Server Networking

Resolved! Nexus 2000 uplink to Nexus 7000

I just want to verify the correct transceiver type for 2K Connecting to 7K For 2248TP-E-1GE Nexus 2K, the 48 ports are RJ45 so there is no need to include transceivers, however, I will need transceivers to uplink to 7K. I believe that the 10Gb upl...

the dlsw peer goes up, but the circuit stays down

Hi all,we configure the followand our wish is to connect a client per netbios with an host (SNA) Router1 (RSM, 12.0.17))dlsw local-peer peer-id 192.168.10.200dlsw remote-peer 0 tcp 192.168.88.1dlsw bridge-group 1interface Vlan14 description VLAN Hors...

Resolved! Fabric Extender (FEX)

Can any one help me to understand what is FEX, why we use this and benefit of using FEX in very few sentences but in clear.

Nexus 7702 didn't see VPC Peer Nexus 7702 as CDP Neighbor

Hi, I have an issue that Nexus 7702 doesn't see it's VPC Peer Nexus 7702 as CDP Neighbor. E1/3 and E1/4 are the VPC Peer link between N7702-1-CORE-1 and N7702-1-CORE-2. This pair has been running for a while. Then I found E1/3 and E1/4 stops to see t...

Resolved! Teamed Nic using FEX 2248TP

I currently have the following topology:- I require to configure LACP for teamed NIC. Is this possible and if so, is this achieved by using Port-channel or vpc? The software version is 5.2(1)N1(4) I have looked online and find conflicting views on t...

GLC-T SFP Compatibility with N7K-M132XP-12??

Hi, just wondering if anyone has used or can confirm if this SFP should be compatible with the N7K-M132XP-12, the documentation on the modules is a bit sketchy. checking the compatibility matrix here the module N7K-M132XP-12 is not even listed and on...

Resolved! Nexus, LACP, Graceful Convergence

I have a pair of Nexus 6001 switches running NX-OS 6.0(2)N2(7). They are configured in a vPC configuration. vPC is stable. My server team and I connected a standalone server to the pair of switches as a vPC port-channel. It is a VMWare host for ou...

The question regards to vPC without peer-keepalive link

Hey there, I got a question about vPC when I was watching a demo of ACI on Youtube. The speaker said vPC can be set up between 9396 leafs and Nexus 5548 even without peer-keepalive link between both 9396s or 5548s like the diagram shown. But he didn...

Resolved! B200M4 Strange Behavior, Not responding

Dear Support Community, I am facing very strange behavior from Cisco B200M4 Server. We have done green installation of the latest servers. Everything in general is perfect. So here is the brief overview. 1- Blades are up and running with all the req...

Resolved! UCS Blade Servers

Hi all, We have a 5108 UCS chassis with 4-B200 M3 servers. Two of them are for VDI, and we are looking to expand. Would there be any problem with adding an M4 into the chassis? Would clustering with vCenter still be fine? I wanted to go with the sam...

Cisco IMC Superivisor

why do I need an user name and password for discovery profiles? to discover devices.

upgrading esxi 5.5 with nexus 100v to 6.0

I need to upgrade my esxi hosts from 5.5 to 6.0 but they have the nexus 1000v vem installed /vmfs/volumes/548c8b67-1c427a73-66c2-0025b5110aad/ESX # esxcli software vib install -d /vmfs/volumes/ISO/ESX/update-from-esxi6.0-6.0_update02.zip [Dependenc...

UCS upgrade from 2.1 to 3.1

Hi, I have UCS with 4 * B200 M3 blades per chassis and need to upgrade from 2.1(3g) to 3.1.(1e). Can anyone advice the upgrade path for this as i believe i can not do a straight upgrade from 2.1 to 3.1 ? Many thanks

FEX supported with 6300 serises fabric interconnect

Hi, Is it supported to connect 2348UPQ FEX to 6332-16UP Fabric Interconnect? We are planning a new server infrastructure based on USC solutions and we are going to use C240 servers besides the blades in 5108 chassis. We want to optimize the number of...

What DAC for HP 10 GB 560SFP+

Hi, can anyone help me with the selection of the correct Cisco DAC for a HP 560 10GE dual Port NIC? I can't find any suggestion if I should use active copper, active optical or is there a passive DAC version too?

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Resolved! Nexus 2000 uplink to Nexus 7000

the dlsw peer goes up, but the circuit stays down

Resolved! Fabric Extender (FEX)

Nexus 7702 didn't see VPC Peer Nexus 7702 as CDP Neighbor

Resolved! Teamed Nic using FEX 2248TP

GLC-T SFP Compatibility with N7K-M132XP-12??

Resolved! Nexus, LACP, Graceful Convergence

The question regards to vPC without peer-keepalive link

Resolved! B200M4 Strange Behavior, Not responding

Resolved! UCS Blade Servers

Cisco IMC Superivisor

upgrading esxi 5.5 with nexus 100v to 6.0

UCS upgrade from 2.1 to 3.1

FEX supported with 6300 serises fabric interconnect

What DAC for HP 10 GB 560SFP+

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Request for Confirmation on ESXi Build Upgrade Implementation

Exanic-X25 latency problem

Associate service profile

How to secure UCS KVM

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"Special" PCIe Risers for UCS C240 M5

nexus series 9300 VDC and alternative ways

C93180YC-FX3 stable software version recommandation

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