Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Virtual Port Channel Command Reference

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Updated:: January 2, 2012

Chapter: F Commands

feature vpc

F Commands

This chapter describes the Cisco NX-OS virtual port channel (vPC) commands that begin with F.

feature vpc

To enable a virtual port channel (vPC), which allows links that are physically connected to two different Cisco Nexus 5000 Series devices to appear as a single port channel to a third device, use the feature vpc command. To disable vPC on the switch, use the no form of this command.

feature vpc

no feature vpc

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Command Default

Disabled

Command Modes

Global configuration mode

Command History

Release	Modification
4.1(3)N1(1)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

In a vPC configuration, the third device can be a Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender, switch, server, or any other networking device.

Examples

This example shows how to enable vPC on the switch:

switch(config)# feature vpc

Related Commands

Command	Description
show vpc	Displays the vPC configuration status.
show feature	Displays whether or not vPC is enabled on the switch.

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