Overview
The following table summarizes upgrades for your Classic LAN deployment to the :
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We recommend that you to familiarize yourself with the Cisco DCNM LAN Fabric functionalities before proceeding with the upgrade. For information, see . |
Prerequisites
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Review the Cisco DCNM LAN Fabric Verified Scalability section to ensure your existing deployment needs are met. See Verified Scalability Guide for Cisco DCNM.
Guidelines and Limitations
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In the Classic LAN deployment, if you are managing switches using the in-band interfaces, upgrading to the LAN Fabric deployment is not supported. You need to change to managing switches using the management (mgmt0) interfaces, and then upgrade.
The support for in-band interface management is expected to be available in a future release.
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VDC Auto-Provisioning (VOAP) for Cisco Nexus 7000 Series switches is not supported in the LAN Fabric installation mode.
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The following configurations are not migrated from Classic LAN to the LAN Fabric Deployment:
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Config archive jobs.
Post upgrade, you should configure the fabric backups from the fabric settings.
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CLI jobs.
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POAP DHCP configuration.
Post upgrade, you should configure the Fabric Settings for POAP.
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