I'm facing the same issue, my PI 2.1 can't discover any devices outside the local server VLAN(even can't manully add the devices) , I can ssh to the network devices within the same PI VLAN but I couldn't ssh outside the PI VLAN, it is not a routing or FW issue  ... View more

You have to use L3 routed port to configure the keepalive ports, however, this requires having L3 license and L3 module on N5k otherwise; the only possible option is to use the mgmt 0 port, the below copied from Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Layer 2 switching Configuration Guide, Release 5.1(3)N2(1)  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beginning with Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(3)N1(1), the Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform switches support VRF lite with Layer 3 modules and with the Base or LAN-Enterprise license installed. This capability allows you to create a VRF and assign a specific interface to the VRF. Prior to this release, two VRFs are created by default: VRF management and VRF default. The mgmt0 interface and all SVI interfaces reside in VRF management and default -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fady Boules IBM ... View more

Hi Alukes, I'm planning to have a similar setup “VSS with MPLS/VPLS using Sup2T and WS-X69xx/WS-X68xx line cards” for green field deployment, however; I don’t have a time to PoC the proposed solution, I’d appreciate if you share any limitations/restrictions of deploying such scenario. Also could you please advise if this is a validated solution by Cisco Fady    ... View more