RE: FCoE/CNA Deployment w/ Nexus 5K, HP 580s, QLogic

2012-03-06 Thread Bartin, John
ssage- From: David Swafford [mailto:da...@davidswafford.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:19 PM To: David Newman; Nanog Subject: Re: FCoE/CNA Deployment w/ Nexus 5K, HP 580s, QLogic The full SKU of the original cards was QLE8242-CU-CK (dual port copper). The replacements were the same, b

Re: FCoE/CNA Deployment w/ Nexus 5K, HP 580s, QLogic

2012-02-28 Thread David Swafford
The full SKU of the original cards was QLE8242-CU-CK (dual port copper). The replacements were the same, but SR instead of CU. Here's a quick link of detail on these cards -- http://www.qlogic.com/Resources/Documents/DataSheets/Adapters/Datasheet_8200_Series_Adapters.pdf . The copper cables/SFPs

Re: FCoE/CNA Deployment w/ Nexus 5K, HP 580s, QLogic

2012-02-28 Thread David Newman
On 2/28/12 2:55 AM, David Swafford wrote: > Yeah, our vendors epically failed here! Were these QLogic 2400s or 2500s by any chance? https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F15/FEDORA-2012-1863 dn

Re: FCoE/CNA Deployment w/ Nexus 5K, HP 580s, QLogic

2012-02-28 Thread David Swafford
Hey Chris, Yeah, our vendors epically failed here! I was getting at having a good releationship with fellow server/storage team mates. David. On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Chris Cappuccio wrote: > David Swafford [da...@davidswafford.com] wrote: > > > > Lots of head-banging and teamwork e

Re: FCoE/CNA Deployment w/ Nexus 5K, HP 580s, QLogic

2012-02-27 Thread Chris Cappuccio
David Swafford [da...@davidswafford.com] wrote: > > Lots of head-banging and teamwork eventually got us squared away! This > situation is a good example of why network guys NEED to have a great > relationship with both server and storage guys (we're all really close > where I'm at). Had there be

Re: FCoE/CNA Deployment w/ Nexus 5K, HP 580s, QLogic

2012-02-27 Thread daniel.onwude
Thanks, Working on a similar design and now know what to avoid :) Rgds dan On Feb 27, 2012, at 4:22 PM, David Swafford wrote: > Hi Everyone! > > I had several requests for more feedback on our FCoE experience, based on > my comments from a thread last week, so I'm writing here with a bit more >

FCoE/CNA Deployment w/ Nexus 5K, HP 580s, QLogic

2012-02-27 Thread David Swafford
Hi Everyone! I had several requests for more feedback on our FCoE experience, based on my comments from a thread last week, so I'm writing here with a bit more background on our project in hopes that it saves some pain for others :-). I'm with a sizable health insurance provider in the mid-west,