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Backstop provides offensive punch; hurler club's top pick in '08
By Lyle Spencer / MLB.com
It is the first move of consequence by the new Angels front office headed by general manager Jerry Dipoto.
Iannetta, 28, is a .235 hitter in six seasons in Colorado. He is coming off a 2011 campaign in which he batted .238 with 14 homers and 55 runs batted in.
The number that impressed Dipoto and the Angels most is his .357 on-base percentage in 458 Major League games. Iannetta owns a .430 career slugging mark with a high of 18 home runs in 2008. Playing half of his games in Coors Field has been a benefit. Of his 63 career homers, 37 have been in the mile-high altitude.
"We checked two boxes today," Dipoto said, referring to acquiring a No. 1 receiver and a player who can lift the team's dismal on-base percentage. "It starts to fill in some of the holes.
"We wanted to improve our catching depth and our on-base percentage. It's not often you can get a catcher who can help you in that department, getting on base.
"Chris is a solid defender. He's improved every year. I just talked to him, and he's very excited about the opportunity to work with [Angels manager] Mike Scioscia. He's known as a catching mentor."
Having dealt their regular catcher, the Rockies promptly turned their attention to free-agent Ramon Hernandez, who spent the past three seasons in Cincinnati after playing for the Athletics, Padres and Orioles.
Iannetta, in a conference call an hour after learning of the trade, said he was "beginning to get comfortable with it" after spending his entire career in the Colorado organization. He feels the Angels are getting a catcher who is coming into his own after spending six Major League seasons trying to master the most difficult position on the field.
"There are so many things that go into catching that the offense -- no matter how much you're working on it -- becomes secondary," Iannetta said. "You're trying to be the best defensive catcher you can be. From an offensive standpoint, turning the lineup over, anything you can add is a bonus.
"This past season, getting a chance to play every day made me realize a lot of things about baseball. It's easier to play every day than to sit on the bench. I learned mental patience, to trust what you put into it. After I became more confident, it really started to show in the second half."
Iannetta said he was "excited" to join an organization with a winning history and is looking forward to catching the Angels' talented trio of Jered Weaver, Dan Haren and Ervin Santana.
"I've faced all those guys and have a ton of respect for them," Iannetta said. "All three of those guys can be in Cy Young [Award] contention."
Making a career-high 105 starts in 2011 for the Rockies, Iannetta threw out 26 percent of runners attempting to steal. Only three Major League receivers catching 95 or more games had a higher percentage.
"He's a leader behind the plate," Dipoto said. "Pitchers like to throw to the guy. He has a presence. He fits in the lineup, in the clubhouse. This guy has skills."
With the Winter Meetings running Dec. 5-8 in Dallas, Dipoto said he plans to be busy exploring ways to improve both the offense and the depth in the pitching staff.
"We're interested in the best players in the world that are out there," he said.
Chatwood, a native Southern Californian who attended high school in Redlands, was the team's top Draft pick in 2008. He rose swiftly through the farm system with a mid-90s fastball and a big curveball, reaching the Majors in 2011 at 21. He'll be 22 in two weeks.
Dealing Chatwood, one of the premier starting prospects in the organization, was not an easy decision, Dipoto said.
"Trades are never easy," he said. "But catching is never easy to come by. Getting a guy who's in the top half in offensive performance at the position is hard. It's difficult to give up Tyler, but it's a reflection of how hard it is to come up with catching in the big leagues, more than a reflection of Tyler Chatwood."
An early-season injury to Joel Pineiro and Scott Kazmir making only one start created holes in the rotation, bringing Chatwood to Anaheim quicker than he or anyone in the organization had anticipated. He made 27 appearances, 25 as a starter.
Command was Chatwood's biggest challenge as he went 6-11 with a 4.75 ERA for the Angels before returning to Triple-A Salt Lake for four starts.
In 142 innings, Chatwood issued 71 walks while striking out 74 batters.
In the National League, Chatwood -- an excellent athlete who could have been drafted as a center fielder -- will be able to use his impressive hitting abilities.
While offense was clearly a factor in the Angels' decision to pursue Iannetta, he is considered a solid, cerebral defender well regarded for his ability to call games.
The Angels didn't get much offense last season from their catchers. Jeff Mathis batted .174, Bobby Wilson .189 and Hank Conger .204. Conger, who turns 24 in January, is considered the team's catcher of the future but needs to make some refinements defensively.
"Right now we have four Major League catchers on the roster," Dipoto said. "Like pitching, you can't have too much catching. It's a long way to Opening Day."
A fourth-round pick out of the University of North Carolina in 2004, Iannetta hit .264 in 104 games in 2008, but he struggled the following two years and was demoted to Triple-A Colorado Springs each season. He regained his footing and was a solid performer throughout 2011.
Mathis and Wilson are candidates to be traded. Mathis, who will be eligible for free agency after the 2012 season, shared the catching job with Mike Napoli for four seasons and excelled defensively, ranking among the best in the game with the glove.
Wilson is a solid, intelligent receiver and a contact hitter with developing power.
Having acquired Iannetta, the Angels also have the option of non-tendering Mathis in his final year as an arbitration-eligible player.
"We'll cross that bridge when we get there," Dipoto said.
Lyle Spencer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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West Liberty lost last weekend.
Metro State did not, and the Roadrunners on Tuesday took the No. 1 national ranking from the West Virginia school.
Fort Lewis College head coach Bob Hofman called it Saturday night, too.
They, without a question, will be the No. 1 team in the nation this week, Hofman said of the Roadrunners after Metro State beat FLC 71-65 on Saturday night in Denver. Theyre undefeated for a reason. Their margin of victory is incredibly good, but I think it showed the guys what we need to do to compete with the nations best.
FLC slipped three spots in the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II poll and checked in at No. 20.
Adams State was ranked 18th, and Colorado Mesa was the final Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference representative with 12 votes for top-25 consideration.
No. 1 Metro State is 15-0 and received 13 first-place votes.
No. 2 Western Washington is 16-0 and received three first-place votes.
Kentucky Wesleyan (14-0) was ranked third, West Liberty (16-1) fourth and Seattle Pacific (13-2) fifth.
FLC (12-2, 9-1 RMAC) beat Regis 74-52 on Friday, then lost a good, hard-fought game, Hofman said, to the nations best the next night.
FLC will host Colorado Christian (7-12, 2-9 RMAC) at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Colorado School of Mines (10-5, 7-4) at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Whalen Gymnasium. Both games will be broadcast live on KIUP 930 AM.
Ashland (19-0) was ranked first in the USA Today Sports/WBCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll, followed by Bentley (15-0) and Clayton State (16-0).
Colorado Mesa (15-0) of the RMAC was ranked fourth in the womens poll.
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Review Group Week 207 - ROBOCOP #1
Hey you! Reader! Want to be a part of the GREATEST COMIC BOOK AND GEEK COMMUNITY on the web?! Well, they're not accepting new members, but we'll take anyone here, so why not sign up for a free acount? It's fast and it's easy, like your mom! Sign up today! Membership spots are limited!*
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Hey you! Reader! Want to be a part of the GREATEST COMIC BOOK AND GEEK COMMUNITY on the web?! Well, they're not accepting new members, but we'll take anyone here, so why not sign up for a free acount? It's fast and it's easy, like your mom! Sign up today! Membership spots are limited!*
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by ****** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:18 am[center]
Just looking to read the reviews? Click here.
Robocop #1
as selected by GHERU[/center]Writer: Rob Williams
Penciller/Inker: Fabiano Neves
Dynamite Entertainment proudly presents the dynamic debut of Robocop by writer Rob (Classwar) Williams and artist Fabiano (MARVEL ZOMBIES VS. THE ARMY OF DARKNESS) Neves! Under two awesome covers - one by the sensational Stephen Segovia and the other by Dynamite's newest artistic sensation (and the pupil of artist David Finch) Johnny D! - Dynamite goes back to basics as it unveils the dystopian, deeply satirical, and all-out violent world of Robocop.
This is ROBOCOP meets the conspiracy theory mystery of ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, following on from Paul Verhoeven's original by mixing high action, extreme violence and satire. Plus: the return of ED-209!
In honor of our 4 year anniversary and as decided by group vote, Week 208 is going to be a FREE4ALL!
What does this mean? It means you can review whatever book you want and as many books as you want! Anyone can participate, the Review Group loves bringing in new members so this is the perfect opportunity for anyone and everyone to join in the fun.
Sounds pretty simple, right? I though so, so I'm playing my tyrant card and adding a twist.
