Cisco Switching/Routing :: 6506 Benefits Of Adding Nexus Switch To Datacenter
Sep 7, 2012
We have two catalyst 6506 switches with 10 gb u plinks and around 120 edge switches cat 3750-x switches. Still the module on the core wheere servers are connected is 1000mbps port.Now if we induct a nexus switch to the datacenter what kinds of benefits we can reap In a virtulised environment as well as real environment?following are the some of the queries.Can we reduce the number of edge switches? ( by virtual environment), Inter operabaility between cat ios and nexus ios, how this will affect the environement,What will be the over all benefits ?, What are the cons of this induction ?
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Nov 13, 2012
we are planning a Nexus datacenter project with this layout:Our experiences with Nexus switches are not so large until now and the manuals are very extensive.Both N5K´s should be connected directly with all 4 N2K switches. I did not find a layout like this in the manuals. Only a design,where only 2 N2K are connected to one N5K, with this fex config:Now I´m not sure if it is right to make a config like this with the same slots and fex´s or with different slots and fex´s.
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Mar 30, 2012
I have a senario where i'm going to have 2 Nexus 7010 connected as a core, and i'm going to have 4 5510's connected in a star formation. Each nexus 5510 will connect to the nexus core Via two 10Gb links. Each nexus 5510 will have 2 links attached to The core switches in vPc's.
Nexus 7010-1 = Core 1
Nexus 7010-2 = Core 2
Nexus 5510-1 = vPC = 100 2 Ports in vPc 100 -- > 7010-1, 7010-2
Nexus 5510-2 = vPC = 200 2 Ports in vPC 200 -- > 7010-1, 7010-2
Nexus 5510-3 = vPC = 100 2 Ports in vPc 300 -- > 7010-1, 7010-2
Nexus 5510-4 = vPC = 200 2 Ports in vPC 400 -- > 7010-1, 7010-2
The way I intend to configure the vPC's is this the best way. If i get a vPC dual active scenario what would happen. All ports will be forwarding all VLAN traffic this is how I intend to have it work.
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Jul 31, 2012
Trying to find some documentation as to whether there are any other steps for inserting this new module in our N7K. We have 2 blades in already and 2 Sups in 5 & 6. I'm assuming its like the 6500s, where we just slide it in and the OS configures the global parms for it and the default VLAN.
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Jan 11, 2012
I have defined a trunk between a nexus 5k and cat 3750 as a pvlan trunk - now I would like to add redundance and performance and tried to establish a vpc between my par of nexus's and the 3750 stack - but the nexus tell me that the port-channel doesn't support pvlan's - and then - ehh - do I get any benefits of running the trunk as a pvlan trunk at all?
interface Ethernet1/4
switchport mode trunk
speed 1000
switchport private-vlan trunk allowed vlan 550-552
switchport private-vlan mapping trunk 550 551-552
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Feb 9, 2013
We have microsoft servers and other application servers (around 12 in nos) which should have gig connections to the access switch. In turn this access switch will be connected to our distribution switch 4503. Which model of access switch best fits from the below 3 models. It should be cost effective as well.
WS-C2960 S-24PS-L
WS-C2960-24TS-L
WS-C3560G-24TS-S
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Jun 11, 2013
I recently changed jobs and at the new location we are primarily running Catalyst 2960G series switches with the exception of one 3750. All of the switches are setup in a cluster with the 3750 being the cluster master. My question is what is the benefit of switch clustering? The entire network seems to be a bit over engineered for the our needs and I am hoping to scale it back a bit. For example, the the network was setup with VOIP QoS when there were no plans to even use VOIP. Also what procedures would I want to follow to disable the cluster to avoid any major outages? Assuming there is no real need for a cluster.
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Mar 27, 2012
I have 2 6504's running HSRP as my core. They are each etherchannel'd to my Datacenter switch (3750 Stack) -- see image below.The problem i a having is with the etherchannel status:
Core1 PO11 status w (waiting)
Core2 PO11 status P(bundled)
DC11 PO48 status P -- but only to Core2 - the interfaces to Core1 are suspended. (See attached configuration documents) None of the devices have any information in the logs. I run this same configuration in my central location, but we are running Nexus 7000's. With the 6500's, do I need to split the port channels on the 3750 to allow them to negotiate the etherchannel? If I split the portchannels, are there any concerns? Should I expect to see the etherchannel status as P (Bundled) or H (Hot-Standby)?
