3548 in distribution layer

[Ruterford]

Hi All,

I am planning to use 3548 in the distribution layer, will be having some HP L2 blade switches connected to a pair of 3548s  via 10G doing vPC and planning to run EIGRP on them. Wondering if there is something I need to consider and be concerned of, as nexus 3548 is kind of new for me.

Thanks!

[Reza Sharifi]

Hi,

I don't think, VPC is supported on the 3548.

If you are planning to do full EIGRP, make sure you have "LAN Enterprise" license.

HTH

[Ruterford]

Ok, then will be looking at 3064 then, how about those?

[InayathUlla Sharieff]

 VPC is not supported in the Nexus 3548 at this point. You have to use Nexus 3064s for that. These are totally two different platform.

HTH

[InayathUlla Sharieff]

I did some more research and found that :

The release notes are current showing support for VPC on 3500 in 6.0(2)A3(1):

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus3548/sw/release_notes/602_A3_1/n3k_rel_notes_6_0_2_a3_1.html#pgfId-481569

Could you please upgrade the iOS and try to configure the same?

HTH

regards

Inayath

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[Ruterford]

Thanks for the research, but I do not have the switch yet.

I am just planning on getting either 3548 or 3064-32X to place it in the distribution layer. So now I am thinking on 3064 instead of 3548. Wondering if 3064 supports vac on all the ports and if there is any other gotchas I need to be aware of. 

DOes 3548 has a "better" HW than 3064? Since you are saying that 3548 is beginning its vPC support, I am wondering which one would be better to get for my task - 3064 or 3548. 

Thanks!