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