Data Center Switches

Hello, I have a question regarding interfaces connecting a server with FEX, managed on Nexus 5596UP. The question is: can you bind an interface with a vfc interface, used for storage traffic, and forward lan traffic too? Can you also monitor traffic ...

I want to translate the TCL script for NXOS style. It’s working in IOS but not NXOS. proc find_matching_ints { cmd } {set output [exec "show run"]set ints [list]set currint ""foreach line [split $output "\n"] {if { [regexp {^interface (.*)$} $line ig...

Hello All, I am running a Cisco 9k spine (2 No.) Leaf(20 No.) architecture. Its completely a MP- BGP EVPN VXLAN design. My concern is with integration of External Routing nodes(router and firewall) for WAN. I want this connectivity at spine instead o...

Hi,  I have a new ISR 4451 router bring added to the data center. I have configured the mgmt interface Gi0 for OOB mangemet connectivity and I am ABLE to ping and SSH to it from the OOB Mgmt switch. However I am not able to ping/SSH from any other su...

Hi,  we had a pair of Nexus 93180YC-XF switches, with 7.0(3)i7(7) version and preinstalled NXOS-ADV-XF Advantage Tier-Based licenses. All were fine till we did an upgrade into 9.3(3) code.  After we did an upgrade to 9.3(3) we lost OSPF feature licen...

I have recognized one issue during a project where ansible should be used to provision configurations to Nexus 7710 devices. It seems that the issue is in correlation with the output of a "show vlan". I have one device which has no name "default" for...

I am going to be replacing old Nexus 5020's with new Nexus 9300s and there are dual-homed fexs on the old 5020s. What are the current best practices for deploying FEXs in new deployments?    I feel like dual-homing them just causes issues because of ...

Dear All, Thanks in Advance.Is there any way where I can avoid downtime (Zero Downtime) for Data traffic while upgrading Firmware / NX-OS  of Nexus 9300 Series switches?  Regards   

Hi, We're planning a software upgrade for the Nexus 9300 (93180YC-EX) switches in our 2 data centers.  However, I'm having a hard time to predict downtime and/or data plane behaviour. We're using a straight-through FEX design with N2K devices.  Both ...

Dears, I am wondering, if it would be possible to create a vPC domain including VLAN SVIs, utilizing for instance HSRP for HA, on a pair of Cisco Nexus 9348GC-FXP. From the NX-OS documentation, it seems that there is no difference in software and lic...

Helle every body. I would like to know if nexus 3000 series are autonomous switches.Like 5000 series.If i can create a vpc domain ,  put svi , ect..... Thank you !

Hi everyone, I was hoping to find some advice or thoughts on an issue we've been experiencing with our newly purchased Cisco Nexus 9000 series switches and Dell Compellent SC5020.We have a new Dell Compellent SC5020 equipped with 2 "Chelsio T6225 Dua...

Hello Guys.Is there a limit of active port members on a Port-channel using Cisco Nexus 5K with FEX (Nexus 2K)?I have 2 Switches Nexus 5K on VPC and both of them have 2 FEX attached.The thing is that there is a need of connecting a Switch from another...

Hi expert There are lot of information about how could we stretch VLAN including L2TPv3, VPLS, OTV etc.However, why do we need to stretch the VLAN? Why dont we just use normal layer 3 routing to send traffic?Any example/case of using stretching VLAN?...