The more books you review next week, the further up the pick ladder you're going to climb. Review one book, you'll move up the list just like normal. Review 2, 3, 4 books, etc., you'll move the corresponding number of spots up the list. To keep it fair and balanced, there are a couple of rules you have to follow:
1. For a comic to count as one of your reviews, it must be on Diamond's shipping list for February 3rd.
2. The Review must be at least 208 words. No pellet reviews, if you want to move up the list you'll have to earn it.
The deadline to get your reviews posted for the ladder climbing will be midnight on Tuesday February 9th (Kerny will maintain his position for February 10th to ensure we have an on-time pick for that week). Before the next thread goes up, I'll tally the reviews and update the Member's list with the results.
The jumps will be applied by the lowest total jumps first in order from top to bottom progressively until the top reviewer has been applied. If a reviewer reaches the top of the ladder without using all of his or her jumps those will carry over and be applied the week after his pick. If two reviewers land in the same spot, the reviewer with the most credited jumps will take the first position.
If you would like to join the group it's easy. Just post a review and I'll add you to the member's list. As long as you stay active, eventually it will be your turn to make a pick.
With $4 comics becoming the norm, the economy being what it is and the growing popularity of mail order services the Review Group recognizes that it's becoming harder and harder to commit to participating each and every week. As long as you can post one review per calendar month you will stay in the member's list. It doesn't matter if you post your review the week of it's release or if you post it later. Going forward, there is no such thing as a "late" review.
The only request I make with the new format is that if you don't plan on posting a review or if you're going to be posting late is that you drop a note in the thread so that I can keep track of who is active and who isn't. The Spreadsheet of Doom is thorough, but it can't read your mind.
Comics are to be scored on a scale from 1-10. 1 being suck, 10 being a damn good comic. Beyond that, there's no right or wrong.
If it's your week, you must announce your selection by 5pm EST the day Diamond releases it's shipping list. If you do not announce your pick at that time, I will add a poll to the thread that will remain open until 12pm EST so that the group can make the selection for that week. (If you're seriously MIA, I'll probably put the poll up sooner) To ensure that you know it's your week, I will PM you when Midtown's list goes live on Thursdays.
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Each Tuesday I will putting together all of our reviews and we will have our very own article on the front page of The Outhouse! If you would like for your review to be included, please try to have it posted by the end of day on Monday.
by Punchy » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:18 amRemember, no price discussions.
by ****** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:20 am
I give you the original Robocop trailer in it's proper aspect ratio and you bring up pricing.
by Punchy » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:22 am
I would respond, but that would constitute a discussion.
I've never seen any of the Robocop movies.
by Punchy » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:27 amI'm definitely going to try and review all 12 books I'm buying next week.
by ****** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:28 am
Hence my gift of the original trailer. Now you know a little bit about the franchise going into it.
Paul Verhoeven makes awesomely fun movies, not that he always intends them to turn out that way, Robocop is genius.
by Punchy » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:31 am
What was Frank Miller's involvement in the series?
by MrBlack » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:35 am
He drafted the story for Robocop 2, and co-wrote the screenplay for Robocop 3. They both sucked.
by ****** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:36 am
Robocop 2 is the only movie I've ever been to where someone fired a gun at the screen.
by Punchy » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:37 am
I saw some of the Miller Robocop books that Avatar put out, they were unspeakably violent.
I think Ryp drew it.
by ****** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:43 am
I don't think I knew who Ryp was when those were coming out. I might see if I can track those down. I do love the current crazy old man version of Frank Miller.
by MrBlack » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:43 am
Robocop 2 wasn't very good.
Robocop 3 was so bad that it became humorous. They had a robot ninja for Chrissakes!
by Punchy » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:45 am
It was mental, more blood and guts than Black Summer.
I think Ryp draws the best entrails in comics.
by thefourthman » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:49 amMy understanding was he wrote a screenplay for Robocop 2 and they cut it into two movies, expanding a subplot to create Robocop 2 and doing a rewrite of the rest for Robocop 3. Hence the crediting he has on those two movies.
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Ask any of the individuals recently named as a "20 to Watch" educator for NSBA's 2012-13 recognition program, and they all will talk about their accomplishments in the context of their colleagues. In the multilayered, complex world of K-12 technology innovation, it takes players at all levels to implement successful practices.
So what makes someone worthy of watching? The "20 to Watch" program looks for educators throughout the learning community who have an innate curiosity about emerging technologies; who think about how those technologies might effectively be applied to enhance learning and support their district's operations and outreach; and most important, who have inspired their colleagues to join them on the innovation journey.
Some districts have had the benefits of charismatic technology directors or superintendents, or even enthusiastic tech champions on the school board. Unfortunately, when these individuals leave, their initiatives often wither. Likewise, the most creative, dedicated, tech-savvy classroom educator rarely has enough power to influence systemic change across an entire district. Suggestions that creating a rich 21st century learning environment can simply be mandated from the top, contemplated in the boardroom, or eventually bubble up from the grassroots reflect a lack of understanding about how policy, practice, and infrastructure intersect.
I've had the opportunity to staff every education technology site visit NSBA's Technology Leadership Network has hosted since 1992 (more than 65, at last count), and have heard dozens of compelling stories about how the board and technology staff, administrators, and teachers worked in tandem to bring about a new way of thinking in their districts, regardless of the current technology device or trend that was under consideration at the time. That's why I passionately believe the most successful districts understand technology must be approached as a team sport.
The school board is charged with engaging the community to establish a shared vision of the desired learning outcomes for students. Principal Robert Dillon from Maplewood, Mo., and one of this year's honorees, described how his board supports technology: "It is essential that the school board members serve this role of storytellers and spokespeople to build deep roots of trust in the community." The implementation of that clear vision should be reflected in the technology decisions made by the superintendent and his/her leadership team.
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Table Of Contents
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes
for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(3)
Determining the Software Version
Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image
Performing a Disruptive Upgrade on a Single Supervisor MDS Family Switch
New Features in Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(3)
Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information
Installation and Configuration Note
Installation and Configuration Note
Cisco Product Security Overview
Reporting Security Problems in Cisco Products
Obtaining Technical Assistance
Cisco Technical Support & Documentation Website
Definitions of Service Request Severity
Obtaining Additional Publications and Information
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes
for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(3)
Release Date: August 22, 2006
Text Part Number: OL-7411-07 F0
This document describes the caveats and limitations for switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. Use this document in conjunction with documents listed in the "Related Documentation" section.
Note Release notes are sometimes updated with new information on restrictions and caveats. Refer to the following website for the most recent version of the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/ps4159/ps4358/prod_release_notes_list.html
Table 1 shows the on-line change history for this document.
Table 1 Online History Change
Revision Date Description
Created release notes
Added DDTS CSCsd78967 and CSCse88606.
Added DDTS CSCsf21970
Added DDTS CSCin95789, CSCsd81137, CSCse22145, CSCse41442, CSCse70275, CSCse71420, CSCsf96043, CSCsg12020, and CSCsg15392.
Added DDTS CSCsd92433, CSCse99087, CSCsg03171, CSCsg62359, and CSCsh27840.
Added DDTS CSCsd41578.
Added the section "Performing a Disruptive Upgrade on a Single Supervisor MDS Family Switch".
This document includes the following sections:
•Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image
•New Features in Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(3)
•Cisco Product Security Overview
•Obtaining Technical Assistance
•Obtaining Additional Publications and Information
The Cisco MDS 9000 Family of Multilayer Directors and Fabric Switches provide industry-leading availability, scalability, security, and management, allowing you to deploy high performance storage-area networks with lowest total cost of ownership. Layering a rich set of intelligent features onto a high performance, protocol agnostic switch fabric, the Cisco MDS 9000 Family addresses the stringent requirements of large data center storage environments: uncompromising high availability, security, scalability, ease of management, and seamless integration of new technologies.
The Cisco MDS 9000 Family SAN-OS is the underlying system software that powers the Cisco MDS 9500 series, 9200 series, and 9100 series multilayer switches. The Cisco SAN-OS provides intelligent networking features such as multiprotocol and multitransport integration, virtual SANs (VSANs), advanced security, sophisticated debug analysis tools, and unified SAN management.
System Requirements
This section describes the system requirements for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(3) and includes the following topics:
•Determining the Software Version
Components Supported
Table 2 lists the software and hardware components supported by the Cisco MDS 9000 Family.
Note To use the Cisco Storage Services Enabler package, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.3(5) or later must be installed on the MDS switch.
