Cadet Alain is 100% correct. You are dealing with a smart user. He known you are not in the office, he /she statically assigns your privileged IP to their device. The only way to restrict this is as follows•1. Reserve your IP address on the DHCP...
That would not be possible. Think of it this way, 802.1q among other things is an encapsulation mechanism so is Fabricpath. You cannot pass frames between 2 disparate encapsulation techniques.
The MAC belongs to a VM (0050.). So there is a VM on the network which has been assigned same IP as your box. You can trace the MAC address to the switch port it is connected
Loosely put, FabricPath replaces spanning tree in the DC. It takes care of L2 topology without the need of blocking links or ports and allows multi-pathing. Fancy layer 2 routing makes efficient forwarding of frames on the network. As for benefits ...
It really depends with your objective.I would suggest that the descicion should be aligned with your strategic objectives.1st option is an ALL-OUT technology upgrade. Nexus introduces new features into your DC you could not have on the Cat 6500's. 7K...