Configuring Virtual Port Channels

This chapter contains the following sections:

Information About vPCs

vPC Overview

A virtual port channel (vPC) allows links that are physically connected to two different Cisco Nexus 3000 Series switches to appear as a single port channel by a third device (see the following figure). The third device can be a switch, server, or any other networking device. A vPC can provide multipathing, which allows you to create redundancy by enabling multiple parallel paths between nodes and load balancing traffic where alternative paths exist.

You configure the EtherChannels by using one of the following:

  • No protocol
  • Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)

When you configure the EtherChannels in a vPC—including the vPC peer link channel—each switch can have up to 16 active links in a single EtherChannel.


Note


You must enable the vPC feature before you can configure or run the vPC functionality.


To enable the vPC functionality, you must create a peer-keepalive link and a peer-link under the vPC domain for the two vPC peer switches to provide the vPC functionality.

To create a vPC peer link you configure an EtherChannel on one Cisco Nexus 3000 Series switch by using two or more Ethernet ports. On the other switch, you configure another EtherChannel again using two or more Ethernet ports. Connecting these two EtherChannels together creates a vPC peer link.


Note


We recommend that you configure the vPC peer-link EtherChannels as trunks.


The vPC domain includes both vPC peer devices, the vPC peer-keepalive link, the vPC peer link, and all of the EtherChannels in the vPC domain connected to the downstream device. You can have only one vPC domain ID on each vPC peer device.


Note


Always attach all vPC devices using EtherChannels to both vPC peer devices.


A vPC provides the following benefits:

  • Allows a single device to use an EtherChannel across two upstream devices
  • Eliminates Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) blocked ports
  • Provides a loop-free topology
  • Uses all available uplink bandwidth
  • Provides fast convergence if either the link or a switch fails
  • Provides link-level resiliency
  • Assures high availability

Terminology

vPC Terminology

The terminology used in vPCs is as follows:

  • vPC—The combined EtherChannel between the vPC peer devices and the downstream device.

  • vPC peer device—One of a pair of devices that are connected with the special EtherChannel known as the vPC peer link.

  • vPC peer link—The link used to synchronize states between the vPC peer devices.

  • vPC member port—Interfaces that belong to the vPCs.

  • vPC domain—This domain includes both vPC peer devices, the vPC peer-keepalive link, and all of the port channels in the vPC connected to the downstream devices. It is also associated to the configuration mode that you must use to assign vPC global parameters. The vPC domain ID must be the same on both switches.

  • vPC peer-keepalive link—The peer-keepalive link monitors the vitality of a vPC peer Cisco Nexus 3000 Series device. The peer-keepalive link sends configurable, periodic keepalive messages between vPC peer devices.

    No data or synchronization traffic moves over the vPC peer-keepalive link; the only traffic on this link is a message that indicates that the originating switch is operating and running vPCs.

Supported vPC Topologies

Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switch vPC Topology

You can connect a pair of Cisco Nexus 3000 Series switches in a vPC directly to another switch or to a server. Up to 8 interfaces could be connected to each Cisco Nexus 3000 Series switch providing 16 interfaces bundled for the vPC pair. The topology that is shown in the following figure provides the vPC functionality to dual connected switches or servers with 10-Gigabit or 1-Gigabit Ethernet uplink interfaces.

Figure 1. Switch-to-Switch vPC Topology



The switch connected to the pair of Cisco Nexus 3000 Series switches can be any standards-based Ethernet switch. Common environments to use this configuration include Blade Chassis with dual switches connected to the pair of Cisco Nexus 3000 Series switches through vPC or Unified Computing Systems connected to the pair of Cisco Nexus 3000 Series switches.

vPC Domain

To create a vPC domain, you must first create a vPC domain ID on each vPC peer switch using a number from 1 to 1000. This ID must be the same on a set of vPC peer devices.

You can configure the EtherChannels and vPC peer links by using LACP or no protocol. When possible, we recommend that you use LACP on the peer-link, because LACP provides configuration checks against a configuration mismatch on the etherchannel.

The vPC peer switches use the vPC domain ID that you configure to automatically assign a unique vPC system MAC address. Each vPC domain has a unique MAC address that is used as a unique identifier for the specific vPC-related operations, although the switches use the vPC system MAC addresses only for link-scope operations, such as LACP. We recommend that you create each vPC domain within the contiguous network with a unique domain ID. You can also configure a specific MAC address for the vPC domain, rather than having the Cisco NX-OS software assign the address.

