Catalyst 9500 support stackwise virtual and work like a single switch So you wont require a First Hop Routing Protocol like HSRP or VRRP ... View more

Whats the use of having MTU as 9000 on WAN when your internal network (firewall) is set to 1500 ... View more

I would not do VRRP with this network. The reason being : Extending the layer-2 fault domain by creating trunks over which an external overhead of VRRP would make things complicated. We usually use FHRP - HSRP, VRRP, GLBP in case of creating a first hop gateway for servers.I do not have details of various applications and expected flows but the least you can easily create a floating static route on your core switch and achieve redundancy ... View more

HI Bernard, Good to know about your decision. Can you please mark the post as resolved. If my post helped you in anyways do not forget to rate it Thanks Nazim ... View more

Can you share the config of the Nexus 3132Q switch. Also out of show ip int brief ... View more

both switch will have same control plane i.e same config for both switches. ... View more

Cisco says that 3rd party USB drives may or may not work. I have tried out many vendor USB and I would say almost 80% of them worked The ones I tried FAT32 ... View more

Hi David, The support for HSRP is mainly due to queuing not supported on FEX host interfaces prior to 6.2.2 For Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(2) and later releases,the Cisco Fabric Extenders support Layer 3 protocol adjacencies onhostinterfaces (HIFs)and DSCP to queue mapping. Before CiscoNX-OS Release 6.2(2),you can configure a Fabric Extender (FEX) port as a Layer 3 interface for host connectivity, but not for routing.   https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/nx-os/interfaces/configuration/guide/b-Cisco-Nexus-7000-Series-NX-OS-Interfaces-Configuration-Guide-Book/configuring-layer-3-interfaces.pdf   FEX supports Layer-3 sub-interface   https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus2000/sw/configuration/guide/rel_521/b_Configuring_the_Cisco_Nexus_2000_Series_Fabric_Extender_rel_5_2/b_Configuring_the_Cisco_Nexus_2000_Series_Fabric_Extender_rel_5_2_chapter_01.html#d25e332a1635   ... View more

Try this service unsupported-transceiver ... View more

Need more information about the switches connecting firewall. For eg : If you are planning to connect a pair of Nexus you can use vPC to the firewall or if you have catalyst you can use VSS or stackwise virtual ... View more

you can use a simple port-channel between the 4451-X and the stack switches ... View more