Nexus mgmt0 vs vty

[rpinon]

  I'm just getting back on Nexus. I have inherited several 5k and 7K, some have the mgmt0 interface set along with an associated ACL, some only have VTY set, some have both.. What is the difference ? I need to start running compliance checks and I want to make sure I'm looking for the right thing. 

Thanks ahead of time

Ray

[Reza Sharifi · Accepted solution]

The Nexus series switches have an out-of-band management port (mgmt0).  You can connect this port to a different switch and use it to connect to the device for management.  You can also mange the switch in-band (without using mgmt0) interface.

HTH

[Marvin Rhoads]

Note that mgmt0 on Nexus switches also uses a separate routing instance - the management VRF.

[rpinon]

Makes sense,,

Thanks

Ray