Table 2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supported Software and Hardware Components
Component Part Number Description Applicable Product
MDS 9500 Supervisor/Fabric-I, SAN-OS software.
MDS 9500 Series only
MDS 9216 Supervisor/Fabric-I, SAN-OS software.
MDS 9200 Series only
MDS 9100 Supervisor/Fabric-I, SAN-OS software.
MDS 9100 Series only
Enterprise package.
MDS 9500 Series
Enterprise package.
MDS 9200 Series
Enterprise package.
MDS 9100 Series
Mainframe package.
MDS 9500 Series
Mainframe package.
MDS 9200 Series
Mainframe package.
MDS 9100 Series
Fabric Manager Server package.
MDS 9500 Series
Fabric Manager Server package.
MDS 9200 Series
Fabric Manager Server package.
MDS 9100 Series
SAN Extension over IP package for IPS-8 module.
MDS 9500 Series
SAN Extension over IP package for IPS-8 module.
MDS 9200 Series
SAN Extension over IP package for IPS-4 module.
MDS 9500 Series
SAN Extension over IP package for IPS-4 module.
MDS 9200 Series
SAN Extension over IP package for MPS 14+2 module.
MDS 9500 Series
SAN Extension over IP package for MPS 14+2 module.
MDS 9200 Series
Storage Services Enabler package.
MDS 9500 Series with ASM or SSM
Storage Services Enabler package.
MDS 9200 Series with ASM or SSM
MDS 9509 director, base configuration (9-slot modular chassis includes 7 slots for switching modules and 2 slots for supervisor modules—SFPs1 sold separately).
MDS 9509 only
MDS 9506 director (6-slot modular chassis includes 4 slots for switching modules and 2 slots for supervisor modules—SFPs sold separately).
MDS 9506 only
MDS 9216 16-port semi-modular fabric switch (includes 16 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel ports, power supply, and expansion slot—SFPs sold separately).
MDS 9216 only
MDS 9216A 16-port semi-modular fabric switch (includes 16 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel ports, power supply, and expansion slot—SFPs sold separately).
MDS 9216A only
MDS 9216i 16-port semi-modular fabric switch (includes 14 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel ports, 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports, power supply, and expansion slot—SFPs sold separately).
MDS 9216i only
MDS 9140 fixed configuration (non-modular) fabric switch (includes 8 full rate ports and 32 host-optimized ports).
MDS 9140 only
MDS 9120 fixed configuration, non-modular, fabric switch (includes 4 full rate ports and 16 host-optimized ports).
MDS 9120 only
Supervisor modules
MDS 9500 Supervisor/Fabric-I, module.
MDS 9500 Series only
Switching modules
MDS 9000 16-port 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel module (SFPs sold separately).
MDS 9500 Series and 9200 Series
MDS 9000 32-port 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel module (SFPs sold separately).
Services modules
8-port Gigabit Ethernet IP Storage Services module.
4-port Gigabit Ethernet IP Storage Services module.
MDS 9000 32-port 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel Storage Services Module (SSM).
Caching Services Module (CSM).
14-port Fibre Channel/2-port Gigabit Ethernet Multiprotocol Services (MPS-14/2) module.
LC-type fiber-optic SFP
2-Gbps/1-Gbps Fibre Channel — short wavelength SFP.
MDS 9000 Family
2-Gbps/1-Gbps Fibre Channel — long wavelength SFP.
1-Gbps Ethernet and 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel—short wavelength SFP.
1-Gbps Ethernet and 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel — long wavelength SFP.
1-Gbps Ethernet SFP
Gigabit Ethernet and 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel SFP LC interface xxxx nm, where xxxx = 1470, 1490, 1510, 1530, 1550, 1570, 1590, or 1610 nm.
MDS 9000 Family
Add/drop multiplexer for four CWDM wavelengths.
Add/drop multiplexer for eight CWDM wavelengths.
Two slot chassis for CWDM add/drop multiplexer(s).
Power supplies
2500-W AC power supply.
MDS 9509 only
2500-W DC power supply.
4000-W AC power supply for US (cable attached).
4000-W AC power supply international (cable attached).
1900-W AC power supply.
MDS 9506 only
1900-W DC power supply.
845-W AC power supply.
MDS 9200 Series only
300-W3 AC power supply.
MDS 9100 Series only
MDS 9500 supervisor CompactFlash disk, 512 MB.
MDS 9500 Series only
Port analyzer adapter
A standalone Fibre Channel-to-Ethernet adapter that allows for simple, transparent analysis of Fibre Channel traffic in a switched fabric.
MDS 9000 Family
MDS 9000 Management Software and Documentation CD-ROM, spare.
MDS 9000 Family
1 SFP = small form-factor pluggable
2 CWDM = coarse wavelength division multiplexing
3 W = Watt
Determining the Software Version
Note We strongly recommend that you use the latest available software release supported by your vendor for all Cisco MDS 9000 Family products.
To determine the version of the Cisco MDS SAN-OS software currently running on a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch using the CLI, log into the switch and enter the show version EXEC command.
To determine the version of the Cisco MDS SAN-OS software currently running on a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch using the Fabric Manager, view the Switches tab in the Information pane, locate the switch using the IP address, logical name, or WWN, and check its version in the Release column.
Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image
The Cisco MDS SAN-OS software is designed for mission-critical high availability environments. To realize the benefits of nondisruptive upgrades on the Cisco MDS 9500 Directors, we highly recommend that you install dual supervisor modules.
You can nondisruptively upgrade to Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(3) from any SAN-OS software release beginning with Release 1.3(x). If you are running an older version of the SAN-OS, first upgrade to Release 1.3(x), and then upgrade to Release 2.1(3).
Note If you are upgrading to Cisco MDS SAN-OS 2.1(3) from any prior SAN-OS software release, you should issue the copy running-config startup-config command immediatedly after you upgrade to Release 2.1(3) and before you issue any other commands.
When downgrading from Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(3) to Release 1.3(x), you might need to disable new features in Release 2.1(3) for a nondisruptive downgrade. Issuing the install all command from the CLI, or using Fabric Manager to perform the downgrade, enables the compatibility check. The check indicates if the upgrade can happen nondisruptively or disruptively depending on the current configuration of your switch and the reason.Compatibility check is done:Module bootable Impact Install-type Reason------ -------- -------------- ------------ ------1 yes non-disruptive rolling2 yes disruptive rolling Hitless upgrade is not supported3 yes disruptive rolling Hitless upgrade is not supported4 yes non-disruptive rolling5 yes non-disruptive reset6 yes non-disruptive reset
At a minimum, you need to disable the default device alias distribution feature using the no device-alias distribute command in global configuration mode. The show incompatibility system bootflash:1.3(x)_filename command determines which additional features need to be disabled.
If you are upgrading from Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(1x) to any image later than Release 2.1(2) and have IVR enabled, review CSCei88345 in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(2b) for upgrade instructions.
Note Refer to the "Determining Software Compatibility" section of the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide for more details.
Performing a Disruptive Upgrade on a Single Supervisor MDS Family Switch
Cisco MDS SAN-OS software upgrades are disruptive on the following single supervisor Cisco MDS Family switches:
•MDS 9120 switch
•MDS 9140 switch
•MDS 9216i switch
If you are performing an upgrade on one of those switches, you should follow the nondisruptive upgrade path listed in this section, even though the upgrade is disruptive. Following the nondisruptive upgrade path ensures that the binary startup configuration remains intact.
If you do not follow the upgrade path, the binary startup configuration is deleted because it is not compatible with the new image, and the ASCII startup configuration file is applied when the switch comes up with the new upgraded image. When the ASCII startup configuration file is applied, there may be errors. Because of this, we recommend that you follow the nondisruptive upgrade path.
Note If you would like to request a copy of the source code under the terms of either GPL or LGPL, please send an e-mail to email@example.com.
New Features in Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(3)
There are no new features available for this release.
Limitations and Restrictions
This section lists the limitations and restrictions for this release.
VSFN Compatibility
For the latest VSFN compatibility information, refer to the Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release Compatibility Matrix for VERITAS Storage Foundation for Networks Software.
iSCSI Proxy Initiators
No more than 250 iSCSI proxy initiator sessions can be active on an IPS port.
This section lists the open and resolved caveats for this release. Use Table 3 to determine the status of a particular caveat. In the table, "O" indicates an open caveat and "R" indicates a resolved caveat.
