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I'm working as an integrator for a customer and I have a question concerning the license registration.My customer ask me to register licences that he bought but, to generate these licences, first we must login with a cisco account and in this case, i...
Hi there,I'm looking at deploying FabricPath for layer-2 extension between 2 Data Centres.We also have the requirement for providing layer-3 services between the 2 DC, as in Layer-3 VPN (MPLS VPN).The alternative technology was MPLS, with full blown ...
Resolved! About Nexus 7018 Switching Capacity
Hi,Does anyone know the maximum switching capacity of Nexus 7018?Can I say the capacity is 230Gbps*16 since the fabric architecture provides 230Gbps per slot with 5 fabric modules?In the datasheet, Nexus 7018's performance is 960Mpps (Ipv4 unicast) i...
Resolved! N1K 10Gb Pass through to 2232p/5K
Hello,We are about to implement Nexus 1000v's on HP ESX hosts using vCenter 5.0.The ESX hosts will each be using 2 - 10Gb pass throughs connected to two different 2232P's which are support by two N5K's.I am configuring the uplink port-profile to use ...
Hi, I was going through the documentation for enhanced VPC and had some doubtsA FEX can be:-1) Single homed to N5K/N7K2) Dual homed to N5K/N7KIf scenario 1, Do i have to create a VPC just to connect a server that has 2 NICs homed to FEX1 and FEX...
Hello,I have some doubts/clarifications regarding MST with VPC--There are two N7K core switches and four N5K switches and eight N2K.there will be double sided VPC between N5K and N7K.there will be enhanced vpn between N5k and n2k.N7Ks will be connect...
Hi,W ehave Nexus 7k installed at one Custome rsite but having error messages's continuously as below,2012 Sep 28 02:30:31 NDCSP-R09R04-CO1-SW-2 %ETHPORT-4-IF_SFP_WARNING: Interface Ethernet3/9, High Temperature Warning cleared2012 Sep 28 02:50:33 NDC...
Nexus 1000v. Some of the Cisco documents I have seen indicate it is ok to combine two or all of the interfaces for the Nexus 1000v.We would like to combine control and packet on one NIC and keep mgmt on a separate NIC (vlan) in a L2 deployment.Unfor...
Hello,My question is,What is the difference between a data center and an MDF. I know the ISP line always drops into the MDF. Is that the same with a data center? If so, to me it seem like a data center is just a very large mdf that needs alot of cool...
Hi.I have dual VPc setup betwen 7K and 5K.Two firewalls will be connected to each 7K that will act as Active-Standby HSRP/VRRP Gateway to hosts.Say I have hosts in vlan 10 in access switch and gateway is set to be the Firewall.Is the HSRP communicati...
Hi,Will Nexus 7000 Latest NX-OS support Dual homed Fabric extender ? ie Fex in active active mode ?regardsPrasad K
Dear Friends,I have setup a single nexus 1010. I have done the followingAssigned device role as primaryAssigned Mgmt 0 IP addressAssigned subnet maskAssigned control, management vlan. Assigned Domain IDSelected Option 1 for network topologyEnabled te...
Hello Everyone,I'm facing an issue with my Nexus 7010 running on 5.1(3)Issue :: My N7K has a line card N7K-M108X2-12L installed in it and i need to use X2-10GB-LRM with this line cad.But this LRM module is not working with this lin...
Resolved! Question on SPAN with Dual-Homed FEX
Hi All, I've got a need to SPAN a port from one of our Nexus 2Ks but am at a loss on how/where to destine the traffic. All of our Nexus 2Ks (both 2148s and 2248s) are dual-homed back to a pair of Nexus 5020s. I need to forward the traffic to a copp...
Resolved! Connectivity between Nexus VDC and vPC
I recently read that by using VDCs you could virtualize a multilayer swtiched network. In the attached drawing I tried to imagine creating two VDCs on each physical switch. I then attempted to draw a vPC configured between a VDC named "L2" on each ...
