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Brocade 300 SAN Switch : Backup Config File

Hi,   I'm not able to download the config file from my san switch through USB port. Non of the USB stick i had is working. Just wonder do you need certain USB stick to work on the switch? SCP and FTP...

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8Gb/s SFP+ Brocade branded (P/N 57-1000012-01)

Hi all, I've got a question regarding Brocade branded 8Gbps SFP+, i.e. we're currently looking at a switch where the same SFP type (by P/N and other values like wavelength etc.) appears to be...

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Disabling Telnet on a Brocade 300

For security reasons, I need to disable telnet on a Brocade 300, but for the life of me can not find the CLI reference guides to do so.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Network Advisor discovery problem

I'm curious if anyone has run into this before.  I'm getting the following error when trying to discover a new switch in Network Advisor.   java.security.cert.certificateexception: certificate does not...

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Brocade 300 SAN switch port become L port

Hi ,   My SAN switch port become L port. How to find the reason. Why it happen...??? Please guide me to resolve the issue.   Thank you   switchshow: switchshow        : switchName:SANSWITCH2

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How to get new license keys

hey,   i got a brocade confirmation paper with serial and transaction key from my reseller to get 8 new ports for my 2 switches. i cant seem to find the right URL, my brocadeconnect login does not work...

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session based hardware enforcement vs frame based hardware enforcement

I have read the zoning best practices guide,  and I understand that session based hardware enforcement takes place when you have a zone that has both wwpn and D,P  members or when there are overlapping...

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Brocade 300 Switch, No contact with management interface??

Hello!   I have 2 brocade 300 switches with my custom IP We moved the equipment a couple of month ago, but we forgot to insert the network cable in the management port. I have now connected the two...

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Ciena DWDM and Brocade ISL

Hello   Apologies in advance for dumb questions/ignorance!   I'm connecting two Brocade 5100 FC switches via DWDM as below:   Brocade 5100 => Ciena CN4200 Advanced Series Platform => 113km...

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Real throughput of FC ports

Hi you all,   Can anyone tell me what the real throughput of FC Gb ports are. What i'm trying to say is, for instance; If i have a 8Gb port ( switch of HBA ), do i have a total of 8Gb ( say 800MB ) for...

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Shutting down a noisy LD ISL port

I have two sites with 5300s connected with FC over dark fiber, and I am using LD ISL links between switches at each site to create an extended fabric. It's working well.   Except, occasionally we have...

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Upgrade Fabric OS

Hi,      I am Alex, I am new with fiber channel switching  and i have some beginner questions.      I have to upgrade the F. O.S. of a brocade 200E san switch from version 5.0.1 to 6.2.2. I have found on

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Zoning between two Brocade 300 SAN switches via ISL?

Hi,   We want to connect a new Brocade 300 SAN switch to our existing Brocade 300 SAN switch (which has  zoning infomation) via Inter Switch Link (ISL). Both SAN switches are in default settings except...

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Supportsave Visio import or Tool to diagram supportsave

Hi, I have supportsave from customer that I'd like to use a utility to diagram out the data.  Is there a tool or visio add-in that will parse the data and import graphically to a logical view?   Any...

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problem with smi Agent 120:11 and cp of director 48000

Hi to all, I have 2 director 48000 both with 2 cp in high availability, I add in SMI Agent 120.11 both ip with their chassis ip address and set in the SMI Agent configuration tool with the arr port...

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SAN Switch FabOS Upgrade Guide

I have not done many Brocade firmware upgrades before. Is there an upgrade guide or matrix available to follow? Thanks

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Brocade Director 48000 - FOS: 6.4.3

Hi There, I got 2 fabrics of type 42.2 in my environment, Each Fabric has 5 switches. from past 1 month, It observed that the all the switches are throwign the error messages as below; 1:-...

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Fabric watch mail configuration

Hi,   we have configured mail configuration in fabric watch and set all the thresholds. but we didnt get any mails regarding the alerts.   but when we try to send a test mail we are getting properly....

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Switch configurations

Hi Guys,   I have a question regarding the san switch configuration in the setup as shown in the picture below. The top of the picture is a new configuration which is beïng added to the current...

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Steps to migrate 4100s switches to 6510s

Hello all, We are going under switches replacement due to EOSL. We are moving from 4100 to 6510. The 4100 are running FOS 6.4.1b and moving to FOS 7.0.0 or 7.1.0 not sure yet. One switch is the primary...

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