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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...
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Fibre Channel Credits vs. FCoE's "Pause"
At 1Gbps a FC frame is 4km long, at 2Gbps a frame is 2km long, and at 4Gbps a frame is 1km long. A 10km cable is 20km round trip. Round...
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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,...
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How I Prepared for CCIE Storage
Deploying the Cisco MDS 9000 Generation 2 MDS 9506 and MDS 9216I New Product Introduction Cisco MDS 9124 Fabric Switch - QLM MDS 9000 SAN...
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Using Secondary Addresses with VRRP
Switch 1 interface GigabitEthernet2/1.10 ip address 192.168.10.2 255.255.255.0 switchport mtu 3000 no shutdown vrrp 10 priority 120...
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How to turn one JBOD into two JBOD's
The RS-1600-FC2 has the ability to hold 16 drives. Â These can be configured as a single 16 drive loop, or as two 8 drive loops. Â When...
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An FCIP tunnel made of Ethernet Port Channels or a FC Port Channel made of FCIP tunnels, which is...
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Tips and Pitfalls: SAN Extension Tuner
Configuration is not stored in NVRAM so you must re-configure it after reboot You must zone nport pwwn's involved in SET iSCSI has to be...
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