The vPC peer switches use the vPC domain ID that you configure to automatically assign a unique vPC system MAC address. The switches use the vPC system MAC addresses only for link-scope operations, such as LACP or BPDUs. You can also configure a specific MAC address for the vPC domain.

Cisco recommends that you configure the same VPC domain ID on both peers and, the domain ID should be unique in the network. For example, if there are two different VPCs (one in access and one in aggregation) then each vPC should have a unique domain ID.

After you create a vPC domain, the Cisco NX-OS software automatically creates a system priority for the vPC domain. You can also manually configure a specific system priority for the vPC domain.


Note


If you manually configure the system priority, you must ensure that you assign the same priority value on both vPC peer switches. If the vPC peer switches have different system priority values, the vPC will not come up.


Peer-Keepalive Link and Messages

The Cisco NX-OS software uses a peer-keepalive link between the vPC peers to transmit periodic, configurable keepalive messages. You must have Layer 3 connectivity between the peer switches to transmit these messages; the system cannot bring up the vPC peer link unless a peer-keepalive link is already up and running.

If one of the vPC peer switches fails, the vPC peer switch on the other side of the vPC peer link senses the failure when it does not receive any peer-keepalive messages. The default interval time for the vPC peer-keepalive message is 1 second. You can configure the interval between 400 milliseconds and 10 seconds. You can also configure a timeout value with a range of 3 to 20 seconds; the default timeout value is 5 seconds. The peer-keepalive status is checked only when the peer-link goes down.

The vPC peer-keepalive can be carried either in the management or default VRF on the Cisco Nexus 3000 Series switch. When you configure the switches to use the management VRF, the source and destination for the keepalive messages are the mgmt 0 interface IP addresses. When you configure the switches to use the default VRF, an SVI must be created to act as the source and destination addresses for the vPC peer-keepalive messages. Ensure that both the source and destination IP addresses used for the peer-keepalive messages are unique in your network and these IP addresses are reachable from the VRF associated with the vPC peer-keepalive link.


Note


We recommend that you configure the vPC peer-keepalive link on the Cisco Nexus 3000 Series switch to run in the management VRF using the mgmt 0 interfaces. If you configure the default VRF, ensure that the vPC peer link is not used to carry the vPC peer-keepalive messages.


Compatibility Parameters for vPC Peer Links

Many configuration and operational parameters must be identical on all interfaces in the vPC. After you enable the vPC feature and configure the peer link on both vPC peer switches, Cisco Fabric Services (CFS) messages provide a copy of the configuration on the local vPC peer switch configuration to the remote vPC peer switch. The system then determines whether any of the crucial configuration parameters differ on the two switches.

Enter the show vpc consistency-parameters command to display the configured values on all interfaces in the vPC. The displayed configurations are only those configurations that would limit the vPC peer link and vPC from coming up.

The compatibility check process for vPCs differs from the compatibility check for regular EtherChannels.

Configuration Parameters That Must Be Identical

The configuration parameters in this section must be configured identically on both switches at either end of the vPC peer link.


Note


You must ensure that all interfaces in the vPC have the identical operational and configuration parameters listed in this section.

Enter the show vpc consistency-parameters command to display the configured values on all interfaces in the vPC. The displayed configurations are only those configurations that would limit the vPC peer link and vPC from coming up.


The switch automatically check for compatibility of these parameters on the vPC interfaces. The per-interface parameters must be consistent per interface, and the global parameters must be consistent globally.

  • Port-channel mode: on, off, or active
  • Link speed per channel
  • Duplex mode per channel
  • Trunk mode per channel:
    • Native VLAN
    • VLANs allowed on trunk
    • Tagging of native VLAN traffic
  • Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) mode
  • STP region configuration for Multiple Spanning Tree (MST)
  • Enable or disable state per VLAN
  • STP global settings:
    • Bridge Assurance setting
    • Port type setting—We recommend that you set all vPC interfaces as normal ports
    • Loop Guard settings
  • STP interface settings:
    • Port type setting
    • Loop Guard
    • Root Guard

If any of these parameters are not enabled or defined on either switch, the vPC consistency check ignores those parameters.


