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Have you ever found yourself wishing you could find an article from a trusted source on a particular Data Center or Cloud topic? Whether the information is a how-to, best practices, deep dive or general overview; this is the place to request it. Th...
Hi guys,there is a lot of confusion around regarding how to design and deploy routing protocols such as OSPF / EIGRP / BGP and so on..well, I have my questions too... and would be happy if you guys could comment:Within the Release notes 5.2 I have fo...
I've been looking around but can't find any specific information...When configuring OTV between data centers, is it required/advisable/best practice to have the VLANs that you need to extend from one DC to another have the same VLAN ID? Does that mat...
Hi,I am unable to find any documentation how exactly this protocol works in the background. When one must use CSFoE and when to use CFSoIP? When to use multicast address and if multicast routing must be enabled in the network for CFS to work. The con...
I have a question about the Nexus 1000v interfaces statistics in DCNM-LAN. In interface statistics panel for Nexus 1000v, don't see any statistics. It's necesary some kind of license for these feature? For Nexus 5000 I have no problem in wanting to ...
Does anyone has a comparison of Cisco UC9 VS Microsoft Lync 2013
Hello - I've been struggling to get my head around how to implement gateway redundancy over multiple DC's "hosting" the same L2 network(OTV). I'd appreciate if someone could lead me in the right direction to designing a solution.What is the best way ...
Resolved! Nexus 7000 VDC to VRF Limit
Hi,What is the limit of maximum VRF's under each VDC.as VDC resource template command has minimum 2 & maximum 1000but Default Resource Limits for the Non default VDC shows max 4096 VRFsso is it that total system supports total of 4096, n each vdc has...
I have 2 Nexus 7010s with 2 Nexus 5548s dual connected to each 7K. The 7010s are acting as redundant core devices. Dual Sup2E in each.Can someone tell me what the best practice is for layer 3 peering (EIGRP) between these devices. I can't seem to fin...
Hi, I wanted to confirm whether a WS-X6704-10GE linecard is supported with VS-S720-10G-3C running VSS?I read this on CCO, that would imply i was...."All 6700 series modules with Distributed Forwarding Card (DFC) 3C or DFC3CXL"Thanks Colin WS...
Resolved! single sided VPC to a 3750 switch
Hi,Have set up a simple VPC arrangement between two Nexus 7ks, offering a vpc down to a 3750 switch.I was sort of expecting the 3750 switch end to be spanning tree forwarding on both of it's port-channel's member ports, but it's actually blocking on ...
Hi, I have nexus 2k uplinked with 5k Nexus, When i am trying to connect 10Mb tape library server port, its physically not coming UP, I have tried to harden the port on 2k by setting the speed/duplex/bpdu enabling but still not work...
How do I determine the oversubscription ratio of a simple 2 tier datacenter network?How would I design a well defined contention/oversubscription network?
Hi teamHere are two Nexus vPC questions need help~If a IBM server LAN card is in Active-Standby mode,Does the Nexus vPC running normallywithout other configuration?If some device are installed windows/linux/unix OS, and LAN card is in Active-Active/...
Hi.Can we use N7K F1 linecards for vpc keepalive link?Configure layer 2 portchannel and a point-to-point vlan interface?thanks