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Mar 25, 2009
I am planning on inserting a second Sup720 in my 6506 running in native mode. Here is how I have redundancy configured:
redundancy
mode sso
main-cpu
auto-sync running-config
The IOS version is:
s72033-ipservices_wan-mz.122-18.SXF8
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May 4, 2012
I tried to upgrade IOS from SXI2a to SXI9 in cat 6506 VSS. But the problem is that switch always boot with old IOS. I put the new IOS in sup-bootdisk and slave sup-bootdisk, bootvar is ok with new IOS: [code] Show bootvar is ok but switch always boot with old IOS SXI2a, some bug in IOS sxi2a???, I will try to delete de old IOS from sup bootdisk and try with the new one only.
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Dec 4, 2012
I am a bit confused by the output of 'show run' and 'show run switch-profile' that pertains to a port-channel interface configured in a switch-profile. My main gaol is to find out how can I add/remove the allowed vlans the port-channel (configured as trunk) carries. The setup is like this. I have 2 N5k in vPC domain and Etherner1/11 on both switches is configured as trunk vPC that connects to a core switch. When I issue ‘show run’ for the port-channel and physical interface I get the following output. [code] From above it seems the switch-profile configuration is missing the 'switchport trunk allowed vlan' in the port-channel interface. If want I to remove vlan 30 from the allowed vlan, should I go under the switch-profile mode and remove vlan 30 from the allowed list even though the switch-profile configuration seems to be missing this.
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Apr 19, 2012
Small datacenter design. My requirements and setup will be as follows Dell PowerEdge M1000E Blade Chassis (initially one full chassis)Dell Powerconnect 10GbE Blade SwitchesDell Compellent Storage Array 10Gb iSCSI with redundant controllersDell Powerconnect 7024 dedicated external storage Virtual host blade servers 2 x Cisco ASA for firewall (5525-X or similar in active-active configuration)2 x redundant routers or switches as gateway to public internet I am looking to be able to segregate customers (approximately 100) into seperate VLANs at the access layer and route them up to the Cisco ASA firewalls using Dot1Q trunking for segregation. The Cisco ASA's will perform NAT functionality and route to the redundant gateways. I then need to police each customers traffic at the gateway to limit bandwidth and perform specific traffic marking along with simply routing out to the internet.
Budget is somewhat restrictive so I am looking for the most "cost effective" devices I can use at the gateway to perform the traffic policing/marking/routing for each customer.
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Sep 12, 2012
We have a WS-C3750G-24PS switch running 12.2(50)SE , C3750-IPBASEK9-M in production & stand alone and we want to ask a new Cisco WS-C3750-24P running 12.2(55)SE3 , C3750-IPBASEK9-M into the stack with the 1st one.
Just want to know if it is possible and are there any problems with the IOS being different version.
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Mar 10, 2008
After I added the 3rd 3750E to my stack on Sunday I can no longer save my configs with 'copy run start' or 'write mem':
#copy running-config startup-config
Destination filename [startup-config]?
Building configuration...
nv_done: unable to open "flash:/config.text.new"
nv_done: unable to open "flash:/private-config.text.new"
nv_done: unable to open "flash:/multiple-fs.new"[OK]
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my flash seems to have plenty of space:
57409536 bytes total (24203776 bytes free)
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Mar 25, 2012
in our network we were using three 3750-48-s switches with stacking one of the switch due to some hardware failure power problem,
now i want to add a new switch 3750-48-s in the existing Stack two switches , the old two switches ios version is = 12.2(25r)SEC the new Catalyst 3750 io verion is = 12.2(35)SE5
how to add this switch in the existing two stack switches , with documentation
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Nov 23, 2011
I am looking to add a new 3750 Switcch to an existing stack shown below
Switch Ports Model SW Version SW Image
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* 1 26 WS-C3750-24P 12.2(35)SE5 C3750-IPBASE-M
2 26 WS-C3750-24P 12.2(35)SE5 C3750-IPBASE-M
3 26 WS-C3750-24P 12.2(35)SE5 C3750-IPBASE-M
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I have looked on notes to add a switch to an existing stack and haven’t identified answers on how the IOS will be affected on the new switch – will it downgrade to the current stack version or will the current stack upgrade to its version. At this moment in time I would prefer if the new switch IOS downgraded to the current stack IOS version.The new switch is a 3750V2 – will this affect how it joins the stack?The new switch has the image of IPBASEK9-M – again will this affect how it joins the stack?
