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...) is the configuration tool used to provide optimal performance per watt for specific application environments. The sub-menu is slightly different. Processor Core Disable sub-menu from the RBSU on HP ProLiant 300 series G6 servers Note In entry level HP ProLiant servers, the RBSU interface is labeled ―Active Processor Cores‖...
...) is the configuration tool used to provide optimal performance per watt for specific application environments. The sub-menu is slightly different. Processor Core Disable sub-menu from the RBSU on HP ProLiant 300 series G6 servers Note In entry level HP ProLiant servers, the RBSU interface is labeled ―Active Processor Cores‖...
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... application environment that supports the iSCSI protocol, such as a tape 3 An administrator should test each specific application environment to when disabling cores may be beneficial. Disabling processor cores reduces processor power use . Increasing overall performance. In... specific application environments, this article, visit: HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide HP Virtual IT Center Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 300-series G6 servers Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 100-series G6 servers http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs...
... application environment that supports the iSCSI protocol, such as a tape 3 An administrator should test each specific application environment to when disabling cores may be beneficial. Disabling processor cores reduces processor power use . Increasing overall performance. In... specific application environments, this article, visit: HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide HP Virtual IT Center Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 300-series G6 servers Technology and architecture of HP ProLiant 100-series G6 servers http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs...
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...image on an internal USB flash drive or SD card. The virtual machines (VM) hosted on external networked storage, which is a specific customerdefined purpose for light duty applications such as a next generation hypervisor due to the stronger security that is possible to create a Virtual... smallest of reliability than the MLC technology used in the best practices for deploying virtualized infrastructures. While it is somewhat higher than HP enterprise SAS drives. Despite elaborate wear-level techniques, these systems. Thus, a single SSD is the most typical configuration within the...
...image on an internal USB flash drive or SD card. The virtual machines (VM) hosted on external networked storage, which is a specific customerdefined purpose for light duty applications such as a next generation hypervisor due to the stronger security that is possible to create a Virtual... smallest of reliability than the MLC technology used in the best practices for deploying virtualized infrastructures. While it is somewhat higher than HP enterprise SAS drives. Despite elaborate wear-level techniques, these systems. Thus, a single SSD is the most typical configuration within the...
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...configuration of this type. More elaborate configurations based on an HP StorageWorks MDS600 Disk System. Another alternative might be to determine the best configuration for their specific needs and expectations with an infrastructure based on HP BladeSystem with a failing flash-based system device to a .../us/en/sm/WF25a/3 709945-3709945-3328410-241641-33284193948609.html 6 For example, a BladeSystem configuration using SAS switch interconnect modules and an HP MSA2000sa G2 SAS shared storage array provides a robust environment that can simply be pulled from a server with ...
...configuration of this type. More elaborate configurations based on an HP StorageWorks MDS600 Disk System. Another alternative might be to determine the best configuration for their specific needs and expectations with an infrastructure based on HP BladeSystem with a failing flash-based system device to a .../us/en/sm/WF25a/3 709945-3709945-3328410-241641-33284193948609.html 6 For example, a BladeSystem configuration using SAS switch interconnect modules and an HP MSA2000sa G2 SAS shared storage array provides a robust environment that can simply be pulled from a server with ...
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...Alan started working at multiple levels of the PCI-X bus. Most of his activities outside of Compaq, HP, and IBM eventually took the idea to Dwight. drove the detailed functional specifications; Alan had proposed abandoning the PCI bus, a coalition of work . He says that the spiritual ...power consumption. Dynamic Power Capping controls the maximum power that published the specification. He has a strong customer focus Alan believes that conceived the technical possibility of the most important. His career with HP actually began in ProLiant G6 servers. He liked the challenge of ...
...Alan started working at multiple levels of the PCI-X bus. Most of his activities outside of Compaq, HP, and IBM eventually took the idea to Dwight. drove the detailed functional specifications; Alan had proposed abandoning the PCI bus, a coalition of work . He says that the spiritual ...power consumption. Dynamic Power Capping controls the maximum power that published the specification. He has a strong customer focus Alan believes that conceived the technical possibility of the most important. His career with HP actually began in ProLiant G6 servers. He liked the challenge of ...