Resolved Caveats
Symptom: Cisco MDS 9100 Series switches and the 9216i switch do not handle counter roll-over appropriately and might reset after being up for 497 days. The MPS-14/2 modules are also susceptible and could be reset by the supervisor.
Workaround: None. This issue has been resolved.
Symptom: If a module reloads or reinitializes on its own because of an error, and the port channel has one of its member ports on this module, in rare cases, the peer port of this member port will not forward traffic after the module comes back up.
Workaround: None. This issue has been resolved.
Open Caveats
Symptom: The VSAN suspend/resume operations facilitate network level reconfiguration and are not often used. The operations should not be used on a SANTap related VSAN.
Workaround: If VSAN suspend/resume operations must be used, first unprovision SANTap prior to using VSAN suspend/resume.
Symptom: Enabling IVR NAT on the same switch where write acceleration is enabled over a PortChannel with multiple FCIP links might result in frames not transferring from the source to the destination.
Workaround: Do not have all of the following on the same switch:
–IVR NAT enabled
–PortChannel of multiple FCIP links that can potentially carry IVR NAT traffic
–FCIP write acceleration enabled
However, any two of the above three configurations are supported on the same switch.
Note IVR in non-NAT mode can be configured with FCIP PortChannels and FCIP write acceleration on the same switch.
Symptom: Removing zones from an active zone set may generate a system message that the zone activation has failed because of an Accept Change Authorization (ACA) failure.
Workaround: None required. The IVR retries the activation and eventually the zone set activation succeeds.
Symptom: An active IVR zone set on the local switch is not propagated when the commit session contains any other configuration changes.
Workaround: For Cisco SAN-OS Release 2.1(2) and later, perform an implicit commit without any changes. In the case of a merge failure and the IVR zone set is not active on remote switches but is active on a local switch, issue an implicit commit from the local switch to propagate the active zone set to the remote switches.
For releases prior to Release 2.1(2), the workaround is different. Add either a dummy member to an existing zone or add a dummy zone with dummy members to the currently active IVR zone set, and then reactivate the IVR zone set. Then issue the commit command, which will propagate the active zone set to other switches.
Symptom: Installing an invalid license file may cause an MDS switch to reload.
Workaround: Recover the switch from the console port. Then request another license file from Cisco. Install the unaltered license file.
Note Do not edit or modify an MDS license file as this makes the file invalid.
Symptom: The IPFC manager fails when it receives an FARP packet for a nonexistent VSAN interface. This situation may occur when a host bus adapter (HBA) on a host directly registers as an IPFC interface.
Workaround: None.
Symptom: When a port continuously flaps, the Fibre Channel Name Server may crash and cause a supervisor switchover.
Workaround: Use a different port or check the host bus adapter (HBA) port.
Symptom: When performing a switchover, upgrade, or downgrade, logs may be incorrectly synced between supervisor modules. As a consequence, the syslog process is left with some inconsistencies that may cause one or more of the following symptoms:
•A process may fail while displaying logs for a show logging command. After three failures of the syslog process, the switch forces a switchover.
•Certain small sections of the log may appear out of order, either preceded by or followed by broken log lines, or both. For example, a few lines referring to 2006 Jan 17 may appear embedded between other log lines that refer to 2006 Jan 20, with a broken line before and after the entry.
•Null characters (ASCII code 0) may appear in the log. These characters cause empty lines to be displayed when using the show logging command and appreciably slow down the log output over slow console connections.
Workaround: Clear the logs immediately after performing a switchover, upgrade, or downgrade by issuing the following command as soon as the switchover, upgrade, or downgrade successfully completes:switch# clear logging logfile
Note When you execute the clear logging logfile command, old logs are lost. If you need to keep a copy of the old logs, redirect the output of the show logging command to a file before the switchover, upgrade, or downgrade to copy the output to a safe location.
Symptom: The Forwarding Information Base (FIB) process may fail if an IVR zone set push from the Fabric Manager fails because of an SNMP timeout and various switches send conflicting active IVR zone sets.
Workaround: There are two ways to address the problem:
•Examine the output of the show interface mgmt 0 command to see if there is a duplex mismatch that may cause an SNMP timeout.
•Use the ivr distribute command to enable Cisco Fabric Services (CFS) distribution for IVR zone or zone sets and the topology through Inter-Switch Links (ISLs).
Symptom: If you remove a port from a port channel or shutdown a member port of a port-channel, the ConnUnitPortStatus/State trap is not sent.
Workaround: None.
Symptom: A VSAN that is connected to a McDATA switch with interop mode 1 participates in IVR. The VSAN has devices that are zoned for IVR with a device with domain IDs not within the 97 to 127 range. A loss of connectivity between the hosts and storage devices that are zoned for IVR and the devices in a normal zone might occur.
Workaround: None.
Symptom: When IVR is enabled, the Fabric-Device Management Interface information is not transferred across VSANs for IVR devices.
Workaround: None.
Symptom: If you have more than 800 zones in an active zoneset for a single VSAN, your MDS 9000 switch might reload if you move from basic zoning to enhanced zoning and then read the active zoneset information.
Workaround: Lower the number of zones in an active zoneset for a single VSAN to less than 800.
Symptom: While using an FCIP link for remote SPAN, it is possible that the FCIP link may flap.
Workaround: Do not use FCIP links for Remote SPAN.
Symptom: If an iSCSI initiator is configured differently on multiple switches, iSNS might report more targets to the initiator than the initiator can access. An iSCSI initiator would get a target error if it attempts to establish a connection.
Workaround: None.
Symptom: Creating a role that has the VSAN policy "deny" requires an Enterprise License on the switch. If such a role is created on a switch that does not have the license, the switch exhibits different behavior when distribution is turned on as compared with distribution is turned off, as follows:
–If distribution is turned off, creation of the role is rejected.
–If distribution is turned on, creation of the role succeeds but the VSAN policy continues to be "permit."
Workaround: None.
Symptom: Tape devices can only be accessed over an FCIP tunnel in a PortChannel with write acceleration enabled if SID/DID based load balancing is used in the VSANs.
Workaround: Disable write acceleration or enable SID/DID based load balancing in the VSANs if you have tape device traffic going over an FCIP tunnel in a PortChannel.
Symptom: Protocol and port numbers specified in an IP-ACL assigned to an IPsec profile (crypto map) are ignored. In an interop between Microsoft's iSCSI initiator with IPsec encryption with Cisco MDS 9000 Series switches, if IPsec is configured in the Microsoft iSCSI initiator (also the IPsec/IKE initiator), the host IPsec implementation sends the following IPsec policy:source IP - Host IP, dest IP - MDS IP,source port - any, dest port - 3260 (iSCSI), protocol - 6 (TCP).
Upon receiving this policy, the protocol and port numbers are ignored and only the IP addresses for the IPsec policy are used. Thus, although iSCSI traffic is encrypted, non-iSCSI traffic (such as ICMP ping) sent by the Microsoft host in clear text is dropped in the MDS port.
Workaround: None.
Symptom: A device that interfaces with SANTap may request SANTap to create a session for an ITL that was previously requested, and ITL checking is not robust.
Workaround: Have the device validate the ITL and ensure that it does not send a request for a duplicate ITL.
Symptom: When SANTap is unprovisioned, the control virtual target (CVT) object is not getting cleaned up on the supervisor module.
Workaround: To ensure that cleanup occurs, first issue the no santap module slot-number appl-vsan vsan-id command to clean up the CVT, and then unprovision SANTap.
Symptom: When configuring a remote SPAN (RSPAN), the Fibre Channel tunnel does not come up if it goes through more than one hop.
Workaround: Configure the Fibre Channel tunnel explicit-path option and list every IP hop between the source and destination.
Symptom: If a link is isolated because of a fabric-binding database mismatch, a reactivation of the corrected fabric-binding database may not initialize the ports.
Workaround: Use the shutdown/no shutdown command sequence to manually disable then enable the link.
Symptom: When a reconfigure fabric (RCF) frames occurs on a VSAN, the ports may be left in a state where the fabric binding is incorrect.
Workaround: None.
Symptom: If iSCSI is enabled before FCIP, then the qos command that is configurable under an FCIP interface is not available as an option. The reverse is true, as well. If FCIP is enabled first, then the qos command is not an option for iSCSI interfaces.
Workaround: None. .
Symptom: A TACACS+ key that includes the less than (<) and greater than (>) characters fails when copied to an ftp server and then copied back to the MDS switch.
Workaround: None. This issue has been resolved.
