Table Of Contents

A - B - C - D - E - F - H - I - J - L - M - N - O - P - R - S - T - U - V -

Index

A

access mode

configuring on vEthernet interfaces 8-5

access ports

access VLANs 3-5

configuring 3-9

default setting 3-7

host ports 3-3

VLANs 3-3, 3-5

ACLs

IPv4 10-23

MAC 10-23

administrative status

configuring 2-22

defined 2-7

allowed VLANs

trunk ports 3-6

ARP inspection

configuring in a port profile 10-19

assignment, loopback address 9-3

asymmetric port channel 10-3

B

bandwidth

configuring 2-21, 4-12

defined 2-6

rate mode

defined 2-3

beacon mode

configuring 2-15

defined 2-2

C

carrier delay 2-9

CDP

configuring 2-23

CFSoE

defined 6-8, 6-19

vPCs 6-19

changing max-links 9-7

channel modes

active 5-24

active mode 5-10

configuring 5-24

default setting 5-10

LACP 5-9

passive 5-24

passive mode 5-10

port channels 5-9

Cisco Nexus 2148T 9-1

CLI

port profile configuration 10-24

community ports 10-17, 10-27

configuration change management

using to copy port profiles to multiple devices 10-24

configuration data 9-3

D

debounce timer

defined 2-3

default settings

access ports 3-7

port channels 5-10

trunk ports 3-7

VLANs 3-6

description

defined 2-2

descriptions

configuring on vEthernet interfaces 8-3

DHCP Snooping

configuring in a port profile 10-18

disabling

vEthernet interfaces 8-10

documentation

additional publications i-xviii

conventions i-xviii

duplex mode

configuring 2-18

defined 2-4

E

enabling

vEthernet interfaces 8-10

Ethernet interface 9-4

F

fabric extender 6-21

changing max-links 9-7

Ethernet interface 9-4

image management 9-3

redistributing links 9-8

fabric extenders 1-5, 9-1

Layer 3 ports 9-1

FabricPath 3-1, 3-8

FCoE 1-2

field descriptions

interfaces 3-15

LACP 5-28

port channels 5-28

vPCs 6-35, 6-36

flow control

defined 2-5

H

host ports 10-17, 10-27

HSRP

vPCs 6-9

I

IEEE 802.1Q

access ports 3-5

trunk ports 3-3, 3-4

IEEE 802.3ad 5-2

LACP 5-2

image management 9-3

inheritance

port profiles 10-2

Interfaces

routed 4-7

interfaces

access port 3-9

administrative status

configuring 2-22

defined 2-7

bandwidth 4-12

configuring 2-21

defined 2-6

bandwidth, configuring 4-12

bandwidth rate mode 2-15

beacon mode

configuring 2-15

defined 2-2

CDP

configuring 2-23

configuring as routed 4-7

configuring secondary IPv4 address 4-8

configuring secondary IPv6 address 4-8

configuring VLAN interfaces 4-13

creating a port-channel subinterface 4-10

debounce timer

configuring 2-17

defined 2-3

dedicated ports 2-15

deleting a loopback 4-15

deleting a port-channel subinterface 4-11

deleting a subinterface 4-10

deleting VLAN interfaces 4-13

description 2-14

defined 2-2

displaying tunnel statistics 7-1

duplex mode

configuring 2-18

defined 2-4

error disabled 2-3

field descriptions 3-15

flow control

configuring 2-19

defined 2-5

jumbo MTU, configuring 2-21

LACP 5-8

Layer 2 3-2

loopback 4-4

loopback, configuring 4-14

management 1-4

MDIX

configuring 2-16

defined 2-3

MTU

configuring 2-20

defined 2-6

no shutdown 2-22

port channels 5-4

description 5-2

port mode 4-7

rate mode

defined 2-3

restarting 2-22

SFP status and diagnostics 2-12

shared ports 2-15

shutdown 2-22

shutting down 2-22

specifying 2-12

speed

configuring 2-18

defined 2-4

statistics 3-15

Layer 2 interfaces 3-15

subinterfaces, configuring 4-9

throughput delay

configuring 2-22

defined 2-7

trunk port

pre-provisioning 3-10

trunk ports

tagged native VLAN traffic 3-14

tunnels 7-2

types, specifying 2-12

UDLD

configuring 2-24

defined 2-7

virtual Ethernet. See vEthernet interfaces.

