Sorry for this basic questions; I am totally out of synch - Cisco Prime DCNM for SAN Essentials Edition doesn't require a license- Cisco Prime DCNM for SAN Essentials Edition can be used for basic management of a dual fabric (eg. basic zoning,...)- ...

Configuration lost after power failure MDS 9392S 8.1.1a; this happen to all 4 switches !Is this a known issue ?

I need a quick sanity check, as I have no server / storage at hand to verify: I populated the device-alias db, and then used the alias in the zoning Enhanced device alias MDS-A-1(config-zone)# zone name vulcano_adapter0_zone vsan 100MDS-A-1(config-zo...

I have a customer with a Brocade SAN which should be migrated to MDS; at the moment he uses port-based zoning.I proposed to switch to pwwn based zoning, but customer doesn't like it, although he cannot give me any reason why not.How popular is port-b...

I work on a migration project from Brocade to Cisco MDS,Today, port-based zoning is used, which will be converted to pwwn.Most zones have > 2 members, therefore smart zoning is a big topic.I don't like to setup the device alias db, and tag each entry...