Cisco UCS connection to Brocade DCX?

[anandkumar1610]

Hi,

Anyone have an idea how to connected a Cisco UCS Blade to a Brocade DCX Switch? What is the Interop Mode used?

Configuration Guide or Best Practices recommened by Cisco.

Regards

Anand

[Gregory Scarlett]

Hi Anand,

You'll need to put the Brocade in NPIV Mode (Access Gateway in Brocade terms) and use NPV (End Host) Switching Mode on the Fabric Interconnects.

Have a look at the following link for details on the supported versions:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/mds9000/interoperability/matrix/Matrix8.html

Let me know how it goes.

Cheers,

Greg Scarlett.

[Jose Moreno]

Hey Greg,

please note NPIV is NOT access gateway mode. Brocade Access gateway = Cisco NPV. On your upstream Brocade switch you just need NPIV, not NPV or Access gateway.

Cheers,

Jose

[kg6itcraig]

This post shows basics involved. At least how I do it.

https://supportforums.cisco.com/thread/2124462?tstart=0

Craig