Data Center Switches

Nexus 9000v setup - unable to boot

Hello,I'm trying to deploy a Nexus 9000v but for some reason it wont boot.I tried both with the OVA file and the .vmdk for a new VM (vSphere) with no avail.The VM hangs during boot and stops at loader> prompt if restarted. If a boot image is specifie...

Nexus Switch Model Recommendation

Dear All,One of my customer looking for top of rack (TOR switches ) Nexus Series. Their requirement is as below.Requirement==========10 GB ports x 6 ports ( SFP +)1 GB ports x 3 ports ( Copper SFP)I checked on nexus series but most of the switches pr...

My new article for CISCO NEXUS - Everything that you need to know for the Nexus vPC technology!

Everything that you need to know for the Nexus vPC technology!http://www.firewall.cx/cisco-technical-knowledgebase/cisco-data-center/1208-nexus-vpc-configuration-design-operation-troubleshooting.html

Storage migration from Brocade 300 to Nexus

Hi, We're planning to migrate our storage from a pair of Brocade 300 FC switchs to some Nexus 5672UP. I'm looking for guidelines on how to achieve this without downtime. Is there a way to connect the Brocade side to the Nexus side and then migrate th...

Nexus 9504 in High Availability

Customer needs a solution for High availability enterprise backbone, where the following are proposed:Two NG firewalls are proposed in High Availability for network perimeter (Internet side)Two Nexus 9508 (each with 4 FM, 2 Sup, 9564TX and 9564PX lin...

Nexus 3K (3172) Monitoring/Management/Troubleshooting Best Practices

Can someone point me to a Nexus monitoring, management, troubleshooting best practices doc?thanks!

nexus5596UP: Reset triggered due to HA policy of Reset

Hi,This weekend both of my nexus 5596UP they had a reload. With show versionReason: Reset triggered due to HA policy of ResetSystem version: 7.1(4)N1(1)Service: arp hap resetI saw that is a core dump saved and I have de file on my PC. nx5k5-sw02#sh c...

Resolved! VXLAN on Nexus 7000/7700

Do you know if VXLAN can be used for Layer-2 connectivity between multiple data centers? Most of all the documentation that i've come across is related to VxLAN w/in data centers; I have a customer inquiring if they can use VXLAN between (4) Data Ce...

Layer 3 Port-Channel from single ASA to Pair of Nexus 5ks

All,I'm pretty green when in it comes to ASA, Routing, and Nexus, mostly form being confined to a layer 2 switching environment and could use some help on a configuration...The currently topology I'm working with is attached and seems to be working n...

Resolved! switch-profile in nexus

I am new to switch-profile on nexus, I am getting below error commands on one of the 5k pair.Error: Command is not mutually exclusiveI am able to remove and add commands to one box but not on the other, I would like to remove switch-profile,what will...

VSUM and N1Kv for vSphere 6.0.0 Issue

Hi all,I just got a hold of the newest version of VSUM 1.5.5 to our vSphere 6.0.0 environment. This all seemed great until I tried adding a physical host to the DVS. The issue experienced is the following:vSphere Web Client Home menue --> Cisco Virtu...

Resolved! How do I download Nexus 1000v Essential?

This seems really basic, but I'm not getting anywhere. Trying to download 1000v Essential which is supposed to be free, but I'm sent to the software page and it claims I need "additional entitlement". How can I download 1000v?

Resolved! " show switch edition " not valid on 5.2(1)SV3(1.4)

Hi All,I have Nexus 1000v running on 5.2(1)SV3(1.4) and "show switch edition" is not valid. In fact, the only option available is show switch-profile | switchname. Has anyone seen this before?Thanks in advance.

Resolved! Nexus1000v SVS mode l3 and ERSPAN

I config N1kV in svs mode l3 using interface control0 and run in vlan 1, and application data vlan in vlan 11, when i config ERSPAN , source on VETH7 and destination is 192.168.1.1.12 , i create port-profile ERSPAN, and two vmkernel port on two ESXi....

Adding VLAN between Nexus vPC and Catalyst3750 in a HOT

I have a setup where 2 redundant Nexus3Ks are connected to 2 redundant Catalyst3750.Each Catalyst is connected to both Nexus on a port channel. On Nexus side vPC is configured.There are already 4 vlans working on the link between Catalyst and Nexus.N...