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Attaching Devices to VPC domain

Attaching Devices to VPC domain

Posted on Jan 24, 2020 (0)

Attaching Devices to VPC Domain

How to connect the device with vPC domain:

A device can be connected to vPC domain by creating the Layer2 port-channel from access device to VPC peer device. The below figure briefly explain the topology and its component involved.

Layer-3 Port channel is not supported with vPC topology.

Following are the requirement for access device to properly connect to vPC domain:

  • Device should support 802.3ad LACP capability
  • Device also support static port-channel (Channel-group mode on)

Cisco Nexus 7000 series switch does not support Port-aggregation protocols (PAgP). If the downstream access switch is a Cisco Nexus device, enable the LACP graceful-convergence option (this option is ON by default).

If the downstream access switch is a not a Cisco Nexus device, disable the LACP graceful-convergence option.

Use source-destination IP, L4 port and VLAN as fields for port-channel load-balancing hashing algorithm. This improves fair usage of all member ports forming the port-channel.

Access device dual attached to vPC domain:

In order to attach the access device to vPC domain, following topology can be used as a sample:


But there are two major topology to design vPC system. We have already discussed these topology:

  • Singe sided vPC
  • Double sided vPC

In single sided vPC a access device can be dual attached to vPC domain by 16 ports (8 ports to one vPC peer and another 8 ports to another vPC peer)


Comment

  • RS

    Super Duper Explanation


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