interface sharing

Layer 3 interfaces 4-1

IP addresses

port channels 5-18

IP Source Guard

configuring in a port profile 10-18

IPv4 ACLs

configuring in port profiles 10-23

configuring on vEthernet interfaces 8-8

iSCSI multipath 10-6

isolated ports 10-17, 10-27

J

jumbo MTU, configuring 2-21

L

LACP 5-2

admin key 5-11

channel groups 5-8

channel modes5-9to??, 5-9, ??to 5-10

configuring 5-23

creating 5-15

description5-8to??, 5-8, ??to 5-11

disabling 5-9

enabling 5-23

field descriptions 5-28

graceful convergence 5-25

licenses 5-13

MAC address 5-10

Marker Protocol 5-11

number of members per channel 5-8

port channels 5-8

port priority 5-25

statistics 5-28

suspend individual 5-27

system ID 5-10, 5-11, 5-24

system priority 5-10, 5-24

troubleshooting 5-9

VDCs 5-10, 5-13

VPCs 6-16

vPCs 6-11, 6-30, 6-35

Layer 2 interfaces

about 3-2

Layer 2 ports

access 3-2

licenses 3-7

troubleshooting 3-4

trunks 3-2

Layer 3 control

port profiles 10-5

Layer 3 interfaces

fabric extender 9-1

licenses

LACP 5-13

Layer 2 port modes 3-7

port channels 5-13

licensing

vPCs 6-20

Link Aggregation Control Protocol. See LACP

load balancing

algorithms 5-7

configuring 5-22

default algorithms 5-6, 5-7

MPLS traffic 5-7

multicast traffic 5-7

per module 5-6

port channels 5-6, 5-7

VDCs 5-7

vPCs 6-8

loopback

configuring 4-14

deleting 4-15

loopback address assignment 9-3

M

MAC ACLs

configuring in port profiles 10-23

configuring on vEthernet interfaces 8-8

MAC address

vPCs 6-8, 6-11

MAC addresses

configuring aging type and time in port profiles 10-22

configuring maximum number in port profiles 10-21

disabling sticky MAC addresses in port profiles 10-20

enabling sticky MAC addresses in port profiles 10-20

MAC pinning 10-5

management port 1-4

maximum transmission unit. See MTU.

MDIX

configuring 2-16

defined 2-3

medium dependent interface crossover.

See MDIX.

MIBs 3-17, 5-36, 6-46

MTU

configuring 2-20

defined 2-6

multicast traffic

load balancing using port channels 5-7

N

native VLAN

FCoE 3-5

O

1-Gigabit BaseT Ethernet interface 9-4

oversubscription

Cisco Nexus 2148T 9-2

ratio 9-2

P

PAgP

unsupported 5-3

PAgP, unsupported 5-3

pinning

MAC 10-5

static 10-4

Port 3-10

Port Aggregation Protocol. See PAgP.

