Hello all,
we have a scenario where two N3K are forming a vPC domain. The 3172T are connected downlink to a pair of 6509 and provide layer2 connectivity to a bunch of ESXi hosts. Some of the ESXi hosts are configured as vPC members. Some are not vPC members and their NICs operate as active/standby. I understand that the latter are orphan-ports and need to be configured with the "oprhan-port suspend" command. Correct?
Some of the ESXi hosts also form clusters and one of their NICs is configured for the keepalive. This is also an orphan port, the difference being that it is only connected to one of the N3K. All NICs belonging to the same vlan for the keepalive, are connected to the same N3K. Logically thinking I believe that these orphan-ports should not be configured with the "orphan-port suspend" command, since in case of a failure scenario there is no need to suspend these ports, because the NICs they need to communicate with are all on the same N3K switch. Correct?
Same goes for ILOs, DRACs etc?
Thank you in advance,
Katerina
