Connectrix MDS-9148S

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After upgrading to Fabric OS (FOS) 9.1.1c, unable to run inline commands from UNIX or Linux server to the switch with the "fosexec" commands.

Affected products after NX OS 9.4.2a upgrade: Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS and SAN-OS Software, Cisco MDS 9100 Series Multilayer Fabric Switches, Cisco MDS 9200 Series Multiservice Switches, Cisco MDS 9300 Series Multilayer Fabric Switches, Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors, Cisco MDS 9700 Series Multilayer Directors

This article provides steps to back up and restore Zones using DCNM.

This issue is seen when the audit logs are getting filled for the switches, receive notification email alerts from the switches, or when any switch is idle for some time and no events are generated.

This KB provides steps to collect switch #show tech-support through DCNM.

Connectrix MDS 9148S rebooted, unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0x0000003c.

Install error message after upgrade to 8.4(2e): Install has failed. Return code 0x40930039 (aborting due to failed upgrade).

The purpose of Smart Zoning is to reduce the amount of administrative overhead that is required to add new hosts to the SAN with the addition of a few keywords.

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Downgrade from 8.5.1 to earlier 8.x versions fails to execute due to compatibility error in snmp config.

Domain IDs uniquely identify a switch in a Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN). A switch may have different domain IDs in different VSANs. The domain ID is part of the overall Fibre Channel (FC) ID. The configured domain ID can be preferred or static. By default, the configured domain ID is 0 (zero) and the configured type is preferred. Domain IDs can range from 1 to 239. The 0 (zero) value can be configured only if you use the preferred option.

End devices unable to communicate - FCNS rejecting to all FC CT queries with 'logical busy'. Because end devices cannot get proper responses to their queries, they will not be able to communicate with one another.

LDAP authentication fails with the Error 0x404a000a.

Connectrix MDS : 97xx Chassis information missing with error message %PLATFORM-2-PS_UNSUPPORTED

SCG, Base64 encoding, Cisco, ESRS script, password Base64 Encoding

On a zone activation, all HBAs zoned to a VPLEX front-end port are logged out and lose a path.

How to perform NX-OS upgrade on the MDS switches

Temporary Maintenance Mode (TMM) slows and stuck port count increments for operational down ports during an In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU).

Port-channel between Cisco MDS and UCS not working

Connectrix: IP_FCMAC_CNT_STATS_ERRORS_RX_BAD_WORDS_FROM_DECODER on admin down port

Device manager UI is showing the fan status indicator as amber, even though the switch shows all fans up.

Oracle is moving to a new licensing scheme for JAVA. Servers running JAVA will need to be licensed by Oracle.

"Interface fcx/y Slowport Count = ## Credit Delay" messages are streaming in "show logging" log from 16 Gbps switches.

This KB article describes an issue where fan speeds run high and do not return to normal limits.

MDS switch with CFS ipv4/ipv6 enabled reloads unexpectedly.

Here are the steps to configure the tx-/rx-datarate policy on an MDS switch. These steps are not disruptive. They do not affect the production traffic; they only change when the switch records information. After this there will be a new active policy that has the same two counters as the previous slowdrain policy with the additional tx-/rx-datarate counter. Any ports that go to 80% Tx or Rx utilization for 10 seconds will get an alert. Note: This is a common request TAC makes when customers are concerned about performance in a fabric.

End device FC port directly attached to an MDS Fabric switch goes to errored state after ISSU/ISSD activity. Conditions: This issue applies to the following fabric switches only: Cisco MDS 9132T Cisco MDS 9148S Cisco MDS 9148T Cisco MDS 9220i Cisco MDS 9396S Cisco MDS 9396T Further, the ISSU/ISSD is between any two of the following Cisco NX-OS versions: 8.4(1), 8.4(1a) 8.4(2), 8.4(2a), 8.4(2b), 8.4(2c) 8.5(1)

Zoneset not present.

Dell Connectrix MDS Cisco remediation is available for CLI vulnerability that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.