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In our Texas data center we have two identical 9506 switches (mds1 and mds2). Each host and Storage array is connected to both switches. We need to move both switches to a new location. We will pull multiple new FC cables for each host and array to the new location.
We will then power down mds1 and move it to the new location. Once powered back up we will plug in the newly run cable into mds1. We will then go to each host and remove one old cable (each host has 2 HBAs) and plug in the newly run cable that we just plugged inot mds1. We will do a similar thing for each array.
As long as we plug the right cables into the right ports we should be good with no zonning changes required. Once mds1 comes up in the new location we should be good. During the move of mds1 all hosts and storage will keep running through the redundant ports on mds2.
At some point later we would shutdown mds2 and move it while everything runs on mds1.
We've never done anything like this and the mds switches are fairly new to us. Of course we would back up the switches before shutdown. Looking at the MDS9000 Quick Reference I can see that their is cli command shutdown. It says that it gracefully shuts down the interface and administratively disables traffic flow.
I'm guessing that when we power up the switch at the new location it will just come up with all zonning infor in place.
Are there any issues that we should be aware of before attempting this move?
In our Texas data center we have two identical 9506 switches (mds1 and mds2). Each host and Storage array is connected to both switches. We need to move both switches to a new location. We will pull multiple new FC cables for each host and array to the new location.
We will then power down mds1 and move it to the new location. Once powered back up we will plug in the newly run cable into mds1. We will then go to each host and remove one old cable (each host has 2 HBAs) and plug in the newly run cable that we just plugged inot mds1. We will do a similar thing for each array.
As long as we plug the right cables into the right ports we should be good with no zonning changes required. Once mds1 comes up in the new location we should be good. During the move of mds1 all hosts and storage will keep running through the redundant ports on mds2.
At some point later we would shutdown mds2 and move it while everything runs on mds1.
We've never done anything like this and the mds switches are fairly new to us. Of course we would back up the switches before shutdown. Looking at the MDS9000 Quick Reference I can see that their is cli command shutdown. It says that it gracefully shuts down the interface and administratively disables traffic flow.
I'm guessing that when we power up the switch at the new location it will just come up with all zonning infor in place.
Are there any issues that we should be aware of before attempting this move?