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Dec 6, 2012
I am having an issue with adding a c3750x switch to an existing switch stack Currently there is 2 x WS-C3750X-48P and I am trying to add another WS-C3750X-48P to this switch I have cabled the switch to the stack using the stack cables and added the command to provision the switch on the exisitng stack. However when I turn the switch on it just goes on its own stack.
I noticed the new switch had a later version of IOS so have downgraded this to the same version as the other switches but still no joy Here is the sh ver from the exisitng stack
uptime is 4 weeks, 4 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes
System image file is "flash:/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2.bin"
License Level: ipbaseLicense Type: PermanentNext reload license Level: ipbase
cisco WS-C3750X-48P (PowerPC405) processor (revision A0) with 262144K bytes of memory.Processor board ID FDO1448Z0FJLast reset from power-on21 Virtual Ethernet interfaces1 FastEthernet interface156 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces6 Ten Gigabit Ethernet interfacesThe password-recovery mechanism is enabled.
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Oct 16, 2012
I am attempting to add and Catalyst 3750 - 12 port Gigabit switch to an existing stack of 3750 48 port switches (non-X fabric). I am not sure how to proceed. These are the two questions/thoughts I have. Any additional perspective I should have before proceeding.
What kind of configuration should I apply to the Gig switch before adding it to the stack?I am sure I will need to assign priority to the new switch, ideally, it will act as master.
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Jan 23, 2013
We have a cisco stack with 5 ws-c3750-24p 12.2)55)SE3 c3750-ipbasek9-m switches. Can i add a switch to the stack that is the following model: ws-c3750g-48ts 12.2(25)see3 c3750-ipbase-m
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Jul 4, 2012
A check out a network segment and want to know why SwA has a static route to SwB if SwA already has a Default GW to Core?
(SwA, SwB - Catalyst3560, Core - Catalyst4948)Note, there are distribute list on SwA - it does not has any OSPF route (exclude O*IA).
Does this mean when SwA send out packet with DA 10.5.64.0/26, Core will use only L2 switching (instead of L3)? Is this more effectively for Core Switch?
Pleace check my reasoning:
1. When use a static route: SwA receive packet from Vlan 20 with DA 10.5.64.0/26 it will strip out Dest. MAC and replace it with MAC of SwB. Core will switch this packet to SwB based on mac add. table (l2 switching)
2. When SwA has only Default gateway and receive packet from Vlan20 with DA 10.5.64.0/26 it replace Dest. MAC with Core MAC. Core receive this packet, lookup route table for 10.5.64.0 entry and forward packet base on this.
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Feb 29, 2012
I currently have Cisco 3750G which is currently live and active and fully populated and only have remote access.
I have an additional same switch which I would like to stack. My initial plans were to have 2 GIbit etherchannels, but I came across the option to Stacks both switch with each other.
When I do a show switch on the live switch its set as a Member: [code]
I would like to add the new switch to the stack without losing the config for the switch which is live. I understand that the highest priority of the switches becomes the Master but as the live switch is Priority 1, would chancing this affect the switches config, or would it lose connection at all?
Also when I plug in the new switch and it reboot how do I ensure it becomes the slave without rebooting the live switch?The cables on the switch do they have to go to port1 on the live switch and port 1 on the new switch or can they be port 1 and port 2?
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Jan 10, 2012
ws-c2960-24tt-L Ethernet switch adding or removing any device from switch cause a loss of connection to all other devices on switch for about 60sec.
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Mar 30, 2013
Configuration details: I have 2 nexus 5K switches and both 5K is connected to four 2960 access switches in each floor through fiber(shown in the attached picture). I have configured each VPC for each floor and portchannel configuration on 2960s switch to communicate to 5K switches. Now I am not able to communicate PC 1 connected in 1st floor to PC2 connected in 4th Floor.
I have attached topology map of my infra and the configuration files also. 1st floor switch and 4th floor swich have same configuration except IP address and switch name.
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Jan 7, 2013
I have a big doubt. Can I connect a LAN switch (i.e. 2960, 3560 or 3750) to a couple of Nexus 2000 FEX (i.e 2232P or 2248TP) and have a Port-Channel or vPC with STP active and several VLANs through this Port-Channel? Or Can I only connect servers to these N2K FEX?
