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dolson at mcs

Jun 27, 2012, 10:42 AM

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FAS2240 Twinax Support

Hi All,

We're currently in the specification phase of a project using a FAS2240 with 4x 10gbE ports.

I'm trying to figure out if the FAS2240 supports "active" twinax from a Brocade VDX 6720.

The Brocade ethernet switches seem to be relatively strange that twinax at <5M is active, usually
it is only long twinax runs that require that.

Anyone out there have a FAS2240 working with a Brocade switch via twinax?
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Edrivera at ea

Jun 27, 2012, 11:05 AM

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RE: FAS2240 Twinax Support [In reply to]

I can tell you that my experience plugging in FAS6280s into Brocade VDX 6720s taught me that all Brocade Twinax cables (even the short ones) are active Twinax and not supported by NetApp. If you plug them in, they will work but you will get a nasty error message on /etc/messages saying that it is not supported. So unfortunately, you will need to use SFP+ optics.

-Eduardo

-----Original Message-----
From: toasters-bounces [at] teaparty [mailto:toasters-bounces [at] teaparty] On Behalf Of Dan Olson
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 12:42 PM
To: toasters [at] teaparty
Subject: FAS2240 Twinax Support

Hi All,

We're currently in the specification phase of a project using a FAS2240 with 4x 10gbE ports.

I'm trying to figure out if the FAS2240 supports "active" twinax from a Brocade VDX 6720.

The Brocade ethernet switches seem to be relatively strange that twinax at <5M is active, usually it is only long twinax runs that require that.

Anyone out there have a FAS2240 working with a Brocade switch via twinax?
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tmacmd at gmail

Jun 27, 2012, 11:15 AM

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Re: FAS2240 Twinax Support [In reply to]

And NetApp has three different SFP+'s!!
One for the X1107
One for the X1117
One for the FAS Heads with on-board 10-Gig

--tmac
         Tim McCarthy
     Principal Consultant

  RedHat Certified Engineer
   804006984323821 (RHEL4)
   805007643429572 (RHEL5)


On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Rivera, Eduardo <Edrivera [at] ea> wrote:
> I can tell you that my experience plugging in FAS6280s into Brocade VDX 6720s taught me that all Brocade Twinax cables (even the short ones) are active Twinax and not supported by NetApp.  If you plug them in, they will work but you will get a nasty error message on /etc/messages saying that it is not supported.   So unfortunately, you will need to use SFP+ optics.
>
> -Eduardo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: toasters-bounces [at] teaparty [mailto:toasters-bounces [at] teaparty] On Behalf Of Dan Olson
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 12:42 PM
> To: toasters [at] teaparty
> Subject: FAS2240 Twinax Support
>
> Hi All,
>
> We're currently in the specification phase of a project using a FAS2240 with 4x 10gbE ports.
>
> I'm trying to figure out if the FAS2240 supports "active" twinax from a Brocade VDX 6720.
>
> The Brocade ethernet switches seem to be relatively strange that twinax at <5M is active, usually it is only long twinax runs that require that.
>
> Anyone out there have a FAS2240 working with a Brocade switch via twinax?
> _______________________________________________
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>
>
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dolson at mcs

Jun 27, 2012, 12:11 PM

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Re: FAS2240 Twinax Support [In reply to]

Thank you both for confirming this.

What are folks on the list using as a 10gb top of rack switch with Netapp FAS? Cisco 5548? Anyone using Arista 7124sx with twinax?

----- Original Message -----
From: "tmac" <tmacmd [at] gmail>
To: "Eduardo Rivera" <Edrivera [at] ea>
Cc: "Dan Olson" <dolson [at] mcs>, toasters [at] teaparty
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 1:15:43 PM
Subject: Re: FAS2240 Twinax Support

And NetApp has three different SFP+'s!!
One for the X1107
One for the X1117
One for the FAS Heads with on-board 10-Gig

--tmac
         Tim McCarthy
     Principal Consultant

  RedHat Certified Engineer
   804006984323821 (RHEL4)
   805007643429572 (RHEL5)


On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Rivera, Eduardo <Edrivera [at] ea> wrote:
> I can tell you that my experience plugging in FAS6280s into Brocade VDX 6720s taught me that all Brocade Twinax cables (even the short ones) are active Twinax and not supported by NetApp.  If you plug them in, they will work but you will get a nasty error message on /etc/messages saying that it is not supported.   So unfortunately, you will need to use SFP+ optics.
>
> -Eduardo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: toasters-bounces [at] teaparty [mailto:toasters-bounces [at] teaparty] On Behalf Of Dan Olson
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 12:42 PM
> To: toasters [at] teaparty
> Subject: FAS2240 Twinax Support
>
> Hi All,
>
> We're currently in the specification phase of a project using a FAS2240 with 4x 10gbE ports.
>
> I'm trying to figure out if the FAS2240 supports "active" twinax from a Brocade VDX 6720.
>
> The Brocade ethernet switches seem to be relatively strange that twinax at <5M is active, usually it is only long twinax runs that require that.
>
> Anyone out there have a FAS2240 working with a Brocade switch via twinax?
> _______________________________________________
> Toasters mailing list
> Toasters [at] teaparty
> http://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Toasters [at] teaparty
> http://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters

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Edrivera at ea

Jun 27, 2012, 12:14 PM

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RE: FAS2240 Twinax Support [In reply to]

I have used Cisco 5548/5596 and Brocade VDX 6720s. Both have been pretty good switches so far. The Cisco ones support passive Twinax though which makes connectivity to the filers cheaper.

