In 2008 Brocade announced the 8G director class switches DCX and DCX-4S. A rather impactful release of a new piece of hardware where the next generation FC ASIC saw light. The Condor.The marketing department of Brocade back then had probably been smoking something as the introduction of the platform was accompanied with a rather cringy […]
The DCX man has retired. Read More »
If you\’ve read my articles over the last decade or so you\’ve seen I\’m keen on maintenance. Both from a physical hardware as well as software perspective a storage environment needs to be kept in tip-top shape at all times.
Crackdown on FOS support Read More »
I\’ve already mentioned that BNA was End-of-Life and will/is (be) replaced by SANNav. As of the time of this writing any BNA version older than 14.4.1 is no longer supported. This basically means that your BNA (or any OEM version) older than that release is not being looked at when yo have a problem with
BNA before 14.4.1 is no longer supported Read More »
As with all good stuff there are always people and companies that try to jump on the bandwagon and make some dollars by using cheap kit and sell it as \”Original\” or \”Compatible\” or \”Vendor equivalent\”. Don\’t fall for this trap and simply buy Original Vendor Branded & Supported equipment. One example is FiberStore.
Brocade \”compatible\” SFP\’s will disrupt your fabric. Read More »
As with all good stuff there are always people and companies that try to jump on the bandwagon and make some dollars by using cheap kit and sell it as \”Original\” or \”Compatible\” or \”Vendor equivalent\”. Don\’t fall for this trap and simply buy Original Vendor Branded & Supported equipment. One example is FiberStore.
Brocade \”compatible\” SFP\’s will disrupt your fabric. Read More »
In some of my previous articles here and here I explained how to obtain a supportsave via BNA (Brocade Network Advisor) and/or DCFM (Data Centre Fabric Manager) and which one to grab. But what happens if you don\’t have BNA or are not able to manage these switches via BNA. The best way to do
How to obtain a Brocade SupportSave without BNA or DCFM Read More »
Very often I get involved in cases whereby a massive amount of host logs, array dumps, FC and IP traces are taken which could easily add up to many gigabytes of data. This is then accompanied by a very synoptic problem description such as \”I have a problem with my host, can you check?\”. I\’m
5-minute initial troubleshooting on Brocade equipment Read More »
If you work with Brocade gear you might have come across their management tool called Brocade Network Advisor. A very nifty piece of software which lets you do almost 99% of all things you want to do with your fabrics whether is FOS or NOS based. When you work in support you often need logs
Brocade supportsave via BNA or DCFM Read More »
After a very busy couple of weeks I\’ve spent some time to dissect the release notes of Brocade FOS 7.1 and I must say there are some really nice features in there but also some that I REALLY think should be removed right away. It may come to no surprise that I always look very critical to whatever come
Brocade FOS 7.1 and the cool features Read More »
