Hi folks. I am about to embark on a project to move a customer from a MDS 9509 based core to 9396S. It will be a staged implementation, so I want to make sure all the fcdomains and switch priorities are set right so as not to cause any disruption. A...
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Hello We have MDS C9148T with version 8.3 and need to upgrade it, while checking Cisco website see two recommended version:(8.4 2f) and (9.4 2a). so which one should I go to.Appreciate your help Thanks
Is there a monitoring threshold or reference value for the 32G/64G SFP used in the MDS 9000 series?
Hi Community,I'm currently trying to setup secure syslog on our MDS 9000 series.That is what I've done so far:Generated a RSA key "crypto key generate rsa label NAME.LOCAL modulus 4096"Created a Trustpoint for the CA "crypto ca trustpoint myCA" and m...
Hello We have two Cisco MDS 9148S switches linked to EMC storage, and one of these SANs is connected to another Cisco MDS 9148T, as shown in the diagram below.SAN-1 and SAN-2 are located in the same building (Building-1), while SAN-3 is in a differen...
Hello, I need to replace the MDS 9148 with the new MDS 9148T. What is the best procedure to do it? 1. Can I take a configuration file from the old 9148 to the new 9148T? 2. Can I use the zone migration tool?
Hello,We have 2 cisco Fiber channel SAN switches (9132T) & both are in production now, as different fabric. Now we are planning to make both switches as single fabric.Zoneset on both san switch is with same name : FabricAVsan name : vsan 100Do we nee...
We have to upgrade firmware on a fabric of 3 switches from 9.2.(1a) to 9.3(2a) . The smart licensing setup is no CSLU and no connectivity to CSSM . The switches have PAK based licensing on them and there is no connectivity to CSSM , below are the 2 q...
Hello there.I recently discovered that one of the temperature sensors on my MDS9148S switch was not working properly.* Part of the 'show environment' commandTemperature:--------------------------------------------------------------------Module Sens...
Hello, I would like to ask if there is a possibility if I added up additional hard drive on the host through the SAN switch that is EOL causes problem? Thank you
I have a couple of questions. Ill try and keep this as breif and simple as i can. I have a UCS System that currently uses a 6332-16UP FIs. Right now it is connected to some legacy non cisco FC swtiches and legacy storage arrays. We have new FC stora...
HelloRegarding connecting the storage to the MDS, usually the Storage has two Storage Processors (or controllers) A and B. Do I connect them crossed between the SP and the MDS (like vPC) or Controller A goes only to MDS Fabric A and Controller B goes...
I am stuck trying to configure some new WWNs to our fabric manager. I have notes on how to configure but I am having trouble discovering the switches. I can console into them with the user "Admin" and configure CLI but the fabric manager software won...
Resolved! Fiber Channel on Nexus Switches
We have IBM TS4300 Tape Library that we would like to connect to our backup solution from Veeam (on 2 servers). The only available connection is an Fiber Channel 8Gb port (LC connector), and we have Nexus switches to connect it to. We need some infor...
We need to create zone between VSAN 110 (Initiator-2) and VSAN 210 (Target-3). [Diagram Attached]Do I need to do anything in fcdomain? Please share your recommendations and action plan to configure the IVR zoning.Please see following command for fcd...
