Lab needs to be manually booked through nexus 7000 tmes. I like to connect each port in a nic card to two different nexus 2000 switches extension to nexus 5000. Cisco content hub cisco nexus 7000 series switches. The nexus 9000, 7000, 5000 and 3000 series switches take portchannel functionality to the next level by enabling links connected to different devices to aggregate into a single, logical link. This weeks post will cover basic information gathering and configuration of cisco nexus switches. Cisco nexus 7000 series and cisco asr series both support multicast and unicast cores. Troubleshooting portchannels and nxos netcraftsmen. Nexus 5500 virtual port channel configuration step 1 youtube.
Related documentation for cisco nexus 7000 series nxos software, on page xx. The cisco nxos software does random load balancing of all traffic across all interfaces in a port channel by using polynomial scheme. I recently needed to set up some aggregated ethernet connections. Nexus 7000 unified fabric configuration cisco nxos and. This work when mode is set to on but once the word active is used, the physical ports goes into suspended state and the portchannel remains down.
It evolved from the cisco operating system sanos, originally developed for its mds switches it is based on wind river linux and is interoperable with other cisco operating systems. In this course, you will cover the key components and procedures needed to install, configure, manage, and troubleshoot the cisco nexus 7000 switch. Dear netpro gurus, one of my customer is trying to setup an etherchannel lacp on a pair of nexus 7000. Overview the configuring cisco nexus 7000 switches dcnx7k v3. One of my customers recently had an stp issue in his remote data center. The majority of cisco nexus series switches nexus 9000, 7000, 5000 and 3000 series supports the cisco nexus virtual port channel vpc, which is a. In addition, consistency should be made sure of in the configuration of spanning tree protocol, hot standby router protocol hsrp, and protocol. Nexus 7000 unified fabric configuration the nexus 7000 provides director class support for fcoe solutions and can be used in both core and edge topologies. In this case, it was between a cisco nexus 7k series switch and a juniper mx 480 with trio based blades mpc2 to be exact.
This course covers the key components and procedures you need to know to configure, manage, and troubleshoot the cisco nexus 7000 series switch. This chapter describes how to configure port channels and to apply and configure the link aggregation control protocol lacp for more efficient use of port channels in the cisco nexus 7000 series nxos. I have checked all the parameters and the configuration on both nexus are identical. We have tried swapping fiber cables and also swapping sfps, but. A packet that ingresses the port channel uses one of the. Dont assume that vpc on the 9k has feature parity with vpc on the 7k. The n2ks are already attached and running and i just started the port configuration of the n2ks. After spending over a month on real cisco nexus 7000 and 5000 devices this course is ready for all of you and note one thing you will keep on getting new and updated lectures in this course only when you are subscribed to it. Configuring vpc virtual port channel with cisco nexus in this scenario, i have two cisco nexus 5548s, two cisco nexus 2248 fexes, and a windows server with 4 ethernet interfaces where two interfaces connect to fex 100 and the other two connect to fex 101. I have redundant nexus 7010, with several nexus 2248 fex attached. Automatic discovery and bootstrap reduce administrator involvement for appliance implementations from 30 steps to 8 steps. Hence, what are the command equivalent to sh etherchannel x port, sh run int pox, and sh int trunk on a nexus.
You cannot configure a shared interface to be part of a port channel. Since were using two 10 gbps ethernet links to attach the fex, well configure them as a single 20 gbps portchannel. Cisco wan portchannel between nexus 7000 and 55900. See the cisco nexus 2000 series fabric extender software. But before hacking away at the cli, the first step should be to gather. You learn the different specifications of each product, which includes nexus 9000, nexus 7000, nexus 6000, nexus 5000, nexus 3000, and nexus 2000. Multicast configuration comparison of cisco ios and nexus os. The network team disconnected part of the portchannel configuration. The nexus platform is ciscos foundational technology to enable that unification. Show what vlans are being allow in that port channel 3.
This video shows the initial configuration of the nexus 5500 for virtual port channels. Configuring vpc virtual port channel with cisco nexus. Modular switches, including the nexus 7000 and 7700 series, deliver a comprehensive cisco nxos feature set and open source. This article showed how to make use of various nexus nxos command options and operators, how to combine multiple nexus commands, filter show commands output, create and execute nxos scripts, introduced python scripting and environment and covered a number of nexus nxos hints and tips to help administrators and engineers make their daytoday.
I have number of hp switches that will be connected to cisco nexus 20005000 switches. He was not sure of all the details, but sometime during or after the migration of some layer 2 links between his n7k and n5ks into portchannels possibly while vmware infrstructure changes were being made his network had problems. What ill do in this post is to share my templatized fibre channel configuration in a somewhat ordered way, at least from the nexus point of view. Nexus switches simplify load balancing cisco blogs. The modular cisco nexus 7000 and 7700 switches deliver a comprehensive cisco nxos feature set and opensource programmable tools for software defined networking sdn deployments. The nexus series consists of both hardware and software and includes the following features. If a security advisory recommends a later release, cisco recommends. I am trying to bring up an lacp portchannel on a nexus 7000 eventually using vpc and it wouldnt come up. In hp servers, there are multiple options for nic teaming. This topology can also consist of portchannels with. However, doesnt matter what we do, the port eth 117 always become suspended.