port channel

active mode 5-24

adding Layer 2 port 5-17

adding Layer 3 port 5-18

admin up 5-19

deleting 5-16

deleting a port 5-19

Layer 2 5-16

Layer 3 5-16

passive 5-24

port modes 5-24

routed 5-16

subinterface 5-18

switched 5-16

Port Channel pane

icon 6-22, 6-35

port channels

,member ports,configuring 5-5

adding a Layer 3 port 5-18

adding Layer 2 port 5-17

admin up 5-19

CDP 5-20

channel modes 5-24

channel modes, configuring 5-24

channe modes 5-5

compatibility requirements5-5to??, 5-5, ??to 5-6, 5-17

configuring 5-3

configuring in a port profile 10-14

creating 5-15

deleting 5-16

deleting a port 5-19

deleting links 5-21

description5-2to??, 5-2, ??to 5-13, 5-21

field descriptions 5-28

force 5-20

forcing ports to join 5-5

host mode 10-3

IP addresses 5-18

IPv4 5-15

IPv6 5-15

LACP 5-8

Layer 2 5-16

Layer 2 port channel, adding a port 5-17

Layer 2 port channels 5-2

layer 2 port channels 5-2

Layer 3 5-16

Layer 3 port channel, adding a port 5-18

Layer 3 port channels 5-2

licenses 5-13

load balancing 5-6

maximum per system 5-13

member port configuration 5-5

MTU 5-15

numbering 5-13

operational 5-2

purpose 5-3

routed 5-16

speed 5-22

statistics 5-28

STP 5-2

subiinterfaces 5-18

subinterfaces 5-2, 5-3, 5-18

switched 5-16

troubleshooting 5-23

VDCs 5-2, 5-7, 5-13

port groups 10-2

port management

configuring in a port profile 10-16

port profiles

characteristics 10-3

configuring ARP inspection 10-19

configuring as private VLAN 10-17

configuring as private VLANs 10-17

configuring as VMware port groups 10-14

configuring DHCP Snooping 10-18

configuring for iSCSI multipath 10-12

configuring for Layer 3 control 10-11

configuring IP Source Guard 10-18

configuring IPv4 ACL 10-23

configuring MAC ACL 10-23

configuring MAC address aging type and time 10-22

configuring maximum number of MAC addresses 10-21

configuring port channel 10-14

configuring port management 10-16

configuring security violation action 10-22

configuring static pinning 10-15

configuring system port profiles 10-10

configuring with a VSD 10-10

copying to multiple devices 10-24

creating 10-8

deletings 10-8

description 10-1

disabling 10-9

disabling port security 10-20

disabling sticky MAC addresses 10-20

enabling 10-9

enabling port security 10-20

enabling sticky MAC addresses 10-20

feature history 10-30

field descriptions 10-25

inheritance 10-2

inheriting 10-9

iSCSI multipath 10-6

Layer 3 control 10-5

MAC pinning 10-5

port groups 10-2

related documents 10-30

standards 10-30

states 10-2

static pinning 10-4

system 10-2

using configuration change management 10-24

viewing CLI 10-24

ports

Layer 2 3-2

multiple VLANs 3-2

ports, private vlan 10-17, 10-27

port security

disabling in a port profile 10-20

enabling in a port profile 10-20

port status

displaying for vEthernet interfaces 8-11

private VLANS

configuring on vEthernet interfaces 8-7

private VLANs

See PVLANs

promiscuous ports 10-17, 10-27

PVLANs

configuring port profiles as 10-17

R

rate mode

defined 2-3

redistributing links 9-8

related documents i-xviii

S

security violations

configuring actions 10-22

SFP+ 9-4

interface adapter 9-4

show commands

displaying fabric interface 9-8

small form-factor pluggable transceiver, <Italic>see SFP+.

SPAN

configuring on vEthernet interfaces 8-9

speed

configuring 2-18

defined 2-4

static pinning 10-4

configuring on a control VLAN 10-16

configuring on a packet VLAN 10-16

configuring on vEthernet interfaces 8-4

port profiles 10-15

statistics

interfaces 3-15

LACP 5-28

port channels 5-28

tunnels 7-1

VEM 8-12

virtual Ethernet module 8-12

STP

EtherChannel 5-2

vPCs 6-8, 6-16

subinterfaces

configuring on a physical interface 4-9

creating on a port channel 4-10

deleting from a physical interface 4-10

deleting on a port channel 4-11

summary information

displaying for vEthernet interfaces 8-10

SVI

See VLAN interfaces

system port profiles 10-2, 10-10

T

10-Gigabit Ethernet interface 9-4

throughput delay

configuring 2-22

defined 2-7

traffic statistics

displaying for vEthernet interfaces 8-11

troubleshooting

port channels 5-2

vPC 6-1, 6-10

vPC peer link 6-3

vPCs 6-3, 6-12, 6-15, 6-22, 6-35

trunk mode

configuring on vEthernet interfaces 8-6

trunk ports

allowed VLANs 3-6

configuring 3-10

default settings 3-7

native VLANs

defined 3-5

tagging traffic 3-5

tagging VLANs 3-4

troubleshooting 3-6

untagged traffic 3-5

VLANs 3-3

tunnels

defined 7-1

description 7-2

displaying statistics 7-1

VDCs 7-2

U

UDLD

configuring 2-24

defined 2-7

message interval 2-8

vPCs 6-9

Unidirectional Link Detection. See UDLD.

