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...-7 Execution Log 15-7 Clearing the Log File Contents 15-7 Scheduler Configuration Verification 15-8 Default Settings 15-9 4 P A R T Fabric Configuration 16 C H A P T E R Configuring and Managing VSANs 16-1 VSAN Advantages 16-1 How VSANs Work 16-2 VSANs Versus Zones 16-4 Default and Isolated VSANs 16-5 Default VSAN 16-5 Isolated VSAN 16-5 Displaying Isolated VSAN Membership 16...
...-7 Execution Log 15-7 Clearing the Log File Contents 15-7 Scheduler Configuration Verification 15-8 Default Settings 15-9 4 P A R T Fabric Configuration 16 C H A P T E R Configuring and Managing VSANs 16-1 VSAN Advantages 16-1 How VSANs Work 16-2 VSANs Versus Zones 16-4 Default and Isolated VSANs 16-5 Default VSAN 16-5 Isolated VSAN 16-5 Displaying Isolated VSAN Membership 16...
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... Zone Attribute Groups 19-20 Displaying Zone Information 19-21 About Enhanced Zoning 19-27 Advantages of Enhanced Zoning 19-28 Changing from Basic Zoning to Enhanced Zoning 19-28 Changing from Enhanced Zoning to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com. Contents Send documentation comments to Basic Zoning 19-29 Enabling Enhanced Zoning 19... Versus Device Aliases 20-2 Modifying the Device Alias Database 20-3 Locking The Fabric 20-3 Committing Changes 20-4 Discarding Changes 20-4 Fabric Lock Override 20-4 xviii Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide OL-6973-03...
... Zone Attribute Groups 19-20 Displaying Zone Information 19-21 About Enhanced Zoning 19-27 Advantages of Enhanced Zoning 19-28 Changing from Basic Zoning to Enhanced Zoning 19-28 Changing from Enhanced Zoning to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com. Contents Send documentation comments to Basic Zoning 19-29 Enabling Enhanced Zoning 19... Versus Device Aliases 20-2 Modifying the Device Alias Database 20-3 Locking The Fabric 20-3 Committing Changes 20-4 Discarding Changes 20-4 Fabric Lock Override 20-4 xviii Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide OL-6973-03...
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Contents Send documentation comments to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com. Counting Flow Statistics 21-15 Clearing FIB Statistics 21-16 Displaying Flow Statistics 21-16 Displaying Routing and Forwarding Information 21-17 Displaying Global ... LUN Discovery 23-2 Initiating Customized Discovery 23-2 Displaying SCSI LUN Information 23-3 24 C H A P T E R Configuring FICON 24-1 About FICON 24-2 FICON Requirements 24-2 MDS-Specific FICON Advantages 24-3 Fabric Optimization with VSANs 24-3 FCIP Support 24-4 PortChannel Support 24-4 VSANs for FICON and FCP Intermixing 24...
Contents Send documentation comments to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com. Counting Flow Statistics 21-15 Clearing FIB Statistics 21-16 Displaying Flow Statistics 21-16 Displaying Routing and Forwarding Information 21-17 Displaying Global ... LUN Discovery 23-2 Initiating Customized Discovery 23-2 Displaying SCSI LUN Information 23-3 24 C H A P T E R Configuring FICON 24-1 About FICON 24-2 FICON Requirements 24-2 MDS-Specific FICON Advantages 24-3 Fabric Optimization with VSANs 24-3 FCIP Support 24-4 PortChannel Support 24-4 VSANs for FICON and FCP Intermixing 24...
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Contents Send documentation comments to Using RSPAN 43-16 FC and RSPAN Tunnels 43-17 OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide xxxv Default Settings 41-6 8 P A R T Network and Switch Monitoring 42 C H A P T E R Configuring RMON 42-1 About RMON 42-1 Configuring RMON 42-1 RMON Alarm ... 43-11 Configuring Analyzers Using SPAN 43-12 Single SD Port to Monitor Traffic 43-13 Displaying SPAN Information 43-14 Remote SPAN 43-16 Advantages to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com.
Contents Send documentation comments to Using RSPAN 43-16 FC and RSPAN Tunnels 43-17 OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide xxxv Default Settings 41-6 8 P A R T Network and Switch Monitoring 42 C H A P T E R Configuring RMON 42-1 About RMON 42-1 Configuring RMON 42-1 RMON Alarm ... 43-11 Configuring Analyzers Using SPAN 43-12 Single SD Port to Monitor Traffic 43-13 Displaying SPAN Information 43-14 Remote SPAN 43-16 Advantages to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com.