Symptom: The RRD graph in the Performance Manager does not refresh on a web client opened in Mozilla or Netscape.
Workaround: Do not use a proxy server or the browser's Refresh button.
Symptom: When you configure Cisco Traffic Analyzer to capture traffic on one or more interfaces on a Windows platform, the configuration web page might not show that the interface has been selected for traffic capture even though traffic capture on that interface is enabled.
Workaround: Check the logs to clarify that the correct interface has been selected.
Symptom: After an upgrade from SAN-OS Release 1.3(2a) to any release lower than SAN-OS Release 3.0(1), you may see errors like the following in the syslog file:2005 Sep 15 17:36:55 coral %SYSMGR-3-CFGWRITE_SRVFAILED: Service "fcc" failed to store its configuration (error-id 0xFFFFFFFF).2005 Sep 15 17:36:56 coral %SYSMGR-2-CFGWRITE_ABORTED: Configuration copy aborted.2005 Sep 15 17:36:59 coral %SYSMGR-3-CFGWRITE_FAILED: Configuration copy failed (error-id 0x401E0000).2005 Sep 15 17:37:43 coral %SYSMGR-3-CFGWRITE_SRVFAILED: Service "fcc" failed to store its configuration (error-id 0xFFFFFFFF).2005 Sep 15 17:37:44 coral %SYSMGR-2-CFGWRITE_ABORTED: Configuration copy aborted.2005 Sep 15 17:37:47 coral %SYSMGR-3-CFGWRITE_FAILED: Configuration copy failed (error-id 0x401E0000).2005 Sep 15 17:38:31 coral %SYSMGR-3-CFGWRITE_SRVFAILED: Service "fcc" failed to store its configuration (error-id 0xFFFFFFFF).2005 Sep 15 17:38:32 coral %SYSMGR-2-CFGWRITE_ABORTED: Configuration copy aborted.2005 Sep 15 17:38:35 coral %SYSMGR-3-CFGWRITE_FAILED: Configuration copy failed (error-id 0x401E0000).
Workaround: After the upgrade, issue the copy running-config startup-config command before issuing the show startup-config command.
If you have already encountered this issue, perform a stateful switchover, then issue the copy running-config startup-config command.
Symptom: If there is a port software failure at the same time as a configuration change for an FCIP interface, the configuration change can fail and subsequent configuration and show commands will fail for that FCIP interface.
Workaround: None.
Symptom: On a Cisco MDS 9020 Fabric Switch, Fabric Manager displays a 4-Gbps Inter-Switch Link (ISL) as a 3-Gbps ISL.
Workaround: None.
Symptom: In rare circumstances, after you issue the install all command to upgrade an MDS switch, the upgrade may fail because the installer process fails. When this occurs, you may see a message like the following:%CALLHOME-2-EVENT: SW_CRASH alert for service: installerThe installer failed to respond for 10 times. Exiting ...Unable to send exit to installer. Return code -1
If you upgrade from 1.3(x) to 2.1 or from 2.0(x) to 2.1 and the upgrade fails, and if after the upgrade failure the supervisor modules are running the new software version, but some modules are running the older software version, then the next attempt to execute the install all command will trigger this problem.
You should not encounter this problem if you upgrade from 2.1 to a higher version.
Workaround: There are two ways to address this issue:
•To non-disruptively upgrade all modules that are running the older software version, issue the install module module-number image command.
•To disruptively upgrade the modules, issue the reload module module-number force-dnld command, or reinstall the module.
Symptom: If you use Telnet or SSH to access an MDS switch, TACACS+ authentication with the domain\username format does not work.
Workaround: Use email@example.com for TACACS+ authentication over Telnet or SSH.
Symptom: When a data path on a Storage Service Module (SSM) is congested, diagnostic frames that are delivered as best effort may be dropped. The Online Health Management System (OHMS) may bring down a Fibre Channel port on an SSM when congestion occurs and declare the port as failed.
Workaround: To work around this issue, enter the following command:
switch(config)# no system health module ssm-module-number loopback failure-action
Symptom: In rare circumstances, an MDS 9000 Family switch may start displaying the following error messages in the log, several times per second:%KERN-1-SYSTEM_MSG: eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout 0x801249d2 0xf0!
When this situation occurs, Telnet access through the mgmt0 interface is impossible.
Workaround: Access the switch through the console port.
Symptom: If a user does not have a Fabric Manager Server (FMS) license, a demo or trial license counter for enhanced FMS features starts even when FMS enhanced features are not configured. You might see the following message:%LICMGR-3-LOG_LIC_NO_LIC: No license(s) present for feature FM_SERVER_PKG. Application(s) shutdown in 119 days.
This might occur after upgrading to Cisco SAN-OS 2.1(2x). FMS status becomes InUse although none of its features were or are actually used. This starts the 120 day evaluation period counter for FMS enhanced features.
Note This does not have any impact on using the Fabric Manager or Device Manager for managing the switch for basic feature operations.
Workaround: Install a Fabric Manager Server license.
Symptom: When you attempt to copy a running configuration or startup configuration to a tftp server in a single step, the operation fails.
Workaround: Copy the configuration in two steps:
switch# copy running-config volatile:
switch# copy volatile: tftp:
Symptom: The port software might fail if more than 250 iSCSI sessions are present on an IPS port configured for proxy initiator mode.
Workaround: Configure no more than 250 iSCSI sessions on an IPS port with proxy initiator mode configured.
Symptom: Following a successful login by a host, the show interface command lists an interface as "isolated due to port loopback." In Fabric Manager, the Device Manager shows the same information about the interface.
Workaround: None.
Symptom: You may be unable to add or delete a specific user name through the command-line interface, while you can add or delete other user names with no problem. The user name in question does not display in the output of a show user-account command; even so, it cannot be added or deleted.
In this situation, you may see an error like the following:username <username> password 0 <passwd>Internal CLI error: Success error in messagingAuthentication token manipulation errorcould not change password for user:<username>no username <username>user not present{could not delete user <username>}
Workaround: Open a case with Cisco TAC. There are no steps you can take to correct this problem
Symptom: If the SNMP server location is configured with an empty value, then a subsequent show running-config command will only show one character for the SNMP server contact. If the SNMP server location is changed, then the show running-config command will show the number of characters in the SNMP server location plus one for the SNMP server contact.
Workaround: The string length of the configured SNMP location should be greater than or equal to the string length of the SNMP contact.
To make the string length for the SNMP location more or equal to the string length of the configured SNMP contact, a user can do one of the following:
•Configure the SNMP location and SNMP contact with the same string length.
•Add additional blank space in the SNMP location configuration.
Symptom: If an internal reconfiguration occurs on an MDS switch, the message that is sent to the log is the same message that is sent when external reconfigure fabric (RCF) frames are sent from the principal switch.
Workaround: None.
Symptom: On an MDS 9500 Series switch running Cisco SAN-OS Release 2.1(1b), the output of the show version command shows the wrong value for the last reset, but this does not cause any operational problems on the switch. The output may look like the following:
kernel uptime is 137 days 3 hours 49 minute(s) 32 second(s)
Last reset at -447213060 usecs after Sun Mar 18 05:59:15 2018
Reason: Not defined
System version: Service: §"H
Workaround: None.
Symptom: The SAN-OS software creates syslog message after a configuration change through the command -line interface The syslog message looks like this:Vatican# 2006 Feb 8 09:00:33 Vatican %VSHD-5-VSHD_SYSLOG_CONFIG_I: Configuring console from pts/1 (dhcp-peg3-vl30-144-254-7-182.cisco.com)
Using the Fabric Manager to make the same configuration change does not result in the same syslog message:Vatican# 2006 Feb 8 09:00:56 Vatican %PORT-5-IF_DOWN_ADMIN_DOWN: %$VSAN 1%$ Int erface fc1/5 is down (Administratively down)
Symptom: After you enter the ivr zone name command to configure a zone, the switch displays a message that may be misleading:switch# config tEnter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
switch(config)# ivr zone name abcfabric is locked for configuration. Please commit after configuration is done.switch(config-ivr-zone)#
The displayed message has been changed:switch# config tEnter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
switch(config)# ivr zone name abcfabric is now locked for configuration. Please 'commit' configuration when done.switch(config-ivr-zone)#
Workaround: None.
