VDC Types

In Nexus 7000 series switches, there are four types of VDC.

Default VDC is supported on Nexus 7000 Only, As soon as we boot the Nexus Device, we get login in to Default VDC.

All hardware resources of the switch belong to default VDC and Default VDC has ID 1.

Default VDC has following features:

VDC 1 is said to be Default VDC
Default VDC is used to create, Delete, and manages other VDC
Default VDC cannot be deleted
Via Default VDC we can allocate the Ports to Non-Default VDC.
Default VDC can be replaced to Admin VDC from Cisco NX-OS 61.
Default VDC can interact with other VDC via management Plane.
Default VDC is the VDC that cannot be deleted.
System wide parameters like CoPP, NTP , and other configuration can be configured from Default VDC
Default VDC can also be used to install license and all use for NX-OS installation
Once Default VDC is reloaded, entire Switches can also be reloaded.
Default VDC can be used for EPLD upgrades and also used for Ethanalyzer captures.