Brocade 8470: monitoring internal storage vlan 1002
Hi all, we have two IBM BladeCenter H, each of them with two Brocade 8470 Switches. Now I want to monitor the internal storage vlan with its default vlan id 1002. If I use a snmpwalk to get...
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Hello All, while enabling the access gateway in brocade 200 getting message as below... Access Gateway functionality is only supported on 16-port version of this platform. Please install POD1 and...
View ArticleUnable to zone in IM3
Hi fellow SAN Admins. I have a fabric which runs in IM3 mode. It used to be a mix of McDATA ED-140, I10K, DCX and 5300 switches. This weekend, I had the last hosts moved to the DCX/5300 switches, and I...
View ArticleDS-300B zoning
We have 2 DS-300B switches that we have a need for shared storage between 2 servers. Each server is connected via fiber to a different DS-300B switch. Can each switch see the other switch for this to...
View ArticleSAN Design and Best Practices v2.3 (updated: 6/14/13)
This document is a high-level design and best practices guide based on Brocade products and features, focusing on Fibre Channel SAN design. Covered topics include the early planning phase,...
View ArticleChange Fabric Principal
Hi, IHAC want to remvoe the Principal from the fabric. The picture is below. The existing connection is below Fabric A: sw1 <--DWDM-->sw2 (Principal)<--local ISL-->sw3 <--DWDM-->sw4...
View ArticleManagement Network VLAN ID (Brocade 300)
Hello I need to configure an vlan id for the management network on some Briocade 300 FC Switches. I have been looking for commands and on the gui but have not find anything. Is there any way to...
View ArticleShortcuts to Useful Documents and Tools
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View Articlememory utilization
Hello Every one Can some one guide me on how to trouble shoot issues regarding CPU utilization and Memory utilization I have 48K as my core switch with mem utilization 78-80 % but CPU is Normal...
View Articlepartial no output from portperfshow
the story: switch 5300 with 48 ports license, then i added the pod license to use all the 80 ports on that switch. now to my "mini" issue, when i run portperfshow on that switch, i only see an output...
View ArticleTwo FOS version in the same SAN
Hi people! I have a SAN with 4 switches each fabric, where: 2 are brocade 5000 4 are brocade 5480 2 are brocade 5410 All has FOS 6.3.0b I must update the EVA´s firmware and it needs FOS...
View Articlebrocade 815, link is flapping
Hi. I have a Brocade 815 FC adapter in a HP DL 360 g5 server (actually it's a rebranded by HP adapter). It's directly connected to a HP MSA2000 FC storage, and I'm trying to get it working under...
View ArticleBrocade 6510 licenseport capability?
I have a pair of new Brocade 6510 switches with no POD licenses (so I only have 24 ports/sfps licensed). To match our other switches, I want to set up the new switches so my ISLs are in the last two...
View Articlebrocade 300 firmware 6.3.1a
hi, i am new to updating these brocades, i usually to all the HP updates but i now have to look at taking over the updates of the fibre switches. i have looked but cant seem to find a site by model...
View ArticleWARNING, brocade8Gb, Port 17 Faulted because of many Link Failures
Hello, I am having WARNING, brocade8Gb, Port 17 Faulted because of many Link Failures and when I display switchshow I get 17 17 011100 idN8 Port_FltFC Disabled for port 17 which is
View ArticleCan't login with putty?
I can login to our 2 fabrics using web/java console, but when I try to putty, I do not even get a login prompt. I've looked through switch admin, and don't see a place either enable or disable SSH -...
View ArticleM4424 and M4016 blade server switches FOS
Asking the community what is highest supported FOS version for the Brocade M4424 and M4016 switches in Dell blade servers?
View ArticleB7500
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View ArticleI cannot delete a vf fid with the lscfg --delete FID
GOOD DAY i AM HAVING SOME TROUBLE TO DELETE A VF with a FID , I am using the command as follows lscfg --delete FID. When I do a switchshow I get the switchdetails with the message of "there is no...
View Article8gb isl fillword
We are currently seeing the AN1010 error message reported on 2 ports on each of our ISL trunks on one side our fabric. We have been told to change the fill-word from 0 to 3. Why is this applicable to...
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