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Any switch in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family provide priority queuing and flow control services. • The Quality of the following advantages: - Software Features Chapter 1 Product Overview Send documentation comments to a user-specified customer center. Preserves through..., and configuration of the congestion. See Chapter 47, "Configuring Fabric Congestion Control and QoS." 1-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Preserves Cisco MDS 9000 Family enhanced capabilities including VSANs, advanced traffic management, and security ...
Any switch in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family provide priority queuing and flow control services. • The Quality of the following advantages: - Software Features Chapter 1 Product Overview Send documentation comments to a user-specified customer center. Preserves through..., and configuration of the congestion. See Chapter 47, "Configuring Fabric Congestion Control and QoS." 1-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Preserves Cisco MDS 9000 Family enhanced capabilities including VSANs, advanced traffic management, and security ...
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...Membership, page 16-6 • Creating and Configuring VSANs Statically, page 16-7 • Default Settings, page 16-10 VSAN Advantages VSANs offer the following advantages: • Traffic isolation-Traffic is configured using virtual SANs (VSANs). If one VSAN ensuring absolute separation between the host ...without changing the physical structure of configuration-Users can be used simultaneously in different VSANs. OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide 16-1 With VSANs you can create multiple logical SANs over a common physical ...
...Membership, page 16-6 • Creating and Configuring VSANs Statically, page 16-7 • Default Settings, page 16-10 VSAN Advantages VSANs offer the following advantages: • Traffic isolation-Traffic is configured using virtual SANs (VSANs). If one VSAN ensuring absolute separation between the host ...without changing the physical structure of configuration-Users can be used simultaneously in different VSANs. OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide 16-1 With VSANs you can create multiple logical SANs over a common physical ...
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...AFID. switch(config)# ivr zoneset activate name IVR_ZoneSet1 Activates the newly created IVZS. switch(config-ivr-zoneset)# end switch# Returns to Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(1a), you can configure LUN zoning in IVR Zoning LUN zoning can configure the service by creating and activating... using the zoning interface. switch(config-ivr-zoneset)# exit switch(config) Returns to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com. As of LUN zoning, see the "About LUN Zoning" section on the advantages of Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(1a), IVR directly supports LUN zoning. Configures an IVZ called IvrLunZone...
...AFID. switch(config)# ivr zoneset activate name IVR_ZoneSet1 Activates the newly created IVZS. switch(config-ivr-zoneset)# end switch# Returns to Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(1a), you can configure LUN zoning in IVR Zoning LUN zoning can configure the service by creating and activating... using the zoning interface. switch(config-ivr-zoneset)# exit switch(config) Returns to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com. As of LUN zoning, see the "About LUN Zoning" section on the advantages of Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(1a), IVR directly supports LUN zoning. Configures an IVZ called IvrLunZone...
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.... mode 1). If one administrator can overwrite another administrator's changes. Set the operation mode to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com. Advantages of Enhanced Zoning Table 19-2 lists the advantages of the problem from the basic mode, follow these steps: Step 1 Step 2 Verify that all configurations...specific zone member types (IP address, symbolic node name, and other non-Cisco switches. Provides a vendor ID along with bigger databases. All switches in the enhanced mode. Table 19-2 Advantages of working in the fabric then move to ensure consistency within a single ...
.... mode 1). If one administrator can overwrite another administrator's changes. Set the operation mode to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com. Advantages of Enhanced Zoning Table 19-2 lists the advantages of the problem from the basic mode, follow these steps: Step 1 Step 2 Verify that all configurations...specific zone member types (IP address, symbolic node name, and other non-Cisco switches. Provides a vendor ID along with bigger databases. All switches in the enhanced mode. Table 19-2 Advantages of working in the fabric then move to ensure consistency within a single ...
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...following sections: • About FICON, page 24-2 • MDS-Specific FICON Advantages, page 24-3 • FICON Port Numbering, page 24-7 • FICON...Moving a FICON VSAN to a registered Nx-port. The fabric binding feature helps prevent unauthorized switches from FICON processors. The Registered Link Incident Report ((RLIR) application provides a method for a switchport to send a LIR ...• Default Settings, page 24-49 OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide 24-1 Inclusion of Control Unit Port (CUP) support further enhances the MDS offering by...
...following sections: • About FICON, page 24-2 • MDS-Specific FICON Advantages, page 24-3 • FICON Port Numbering, page 24-7 • FICON...Moving a FICON VSAN to a registered Nx-port. The fabric binding feature helps prevent unauthorized switches from FICON processors. The Registered Link Incident Report ((RLIR) application provides a method for a switchport to send a LIR ...• Default Settings, page 24-49 OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide 24-1 Inclusion of Control Unit Port (CUP) support further enhances the MDS offering by...
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... section explains the additional FICON advantages in each island may be managed. It also allows virtual rewiring to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com. OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide 24-3 Fabric Optimization with VSANs Department no. 1 Common storage... without the expense and disruption of physical relocation of switches to allow coexistence on the fabric configuration. By using the Cisco MDS-specific VSAN technology, you to move assets between applications or departments to be over-provisioned depending on a single network....
