Can the Cisco UCS 6120XP direct attach the EMC CX4-120 by fibre protocol ?

[henry_liu]

Hi all

I have two question for Cisco UCS

Q1: Can the Cisco UCS 6120XP direct attach the EMC CX4-120 by fibre protocol ?

Q2: I know the UCS 61XX Series support the Cisco SAN Switch(MDS).But we are only Brocade san switch ,

      so  UCS 61XX Series supoort Brocade san switch ?

Thanks , I really want to know the information .

[Nuno Filipe Alves Ferreira]

Hi Henry,

     A1 - No you can't. Fabric Interconnects run in NPV mode and are not able to do Fabric Logins

     A2 - Yes you can connect your 6120 (Fabric Interconnects) to a Brocade Switch.

Cheers

Nuno Ferreira

[Jeremy Waldrop]

Q1: The 6120s run in NPV (N_Port Virtualization) mode which means it acts as a proxy for the blade vHBAs and doesn't participate in flogi (fabric logins). When a fabric switch runs in this mode it requires an uplink to a faber switch for flogi and zoning. Due to this you cannot direct attach the the 6120 to an array's front-end fiber ports.

Q2: Yes you can uplink the 6120 to a Brocade fabric as long as the Brocade supports NPIV.

[henry_liu]

Hi Sirs

Thanks your explain about the two question,i am very clean.

If i buy the Cisco UCS 6140XP , can it direct attach the EMC CX4-120 by fibre protocol ?

Thanks

[Nuno Filipe Alves Ferreira]

No you can't

As explained above (hence I called it Fabric Interconnect. Fabric Interconnect is any 61xx switch)

Nuno Ferreira

[henry_liu]

Ok,i understand.

I have the last question .

1.Will plan support the Cisco UCS 61XX-XP direct attach the EMC CX4-120 in the future ?

2. If yes,What time will release ?

Thanks all update.

[Nuno Filipe Alves Ferreira]

No. According to Cisco there is no plan to have the FICs (61xx) running in full FC Switch mode (and therefore be able to do fabric logins)

Nuno Ferreira

[Manish Tandon]

Hi

In the next release slated for Fall 2010 timeframe (1.4 code most likely) connecting a FC storage array directly to a 61xx will be possible.

--Manish

[BENJAMIN TAN]

Hi Manish,

Is it firm that 6120XP will soon support a SAN directly connected? This is quite critical to a design which we are now doing. Is it XC for 1.4? Thanks.

-benjamin

[Manish Tandon]

Benjamin

Yes, its a committed feature. I cannot comment on the timelines as the release date has not been confirmed depending on engineering schedule.

I would recommend contacting your account team who can provide accurate timelines after confirming with the product management team.

Thanks

--Manish