Symptom: The following configuration causes excessive data collisions and reduced throughput on the management port of an MDS switch Supervisor 1 module:
Management port configuration — Speed:100 Mbps, Duplex: Full
Switch port configuration — Speed: 100 Mbps, Duplex: Full
Resulting mode on management port — Speed: 100 Mbps, Duplex: Half
Resulting mode on switch port — Speed: 100 Mbps, Duplex: Full
Workaround: Because an MDS switch always autonegotiates the duplex mode and defaults to half duplex if the autonegotiation fails, you should configure the ports as follows:
Management port configuration — Speed: 100 Mbps, Duplex: Auto
Switch port configuration — Speed: Auto, Duplex: Auto
Resulting mode on MDS — Speed: 100 Mbps, Duplex: Full
Resulting mode on switch port — Speed: 100 Mbps, Duplex: Full
Symptom: A problem in Fibre Channel write acceleration on the Storage Services Module exhibited itself as a 10% to 15% performance drop once SCSI flows were established in both directions in relation to a SCSI initiator SCSI target pair.
This issue is applicable only in configurations where a bidirectional SCSI flow is established for a given SCSI initiator SCSI target pair. In other words, for a SCSI flow in one direction, a given node in a SCSI initiator SCSI target pair acts as SCSI initiator, and for the SCSI flow in the other direction, the same node acts as a SCSI target.
Workaround. None.
Symptom: Report collection in the Fabric Manager's Performance Manager stops after 48 hours. The data from the 48 hours is saved, but the connection to the database appears to be lost.
Workaround: None.
Symptom: If a switch has multiple SSMs with the SCSI flow feature enabled, an SSM may fail to come up when you perform an upgrade or reload.
Workaround: Before attempting to upgrade or reload an SSM, remove SCSI flow provisioning. Once the SSM comes back up, enable SCSI flow provisioning again.
Follow these steps:
1. Issue the following command to remove the provisioning:switch(config)# no ssm enable feature scsi-flow force module module-number
2. Issue the following command to upgrade the SSM:switch# install all system bootflash:m9500-sf1ek9-mz.2.1.2d.bin kickstart bootflash:m9500-sf1ek9-kickstart-mz.2.1.2d.bin ssi bootflash:m9000-ek9-ssi-mz.2.1.2j.bin
3. Issue the following command to reenable the SCSI flow feature when the SSM comes back online:switch(config)# ssm enable feature scsi-flow module module-number
4. If the ssm enable feature scsi-flow module command fails, verify that the SSM is online using the following command:switch# show module
5. Once the SSM is online, issue the following command:switch# reload module module-number
6. Repeat Step 3 to reenable the SCSI flow feature.
Note The force option should be used only in Step 1.
Symptom: If an iSCSI port receives protocol data units (PDUs) for a write command after it has been aborted by a task management function (TMF), the buffers for these PDUs may be freed twice and this can lead to a port software failure on the iSCSI port.
Workaround: None.
Symptom: When multiple tape drives are exposed to a switch over one target port, they appear as multiple LUNs behind the single target port. In this type of configuration, the FCIP link may occasionally get out of sync during error recovery, which may cause the FCIP link to flap.
Workaround: While there is no workaround that can prevent this situation from occurring, you can disable tape acceleration for this type of configuration. The write acceleration feature continues to provide some acceleration over the FCIP link.
Symptom: FCIP tape acceleration causes a flap in the FCIP link when it receives duplicate CHECK CONDITION status frames from a tape device.
Workaround: Because there is no workaround when the tape drive is functioning in this manner, we recommend that you turn off FCIP tape acceleration.
Symptom:After using the ip access-group command to configure an access list for the mgmt interface and saving the running configuration to the startup configuration, the ip access-group command is not present following a reboot of the running configuration. However, the command is in the startup configuration, and the access list is still in the configuration, but is not applied to the mgmt interface.
Workaround: Reconfigure the command or issue a copy startup-config running-config command to put the command back in place.
Symptom: Duplicate entries within an FC alias might cause an ISL isolation between your MDS 9000 switch and a Brocade switch.
Workaround: Remove duplicate entries from the Brocade switch and the link will come up.
Symptom: If many iSCSI initiators issue writes with immediate or unsolicited data to the iSCSI interface, the result may be a buffer congestion condition that may in turn lead to a B2B credit issue on the FC ports. This may cause these ports to flap.
Workaround: Disable immediate and unsolicited data on the iSCSI initiators.
Symptom: Mode 1 FCIP compression performance degrades if the Fibre Channel frames received are 1 KB in size.
Workaround: None.
Symptom: When using Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(2e) or earlier to configure PortChannels, the following message may be displayed:Last membership update failed: port-channel: required service is not responding (err_id 0x402B No port
If this issue occurs, any attempt to delete the PortChannel will fail and no additional operations can be performed on that specific PortChannel that gave the error.
Workaround: Upgrade from Cisco SAN-OS Release 2.1(2e) or earlier to Release 3.0(2a) to prevent the problem from occurring. If the problem has already occurred, an upgrade to Release 3.0(2a) will not correct the problem. Issue the write erase command and reboot the system to correct this problem.
Symptom: The output from the show tech-support details command contains the following error message:`show system internal xbar internal all`*** cmd parse error ***
Workaround: To obtain logs for the xbar manager, issue the following commands:
show system internal xbar internal event-history module slot
show system internal xbar internal event-history sync slot
show system internal xbar internal event-history msgs
show system internal xbar internal event-history errors
Symptom: In Fabric Manager, the Device Alias sort function does not work correctly.
Workaround: None.
Symptom: In Fabric Manager, the local zone database is not synchronized.
Workaround: None.
Symptom: When upgrading to Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.0(1) from an earlier version, the upgrade might fail if there is not enough empty space in the bootflash of the standby supervisor module. The module must be able to hold the kickstart image, the system image, and the SSI image, even though the SSI image does not need to be copied to the standby supervisor module. The upgrade process uses the size of the SSI image to calculate the space required to sync the software images onto the standby supervisor module. The SSI image might be counted as many times as there are Storage Services Modules (SSMs) in the system.
The SSI image is counted for an SSM if any of the following conditions are met:
–If the SSI image has been configured in bootvar for the SSM.
–If the SSI bootvar is specified on the command line when the install all command is issued.
–If the SSI bootvar is manually preset, rather than specified on the command line.
Workaround: Make sure there is enough empty space in the bootflash of the standby supervisor module. The module must be able to hold the kickstart image, the system image, and the SSI image, even though the SSI image does not need to be copied to the standby supervisor module (as explained in the Symptom).
Symptom: The ISNS server process terminates when ISNS-SERVER is enabled on a switch that has more than 100 iSCSI initiators.
Workaround: None.
Symptom: CFS coordinated distribution events are not logged in the syslogs.
Workaround: Use the show cfs internal session-history name command to see the coordinated distribution events that are logged.
Symptom: Issuing the show zone member fcid command on your Cisco MDS 9000 switch might not display the zones with that member FC ID.
Workaround: Configure zone membership by using either pWWN, pWWN + LUN, FC ID, or FC ID + LUN.
Symptom: The Qlogic 2460 HBA fails to remote boot when it connects to a VT instantiated by SANTap on the SSM because the Qlogic 2460 BIOS sends a test ready unit with an invalid command reference number (CRN) and task attribute field. This same HBA can boot when SANTap and the SSM are not part of the configuration.
Workaround:Use the Qlogic 2340 HBA.
Symptom: If you have multiple switches with IVR, and there is a mismatch of IVR VSAN topology and IVR zones which were corrected later, you might get an error message in the logs %FSPF-3-IPC_PROC_ERR: Error in processing IPC message : Opcode = 68, Error code = 401a0013
Workaround: None.
Symptom: In a system with autocreate PortChannel configured, if there are multiple link flaps or configuration changes on a PortChannel, the PortChannel Manager process memory might run out causing the PortChannel Manager process to crash.
Workaround: Issue the write erase command and reload the switch.
Symptom: Setting a value higher than 4 for the maximum number of times a packet is retransmitted before TCP closes the connection might product unexpected results. This would occur during a link FCIP tunnel recovery after a short downtime.
Workaround: Configure the TCP maximum retransmissions to values between 1 and 4 only.
Symptom: A user called snmp-user can successfully log into an MDS switch through the CLI, but cannot log in through Fabric Manager or Device Manager. The login attempt fails with this error: SNMP: Unknown username
Workaround: None.
Symptom: If you issue immediate, back-to-back commands to delete and then create FCIP interfaces, the internal port service might crash.
Workaround: Wait 5 seconds between the delete and the following create command for a given FCIP interface.
Symptom:No alerts are issued for FCS errors on the sup-fc0 port even though it might affect Fibre Channel communication.
