What is the meaning of these Brocade 7500 GE0/GE1 trace dump msgs?
Have a Brocade 7500 with two fcip tunnels (non-trunked) connected to another 7500. Tunnels are running and passing traffic fairly well. Retransmit % is 0.05 and 0.09%. Ge0 = fciptunnel 0 Ge1 =...
View ArticleCan Brocade 6510 SAN switch deliver 2Gbps speed provided that it has 16Gbps...
Hi all, I just want to clarify one thing regarding the auto-sensing feature of Brocade 6510 SAN switch. In the specifications, it has mentioned that "auto-sensing of 2, 4, 8, and 16 Gbps port speeds"...
View ArticleNew Switch could not join Fabric (Error Msg: Implicit Platform Service Enable...
Hi There, I tried to add a new B80 SAN Switch (with Unique Domain-ID & role of Subordinate Switch) to existing SAN Fabric. The error message I keep getting when enabling the Ports on new B80...
View ArticlePorts
Can some one tell me what is the main function of What is M port? What are Back end ports? What does 10 bit addressing mean, hw to enable it. when you say 2048 BB credits is it in Bytes ?
View ArticleBrocade 5340 with Port to Non-port side airflow?
Are there a Brocade 5340 with Port to Non-port side airflow?
View ArticleSAN migration - Connecting switches via ISL
Hello everyone. My goal here is to understand the correct procedure for temporarily connecting an older SAN with 2 Brocade 300 switches to a newer SAN with 2 Brocade 6505 switches in order to svmotion...
View Article3900 and 4100 to 6510 Switch Migration
Hello, I am trying to migrate between some 3900 and 4100 switches to some 6510, can you give me some advice or post some guides for this? Thank You!
View ArticleCORE BLADE - DCX - can we use for host connections ?
Hi Guys. we have 2 modules which are showing as CORE BLADEs , rightnow there is no single host connected to this but we have a requirement to use any available ports so can we use this module ports...
View ArticleEnterprise Bundle 7800
Does anyone know the values for the ENT Bundle EF, FW, APM, TRK, AN, SAO -- names of the functions, descriptions Thanks
View ArticleWhat is the checklist when merging new brocade SAN switch into fabric network
Hello engineers in brocade, I would be grateful if you could give me a hand. I would exchange a new SAN06A into current SAN network. The architecture is show below:
View ArticleBrocade 300 and HP Lefthand P4300 connectivity
Hi , my first post in this forum , good occasion to say hello to the Brocade community . I'm very new to Brocade products , therefore I would like an hint from more expert peoples . I have a...
View ArticleMerging two fabrics
Hi, We need to merge two fabrics into a big one, each switch has a unique domainid, port zonning. each fabric has its own configuration active. What is the procedure to merge them? Should they merge...
View Articlehow to reset password on Silkworm 4024
I recently bought a used 4024 switch for a HP c7000 blade enclosure. unfortunately the switch already has a password on it, i have tried the default ones but still cant get on. Is there a way to...
View ArticleSAN Zoning Help
First, bare with me as I am a server guy not storage and am setting up my first SAN however I am not see the HBA WWNs when I try and setup the host mappings. Here are the pieces\config: IBM DS3524...
View Articlefirmwaredownload failures
Hi, I have a 48000 switch . One CP failed and was replaced. The existing CP runs 6.2.0g verison while the replacement one runs 6.4.0c. I need to downgrade the new CP to 6.2.0g. I am trying to...
View Articleauthentication failure on local/radius for GUI but working for CLI
Hi all, I have issue with one of 8510 switches. authentication is failing if I use switch-explorer web GUI. if I use same credentials and logon via SSH its working fine.
View ArticleAbout the MIB File
Do we have a MIB file for Brocade FC switch. Model number is DS300 and 7800.
View ArticleLDAP AD and SAN switch 5100
Hello Brocade SAN switch 5100 Active Directory 2008R2 1. Extend Schema with ‘brcdAdVfData’ attribute and assign this to the ‘user’ class. 2. Create Group SAN_Experts 3. Create user Test and add to...
View Articleport can not login (Switch not ready for F or L ports)
Hello Experts, I have a problem in my fabric that i can't connect the HBA and get it online . If the same connected to another SAN fabric it comes online. This problem happens any serer 4G , 8G...
View ArticleStructured fiber cabling
Hi we are currently using Brocade Directors and basically home-runing the fiber from the hosts. We are considering moving to a structured cabling solution, using fiber "patch panels" I guess you could...
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