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Hello, I'm hoping someone out there has had this problem and knows the solution, or can provide some insight as to whether the problem is with the CNA, Host OS, or Nexus. I've not yet posted anything to the Brocade discussion forums about this issue...
I'm trying to connect a pair of Nexus 5532UP's, with vPC, to a Nexus 1000v. I'm running 4.2.1.SV1.4a. When I add the server's physical NICs to the dVS in vCenter, they fail to come up on the VSM and report link down (NoPortProfile). If I take "chan...
My 5548UP won't recognize my DS-SFP-FC4G-SW transceivers. The Storage license is installed and the `feature fcoe` is enabled. The transceiver LED stays amber, `show interface` says the transceiver is of type "Unknown", and `interface fc x/y` does n...
Here's an example scenario:1 vSphere ESX cluster containing 30 ESX hosts.1 HA-pair of Nexus 1000v VSM.1 VEM installed on each of the 30 ESX hosts.600 Virtual Machines distributed throughout the ESX cluster.300 active VLANsAccording to the Cisco Nexus...
Brocade has a 36 month warranty on hardware/software for CNAs, which includes 24/7 phone & email support and lifetime access to software updates.http://www.brocade.com/services-support/warranties/index.page
My client opened the ticket with Brocade and I haven't heard any news regarding that ticket. As far as I know, they have not resovled it. I suggest you open a ticket with Brocade as well, if you haven't already. It may help Brocade if you can run ...
As mentioned earlier, Cisco said the problem appears to be with the Brocade 1020 CNA. More specifically, Cisco analyzed traces from the interfaces and said the Brocade adapter was (and I'm paraphrasing) sending negotiation frames out of order, "conf...
I agree that the more distance you can put between the fabrics ever converging into one, the better off you are. You don't want faults on one SAN to interrupt and cause faults on your redundant SAN.Nevertheless, the aforementioned configuration does...
Apparently Cisco TAC has checked everything out and determined that the Nexus is operating properly and that the issue is with the Brocade driver/firmware. The Brocade ticket remains open. My next reply (hopefully) will be the final resolution to t...
