Server Networking

We currently have a n7k and are looking to expand our datacenter network. I have thought of getting a pair of 5672 for our vmware cluster but the Cisco enginner was suggesting the n9300. But not sure if that is the direction we need to go. When it is...

Hi Team, I have a quick query on configuring the port-channel for UCS on Nexus 5K switches. I would like to know whether configuring the port-cahnnel connecting to UCS as "spanning-tree port type edge trunk"  will cause any impact to the STP running ...

Hi - I am trying to create a port-channel that contains 2 fex interfaces to provide SLB to a UNiX server, each time I try to add more that 1 interface into the Channel-group I get the following message:-"port channel cannot have more than 1 members"....

Hi I have 2 2248 FEXs dual-homed to 2 5548 parents which are VPC peers. I understand that 1 port on a FEX must be configured on both parent switches in order to take affect. What I want to know is that if a port channel is configured between ports on...

Hi Folks, Yesterday i saw a issue on my network which is little bit confusing. I have connected IBM blade server to vpc pair N5k. configuration would b following  1 5k ports are access port and passed one vlan  2 IBM 10 g switch ext1 and ext2 ports a...

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I suspect I am missing something easy. Two Nexus 35K switches in Active/Standby HSRP mode work perfectly for all all network routing except for 1 VMWare host.  The VMWare host has two 10GB vNICs connected to the pair of Nexus switches. Both vNICs are...

Hi all, I was learning about BGP-EVPN, and would need some help with bridge domains. Q1: Can you confirm I can re-use VLAN IDs in different bridge domains on a switch for different tenants? I mean a setup like this: Tenant A A B B L2 VNI 30100 30200 ...

Hi Friend , As per my scenario my cluster server are not able to sent the multicast traffic hrough both nexus switch (N9K-C9372PX-E). where both nexus switches are in vPC domain and server's port are vpc member port. So what configuration is required...

Hi, I have a situation where I have to recover a switch port from a VDC to Defaut VDC. I am not sure how to unallocate a interface from a VDC to default VDC. can someone help me?

I have a SG500-52P Switch with 1000BASE-BX-20U SFP (SKU: MGBSX1)  and we purchased a new Nexus 3524 Switch that has 10G SFP+ (SKU: SFP-10G-SR).  Can I interconnect these two switches? Any compatibility issue?  We will be uninstalling the SG500 after ...