-Eduardo

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Olson [mailto:dolson [at] mcs]
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 2:12 PM
To: tmac
Cc: toasters [at] teaparty; Rivera, Eduardo
Subject: Re: FAS2240 Twinax Support

Thank you both for confirming this.

What are folks on the list using as a 10gb top of rack switch with Netapp FAS? Cisco 5548? Anyone using Arista 7124sx with twinax?

----- Original Message -----
From: "tmac" <tmacmd [at] gmail>
To: "Eduardo Rivera" <Edrivera [at] ea>
Cc: "Dan Olson" <dolson [at] mcs>, toasters [at] teaparty
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 1:15:43 PM
Subject: Re: FAS2240 Twinax Support

And NetApp has three different SFP+'s!!
One for the X1107
One for the X1117
One for the FAS Heads with on-board 10-Gig

--tmac
         Tim McCarthy
     Principal Consultant

  RedHat Certified Engineer
   804006984323821 (RHEL4)
   805007643429572 (RHEL5)


On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Rivera, Eduardo <Edrivera [at] ea> wrote:
> I can tell you that my experience plugging in FAS6280s into Brocade VDX 6720s taught me that all Brocade Twinax cables (even the short ones) are active Twinax and not supported by NetApp.  If you plug them in, they will work but you will get a nasty error message on /etc/messages saying that it is not supported.   So unfortunately, you will need to use SFP+ optics.
>
> -Eduardo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: toasters-bounces [at] teaparty [mailto:toasters-bounces [at] teaparty] On Behalf Of Dan Olson
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 12:42 PM
> To: toasters [at] teaparty
> Subject: FAS2240 Twinax Support
>
> Hi All,
>
> We're currently in the specification phase of a project using a FAS2240 with 4x 10gbE ports.
>
> I'm trying to figure out if the FAS2240 supports "active" twinax from a Brocade VDX 6720.
>
> The Brocade ethernet switches seem to be relatively strange that twinax at <5M is active, usually it is only long twinax runs that require that.
>
> Anyone out there have a FAS2240 working with a Brocade switch via twinax?
> _______________________________________________
> Toasters mailing list
> Toasters [at] teaparty
> http://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Toasters [at] teaparty
> http://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters


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dburklan at NMDP

Jun 29, 2012, 5:57 AM

Post #6 of 6 (1311 views)
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Re: FAS2240 Twinax Support [In reply to]

We have been using a pair of Nexus 5010s to connect our filers up via 10GbE. So far they have been working quite well, especially once we updated the code on them

Regards,

Dan

Sent from my iPhone, please excuse typos.

On Jun 27, 2012, at 2:27 PM, "Rivera, Eduardo" <Edrivera [at] ea> wrote:

> I have used Cisco 5548/5596 and Brocade VDX 6720s. Both have been pretty good switches so far. The Cisco ones support passive Twinax though which makes connectivity to the filers cheaper.
>
> -Eduardo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Olson [mailto:dolson [at] mcs]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 2:12 PM
> To: tmac
> Cc: toasters [at] teaparty; Rivera, Eduardo
> Subject: Re: FAS2240 Twinax Support
>
> Thank you both for confirming this.
>
> What are folks on the list using as a 10gb top of rack switch with Netapp FAS? Cisco 5548? Anyone using Arista 7124sx with twinax?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tmac" <tmacmd [at] gmail>
> To: "Eduardo Rivera" <Edrivera [at] ea>
> Cc: "Dan Olson" <dolson [at] mcs>, toasters [at] teaparty
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 1:15:43 PM
> Subject: Re: FAS2240 Twinax Support
>
> And NetApp has three different SFP+'s!!
> One for the X1107
> One for the X1117
> One for the FAS Heads with on-board 10-Gig
>
> --tmac
> Tim McCarthy
> Principal Consultant
>
> RedHat Certified Engineer
> 804006984323821 (RHEL4)
> 805007643429572 (RHEL5)
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Rivera, Eduardo <Edrivera [at] ea> wrote:
>> I can tell you that my experience plugging in FAS6280s into Brocade VDX 6720s taught me that all Brocade Twinax cables (even the short ones) are active Twinax and not supported by NetApp. If you plug them in, they will work but you will get a nasty error message on /etc/messages saying that it is not supported. So unfortunately, you will need to use SFP+ optics.
>>
>> -Eduardo
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: toasters-bounces [at] teaparty [mailto:toasters-bounces [at] teaparty] On Behalf Of Dan Olson
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 12:42 PM
>> To: toasters [at] teaparty
>> Subject: FAS2240 Twinax Support
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> We're currently in the specification phase of a project using a FAS2240 with 4x 10gbE ports.
>>
>> I'm trying to figure out if the FAS2240 supports "active" twinax from a Brocade VDX 6720.
>>
>> The Brocade ethernet switches seem to be relatively strange that twinax at <5M is active, usually it is only long twinax runs that require that.
>>
>> Anyone out there have a FAS2240 working with a Brocade switch via twinax?
>> _______________________________________________
>> Toasters mailing list
>> Toasters [at] teaparty
>> http://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Toasters mailing list
>> Toasters [at] teaparty
>> http://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Toasters mailing list
> Toasters [at] teaparty
> http://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters

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