Data Center Switches

Adding an ESXi Host back into a 1000v switch after rebuild

HiIs there a doc any where that shows the right way to add a an ESXi host back into a 1000v vDS after it has had to be rebuilt.We have had to rebuild a ESXi host within a VMware eviroment that has the 1000v switch install. After the rebuild and conne...

Resolved! vPC-HM Manual Subgroup Pinning with UCS B Series Question

Hi all,Ucs Firmware 2.1 or 2.2.Does UCS B series (FI A and B) supports VPC-HM with manual subgroup or CDP subgroup with 2 or more interfaces in the same subgroup ?ExampleVmnic 0 and Vmnic 1 in subgroup 0 connected at FI A.Vminc 2 and Vmnic 3 in subg...

Nexus 1000v TRILL-FabricPath

Hello, I need help with setting up Cisco 1000v Switch in vmware vCenter.What i want to do with it:My goal is to run TRILL (Cisco's FabricPath) between few (let's say 4) switches to verify my simulation model of TRILL.Current stateI have been able to ...

Nexus 7K, FabricPath and topologies

Hi,We have a network consisting of 7Ks with 5Ks on leaf, on two sites. Between the sites, we have fabricpath enabled. The 7Ks run 4 VDC's each and vlans are separated using topologies.One of the VDC's is up and running, however the second one has som...

Same STP priority for all VLANs in both Nexus 55K aggregation switches -

In which cases would I configure same STP priority for both Nexus 55k placed as Aggregation switches in a data center

Various ESXi Hosts lose connectivity - VEM Heartbeat loss on Nexus 1000v 4.2.1 SV4a

Hi , Please can i have some guidance.Current Setup 2 x 4507R core switches with 1 HP Server cluster with passthru modules (Please see attached diagram)4 x ESXi hosts on the cluster.ESXi hosts disconnect and VM's become isolated, this only happens to ...

Nexus 1000V - Duplicate SNMP Engine ID

We have two datacentres with a VBLOCK in each and within each VBLOCK is a Nexus 1000V VSM. We have run into an issue when trying to add them into our management platform (CA Spectrum) using SNMP v3. When we have investigated we can see that both ou...

Resolved! Nexus 9300 DFA support

Good morning,I am wondering if the Nexus 9300 could be used in a DFA enabled network, the goal being that if you need to deploy new leaf/distribution switches you can make your way from DFA to ACI with a phased approach.Regards,Luc Robalo.

Resolved! Question about VDC on Nexus 6001 and 6004

Hello, I wonder if Nexus 6001 and 6004 support virtual contexts (VDC). I thought they couldn't but I found a brief reference of it (at least for Nexus 6004) in a Cisco Live 2013 presentation (BRKARC-3453 Cisco Nexus 6000 Architecture). It shows Nex...

Resolved! Cisco N1K -L3 mode configured but vemcmd-health check show "supports L2 only" and port is blocked

hi,I am trying to setup Cisco N1K on a vCenter 5.5 using L3 mode, however it shows on the ESX host that it only supports L2 and the port group shows as blocked by Admin.In the basic setup I have used L3 mode in the Ethernet port-group I am using trun...

Cloudlab access for Partners

I've been told that Cisco Partners could access https://cloudlab.cisco.com/ by using their CCO ID and having a Cisco Sponsor, but I don't know how I can sponsor a partner to let him access Cloudlab. Where can I find the procedure ? thanks in advan...

Nexus 1100 Port-Channel Setup

I tried to setup Port-Channels for my management and data ports, but I can't get the port-channels to go active. I am using network uplink type 2 (Ports 1-2 management and control, ports 3-6 data)The 1100's are connected to my Nexus 2k's, one interf...

Dropping received frames from duplicate VSM saddr in Nexus 1010

Hello,I have a Nexus 1010 with a VSM and NAM deployed. All work fine but i see "Dropping received frames from duplicate VSM saddr" logs. My Nexus 1010 is deployed in type 3 uplink mode. Ethernet 1 connect to port gi0/1 and ethernet 3 connect to gi0/5...

all things 8

Hi Guys,We have been working with PNSC 3.0(2e) and VSG 4.2(1)VSG2(1.1) running on top of 1000v switch 4.2(1)SV2(2.1a).We are using VMWare 5.5.Note: These are not Cisco Licenses, they are running in a Licensed VMWare Plus platform and we have downloa...

Resolved! Configuring DHCP snooping on VSG 2 (1.1)

Hello, I am running 1000v version 4.2(1)SV2(2.1a) with VSG 2 (1.1). I have set my 1000v switch to Advance edition; but VSG does not recognize that and therefore I cannot enable the dhcp snooping/relay feature on VSG. I have already successfully enab...

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Adding an ESXi Host back into a 1000v switch after rebuild

Resolved! vPC-HM Manual Subgroup Pinning with UCS B Series Question

Nexus 1000v TRILL-FabricPath

Nexus 7K, FabricPath and topologies

Same STP priority for all VLANs in both Nexus 55K aggregation switches -

Various ESXi Hosts lose connectivity - VEM Heartbeat loss on Nexus 1000v 4.2.1 SV4a

Nexus 1000V - Duplicate SNMP Engine ID

Resolved! Nexus 9300 DFA support

Resolved! Question about VDC on Nexus 6001 and 6004

Resolved! Cisco N1K -L3 mode configured but vemcmd-health check show "supports L2 only" and port is blocked

Cloudlab access for Partners

Nexus 1100 Port-Channel Setup

Dropping received frames from duplicate VSM saddr in Nexus 1010

all things 8

Resolved! Configuring DHCP snooping on VSG 2 (1.1)

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