Table Of Contents
A - C - D - E - F - H - I - K - L - M - N - P - R - S - T - U - V -
Index
A
ARP processing with vPC 5-2
C
Classical Ethernet
versus FabricPath 1-2
classical Ethernet VLANs 1-9
configuration
static fixed vEthernet interface 2-5
connecting to a router in a vPC topology 5-3
control traffic forwarding in a vPC topology 5-6
D
dedicated VRF 5-7
delay restore 5-4
delay timer 5-4
designated router 5-10
CFS message 5-11
elected 5-11
priority 5-11
discovery
NIV host 2-6
distributed virtual switches 2-7
DR election
see designated router 5-11
DVS 2-7
dynamic fixed vEthernet interface configuration 2-5, 2-8
dynamic floating vEthernet interface configuration 2-22
dynamic floating vEthernet interfaces 2-3
dynamic interfaces 2-2
dynamic VNICs 2-2
E
enabling
FabricPath 1-12
F
FabricPath
enabling 1-12
information about 1-1
ISSU 1-9
link metrics 1-5
MAC learning 1-7
switch ID 1-7
trees 1-10
versus Classical Ethernet 1-2
VLANs 1-9
FabricPath configuration
verifying 1-13
failback
fixed vEthernet interace with vPC 2-10
failover
fixed vEthernet interface with vPC 2-10
faster convergence
in vPC topology 5-9
FHRP. See also First Hop Redundancy Protocol
First Hop Redundancy Protocol 5-1
fixed static vEthernet interface failback with a vPC 2-10
fixed static vEthernet interface failover with a vPC 2-10
fixed vEthernet failback with vPC 2-10
fixed vEthernet failover with vPC 2-10
fixed vEthernet interfaces 2-3
provisioning model 2-4
floating dynamic vEthernet interfaces 2-3
floating static vEthernet interfaces 2-4
floating virtual interfaces 2-2
H
hardware
VM-FEX requirements 2-7
host discovery
NIV 2-6
I
improved convergence 5-4
information about
FabricPath 1-1
inheritance
port profile 2-6
intefaces
static 2-2
interfaces
dynamic 2-2
dynamic fixed vEthernet configuration 2-5, 2-8
dynamic floating vEthernet 2-3
fixed dynamic vEthernet configuration 2-5
fixed static vEthernet configuration 2-5
fixed vEthernet 2-3
floating virtual 2-2
static fixed vEthernet configuration 2-5, 2-9
static floating vEthernet 2-4
static virtual 2-2
ISSU
FabricPath 1-9
ISSUs
not supported 5-17
supported 5-18
K
keepalive interface
dedicated VRF for a 5-7
L
Layer 3
and ISSUs 5-17
connecting to a router in a vPC topology 5-6
improved convergence with a vPC topology 5-4
module failure 5-5
recommendation for connections between a router and switch 5-6
source and Rendezvouz Point (RP) 5-10
vPC consistency check 5-8
M
MAC learning
FabricPath 1-7
metrics
FabricPath links 1-5
migrating
vPC+ environment 1-14
migration
vPC+ environment 1-4
multicast
data forwarding 5-11
forwarding algorithm 5-11
forwarding process 5-13
forwarding rules 5-12
routing table size 5-9
unsupported topology in vPC configurations 5-9
multicast routing table
example of switch output 5-10
multicast traffic
not routed 5-12
N
NIV
host discovery 2-6
P
peer-gateway command 5-4
PIM router 5-9
port profile inheritance 2-6
prebuilt source tree
faster convergence 5-9
provisioning model
fixed vEthernet interfaces 2-4
R
Rendezvous Point (RP) 5-10
routing table size 5-9
S
scenarios
dynamic floating vEthernet interface configuration 2-22
VM-FEX conectivity verification 2-48
VM-to-VM-FEX connection 2-41
software
VM-FEX requirements 2-7
static fixed vEthernet interface configuration 2-5, 2-9
static floating vEthernet interfaces 2-4
static interfaces 2-2
virtual 2-2
switches
distributed virtual 2-7
switch IDs
FabricPath 1-7
T
trees
FabricPath 1-10
U
unsupported multicast topology 5-9
V
verifying
FabricPath configuration 1-13
vEthernet
fixed dynamic interface configuration 2-5
fixed static interface configuration 2-5
vEthernet configuration 2-22
vEthernet dynamic floating interfaces 2-3
vEthernet fixed interfaces 2-3
vEthernet interface
dynamic fixed configuration 2-8
failover and failback 2-10
static fixed configuration 2-9
vEthernet interfaces
fixed
provisioning model 2-4
static floating 2-4
virtual floating interfaces 2-2
virtual static interfaces 2-2
virtual switches
distributed 2-7
VLANs
classical Ethernet 1-9
FabricPath 1-9
VM-FEX 2-1
configuration summary 2-52
hardware requirements 2-7
sample configuration 2-52
software requirements 2-7
VM-FEX connectivity verification 2-48
VM-to-VM-FEX connection scenario 2-41
VNICs
dynamic 2-2
VN-Link 2-1
vPC
fixed vEthernet interface failback 2-10
fixed vEthernet interface failover 2-10
unsupported multicast topology 5-9
vPC+ environment migration 1-4
vPC and peer-gateway 5-3
vPC environment
migrating 1-14
vPC failover and failback 2-10
vPC peer link failure 5-5
vPC topology
multicast interaction 5-8
VRF
services that are recognized 5-8