Manual for Brocade 8000
Hi all, Brocade 8000 - where can I download the manual please? Thanks Michael.
View ArticleThe question about fcoelogin for 2 FCoE switch in 1 network
Hi, I setup 2 FCoE switches(HP 2408) in 1 network, the one FCoE vlan is vlan5, the other is vlan10. The ethernet upstream of two switches is connected to one network environment via ethernet switch....
View ArticleBrocade 1020 CNA+SANBOOT
Hi, Recently,I encountered the below problems when use 1020 cna+ibm x3690 x5+sanboot+rhel6 : 1,If set brocade CNA port bios disable I could install OS on san lun,but couldn't bootup when set bios...
View ArticleRHEL 6.1 Kernel Panic - failure at 488
New Installation of RHEL 6.1 Updated firmware and BIOS on 10Gb CNA to 3.0.0.0 via "live_cd_v3-0-0-0.iso" boot. RHEL installation went ok. It detected the adapter, did the installation and...
View ArticleBrocade 8470 1Gb SFP/RJ45?
Can I use a SFP/RJ45 module with the Brocade 8470 switch? I found the E1MG-TX and was wondering if it was supported?
View Articlebcu vmware plug-in
How do I install the bcu plug-in for vmware? I can't find any instructions in any Brocade documentation. I did try importing the zip file into vmware update manager but it doesn't actually import...
View Articleno flogi
I have 2 1020 cards in a Dell R710 server; which is running ESXi 5.0. I have 2 ports from the 1020's assigned as storage and maganagement ports. The other two are for my vmnetwork. I am only able to...
View ArticleUnable to create team with Brocade 1020
Am running Windows 2008 x64 SP2 and have added a new Brocade 1020 card. No issues have been encountered with the Ethernet or FC side, but when I try and create a team in HCM I receive an error that the...
View ArticleHow to Monitor FCoE port traffic on BROCADE 8000?
Is there a way to monitor FCoE port traffic on brocade 8000? Like say port mirroring but I see the port mirroring is not applicable to FCoE interfaces. I wanted to take a wireshark trace to see whats...
View ArticleCNA LUN Discovery
How does an CNA actually discover a LUN/storage array entity? There are very detailed explanations about how a CNA logs into the fabric using FIP FLOGI and FDISC and how the ENode is assigned an FPMA...
View ArticleFCoE with Cisco Nexus 5548 switches and VMware ESXi 4.1
Can someone share with me what needs to be setup on the Cisco Nexus side to work with VMware in the following scenario? Two servers with two cards dual port FCoE cards with two ports connected to...
View ArticleFCoE using Brocade 1020 CNA and Cisco Nexus 5548 switches
All, I have the following configuration and problem that I am not sure how to fix: I have three Dell R910 servers with 1TB of memory and each has two brocade 1020 CNA cards dual port. I am using...
View ArticleBrocade 8000 - Error:FCoE VLAN limit has been reached
Hi all, I am trying to configure second vlan on brocade 8000 switch to carry FCoE traffic but the moment I execute "fcf forward", I am getting an error saying FCoE VLAN limit has been reached. Would...
View Articleports are not getting added to vlan
Hi, I have a brocade 8000. It is configured for FCoE. I have a vlan 1002 defined for FCoE and have added two CEE ports. These are working fine. Now I had to add more CEE ports to this vlan so that I...
View ArticleBNA shows HP FCoE10-24 blade ports at "No FCoE base License" ?
Hi Folks, We have both 2408 (Brocade 8000) and DCX switches running in our lab. I added FCoE 10-24 blades to 2 DCX’s running 6.4.1 FOS and BNA FCoE configuration shows “No FCoE Base License” in MAC...
View ArticleBrocade 1020 CNA not getting link for FCOE on Nexus 5548
Hello, We've got several Brocade 1020 CNAs installed in Dell R910 servers running VMware ESXi 4.1. The cards are connected to two Cisco Nexus 5548 switches. The issue we are having is that while...
View ArticleBrocade 1020 adapters
Customer is stating he only has one Brocade 1020 adapter installed in his system...can anyone tell me why there are showing up as if he has two installed...or does he in fact have two installed....
View ArticleDisable switch on link failure
Hello, is it possible to configure a switch, so that in case of a link failure the hole switch gets disabled? Example: Port 1 gets offline => switch disabled Regards, Steffen
View ArticleBrocade BR1741M-k 10 Gbps CNA connect to Dell Mk8428-k. Help?
Hi All I got an Windows 2008 R2 server on a blade in my M1000-e chassis with 2 x Dell MK8428-k (Brocade 8000 derivative) with FOS v6.3.1_del switches in the back. The 2 switches is connected to a FC...
View Article8470 won't learn MAC
We are building a datacenter with IBM H22 blades with Brocade 8470 switch modules. We are only using them for Ethernet not FCOE. The servers have the Brocade 1007 CNA’s and are running driver version...
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