12-19-2012 03:33 PM - edited 03-03-2019 06:53 AM
Hi,
We have two Nexus 7K in our data centre with N7K-M132XP-12(10G) module and N7K-M148GT-11(1G) module
Also both 7K has two supervisor module in active/standby mode
vpc keep alive and vpc peer link( on port channel) is setup on 10G module between both 7K's
Im currently planning for an NX-OS upgrade and i wanted to keep the vpc keepalive/vpc peer link active during the process
my questions:
1. Is it a must to use 10 gig ports otherwise the peer link and keepalive will not form
2. can i configure vpc keep alive and peerlink on the 1G N7K-M148GT-11 copper module
3.can i form two sets of vpc keepalive and peerlink in two different vpc domain, so during the upgrade when one slot reboots, the other slot will keep the vpckeepalive and peerlink active
4. can i use the management modules on the supervisor modules to configure vpc keep alive
apart from the above question, could u just provide the best practice for my situation
12-19-2012 09:07 PM
hi there
se answers below:
1- Peer link must be 10 G and minimum 2x links, while keep-alive you can use 1G no problem with it
2- same as point 1 above
3- you can use different vPC domains in the same physical chassis ONLY if you have multiple VDCs then you can use a vPC domain per VDC
4- yes you can
hope this help
12-20-2012 06:46 PM
thanks
since im planning for an upgrade..im looking at different option of doing it.
Is it even possible to do an OS upgrade without breaking the vpckeep alive and peerlink since they are running on single 10G slot on both ends.
what different type of upgrade methods are available in nexus platform
I learnt about ISSU upgrade method with dual supervisors
would this method allow to keep vpc keepalive and peerlink active all the time
my understanding is during the upgrade process, when the slots are being upgarded, they would undergo an reboot, which would evantually break the keepalive and peer link
please advise
12-27-2012 04:13 AM
Hi Shiram
During the ISSU only control plane is upgraded which shouldn't interrupt the traffic.
Also it's not recommended to keep both peer-link and peer-kepalive on the same module.
HTH,
Alex
12-29-2012 02:23 AM
Hi Oleksandr,
ISSU which upgrades only the control plane. Would this be considered to be a complete OS upgrade
I have seen ur other discussion about control and data plane fucntionality..
When only the control plane gets updated, i understand all routing and other fucntionality gets updated but would it be applied to the physical hardware like supervisor modules and other line cards ?
since u mentioned that data plance will not upgraded(traffic is not interupted). what happens when only control plane is upgraded and not the data plance ?
would the supervisor modules and line cards not be able to make use of the new fucntionality since the data plane is not upgraded ?
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