vPC on Cisco Nexus 3548 -- "Error: vPC feature is not supported"

[michael.whittle]

We have purchased two new Nexus 3548 switches. According to documenation the Nexus 3K does support vPC. When trying to enable the feature I get this:

nexus(config)# feature vpc

Error: vPC feature is not supported

nexus(config)#

We are running software version version 5.0(3)A1(1) and it looks like the latest version is 5.0(3)A1(2) so that's not much of a difference.

Am I missing something here?

[Reza Sharifi · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You need 5.0(3)U2(1) to do vPC on the 3000 series.

Try loading it and test again.

From the release notes:

Beginning with Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(3)U2(1), the Cisco Nexus 3000 Series supports virtual port channels (vPC).

here is the link:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus3000/sw/release/503_u2_1/n3k_rel_notes_503_u2_1.html

HTH

[michael.whittle]

Thanks a lot. I'll give that a go.

[alf]

Hello Team,

in the meantime, there is nx-os v6 available for nexus 3548/3524 series.

In the Release Notes I saw a reference to a Bug-ID

CSCuf21894

Removing the feature vPC doesn't change the prune list on a peer.

Is there any update on availability of vPC on platform nexus 3548 ?

best regards

Alfred

[kapil.atrish]

I heard it is supported now.

The support for vPC was added in 6.0(2)A3(1).

HTH

Kapil

[Marko Pribanic]

Hi all,

Does anybody have 3500 setup with vPC so he can conform that it is working now with 6.0(2)A3(1) or later?

Thanks

[alf]

Hi,

I have a vPC installation with N3524 running 6.0(2).A3(1).

regards

Alfred

[Mohsin Hussain]

Yes as per Cisco release note , now vPC is supported on Nexus 3548 Release 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-486160

[efrahim · Accepted solution]

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

[michael.whittle]

I noticed that. Thanks for your reply.

[Ludovic Marques]

Hi,

Anybody knows if there's a chance that the 3548 get the vpc feature one day ?

[luke.knight]

Seems to be an error on the Nexus 3k product page.  We had a customer who purchased these for VPC support.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11541/index.html

Nexus 3500 Features

Ultra-Low Latency

• Line-rate layer 2 and 3 switching at ultra-low latencies
• Ideal for high-performance trading workloads

Mission-Critical Features

• Network Address Translation (NAT)
• Virtual Port Channel
• IEEE-1588 PTP

[chris.styles]

Was this sorted? I am just about to put 6 3524 in for a customer instead of a 5548UP's. They need to support vpc's.

[luke.knight]

Installed two last week using latest software - unfortunately no vPC support.

The summary page has incorrect information (saying it's supported when it's not).

[chris.styles]

Hmm this is an issue, thanks for you response. Did you speak to Cisco about a custom build to enable it?