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Hi,We've tried installing a N7K-M132XP-12L blade into our Nexus 7010 , but it's reporting the following issue.%PLATFORM-2-MOD_PWRIDPROM_SW_CARD_ID_UNKNOWN: Module 7 failed to power up. (Unknown card. Could not get software-card-id)The Nexus is runnin...

Any word on when NX-OS is going to be supported by QPM?  LMS 3.2/4.0 have support for NX-OS, just wondering if anything has been announced about when QPM is going to get updated to add this support.

hi there,               i wanna know wher protocols of all layers in OSI model reside. either these are firmware or embedded ? if anyof it wher would it b found in machine?? hope im clear...

Nexus 5548 vPC pair with down stream N2K in "cut through" or box design - N2K single connect connection to each N5K.Each N5K Singly connected upstream to a pair of 6500 non-vPC.Spanning-tree priority set with Odd number VLANs STP root set on "left ha...

Hi,I setup an ace module in bridge mode as follows:mfsc(vla80) > (vla80)outside fwsm, fwsm inside(vla40) > (vla40)ace-clientside, aceserverside(vla41)and the servers have the fwsm svi(vla40) as their gateway. But, the ace is not loadbalancing.The con...

Hello,I've an issue packet reordering of packets with our 6509 sub720  and nat incombination with our asa and/or pix.Basically: when closing an (http) tcp session, quite often 2 packets arereordered (only) in de closing state. The client/server are p...

I have been using dedicated physical 10G link between pair of NX7k for keep-alive. Is it a best practice? It seems a waste of 10G ports because keep-alives does not need that much bandwidth.I'm thinking just configure a dedicated VLAN interface in th...

I am in the process of setting up N1K-C1010 in a lab environment.I have an issue pinging my gateway from the N1K-C1010.From my PC I can ping the IP address of the gateway and it responds as it should.Anyone have any suggestions? Here is the config I'...

Hi,Can somebody post a complete set of configuration for a double sided vPC between Nexus 7K and 5K pairs?Thank you,Mohan

with Lucien AvramovWelcome to the Cisco Networking Professionals Ask the Expert conversation. This is an opportunity to learn how to troubleshoot Nexus 5000 & 2000 series with Lucien Avramov.  Lucien is a customer support engineer at the Cisco Techni...

Data Center with Dual N7K , want to add N2K for top of rack server access. I understand the model where I can set my servers up with a vPC Etherchannel to a pair of 2k with one 2k attached to each 7k. This model appears to meet all of the no single a...

Hello,I'm trying to understand the correct positioning of the F1 cards in terms of positioning, from all the info that I have read I come into the conclusion that F1 cards doesn't do L3 functions, unless you use the resources from an M1 cards, this b...

How many nexus 2248's can i attach to a nexus 7000Previous information was 32 max using the M series cards, is this still the case ?can i attach more using the F series cards.What are my optionsThanks