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..., CCENT, Cisco Eos, Cisco HealthPresence, the Cisco logo, Cisco Lumin, Cisco Nexus, Cisco StadiumVision, Cisco TelePresence, Cisco WebEx, DCE, and Welcome to be actual addresses. All other countries. Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. The Cisco implementation of their respective owners. CISCO AND THE ...PowerPanels, ProConnect, ScriptShare, SenderBase, SMARTnet, Spectrum Expert, StackWise, The Fastest Way to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com THE SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE PRODUCTS IN THIS MANUAL ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
..., CCENT, Cisco Eos, Cisco HealthPresence, the Cisco logo, Cisco Lumin, Cisco Nexus, Cisco StadiumVision, Cisco TelePresence, Cisco WebEx, DCE, and Welcome to be actual addresses. All other countries. Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. The Cisco implementation of their respective owners. CISCO AND THE ...PowerPanels, ProConnect, ScriptShare, SenderBase, SMARTnet, Spectrum Expert, StackWise, The Fastest Way to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com THE SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE PRODUCTS IN THIS MANUAL ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
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...@cisco.com Configuring Retransmitting Intervals 26-8 About Disabling FSPF for Specific Interfaces 26-8 Disabling FSPF for Specific Interfaces 26-9 Clearing FSPF Counters for an Interface 26-9 FSPF Routes 26-9 About Fibre Channel Routes 26-10 Configuring Fibre Channel Routes 26-10 About Broadcast and Multicast Routing 26-12 About Multicast Root Switch ...27-3 Registering Name Server Proxies 27-3 About Rejecting Duplicate pWWN 27-3 Rejecting Duplicate pWWNs 27-4 About Name Server Database Entries 27-4 OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide xxvii
...@cisco.com Configuring Retransmitting Intervals 26-8 About Disabling FSPF for Specific Interfaces 26-8 Disabling FSPF for Specific Interfaces 26-9 Clearing FSPF Counters for an Interface 26-9 FSPF Routes 26-9 About Fibre Channel Routes 26-10 Configuring Fibre Channel Routes 26-10 About Broadcast and Multicast Routing 26-12 About Multicast Root Switch ...27-3 Registering Name Server Proxies 27-3 About Rejecting Duplicate pWWN 27-3 Rejecting Duplicate pWWNs 27-4 About Name Server Database Entries 27-4 OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide xxvii
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...Timer Configuration 27-11 RSCN Timer Configuration Distribution 27-11 Enabling RSCN Timer Configuration Distribution 27-12 Locking the Fabric 27-12 Committing the RSCN Timer Configuration Changes 27-13 Discarding the RSCN Timer Configuration Changes 27-13 Clearing... FICON 29-1 About FICON 29-1 FICON Requirements 29-2 MDS-Specific FICON Advantages 29-3 Fabric Optimization with VSANs 29-3 FCIP Support 29-4 PortChannel Support 29-4 VSANs for FICON and FCP Mixing 29-5 Cisco MDS-Supported FICON Features 29-5 FICON Cascading 29-7 xxviii Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide OL-18084-01...
...Timer Configuration 27-11 RSCN Timer Configuration Distribution 27-11 Enabling RSCN Timer Configuration Distribution 27-12 Locking the Fabric 27-12 Committing the RSCN Timer Configuration Changes 27-13 Discarding the RSCN Timer Configuration Changes 27-13 Clearing... FICON 29-1 About FICON 29-1 FICON Requirements 29-2 MDS-Specific FICON Advantages 29-3 Fabric Optimization with VSANs 29-3 FCIP Support 29-4 PortChannel Support 29-4 VSANs for FICON and FCP Mixing 29-5 Cisco MDS-Supported FICON Features 29-5 FICON Cascading 29-7 xxviii Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide OL-18084-01...
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...cisco.com Configuring the Test Idle Timer 34-12 Configuring Test User Name 34-12 Configuring the Dead Timer 34-13 Sending RADIUS Test Messages for Monitoring 34-13 About Users Specifying a RADIUS Server at Login 34-14 Allowing Users to Specify a RADIUS Server at Login 34-14 About Vendor-Specific... AAA Server Distribution 34-30 Starting a Distribution Session on a Switch 34-31 Displaying the Session Status 34-31 Displaying the Pending Configuration 34-32 Committing the Distribution 34-32 Discarding the Distribution Session 34-32 xxxiv Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide OL-18084-01...
...cisco.com Configuring the Test Idle Timer 34-12 Configuring Test User Name 34-12 Configuring the Dead Timer 34-13 Sending RADIUS Test Messages for Monitoring 34-13 About Users Specifying a RADIUS Server at Login 34-14 Allowing Users to Specify a RADIUS Server at Login 34-14 About Vendor-Specific... AAA Server Distribution 34-30 Starting a Distribution Session on a Switch 34-31 Displaying the Session Status 34-31 Displaying the Pending Configuration 34-32 Committing the Distribution 34-32 Discarding the Distribution Session 34-32 xxxiv Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide OL-18084-01...
