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
View ArticleC3 Frames Discarded at ISL Ports
Hello everybody, we have 4 DCX Directors in a Two Fabric topology and two datacenters Between the datacenters the directors are connectet with longwave ISLs. In the last time appear on some ISL...
View ArticleF-Port/L-Port command
Hello all, I was wondering if there is a "command line" command to uncheck the L-Port from the allowed port types for each port. I found that if you log through the gui ("http") this option is...
View ArticleHow to add a new user in Brocade 200E f/b ?
Hello All, could any one help to add a new user account in Brocade 200E f/b switch. right now i have only one id 'administrator'. is theere any options to add more users as admins? Regards, Raju
View ArticleErrors on long distance ISLs
Hello, We have recently begun the process of replacing our old McData 6140 and DS-3232 switches with Brocade 5300s for our Tape SAN. The two switches in the environment are about 16km apart and pass...
View ArticleBrocade SLKWRM 300 ISL Question?
Can someone tell me if this solution is possible? I have attached a visio doc to paint a better picture. I have 2 new Brocade SLKWRM 300's (for redundancy) that are already in production, but I want...
View ArticleAIX error log reports repeated FCP_ERR12 errors
Hi Guys, About a week ago all aix servers that are connected to the SAN are giving repeated FCP_ERR12 errors. example: error_log attached LABEL: FCP_ERR12
View Article(Dell) Brocade M5424 FOS 7.x Firmware Upgrade -> where?
Hi, we bought the M5424 togehter with Dell Bladecenters and I wonder where we can get a firmware update from 6.4.2 to 7.x? I had no chance at the Dell Website nor was a Dell Support Agent able to...
View ArticleDetected termination of process
Hello, I see folowing entries in switch log: Warning Detected termination of process
View ArticleAIX SC_DISK_ERR4 Errors - Due to "HW ASIC Chip error type" in 48K
Hi ALL, First, i'd like to thanks everyone that could give us any information. So the thing is, we have a Core-Edge SAN which have 2 Fabrics and in one of them we had a problem below: -...
View ArticleLink Timeout on internal port
Hi, we have IBM 2499-192,(Brocade DCX-4S Backbone)Switch. we are getting these errors very ferquently in errdump. 2012/02/29-14:53:29, [C2-1012], 329, SLOT 5 | CHASSIS, WARNING, IBM_2499_192,...
View Article4100 Switch Help Needed - Newbie!
Hi all, I have just got my first ever FC switch (4100) and I am connecting to a few Xserves and 1 x Xraid. I haven't used a FC switch before so really need some pointers in the basic setup of the...
View ArticleStorage problems on SAN
Hello, We have problems with our storage on our SAN since one week. We are running FOS v6.4.0c on 48K. What I see is the following on the servers : Reservation error: Timeout vmkernel:...
View ArticleTrying to enabling SSL on FOS 6.3.1a
I''m to try to enable SSL web access to our switches and having some issue with certificates I'm using a self-signed certificate, when I import the certificate it shows sucessful. But I cannot...
View Articlewhat are the different Blade_type means
I see blade types such as cp_blade, core_blade, sw_blade while i browse through switch administration. What do they represent and what are the differences among them? brocade DCX-B
View ArticleGetting 'Severe latency bottleneck detected' and disc c3 errors
We have a Brocade 5100 switch as the principal switch with an IBM Blade Brocade switch ISL'ed to it. On the blade switch we are seeing disc c3 errors on the blade switch (porterrshow) on the host port...
View ArticleBrocade 7500 EMC VNX 5100
Does anyone know if you can extend EMC VNX 5100 units on a Brocade 7500 over a distance of about 800 miles. If so what license's are needed.
View ArticleBasic Help, Please...
I am new to Brocade products, but I came across (2) Brocade DS-5100B switches... I don't know how to connect or test them. Both the QuickStart Guide and Manual suggest connecting them to Unix machines...
View ArticleConfiguration Backup with FabOS 6.2.2
hy, I'm searching a way to backup the complete configuration from my san switches included zoneconfig, user and so on. On our lan switches rancid http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/ does this job very...
View ArticleBrocade 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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