- VDC
- VPC
- Fabricpath
- Fabric Extenders (FEX)
- OTV
VDC ( Virtual Device Context )
A VDC can be used to virtualize the device itself, presenting the physical switch as multiple logical devices. Within that VDC it can contain its own unique and independent set of VLANs and VRFs. Each VDC can have assigned to it physical ports, thus allowing for the hardware data plane to be virtualized as well. Within each VDC, a separate management domain can manage the VDC itself, thus allowing the management plane itself to also be virtualized.
Create a new VDC:
N7k1(config)# vdc N5K1
N7k1(config-vdc)#
N7k1# switchto vdc N5K1
Show allocated interfaces:
switch# show vdc membership
vdc_id: 0 vdc_name: switch interfaces:
Ethernet2/1 Ethernet2/2 Ethernet2/3
Ethernet2/4 Ethernet2/5 Ethernet2/6
Ethernet2/7 Ethernet2/8 Ethernet2/9
Ethernet2/10 Ethernet2/11 Ethernet2/12
Ethernet2/13 Ethernet2/14 Ethernet2/15
Ethernet2/16 Ethernet2/17 Ethernet2/18
Ethernet2/19 Ethernet2/20 Ethernet2/21
Ethernet2/22 Ethernet2/23 Ethernet2/24
Ethernet2/25 Ethernet2/26 Ethernet2/27
Ethernet2/28 Ethernet2/29 Ethernet2/30
Ethernet2/31 Ethernet2/32 Ethernet2/33
Ethernet2/34 Ethernet2/35 Ethernet2/36
Ethernet2/37 Ethernet2/38 Ethernet2/39
Ethernet2/40 Ethernet2/41 Ethernet2/42
Ethernet2/43 Ethernet2/44 Ethernet2/45
Ethernet2/48
vdc_id: 1 vdc_name: N5K1
Ethernet2/47
Allocate interfaces:
N7k1(config)#vdc N5K1 N7k1(config-vdc)#allocate interface e2/1 - 12
VPC ( Virtual Port Channel )