Dell emc poweredge mx smartfabric configuration and. Ethernet port channel members, fcoe uplink ports, and management ports. Bug details contain sensitive information and therefore require a account to be viewed. Nexus 7000 topologies you have a lot fewer options when it comes to connecting a fex to a nexus 7000. It is worth mentioning that nexus switches have a grace period, which is the amount of time the features in a license package can continue functioning without a license. When i tried to configure a portchannel on a fexport, it didnt go through and i got the message, this wasnt supported. Theres nothing new about this configuration, however it is worth noting that a portchannel configured for fabric extension cannot run lacp. Cisco nexus 7000 series nxos interfaces configuration guide 8. In this sample chapter from ccna data center dcicn 200150 official cert guide, focuses on the cisco nexus product family. As per documentation, the fop is the first port that comes up in a portchannel and can change if the port goes down.
Cisco nxos software for the nexus 7000 series devices does not. For unicast cores the nexus 7000 series requires cisco nxos release 5. Inservice software upgrades issus and inservice software downgrades issds are not supported. Instructorled handson lab introducing the vpc virtual portchannel feature for the nexus 7000. I have configured my nexus 7018 and 5548 as follow see diag attached. One important thing regarding port allocation is, it is recommended to allocate all ports on the same port group to the same vdc.
The peer switches run a control protocol that synchronizes the state of the port channel and maintains it. For more information about port channels, see configuring port channels. Ill be using the 5500 series as my example and covering the basics without getting into features such as fibre channel, vsans and that sort of thing. Multicast configuration comparison of cisco ios and nexus os carol kavalla, ccsi, ccnp, ccdp introduction multicast is supported in the cisco ios, ios xr, ios xe, and in the nexus os. For example, if you configure spanning tree protocol stp parameters on the port channel, the cisco nxos software applies those parameters. Configuration for both of the nexus switches is the same except where noted. Configuring cisco nexus 7000 switches dcnx7k training. Multicast configuration comparison of cisco ios and. Lacp configuration and multichassis etherchannel on nexus. The platforms provides the highavailability features and capabilities such as redundant supervisors, redundant hardware components, and the inherent availability components of nxos, such.
Here i create a portchannel via lacp over ports 91 and 101. The software keeps all traffic that forwards across the vpc peer devices as local traffic. Etherchannel command on a nexus 7000 solutions experts. See the cisco nxos fcoe configuration guide for cisco nexus 7000 and cisco mds 9000 for more information about shared interfaces you can bundle up to 8 ports into a static port channel without using any aggregation protocol. Cisco nexus 50007000 fex topologies it tips for systems. Troubleshooting port channels on cisco nexus 5500 switches. Cisco nexus 7000 and nexus 7700 licensing router switch blog. Nxos is a network operating system for the nexusseries ethernet switches and mdsseries fibre channel storage area network switches made by cisco systems.
In a portchannel of 4 ports or more, the fop of portchannel changes when two nonfop ports in the portchannel are shut. Create the network foundation for a nextgeneration unified fabric data center. Cisco nexus 7000 series nxos interfaces configuration guide. Cisco nexus 7000 series nxos interfaces configuration. Dcinx introducing cisco nxos switches and fabrics in. Rise eliminates the need to physically connect a serial cable to configure the. Foundation topics introduction to nexus data center. Cisco nxos automatically creates the associated channel group. The dcinx introducing cisco nxos switches and fabrics in the data center v1. Cisco nexus 7000 series nxos interfaces command reference. Cisco nexus 7000 series switches create the network foundation for your nextgeneration unified fabric data center. A port channel is an aggregation of multiple physical interfaces that creates a logical interface. I recently had the opportunity to configure native fibre channel in my test lab at work using nexus 55xx series switches and ciscos ucs. Cisco nexus virtual port channel vpc is a virtualization technology launched in the mid of 2009.
Participants exposed to the configuration of vpc with nxos. Configuring etherchannels creating an etherchannel you can create an etherchannel before creating a channel group. Nexus 9500 and 9300 series switches running in standalone nxos mode check the software release notes on the nexus 9k switches for any caveats or restrictions with respect to vpc. Single attached host with port channel fex uplink pinning. For help determining the best cisco nxos software release for a cisco nexus switch, administrators can refer to the following recommended releases documents. Cisco also recommends establishing a virtual port channel vpc on the nexus 9508 dcss to. Troubleshooting port channels on cisco nexus 5500 switches overview i was recently troubleshooting a vpc port channel issue with a pair of nexus 5500 switches that were trying to implement new port channels to two netapp controllers. The concept of vpc virtual port channel used in the datacenter nexus switching environment. The configuring cisco nexus 7000 switches dcnx7k v3. Cisco nexus configuring port channels lacp youtube. Cisco fxos and nxos software cisco discovery protocol. Configuration for the nexus switches first thing to do is enable the vpc feature. This is an updated course that includes coverage of new features introduced in cisco nxos 6.
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