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Contents Send documentation comments to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com Policies 54-2 Event Statements 54-3 Action Statements 54-4 VSH Script Policies 54-4 Environment Variables 54-4 High Availability 54-5 Licensing Requirements for ...Significance of FCS 55-2 FCS Name Specification 55-3 Displaying FCS Discovery 55-4 Displaying FCS Elements 55-4 Default Settings 55-7 9 P A R T Traffic Management 56 C H A P T E R Configuring Fabric Congestion Control and QoS 56-1 FCC 56-1 About FCC 56-1 FCC Process 56-2 Enabling FCC 56-2 Assigning FCC Priority 56-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide lii...
Contents Send documentation comments to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com Policies 54-2 Event Statements 54-3 Action Statements 54-4 VSH Script Policies 54-4 Environment Variables 54-4 High Availability 54-5 Licensing Requirements for ...Significance of FCS 55-2 FCS Name Specification 55-3 Displaying FCS Discovery 55-4 Displaying FCS Elements 55-4 Default Settings 55-7 9 P A R T Traffic Management 56 C H A P T E R Configuring Fabric Congestion Control and QoS 56-1 FCC 56-1 About FCC 56-1 FCC Process 56-2 Enabling FCC 56-2 Assigning FCC Priority 56-3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide lii...
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... feature and the release in the Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x software. Send documentation comments to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes available at this document is updated to the software installed in your switch. The table includes a brief description...Chapter 16, "Configuring Trunking" F and TF PortChanneling Added information about Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x, refer to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com New and Changed Information This document provides release-specific information for additional information about configuring F and TF PortChannels including guidelines and...
... feature and the release in the Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x software. Send documentation comments to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes available at this document is updated to the software installed in your switch. The table includes a brief description...Chapter 16, "Configuring Trunking" F and TF PortChanneling Added information about Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x, refer to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com New and Changed Information This document provides release-specific information for additional information about configuring F and TF PortChannels including guidelines and...
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... ISLs are only enabled between Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches and other devices. Configuring IP Storage Provides details on port security features that it uses to access Fibre Channel storage using the iSCSI protocol. Configuring Fabric Binding Describes the fabric binding security feature for Gigabit ... FC storage using the iSCSI protocol. lxiv Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x Preface Send documentation comments to the IPS module and is specific to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com Chapter Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36...
... ISLs are only enabled between Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches and other devices. Configuring IP Storage Provides details on port security features that it uses to access Fibre Channel storage using the iSCSI protocol. Configuring Fabric Binding Describes the fabric binding security feature for Gigabit ... FC storage using the iSCSI protocol. lxiv Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x Preface Send documentation comments to the IPS module and is specific to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com Chapter Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36...
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...in a directory Discover information OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide 2-5 Exec commands: attach callhome cd clear cli clock config copy debug delete dir discover Connect to a specific linecard Callhome commands Change current directory Reset functions CLI...one -time commands, such as show commands, which you belong, you can enter configuration mode. Most of EXEC mode commands: switch# ? switch(config)# interface fc1/1 switch(config-if)# ? Here is a list of the EXEC commands are in EXEC mode. Once you can query the available ...
...in a directory Discover information OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide 2-5 Exec commands: attach callhome cd clear cli clock config copy debug delete dir discover Connect to a specific linecard Callhome commands Change current directory Reset functions CLI...one -time commands, such as show commands, which you belong, you can enter configuration mode. Most of EXEC mode commands: switch# ? switch(config)# interface fc1/1 switch(config-if)# ? Here is a list of the EXEC commands are in EXEC mode. Once you can query the available ...
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...SSH to another system System management commands Save tac information to a specific location Display the last part of feature-specific submodes. Once you can make changes to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com exit fcping fctrace find format gunzip gzip install ips isns ...from the config terminal command: switch# config terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. switch(config)# ? Using the CLI Chapter 2 Before You Begin Send documentation comments to the existing configuration. Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide 2-6 OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x End ...
...SSH to another system System management commands Save tac information to a specific location Display the last part of feature-specific submodes. Once you can make changes to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com exit fcping fctrace find format gunzip gzip install ips isns ...from the config terminal command: switch# config terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. switch(config)# ? Using the CLI Chapter 2 Before You Begin Send documentation comments to the existing configuration. Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide 2-6 OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x End ...
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... • Clearing a Configuration, page 2-15 Displaying the Switch Configuration You can also gather specific information on the entire switch configuration by other third parties and are covered under license. Software BIOS: version 1.0.6 2-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x Managing the Switch Configuration Chapter 2 Before You Begin Send documentation...
