Prerequisites: First Collect the WWN numbers of windows host from the windows administration team. Procedure Login into the storage management server. Execute symcfg discover and symmask refresh commands to refresh configuration and masking database....
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 zoned to...
Steps Configure one switch. Use the configUpload command to save the configuration information to local server. Run configDefault on each of the target switches, and then use the configDownload command to download the configuration...
The configuration file contains all zoning information and configuration settings of the fabric. To take a backup of the configuration file, first login into Switch by using admin account Give configupload command It will...
The possible brocade Switch port states are 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...
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 exchange like...
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 one card. CNAs...
Topology is the way of approach to connecting devices to form a network. Fibre Channel-based networks support three types of base topologies: Point-to-point Arbitrated loop Switched fabric Switched fabric further classified into a few...
Congestion When over-subscription occurs, it leads to a condition called congestion. When a node is unable to use as much bandwidth as it wants, because of contention with another node, then there is congestion. A...
Hop When Fibre Channel traffic is going from one E_Port over an ISL to another E_Port, is one hop. ISLs are made by connecting an E_Port to an E_Port. There is a hop count...