Server Networking

I will be installing a pair of 5596UP switches connecting to existing 7010s. The 7010s are running version 4.2(6) and the 5596s will be running 5.0.3. I will be creating a double-sided vPC between the 7K and 5K. Does anyone known of and compatibili...

With the Nexus 7000 supporting FEX and VDCs can he FEX be configured to two different VDCs? My guess is no, but I have been unable to find a definitive answer. Can anybody point me to the answer.BillSent from Cisco Technical Support iPad App

Where can I find documentation on which 7k cards will connect to 2k's?  We have N7K-F132XP-15 cards and would like to know if they can connect to a 2k with 5.1.  All the documentation I've found is for the N7k-F312XP-12 cards.

Hi,I'm trying to build a 1000v demo lab all under workstation. And so far I've been unable too My stumbling block is that I don't get the VEM to talk to the VSM.In order to run under workstation, I had to run the VSM directly under workstation and no...

Hi All, We are deploying Nexus 5596 as Top of the Rack switches for a few of our servers, and need your help in validating the cabling requirements.There will be 4xR710 and 4xR610 servers that would be installed on the same rack as the Nexus switches...

Good morning,I am sorry to ask this, being more of a telecom person. we are in the process of trying to clean up our racks and network structure. we are installing 2 7k cores that will fiber out to our racks with 2248s installed. the installer says b...

Hello,We are trying the version 4.0(4)SV1(2) and we can not see the VEM in the VSM yet. We don't see the "System Uplink" port profile assigned to a physical interface and we think that maybe this is the problem.This is our config of port-profileport-...

Our Data Center is designed in an active-active topology whereby our FEXs are dual homed to two different Nexus 5020s. This has worked well for us up to this point as all our servers are set up as basic network fault tolerant (teamed NICs). However w...

Hello,Designing a server with 2 dual port port CNAs (totally 4) for each server. The server will be connected to 2 Nexus 5K switches which will be configured as VPC.What may be the options that these 4 CNA Ports to be connected to the 5Ks? Is it poss...

Hello,In the nexus 1000v upgrade guide, there is a command to run "switch# vmware vem upgrade update-vibs bootflash:vem-release_final.tar.gz" but unfortunately, I was unable to run the command. In the guide, it indicated that we be in EXEC mode. I'm ...

We have nexus 5k switch connected to storage array through FCoE 10GB interface and with blade chasse support FCoE. We are facing a hug latency on the traffic flow between the server and the storage. Can some one help me to solve this issue? Also do w...

Can I monitor a vPC via SNMP?I'm interested in "Peer status", "vPC keep-alive status", "Configuration consistency status" and "vPC role".N5K1(config-if)# show vpc Legend: (*) - local vPC is down, forwarding via vPC peer-link vPC domain id          ...

HiI have a DC architecture with a pair of Nexus 7010's running 3 VDC's (Core/Aggregation/Enterprise). I have at the edge Nexus 5548's which connect to back to the Aggregation VDC. Also connecting back to the Aggregation VDC is an IBM Blade Chassis wh...

Working on an issue with packets being dropped on a port that is trunked to a virtual windows server. Originally I had a WS-X6148 GE-TX then I swapped it out today with a newer module. The packets continue to drop on several interfaces all with virtu...