable to make Connection operational and ports of ESXi1 when trying to add showing as administrativly blocked even they are not blocked from physical side 1) Is there a way to change that IP manually on ESXi itself ? what about the Gateway ? 2) I was trying to check removinf VEM and reinstalling the vib file but settings are back even after running swap scipt ! I dont know why !! I install successfully but fail to add and migrate ports because old configuration is still showing what is the correct way to totally remove the vem and its related configuration ? ( please include a detailed procedure ) 3)Can I have 2 IPs for management in same range ( one on Standard Switch and Second on the Nexus ) and communicate with other Standard Switch for other ESXi with same range ( and VLAN ) ? 4) how to use VUM to sync configuration or deployment of VEM ? 5) Wht does it mean if on Graphical you see wrong version for VSM ? what is that related to ? plugin ? how to repair that ? appreciate your help in advance Thanks ... View more

Hello Fabric Manager Server was working until  someguy by mistake powered on physical and virtual devices which are  for the fabric server we turned off the physical as we are planning to use the virtual serverrunning the fabric manager now running Fabric Manager when choosing Localhost gets the following error root cause : failed to connect to server localhost:9099 please verify that FMS is installed and Running even we can ping localhost if using ip or name of server when trying to login it tells log in IP and server name but doesnt login What to do ? ... View more