[DC] Nexus features config / commands

VDC Configuration

• Show license usage
• Show vdc
• Show vdc membership
• vdc DCC01
• allocate resource command
• limit-resource command
• show run vdc
• switchto vdc DCC01

FEX Configuration

• Enable feature FEX
• configure fex 100
• interface e1/25
• switchport mode fex-fabric
• fex associate 100
• show fex

VPC Configuration

• feature vpc
• vpc domain 100
• peer-keepalive destination 10.10.10.2 source 10.10.10.1 vrf management
• sh vpc
• int po10
  • vpc peer-link
• int e 1/25
  • channel-group 10 mode active
• int po10
  • vpc 10

VPC Verification

• show feature
• show vpc
• show vpc brief
• show vpc #
• show vpc consistency-parameters global
• show vpc role
• show running-config vpc

FabricPath configuration

• install fabricpath feature-set
• switchto vdc
  • feature-set fabricpath
• vlan 100
  • mode fabricpath
• interface e5/1-2
  • switchport mode fabricpath

Unified Ports

• Ethernet ports start at the lowest and go up
• FC ports start at the highest and go down
• sh module
• conf t
  • slot 2
    • port 1-16 type ethernet
  • poweroff module 2
  • no poweroff module 2
• Use an expansion module so you don’t have to reboot the entire switch

Unified Fabric

• Mapping of FC Frames over Ethernet
• Enables FC on a lossless ethernet network
• Benefits:
  • Fewer cables
  • Fewer adapters
  • Overall less power
  • Interoperates with existing SANs
  • No gateway

RBAC

• network-admin – Complete read/write entire device
• network-operator – Complete read access
• vdc-admin – Read/write of a VDC
• vdc-operator – Read access of a VDC