I/O Latencies & Timeouts in our SAN Fabric Brocade 5300s - v6.4.0b
We have SAN Fabric configuration with Brocade 5300s running FOS v6.4.0b. Each of our two floors (1 & 2), served by a Brocade 5300, floor's local hosts and storage, and these two switches are...
View ArticlePrincipal Switch Question
Hi, Today was the first time I have ever merged 2 switches to form a small fabric. I have a quick query with regards to the Principal Switch Allocation that I wonder if you could help clarify. We...
View ArticleSAN switch -- not working
One of our 32-port switch is not working from the past 6 months, today i just have looked at it. When i power on the switch, on the console, i can see that it continuously doing some diagnostics...
View ArticlePassword recovery for Brocade 300 SAN switch?
We lost all passwords on our Brocade 300E. I've gone through the normal procedure of booting to the BOOT PROM command line and running printenv commands to get the OSLoader string. On getting this, I...
View ArticleISL - TRUNKING - How to
Techies, Quick check: Am about to configure a port for ISL between 12k and 48K. For this 1. we need trunking license - licenseshow 1a.
View ArticleCISCO ACS Radius Setup
Would anyone in the brocade would have any experience in setting up the Radius AAA Authentication to a Cisco ACS radius server ? NOTE: This content was migrated by Brocade from the former Brocade...
View ArticleHow to configuration ISL to existing switch
Hello all; I have one New San Switch Brocade 300 Series and I want using ISL to connect it to Existing San Switch 5100 series with online installation ( Not down time ) , how to step by step
View Articleswitchrole changed from principle to subordinate
Can anyone tell me how to change the switchrole I have one brocade 3800 and two cascaded Blade Centre switch module in fabric. I booted up 3800 and switchrole changed from principle to subordinate Is...
View ArticleSilkworm 200E Passwords
Hi. I recently purchased a used Silkworm 200E. I would like to reset all passwords, basically returning to factory defaults. I booted into the Serial Console and press ESC and reset the password...
View ArticleEZSwitchSetup Software
Hi, We recently purchased a 200E SAN switch and received the EZSwitchSetup v2.3.0 software disc with our equipment. Unfortunately our disc got caught up in the crossfire of an office clear out,...
View ArticlePassword Recovery For Brocade Silkworm 3900
Hi, I have a silkworm 3900 that I purchased off ebay. I do not have the passwords for it. How do I go about obtaining the password recovery firmware? I do not have a support contract. Are there...
View Articleroot default password - Brocade200E
Hi, Can anyone tell me what is the default root password for the Brocade 200E switch? Thanks in advance! Cris
View ArticleBrocade Switch Status Down
Hi All, I have a Brocade Switch whose status went down after two ports went faulty. But now i see the faulty ports are online(past 1 day) and there are no switch events but still the switch status...
View ArticleCan't add a switch to the fabric - E port segmented (incompatible)
Hi, This is the current fabric: brocade1:admin> fabric show rbash: fabric: command not found brocade1:admin> fabricshow Switch ID Worldwide Name Enet IP
View ArticleSNMP MIB download
Hi, I am using WhatsUp Gold (NMS) to monitor network devices. i want to add Brocade 300 (8/24) to the NMS, for detailed monitoring i need to add SNMP MiB file to NMS. From where can i get the SNMP...
View ArticleSevere latency bottleneck detected & HP FlexFabric
Hi I have a problem that no one seems to have the solution for. I have 2 fabrics (A and B), both with 4 Brocade slkwrm 300 in it, (latest firmware). A have to HP EVA 8100 SANs, in two serverrooms, so...
View ArticleSwitchport stuck in G-Port mode, portlogdump included...
Hello 2 HP bladeservers lost their SAN connection and when I looked in the switches both ports on both switches in the enclosure was stuck as G-Ports, rebooting and removal of the bladeserver didn't...
View ArticleBrocade Silkworm EOL/EOS notification
Good morning. Is there a centralized location either on Brocade Connect or the Brocade.com website where all End of Life and End of Support notifications for Brocade switches can be found? Thank you...
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