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Cisco MDS and Brocade Interop Issues with Per VC Flow Control
One issue to be mindful of when configuring Cisco MDS switches with Brocade switches is that Brocades Per VC Flow Control must be...
May 19, 20124 min read
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OSM Ratio's on MDS blades
Generation 2 Switches and Modules 9216 does not support Gen-2 modules If dedicated ports are not using all of their allocated bandwidth,...
Aug 24, 20112 min read
The Rise and Fall of Cisco Storage Virtualization
The Early Days of MDS SAN Virtualization When Cisco introduced the MDS 9000 line of storage switches in 2002, it took the storage...
Sep 8, 20105 min read
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MDS ASICs and Las Vegas Hotels
MDS1# attach module 1module-1# clear asic-cnt list-all-devices Asic Name | Device ID X-Bus IO | ...
Jul 23, 20101 min read
SAN-OS / NX-OS “which” command (Part 1)
MDS1# which | inc zoneset[ 2302]. show ips internal info islb zoneset[ 3400]. show zone analysis zoneset vsan[ 3474]. show ...
Jul 19, 20101 min read
MDS switches skipping login prompt after initial telnet connect
cluebox:~ bfeeny$ telnet 172.16.3.153Trying 172.16.3.153...Connected to 172.16.3.153.Escape character is '^]'.Password: Most likely you...
Jul 19, 20101 min read
SFP transceivers and MDS lab study
MDS1# show int fc1/1 transceiver fc1/1 sfp is present but not supported Name is FINISAR CORP. Manfacturer's part number is...
Jul 19, 20101 min read
FCNS inconsistency issues update
So, I got my fcns's all consistant with you on the phone the other day, and now I have let it sit overnight. I wake up today and VSAN...
Jul 17, 20105 min read
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