Introduction to VDC Part 2
Interface Allocation to VDC --> By default, all the physical interfaces belong to Default VDC. --> When you create any new VDC in Nexus 7K we need to manually allocate physical interfaces to it. --> When you move the interface from default VDC to New VDC, all the config…
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Introduction to VDC Part 1
Introduction to VDC --> VDC stands for Virtual Device Contexts. --> By using VDC we can divide one physical Nexus Switch into one or more logical nexus switches. --> VDCs are similar to Context in ASA or SDR in IOS XR. VDC Advantages 1) Can provide managed services to c…
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What is the difference between Static and Dynamic Pinning in Nexus Switches?
-->The Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender does not perform any local switching functions, and all traffic is forwarded to the parent switch such as Nexus 5K,7K,9K. --> The Nexus 2200 Fabric Extenders can be connected to the parent switches using two different methods, i) Static i…
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Unified Ports in Nexus Switches
--> Unified ports are the type of ports in nexus switches that allow you to configure ports as Ethernet, native Fibre Channel or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) ports. --> By default, the ports are Ethernet ports but you can change the port mode to Fibre Channel on the …
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Main Components of Nexus Switch
Chassis --> This is the slots where we place I/O Modules and Supervisor Engine Modules are placed on Nexus Switch. --> The number of slots are required in Nexus switch based on port density such as how many servers you want to connect. Supervisor Engine --> Supervisor …
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