V

VDCs

LACP 5-10, 5-13

port channels 5-2, 5-13

VEM

statistics 8-12

vEthernet interfaces

automatic configuration 8-3

automatic deletion 8-3

configuring as access interfaces 8-5

configuring as trunk interfaces 8-6

configuring descriptions 8-3

configuring global settings 8-3

configuring VMware DVPort ID 8-4

configuring with IPv4 ACLs 8-8

configuring with MAC ACLs 8-8

configuring with Private VLANs 8-7

configuring with SPAN 8-9

configuring with static pinning 8-4

description 8-1

detaching duplicates 8-3

disabling 8-10

displaying port status 8-11

displaying summary information 8-10

displaying traffic statistics 8-11

enabling 8-10

related documents 8-15

standards 8-15

virtual device contexts. See VDCs.

virtual Ethernet interfaces. See vEthernet interfaces

virtual Ethernet module

statistics 8-12

virtual port channel host mode

See vPC-HM 10-3

VLAN interfaces

creating 4-13

deleting 4-13

VLAN network interfaces

carrier delay 2-9

VLANs

default 3-6

VLANs, private

See PVLANs

VMware DVPort ID

configuring on vEthernet interfaces 8-4

vPC 6-21

configuring primary peer device 6-25, 6-35

configuring secondary peer device 6-25, 6-35

downstream port channels 6-27, 6-35

hold-timeout 6-10

orphan ports 6-20

peer-keepalive messages 6-10

PVST simulation 6-16

role priority 6-25, 6-35

system MAC address 6-25, 6-35

system priority 6-12, 6-16, 6-25, 6-35

timers 6-10

troubleshooting 6-10

with MST and Rapid PVST+ 6-16

vPC-HM

about 10-3

CDP 10-4

manually created subgroups 10-4

vPC peer link

failover 6-20

number of links 6-3

primary and secondary configuration 6-13

synchronize configurations 6-13, 6-35

traffic pattern 6-8

troubleshooting 6-3, 6-7

vPCs

Auto-Resolve option 6-27, 6-35

CFSoE 6-17, 6-19

compatibility parameters 6-12

compatible configurations 6-27, 6-35

configuration mode 6-5, 6-11

creating 6-23, 6-35

deleting 6-35

disabling 6-23, 6-35

downstream devices 6-2, 6-14, 6-15

dual-redundancy 6-4

enabling 6-35

failover 6-7, 6-9

field descriptions 6-35, 6-36

GLBP 6-19

graceful consistency check 6-14

host port 6-5

HSRP 6-9, 6-19

icons 6-22, 6-35

IGMP snooping 6-18

ISSU 6-20

keepalive messages 6-10, 6-17, 6-35

LACP 6-11, 6-16, 6-25, 6-30, 6-35

Layer 3 connectivity 6-9

load balancing 6-8

logging level 6-1, 6-20

MAC address 6-8, 6-11

manual configuration 6-8

member port 6-5

modifying 6-23, 6-35

multicast 6-18

number of 6-2

on single module 6-4, 6-15

overview 6-2

peer devices 6-5, 6-7

peer-keepalive link 6-5, 6-10

configuring 6-25, 6-29, 6-35

peer-keepalive messages 6-5

peer link 6-3, 6-5

per-VLAN consistency check 6-14

PIM 6-18

port channels 6-25, 6-35

port mode 6-3, 6-6

prerequisite 6-3

primary device 6-7, 6-9

required configuration consistency 6-12, 6-13, 6-35

required configuration match 6-12

required licenses 6-20

role priorities 6-30, 6-35

secondary device 6-7, 6-9

statistics 6-35

STP 6-8, 6-16

STP topology 6-17

suspend mode 6-12, 6-13

synchronizing configurations 6-13, 6-35

synchronizing the vPC peer links 6-27, 6-35

synchronizing the vPCs 6-27, 6-35

terminology 6-5

timeout 6-10

Topology tab 6-22, 6-35

troubleshooting 6-3, 6-6, 6-8, 6-12, 6-15, 6-18, 6-21, 6-22, 6-25, 6-27, 6-29, 6-35

UDLD 6-9

VLAN interfaces 6-9

VLAN network interfaces 6-9, 6-19

VLANs 6-13

vPC domain ID 6-11

vPC number 6-14

vPC role 6-7

vPC system priority

configuring 6-30, 6-35

vPC Wizard 6-23, 6-35

VRF recommended 6-5

VRRP 6-19