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Nexus 7k configuration with Tacacs

HI Experts ,I am having a nexus 7k swich which need to be configured for tacacs Currently i have cisco routers and switches configured to use the tacacs with the below commands aaa new-model!!aaa authentication login method group tacacs+ localaaa aut...

interface/Vpc error!

Hii am try to troubleshoot the nexus interface issueconfigured vPC and assigned 2 interface to the Port-channel but i am encountering the below mentioned error messageadminCfgChangethen Type1incompartibility

Storage Connectivity with Nexus 5548

Hi all,How to do storage connectivity in N5K. Is is possible to connect my storage in N5k normal port or we have to use FCoE ports.What is the config required for the Same.Thanks in advance..Regards,Ajith

Nexus Smartnet Policy

So, In brief: Is all Nexus SmartNet maintenance for line cards, software, licensing, etc covered under the maintenance for the Nexus chassis? http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/services/ps2827/ps2978/services_announcement_july_2011_netchangereport_pa...

Callhome in every VDC or just Admin VDC?

Guys, Are you configuring Callhome in every VDC or just the admin VDC? I'm wondering if I'm getting anything useful out of having a separate Callhome configuration in all 3 of my VDC's.I'm not using CFS to distribute either, I also wonder if I should...

License for Nexus

HI all, How to install storage license in N5K.And how to check the same.Regards,Ajith

SSH in Nexus 5k

HI all, How can I enable SSH in nexus 5K.And also I want to disable telnet.Regards,Ajith

Resolved! Nexus 5k VPC/Spanning Tree

We've depolyed a pair of Nexus 5020 on our Network and attached them to our existing 6509's using VPC. Our server team is reporting an issue where their servers become unreachable and only a reboot brings them back online. Diagram of the architctur...

Controlling ports in 1000v

I just setup a 1000v with 2 VSM and 4 VEMS. I was asked if there was a way to make it so that when a server is assigned to a port-profile the network is shutdown until a network admin manually goes intot he switch and enables the port. I tried to set...

With Cisco FabricPath when a virtual machine is moved who is taking care of updating the forwarding tables of the switches?

I'm wondering what is it the mechanism that after moving a VM forces the switches to update their forwarding tables. Is it simply a timeout of the entries or is there something more?

Resolved! Does FabricPath relies only on IS-IS hello exchange to detect link failures or does it implement BFD (Bidirectional Forwarding Detection)?

I'm trying to understand if FabricPath relies only on IS-IS hello exchange to detect link failures or if it implements BFD (Bidirectional Forwarding Detection) to reduce the failure detection time. I noticed n RFC to introduce BFD in TRILL signed by ...

Resolved! Data Center - Nexus, UCS, ASA and SAN

Does anyone have a logical diagram showing the relatioship between Cisco products in the Data Center.

LR SFP modules for Cisco Nexus 5000

Hi out thereI have a set of cisco 5020 and 5010 which I need to inter-connect through a 10 gbps LR SFP module. I have inserted it and it looks ok in the status from the box - but it is pretty silent - no light pulses ? nothing (and of course hereby n...

Deployment of Internet services

Hi All,We are in the throws of planning to move our production data centre that currently resides with the business to a professional facility that is roughly 3kms from the current business premise. We currently have 2 x 2Mbps services deployed in th...