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Jan 2, 2013
We recently had a pair of Nexus 5k switches setup in our network. We had professional services handle the initial configuration but they weren't able to setup config sync for us. Each Fex is connected to each 5k, so we need a switch-profile to maintain a consistent setup on our interfaces. I went through the process in Configuring Switch-Profiles, but when I check the status of the peer, it says not reachable. [code]
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Nov 21, 2012
We are getting some error logs on Nexus VDC,as follows:2012 Nov 23 08:49:11 N7K_B-Network_Center_B %$ VDC-3 %$ last message repeated 6 times 2012 Nov 23 08:50:21 N7K_B-Network_Center_B %$ VDC-3 %$ last message repeated 7 times 2012 Nov 23 08:49:11 N7K_B-Network_Center_B %$ VDC-3 %$ last message repeated 6 times2012 Nov 23 08:50:21 N7K_B-Network_Center_B %$ VDC-3 %$ last message repeated 7 times.
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Oct 8, 2012
Current our environment is the following:
Core1 ---- Core2
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Nexus5k
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N2k, N2k, N2k (FEX)
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Servers, hosts, etc..
We would like to add another Nexus5k to this topology. However, it has to be a zero downtime infrastructure add-on. When setting up the keep-alive, peer-link, vPC and vdc domain, will there be any upset in network traffic on the current N5k?Also, are the Nexus5k configurations synchronized or are they independent from one another? Before setting up the new 5k, should i configure it to teh 6509's, and vPC's to the Nexus2k's before setting up peer-link?
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Oct 31, 2012
My network consist of that network device. cisco catalyst 3750 with stackwise, 2xnexsus 5000 series and servers.servers connected to nexsus switch. nexsus connect to 3750.
Each server have two link, one of them connect nexsus1 and other connect to nexsus2 switch.(same traffic) each nexsus have one link to 3750. At 3750 the nexsus link configurate etherchannel. but the flapping occur at 3750.
i understand that at 2 nexsus link have the same server source mac address so the flapping occur at 3750. how i solve this problem?
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Jul 15, 2012
My Name is senthil i need to configure new hp sever with Nexus 5548 how to config.. server side everything finished just i need only
Config tips for Nexus 5k for New server
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Oct 17, 2012
We have Nexus 5K switches at the aggregation layer and VPC domain has been configured on them. VPC domain includes switches at the access layer as an identity.But when primary switch reboots failover didn,t happened. We are attaching architecture diagram for the setup along with show tech for Nexus 5K both switches.
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Nov 29, 2011
i'm trying to enable command authorization for ssh as well as console access to a Nexus 7010 box (version 5.0). Following is the config:
aaa group server tacacs+ ACS5-1
server 10.12.19.11
server 10.12.19.12
source-interface loopback0
snmp-server enable traps aaa server-state-change
aaa authentication login default group ACS5-1 local
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As you can see, the default group configuration ACS5-1 for authenticatoin has applied to both defaults and console. But the command authorization does not appear to be applied to the console. As a result, when i login from the console and get authenticated, the command authorization does not trigger and i can run commands I'm not supposed to. In the configuration, I do not see "aaa authorization console" option unlike we have in IOS.
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Oct 29, 2012
We are getting some error logs on Nexus switch 7K.
Loggs:
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2012 Oct 30 22:36:07 SWITCH %CMPPROXY-STANDBY-2-LOG_CMP_UP: Connectivity Management processor(on module 6) is now UP
2012 Oct 30 22:36:40 SWITCH %SYSMGR-2-GSYNC_SNAPSHOT_SRVFAILED: Service "ipqosmgr" on active supervisor failed to sto
re its snapshot (error-id 0x40480005).
2012 Oct 30 22:36:40 SWITCH %SYSMGR-2-STANDBY_BOOT_FAILED: Standby supervisor failed to boot up.
2012 Oct 30 22:36:42 SWITCH %PLATFORM-2-MOD_REMOVE: Module 6 removed (Serial number JAF1550ATBR)
2012 Oct 30 22:42:08 SWITCH %BOOTVAR-5-NEIGHBOR_UPDATE_AUTOCOPY: auto-copy supported by neighbor supervisor, starting
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Nov 28, 2011
we have e requirement for a Nexus 5000 switch to be accessed and managed inband, ie the Management interface can't be connected to the rest of our networks management VLAN because the switch is remote and only connected via fibre. We have enabled the interface VLAN feature and configured an interface VLAN but can't seem to PING the IP address configured on it ?
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