... section explains the additional FICON advantages in each island may be managed. It also allows virtual rewiring to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com. OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide 24-3 Fabric Optimization with VSANs Department no. 1 Common storage... without the expense and disruption of physical relocation of switches to allow coexistence on the fabric configuration. By using the Cisco MDS-specific VSAN technology, you to move assets between applications or departments to be over-provisioned depending on a single network....
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... mainframe resources. VSANs provide both hardware isolation and protocol specific fabric services, eliminating the complexity and potential instability of the Cisco MDS 9000 Family enables a consistent feature set over FCIP feature enables cost-effective access to build stable large-scale SAN ...the default VSAN) and segregate the FCP switch ports in a separate VSAN (other than the default VSAN). MDS-Specific FICON Advantages Chapter 24 Configuring FICON Send documentation comments to isolate FCP and FICON ports. FCIP Support The multilayer architecture of zone-based intermix...
... mainframe resources. VSANs provide both hardware isolation and protocol specific fabric services, eliminating the complexity and potential instability of the Cisco MDS 9000 Family enables a consistent feature set over FCIP feature enables cost-effective access to build stable large-scale SAN ...the default VSAN) and segregate the FCP switch ports in a separate VSAN (other than the default VSAN). MDS-Specific FICON Advantages Chapter 24 Configuring FICON Send documentation comments to isolate FCP and FICON ports. FCIP Support The multilayer architecture of zone-based intermix...
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... control. See the "Local AAA Services" section on page 24-21. • Display the following information: - Port performance and statistics. OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide 24-5 Chapter 24 Configuring FICON MDS-Specific FICON Advantages ... Channel traffic that is supported over FCIP. Cisco MDS-Supported FICON Features The Cisco MDS 9000 Family FICON features include: • Flexibility and investment protection-The Cisco MDS 9000 Family shares common switching and service modules across all major components for each port. ...
... control. See the "Local AAA Services" section on page 24-21. • Display the following information: - Port performance and statistics. OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide 24-5 Chapter 24 Configuring FICON MDS-Specific FICON Advantages ... Channel traffic that is supported over FCIP. Cisco MDS-Supported FICON Features The Cisco MDS 9000 Family FICON features include: • Flexibility and investment protection-The Cisco MDS 9000 Family shares common switching and service modules across all major components for each port. ...
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... ID, FC ID persistence, and principle switch priority. MDS-Specific FICON Advantages Chapter 24 Configuring FICON Send documentation comments to support failure analysis. See the "FICON Host Control" section on page 24-49. 24-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x See the "VSANs for added reliability...
... ID, FC ID persistence, and principle switch priority. MDS-Specific FICON Advantages Chapter 24 Configuring FICON Send documentation comments to support failure analysis. See the "FICON Host Control" section on page 24-49. 24-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x See the "VSANs for added reliability...
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... This is the recommended method. • SAN networks connected to the switch should have the following services • Telnet or SSH login (Cisco MDS Fabric Manager and Device Manager login). • Console login. • iSCSI authentication (see the "Authentication Mechanism" section on page 35...SP authentication (see Chapter 37, "Configuring IP Storage"). If the first remote server in the fabric can be specified for the following advantages over servers in an AAA configuration. If all switches in the group fails to the switch (see Chapter 31, "Configuring FC-SP...
... This is the recommended method. • SAN networks connected to the switch should have the following services • Telnet or SSH login (Cisco MDS Fabric Manager and Device Manager login). • Console login. • iSCSI authentication (see the "Authentication Mechanism" section on page 35...SP authentication (see Chapter 37, "Configuring IP Storage"). If the first remote server in the fabric can be specified for the following advantages over servers in an AAA configuration. If all switches in the group fails to the switch (see Chapter 31, "Configuring FC-SP...
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...Step 1 Step 2 Command Purpose switch# config t Enters configuration mode. Configuring TACACS+ A Cisco MDS switch uses the Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus (TACACS+) protocol to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com. switch(config)# no tacacs+ enable Disables (default) the TACACS+ in this feature, ...in global secret keys. 28-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide OL-8222-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x Note Prior to ensure higher data confidentiality. All switches in Cisco SAN-OS 1.3 enables the following advantages over RADIUS authentication: • ...
...Step 1 Step 2 Command Purpose switch# config t Enters configuration mode. Configuring TACACS+ A Cisco MDS switch uses the Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus (TACACS+) protocol to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com. switch(config)# no tacacs+ enable Disables (default) the TACACS+ in this feature, ...in global secret keys. 28-10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide OL-8222-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x Note Prior to ensure higher data confidentiality. All switches in Cisco SAN-OS 1.3 enables the following advantages over RADIUS authentication: • ...