Workaround: None.
Symptom: The dynamic port VSAN membership (DPVM) failed after the number of F ports exceeded 64 and a port flap occurred.
Workaround: Keep the number of F ports in a switch below 64.
Symptom: If your switch is up for a long period of time, such as more than 100 days, zone set activation in Fabric Manager might not reflect the latest results and active-local differences may still be shown.
Workaround: Close and reopen Fabric Manager with the "Accelerate Discovery" option unchecked. This reflects the latest change, but might need to be done after every change.
Symptom: If a Generation 1 module has any port that is administratively up, but operationally down when you upgrade from SAN-OS Release 2.x to either Release 3.0(1) or Release 3.0(2x), you might experience traffic disruption on that module.
Workaround: Use the shutdown command to shut all the ports operationally down and administratively up on all the Generation 1 modules before upgrading from SAN-OS Release 2.x to Release SAN-OS 3.0(x) or Release 3.0(2x). After the upgrade is complete, the ports can be brought to an administratively up state using the no shutdown command.
Symptom: If a user attempts to log in using TACACS+ authentication to an MDS switch or an SSH server configured on the switch, the login might fail if password-authentication is the first login method the user tries.
Workaround: Use the keyboard-interactive method as the first login method for SSH.
Symptom: Additional information is needed from the show tech-support command.
Workaround: None.
Related Documentation
The documentation set for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family includes the following documents. To find a document online, use the Cisco MDS SAN-OS Documentation Locator at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5989/products_documentation_roadmap09186a00804500c1.html.
For information on IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller Storage Software for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family, refer to the IBM TotalStorage Support website: http://www.ibm.com/storage/support/2062-2300/
Release Notes
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Releases
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Storage Services Interface Images
•Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SVC Releases
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Red Sox Short Hops: Game 3
Lester's uncharacteristic outing puts Boston in 2-1 hole
By Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com
The Sox never got going, and the Rays made Jon Lester pay for his steady diet of fastballs, as Boston fell behind, 2-1, in the ALCS. Frozen moment
Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis made a great backhanded stop in the fifth inning, and sensing he couldn't get Carlos Pena at first base, Youkilis faked the throw to first and got B.J. Upton at second. The Rays' lead runner, Upton was caught making a wide turn, and Youkilis' heads-up play kept Tampa Bay from extending its early lead.
Big number
4 -- Runs the Rays scored on Lester in the third inning. Not only did the four runs break Lester's postseason streak of 24 2/3 consecutive innings without an earned run, they also set up the lefty's quick exit. Lester's 5 2/3 innings marked his shortest stint since Sept. 2.
The feisty second baseman continued to swing a hot bat, going 2-for-3 with a double and a walk. Pedroia went just 1-for-17 in the AL Division Series but has gone 6-for-11 with two homers in the ALCS.
Lester suffered his first home loss since April 9, and he wasn't his usual ace-like self. Although the lefty fanned seven, he allowed eight hits and five runs (four earned).
Big Papi went 0-for-4 and joins Jacoby Ellsbury and Jason Varitek as Red Sox players with a .000 ALCS average.
Sense of October
Trailing, 5-0, after five innings, the Fenway faithful could be heard booing their home team. The Red Sox stranded six men in the first five frames and gave the sellout crowd little to cheer about.
Dustin Pedroia
Comment: Pedroia did his job by getting on base three times in front of the Red Sox's power hitters. Unfortunately, the AL Most Valuable Player Award candidate didn't deliver when the Sox needed it most, grounding into an inning-ending double play in the seventh.
Paul Byrd
Comment: With his club in a 5-0 hole when he took the mound, Byrd didn't do the Red Sox any favors. The right-hander made a pair of big mistakes, giving up a Rocco Baldelli three-run homer in the top of the eighth and a Carlos Pena solo shot in the ninth.
"He hasn't gotten any hits. This series has been a very tough series up to this point. I've been around David long enough to know that can change with one swing of the bat, and that's part of having guys like David that can change a game with one swing. The other team still has to respect that, even when they're not swinging like they're capable." -- Francona, on Ortiz
Next step
Tim Wakefield, who was not part of the Sox's ALDS rotation, will take the mound in a pivotal Game 4. He enters the mix against a Rays team he has dominated throughout his career, going 19-5 with a 3.32 ERA in 41 appearances. However, Wakefield wasn't as strong against Tampa Bay this season, going 0-2 with a 5.87 ERA in three starts.
Brittany Ghiroli is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Ryan Bingham Performs At The Recording Academy
GRAMMY-winning singer/songwriter Ryan Bingham recently visited The Recording Academy's headquarters in Santa Monica, Calif., to participate in an exclusive GRAMMY.com interview and perform a brief acoustic set. Bingham discussed self-releasing his forthcoming new album, Tomorrowland, working with GRAMMY-winning producer T Bone Burnett and winning a GRAMMY, among other topics. Bingham performed songs from Tomorrowland, including "Flower Bomb" and "Too Deep To Fill."
"When I first started writing songs, it wasn't really intended for anybody ever to hear them," said Bingham. "It was really just stuff I was saying [and it was] kind of therapy for me. What kept me going [were] my peers and friends. … To have your peers relate to you … that was the best thing for me. I felt like there were people out there that understood."
Born in Hobbs, N.M., and raised in Texas, Bingham began writing songs at age 17. After performing on the local Texas roadhouse circuit, Bingham self-released three albums, Lost Bound Rails, Dead Horses and Wishbone Saloon, garnering the attention of Lost Highway Records. His major label debut, Mescalito, was released in 2007 and was produced by former Black Crowes guitarist Marc Ford. Teaming again with Ford, Bingham released Roadhouse Sun in 2009, peaking at No. 17 on Billboard's Country Albums chart. For 2010's Junky Star, Bingham teamed with Burnett, with whom he won a GRAMMY in 2010 for Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media for "The Weary Kind (From Crazy Heart)." Junky Star peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard 200.
Set for release on Sept. 18 on Bingham's own Axster Bingham Records, Tomorrowland was co-produced by Justin Staley (Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow).
"Maybe it's not so much about looking ahead as it is about leaving things behind," Bingham said regarding the album's title.
Bingham kicks off a tour in support of Tomorrowland on Sept. 25 in San Francisco, with additional dates scheduled throughout the United States, UK and Europe through November.


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Today is the day!! Today I am hosting a Virtual Quilt Day. There are no rules. Basically I started this because I was too lazy to lug my sewing machine to the local quilt store for an all day sew-in. So I decided to have a home sew in with all my friends through the internet!! Join in anytime you can today. All you have to do is come here when you start and tell us your goals, then through out the day check in and let us know how you are doing and leave encouragement for others! That's it!! If you can only join us for half a day, that's fine. If you are in a different time zone, that's fine. This is just a loose and fun thing!! I find it helps me to sew more if I am joined by so many other sewers as well!!
Okay so here are my goals for the day:
1. Put together 3 applique blocks
2. Finish top for geese in the forest quilt
Sounds easy, but we all know how these things go!! So now tell me your goals and then get to sewing!! Pictures are always welcome!!


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The City Council at its Monday meeting discussed a proposed regional plan to speed development of the Cotton Belt Rail Line, a 62-mile passenger rail corridor that would initially connect Richardson to Fort Worth. The future line is expected to include two stops in Richardson near the UT Dallas campus and President George Bush Turnpike east of US-75.
Most of the rail line is owned by DART, which doesn't have the means to develop it for the next 25 years based on other capital obligations. Several cities and other agencies are hoping to work together to secure alternative funding and begin operating the rail line by 2016-2017.
The proposed plan obtains funding for the $2 billion project through tax revenue sharing, parking fees, naming rights, development value capture, loans, grants and other mechanisms. The Richardson City Council is expected to vote next week on a resolution to give the North Central Texas Council of Governments authority to take the lead in pursuing the Cotton Belt project as a public private partnership on behalf of interested partners in the region.
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Just in time to bury your head in something other than politics, here is a new group of books to help you forget any disappointing election results.
There are new authors you should know about even if you are not ready to read their work, and there might be a good holiday gift for a hard-to-please friend in the list I am sharing with you today.