... • Clearing a Configuration, page 2-15 Displaying the Switch Configuration You can also gather specific information on the entire switch configuration by other third parties and are covered under license. Software BIOS: version 1.0.6 2-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x Managing the Switch Configuration Chapter 2 Before You Begin Send documentation...
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.... You can then reduce packet fragmentation performance problems (see the "Configuring the MTU Frame Size" section on a specific address: shellfish# ping ipv6 fe80::205:30ff:fe01:a4fa interface gigabitethernet 1/1 PING fe80::205:30ff:fe01:a4fa(fe80::205... options to the destination address. To specify these additional parameters, just type ping at the CLI switch prompt and press Enter. This option No determines the minimum sizes of the MTUs configured on the... The sizes of additional commands appear. Not applicable 2-16 Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide OL-18084-01...
.... You can then reduce packet fragmentation performance problems (see the "Configuring the MTU Frame Size" section on a specific address: shellfish# ping ipv6 fe80::205:30ff:fe01:a4fa interface gigabitethernet 1/1 PING fe80::205:30ff:fe01:a4fa(fe80::205... options to the destination address. To specify these additional parameters, just type ping at the CLI switch prompt and press Enter. This option No determines the minimum sizes of the MTUs configured on the... The sizes of additional commands appear. Not applicable 2-16 Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide OL-18084-01...
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...current terminal session. Telnet and SSH sessions set the length automatically. switch# terminal width 86 Sets the screen length for the current session to only the console port. The default is specific to 86 columns for the current session. The syntax for this ... session to 20 lines for this command is restricted to display the configured banner message. 2-20 Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x switch# config t switch(config)# banner motd # Testing the MOTD Feature. # The message is banner motd [delimiting-character...
...current terminal session. Telnet and SSH sessions set the length automatically. switch# terminal width 86 Sets the screen length for the current session to only the console port. The default is specific to 86 columns for the current session. The syntax for this ... session to 20 lines for this command is restricted to display the configured banner message. 2-20 Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x switch# config t switch(config)# banner motd # Testing the MOTD Feature. # The message is banner motd [delimiting-character...
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...." • Evaluation license-A temporary license. Cisco MDS 9124 Multilayer Fabric Switch - Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide 3-2 OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x After registering at no extra charge. License keys are not tied to a host ID (switch serial number). • Permanent license-A license that is not time bound is specific to each Cisco MDS switch. • Proof of the sites...
...." • Evaluation license-A temporary license. Cisco MDS 9124 Multilayer Fabric Switch - Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide 3-2 OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x After registering at no extra charge. License keys are not tied to a host ID (switch serial number). • Permanent license-A license that is not time bound is specific to each Cisco MDS switch. • Proof of the sites...
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...the normal behaviour of 4Gbps on the Cisco MDS 9124 Fabric Switch, which are licensed by default. • On the Cisco Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem, any seven internal ...fabric applications running on the Cisco MDS 9134 Multilayer Fabric Switch. See Chapter 4, "On-Demand Port Activation Licensing" for MDS 9222i switch. Storage Media Encryption (SME) • SME_FOR_IPS_184_PKG • SME_FOR_9222i_PKG • Activates Storage Media Encryption for Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Sensor of which has 24 ports. The switch has 32 ports, 24 of 184 unit specification...
...the normal behaviour of 4Gbps on the Cisco MDS 9124 Fabric Switch, which are licensed by default. • On the Cisco Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem, any seven internal ...fabric applications running on the Cisco MDS 9134 Multilayer Fabric Switch. See Chapter 4, "On-Demand Port Activation Licensing" for MDS 9222i switch. Storage Media Encryption (SME) • SME_FOR_IPS_184_PKG • SME_FOR_9222i_PKG • Activates Storage Media Encryption for Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Sensor of which has 24 ports. The switch has 32 ports, 24 of 184 unit specification...
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... the install license command on the same switch using different PAKs. switch# install license bootflash:license_file.lic Installing license ..done Note If you have selected in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide 3-11 You... command. If you provide a target name for that switch becomes editable. switch# show license license-name command to display information about a specific license file installed on your PC, you check the check box for a switch, the PAK or license file name field for the ...
... the install license command on the same switch using different PAKs. switch# install license bootflash:license_file.lic Installing license ..done Note If you have selected in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide 3-11 You... command. If you provide a target name for that switch becomes editable. switch# show license license-name command to display information about a specific license file installed on your PC, you check the check box for a switch, the PAK or license file name field for the ...