Fiber Optic Cables
Fiber Optic Cables In FC SAN, optical fibre cables are used as data transmitters. In FC SAN data transmits in the form of light. Fiber types are available in two types: single mode fiber...
Brocade operating systems
Brocade SAN switch operating Systems Real-time Operating System (RTOS) Brocade uses Vxworks as Real-time Operating System Brocade uses Linux Real-time Operating System It directly communicates with the hardware It loads at the initial boot...
Brocade ASIC family
Brocade ASIC Technology ASIC stands for Application-specific integrated circuit. Brocade switches are differentiated into generations based on the ASICs used in the switch. Different ASICs are used in different generations. ASICs are responsible for...
Storage Allocation from Symmetrix DMX-4 to Windows host using symcli
Storage Allocation from Symmetrix DMX-4 to Windows Host using CLI Prerequisites: First Collect the WWN numbers of windows host from the windows administration team. Procedure Login into the storage management server. Execute symcfg discover...
What is Zoning?
What is zoning Zoning means restricting the scope of an initiator (host) to a particular target (storage array) in fabric. An initiator can see only the devices from a particular storage array that is...
Downloading a configuration file from one switch to another switch of the same model in Brocade
Downloading the configuration file from one switch to another switch of the same model in brocade switches procedure Configure one switch. Use the configUpload command to save the configuration information to local server. Run...
How to take backup of switch configuration file in local server?
How to take backup of Brocade switch configuration file in local server The configuration file contains all zoning information and configuration settings of the fabric. To take a backup of the configuration file, first...
Brocade SAN Switch port states
Brocade SAN Switch port states Port State Description No Card No card is present in Switch slot. Usually we find this port state in Director class switches No_Module No SFP module in slot No_Light...
Fibre Channel Classes of service
Fibre Channel Classes of service Applications might require different levels of service and guarantees regarding delivery, connectivity, and bandwidth. Some applications need to have a bandwidth that is dedicated to them during the data...
Converged Network Adapter
Converged Network Adapters Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) can run both Ethernet and Fibre Channel traffic at the same time. These CNAs combine the functions of an HBA and a Network Interface Card (NIC) on...