Can a psychotherapist take the insights she learns from her profession and use them as a novelist to create fictional characters whose real strengths and weaknesses come together to make them compelling? Raleigh author Diane Chamberlain has done it over and over since 1986 with a series of successful novels. Her latest, "The Good Father," follows a struggling almost homeless father and his four-year-old daughter as they confront hardened criminals while finding help from a surprising group of North Carolinians. (Nov. 16, 18)
In 1968 a train carried the body of the assassinated Robert Kennedy from New York to Washington for burial beside his slain brother. Millions lined the route. At each place the train passed people living their separate lives. Those lives inspired a series of fictional stories with different characters, all compelling. North Carolina native David Rowell brings these stories and characters together in "The Train of Small Mercies." (Nov. 23, 25)
Two of the best new books are ones you cannot have read yet. Lee Smith and Jill McCorkle will talk about McCorkle's "Life After Life" and Smith's "Guests on Earth," which will be published next year by Algonquin Books. Never before on North Carolina Bookwatch have two authors talked about new books that are not yet on sale. The guests will tell viewers how they can get first copies of the books by providing support for UNC-TV and Bookwatch. (Nov. 30 only)
Madison County, north of Asheville and up along the Tennessee border, has been the location of two novels featured recently on Bookwatch: Ron Rash's "The Cove" and Wiley Cash's "A Land More Kind than Home." Now there is a third fine Madison County novel. Terry Roberts' "A Short Time to Stay Here" is a story of World War I and more than 2,000 Germans interned in a resort hotel in Hot Springs. It is a story of love, killing and conflict of different cultures that come together in explosive and surprising fashion. (Dec. 7 only)


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Take the words of a sutra. Take these words as mere optical symbols when read and mere acoustical symbols when heard. These symbols are empty of meaning. They are utterly meaningless in that there does not inhere the slightest meaning in the symbols as such.Epistemes wrote:Do mantras have meaning? Or are they empty of meaning?
There is no difference between the words or syllables of a sutra and the syllables of mantras in their being empty of meaning.
The same holds true for all the words and syllables explaining the "meaning of mantras".
Where does "meaning" arise from?
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The latest news in the Ruby and Rails community.
We get a Big Ruby Tracking System, try to Cache the Hulk while sprinkling him with Gemsets, and cover some Useful Tricks in TheComments on this episode of Ruby5.
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If you're looking for a top Ruby job or for top Ruby talent, then you should check out Top Ruby Jobs. Top Ruby Jobs is a website dedicated to the best jobs available in the Ruby community.
The Big Ruby 2013 conference videos are being now posted by Confreaks. There are fifteen or so videos already up, including the keynote from Jim Weirich. The current videos also have a strong lean toward devops and deployment automation.
Last week, Tobias Haar released Tyne Tickets, a Ruby on Rails-based issue tracking system for agile teams. It's free for open source projects and provides features like tagging and prioritization, current sprint board, backlog, burn down charts, and more.
Yesterday, Innokenty Mihailov wrote an article covering some useful tricks in Rails when writing an API. He covered using ActionController::Metal, versioning your routes, hiding IDs with GUIDs, and more. It's a quick read and worth a look if you're building an app with an API.
Daniel Kehoe, of the RailsApps project, recently wrote up an article explaining how to update your .rvmrc file to the new .ruby-version file standard established across RVM, rbenv, and chruby. It's pretty simple and the goals are good. You should update your RVM installation and do it, now. ;)
Yesterday, Ilya Zykin released version 1.0 of TheComments, a Rails 4.0 commenting engine. The system provides comment threads and nesting, polymorphic associations, moderation, spam checks, and more.
Shopify's Camilo Lopez did a write up last week about their IdentityCache gem. This caching system allows for more aggressive caching of ActiveRecord models, using memcached. It also supports caching associations and versioning.
The team over at Lunar Logic apparently got very bored and very hoped up on sugar an caffeine recently, and put together a code challenge of sorts, called Code Hulk. It is a self-proclaimed web app that checks your coding awesomeness.
Ruby5 is released Tuesday and Friday mornings. To stay informed about and active with this podcast, we encourage you to do one of the following:
Today's red-hot episode wraps up with Flame Graphs but before you can learn about that, you must endure stories about PostgreSQL vulnerabilities, Rails insecurities (yawn), cache busting, backend frameworks for iOS, and a sweet new Vim plugin.
Signed forms, Single Table Inheritance, Sinatra assets and more, all on this episode of Ruby 5.
Create your indexes concurently with Rails 4, Exceptional joins the Rackspace family, Vagrant abandons rubygems, mobile is just another view into your app, Igata is open sourced, and a fancy teacup for your RubyMotion views all in this episode of Ruby5!
This week we have Rails 4 undead cowboys, security updates, custom IRBs, local pull requests, reasons to use Ruby, ways to optimize it and read its documentation, and a couple of great conferences.
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text: The other guys who depend on a big serve, like Isner, Dr.Ivo etc, at least they have one decent shot (like Isner's forehand) or volley skills (Ivo), something to match their serve oriented game. Milos has.... the flat inside out fh from ad court. That's it. That's the only shot he can hit, only off short balls/weak returns. His forehand is so ugly he can't hit any other type with any pace or spin. Everything else - movement, bachkand, net skills, control - is complete and utter garbage.


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Taylor Swift at the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards
Photo: John Shearer/WireImage.com
The Week In Music
Taylor Swift's songs suggest she has a big, open heart, and now her actions prove it. They also indicate a recognition of human suffering beyond her years. The 20-year-old GRAMMY Album Of The Year winner made a $500,000 donation to the Nashville flood relief efforts last Friday. The flooding has caused as much as $1 billion in damages, including damage to music landmarks and potentially millions of dollars in equipment and other losses for thousands of musicians. Nashville-born Ke$ha announced she will host a charity concert on June 16 with 100 percent of proceeds going to flood victims. VIP ticket packages will also be available, which will include a chance to meet Ke$ha and maybe even blow her speakers up.
Go ahead, stand so close to him. Sting, the former teacher who famously sang about the dangers of teacher/student liaisons, told reporters in Mexico City Saturday that teacher salaries must be raised to attract the best talent into the classroom. Sting, currently on the Learning For Life tour to help raise funds for education in developing countries, clearly wants teachers who can teach kids more than their de do do dos and de da da das.
According to a Huffington Post story, Courtney Love revealed on Fuse's "On The Record" why, according to her, she's so good in bed: "I'm better because I was never pretty. Pretty girls just lie there. Us girls who grew up a little more homely have to try a lot harder." Or as Jimmy Soul once sang: "If you want to be happy for the rest of your life/Never make a pretty woman your wife/So from my personal point of view/Get an ugly girl to marry you."
The Go-Go's are going bye-bye, as the female quintet announced summer concert dates for their Happily Ever After: The Farewell tour. In related news, lead singer Belinda Carlisle will release her tell-all autobiography, Lips Unsealed: A Memoir, on June 1. So much for that "Our Lips Are Sealed" philosophy.
I don't want to hold your hand? The only known recording of a 1966 Beatles press conference in Toronto will go up for auction in June. During the conference, the Fabs muse about an eventual breakup. "We're obviously not gonna go around holding hands forever," John Lennon says, to which Paul McCartney adds "...it would be a bit, you know, embarrassing at [age] 35..." The tape is expected to fetch $20,000.
In tech news, Google displaced Apple and the iPhone to claim the runner-up spot for the most popular provider of smartphone software in the United States. Smartphones featuring Google's Android operating system accounted for 28 percent of U.S. smartphone unit sales in the first quarter, according to NPD Group, behind top-ranked Research in Motion Ltd, maker of the BlackBerry, which had a 36 percent share of the market.
According to a PayScale.com study, music ranks fourth on the list of worst-paying college degrees. The starting annual salary is listed at $34,000, and mid-career salary at $52,000, unless of course you have that big hit. In fairness, music sits alongside some pretty noble company on the list including fine arts at No. 9, education at No. 7, elementary education at No. 2, and the evergreen of low-paid professions, social work at No. 1.
Eminem's "Not Afraid" is tops on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, becoming the 16th song to bow at No. 1 in the chart's 52-year history. Meanwhile, Katy Perry's new single "California Gurls," featuring Snoop Dogg, is currently No. 1 on the iTunes singles chart.
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text: I agree that the way Trek is presented, it seems if the Romulus is destroyed, they would most likely, but not necessaritly, fall. It has to do with failiure of the writers to comprehand true size of space, it's capabilities, and growth of states like Romulans. A massive state that stretches across thousands of light years would have millions of earth like planets, and population to match. If I'm not mistaken, you would have millions of Romulus like planets, with quadrillions upon quadrillions of Romulans still alive. I don't see why these colonies shouldn't have powerful industrial capacity as well.