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... of explicit membership for the initiator. OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide 35-19 Chapter 35 Configuring iSCSI Configuring iSCSI Send documentation comments to cover both the access control mechanisms can be shared among different VSANs. This configuration is... VSAN X because of multiple VSANs. Fibre Channel zoning has been extended to support iSCSI devices and their extension has the advantage of access control are created, one in each VSAN in which is useful when certain resources such as Fibre Channel tape devices need to...
... of explicit membership for the initiator. OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide 35-19 Chapter 35 Configuring iSCSI Configuring iSCSI Send documentation comments to cover both the access control mechanisms can be shared among different VSANs. This configuration is... VSAN X because of multiple VSANs. Fibre Channel zoning has been extended to support iSCSI devices and their extension has the advantage of access control are created, one in each VSAN in which is useful when certain resources such as Fibre Channel tape devices need to...
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...before it is one iSCSI data-out PDU received sent out as one Fibre Channel data frame to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com. The port on the IPS module or MPS 14/2 module converts and forwards read operation performance over what TCP checksum offers. • Store-and-forward mode (default) In...mode is the default forwarding mode. • Cut-through mode Cut-through mode improves the read data frames from store-and-forward mode. The advantage of this mode is higher data transfer performance from 0 to all packets with DSCP value 0). However, a small maximum data segment length usually ...
...before it is one iSCSI data-out PDU received sent out as one Fibre Channel data frame to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com. The port on the IPS module or MPS 14/2 module converts and forwards read operation performance over what TCP checksum offers. • Store-and-forward mode (default) In...mode is the default forwarding mode. • Cut-through mode Cut-through mode improves the read data frames from store-and-forward mode. The advantage of this mode is higher data transfer performance from 0 to all packets with DSCP value 0). However, a small maximum data segment length usually ...
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...as it is received TCP part 2 Command Data1 Data2 TCP part 16 Response1 Data16 Status Command2 Command2 130687 Table 35-1 compares the advantages and dissuasiveness of subsequent commands will be buffered and the behavior will be used . Configuring iSCSI Chapter 35 Configuring iSCSI Send documentation...as store-and-forward mode. Data digest cannot be used Higher data transfer performance Improved read data for all Data to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com. Figure 35-13 compares the messages exchanged by the iSCSI routing modes. Figure 35-13 iSCSI Routing Modes Pass -Thru iSCSI...
...as it is received TCP part 2 Command Data1 Data2 TCP part 16 Response1 Data16 Status Command2 Command2 130687 Table 35-1 compares the advantages and dissuasiveness of subsequent commands will be buffered and the behavior will be used . Configuring iSCSI Chapter 35 Configuring iSCSI Send documentation...as store-and-forward mode. Data digest cannot be used Higher data transfer performance Improved read data for all Data to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com. Figure 35-13 compares the messages exchanged by the iSCSI routing modes. Figure 35-13 iSCSI Routing Modes Pass -Thru iSCSI...
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...• VRRP security provides three options, including no authentication, simple text authentication, and MD5 authentication. The Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches are implemented as defined in RFC 2338. • A virtual router is mapped to change the routing configurations... has connectivity to VRRP mapping configured. The other switches don't have IP address to the NMS. VRRP has the following characteristics and advantages: • VRRP is the VRRP backup switch. If switch A fails, the other switches set switch A as switch B automatically ...
...• VRRP security provides three options, including no authentication, simple text authentication, and MD5 authentication. The Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches are implemented as defined in RFC 2338. • A virtual router is mapped to change the routing configurations... has connectivity to VRRP mapping configured. The other switches don't have IP address to the NMS. VRRP has the following characteristics and advantages: • VRRP is the VRRP backup switch. If switch A fails, the other switches set switch A as switch B automatically ...
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...flow statistics flow-id 3 Displaying SCSI Flow Services Information Use the show ssm provisioning Module Ports Application Provisioning Status 4 1-32 scsi-flow success 38-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x The default is disabled. Enables statistics monitoring on SCSI... flow identifier 3. Number of various SCSI sense key errors or events To take advantage of this feature, only the initiator must connect to an SSM on a Cisco MDS switch while the target can connect to any other switch in the fabric. Example 38...
...flow statistics flow-id 3 Displaying SCSI Flow Services Information Use the show ssm provisioning Module Ports Application Provisioning Status 4 1-32 scsi-flow success 38-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x The default is disabled. Enables statistics monitoring on SCSI... flow identifier 3. Number of various SCSI sense key errors or events To take advantage of this feature, only the initiator must connect to an SSM on a Cisco MDS switch while the target can connect to any other switch in the fabric. Example 38...