Hello experts, Simple question on Zoning- Say 4 host servers (SRV) with HBA with 1port each and Storage ( ex:K) server with 4 ports. All connected via MDS switch.what is the difference in the below 2 configs:ZoneA: SRV1-port1+K port1+K port2+K port3...
Hello experts, We will be getting #2 9148s for our storage. First time working on these :). About 5 servers and storage with total 8 ports (all fiber).Requirement on MDS1: Server1's HBA port1 should communicate with all storage ports but not to any...
We about to build a new data center with a Hitachi VSP disk array, Cisco UCS and Vmware. I have some information from the Hitachi side but it really says nothing about the UCS. Is there a "best practices" , "configuration guide" for the UCS side o...
Hello,I attached a drawing to this post so you can see what I am trying to do.The setup is server at the bottom with dual CNAs each going to separate 2232s. Server communication with the LUNs would be over FCoE. The storage itself up top goes straigh...
Hi,I have a Server-SAN-Storage setup as shown in the attachment/below. There are new Cisco UCS rack mount servers with VIC 1225 and Virtual servers on VMware Esxi hypevisor connected to a new Cisco Nexus 5548UP switch in IP+FCoE mode. The new 5548 sw...
We have two data centers about 200 miles apart and have individual SAN fabrics at both locations. We recently installed a 300Mbps IP WAN between the locations to setup Replication. I have created an FCIP link and tunnel but the problem is, now both f...
I am trying to connect a Qlogic switch to an upstream 9506. QLogic states that it supports a feature called transparent routing. I have done all the appropriate configuration, but the Qlogic does not see any remote devices from the Cisco switch. I ha...
Does anyone know if the 9148 supports a read only mode zone. I'm trying to have my veeam backup server only attach to the presented datastores with read only access. Currently veeam disables windows automount automatically but I would like to go one ...
I recently purchased DCNM for SAN (and LAN), have installed and licensed it. The software is up and running, and I have installed the necessary features & licenses to each of my Nexus 5596UP devices. Unfortunately, I'm not able to make any changes to...
Let's say we have a fcalias which contains a group of tape drives. This drive group alias is already a member of an active zonezone name tapeserver_tapedrive vsan 10 member fcalias tape_drive_group exit Now I am adding a new drive into the group. D...
Hello,I have question about numbers of vHBAs for server which boots from SAN. Should I use 2 vHBAs only for boot, and another 2 for data or I should create only 2 vHBAs in service profile and use them for all kind of traffic ? Which design is proper ...
I am currently running DCNM 6.2(3).I am currently trying to setup DCNM-SAN to manage our SAN environment. (mix of MDS9000, N5k, UCS).I have discovered the SAN fabric with a tacacs account successfully. (Not a local account on the switches but it st...