Note


To ensure that none of the vPC interfaces are in the suspend mode, enter the show vpc brief and show vpc consistency-parameters commands and check the syslog messages.


Configuration Parameters That Should Be Identical

When any of the following parameters are not configured identically on both vPC peer switches, a misconfiguration may cause undesirable behavior in the traffic flow:

  • MAC aging timers
  • Static MAC entries
  • VLAN interface—Each switch on the end of the vPC peer link must have a VLAN interface configured for the same VLAN on both ends and they must be in the same administrative and operational mode. Those VLANs configured on only one switch of the peer link do not pass traffic using the vPC or peer link. You must create all VLANs on both the primary and secondary vPC switches, or the VLAN will be suspended.
  • Private VLAN configuration
  • All ACL configurations and parameters
  • Quality of service (QoS) configuration and parameters—Local parameters; global parameters must be identical
  • STP interface settings:
    • BPDU Filter
    • BPDU Guard
    • Cost
    • Link type
    • Priority
    • VLANs (Rapid PVST+)

To ensure that all the configuration parameters are compatible, we recommend that you display the configurations for each vPC peer switch once you configure the vPC.

Graceful Type-1 Check

When a consistency check fails, vPCs are brought down only on the secondary vPC switch. The VLANs remain up on the primary switch and Type-1 configurations can be performed without traffic disruption. This feature is used both in the case of global as well as interface-specific Type-1 inconsistencies.

Per-VLAN Consistency Check

Some Type-1 consistency checks are performed on a per-VLAN basis when spanning tree is enabled or disabled on a VLAN. VLANs that do not pass the consistency check are brought down on both the primary and secondary switches while other VLANs are not affected.

vPC Auto-Recovery

The vPC auto-recovery feature re-enables vPC links in the following scenarios:

When both vPC peer switches reload and only one switch reboots, auto-recovery allows that switch to assume the role of the primary switch and the vPC links will be allowed to come up after a predetermined period of time. The reload delay period in this scenario can range from 240-3600 seconds.

When vPCs are disabled on a secondary vPC switch due to a peer-link failure and then the primary vPC switch fails or is unable to forward traffic, the secondary switch re-enables the vPCs. In this scenario, the vPC waits for three consecutive keep-alive failures to recover the vPC links.

The vPC auto-recovery feature is disabled by default.

vPC Peer Links

A vPC peer link is the link that is used to synchronize the states between the vPC peer devices.


Note


You must configure the peer-keepalive link before you configure the vPC peer link or the peer link will not come up.


vPC Peer Link Overview

You can have only two switches as vPC peers; each switch can serve as a vPC peer to only one other vPC peer. The vPC peer switches can also have non-vPC links to other switches.

To make a valid configuration, you configure an EtherChannel on each switch and then configure the vPC domain. You assign the EtherChannel on each switch as a peer link. For redundancy, we recommend that you should configure at least two dedicated ports into the EtherChannel; if one of the interfaces in the vPC peer link fails, the switch automatically falls back to use another interface in the peer link.


Note


We recommend that you configure the EtherChannels in trunk mode.


Many operational parameters and configuration parameters must be the same in each switch connected by a vPC peer link. Because each switch is completely independent on the management plane, you must ensure that the switches are compatible on the critical parameters. vPC peer switches have separate control planes. After configuring the vPC peer link, you should display the configuration on each vPC peer switch to ensure that the configurations are compatible.


Note


You must ensure that the two switches connected by the vPC peer link have certain identical operational and configuration parameters.


When you configure the vPC peer link, the vPC peer switches negotiate that one of the connected switches is the primary switch and the other connected switch is the secondary switch. By default, the Cisco NX-OS software uses the lowest MAC address to elect the primary switch. The software takes different actions on each switch—that is, the primary and secondary—only in certain failover conditions. If the primary switch fails, the secondary switch becomes the operational primary switch when the system recovers, and the previously primary switch is now the secondary switch.

You can also configure which of the vPC switches is the primary switch. If you want to configure the role priority again to make one vPC switch the primary switch, configure the role priority on both the primary and secondary vPC switches with the appropriate values, shut down the EtherChannel that is the vPC peer link on both switches by entering the shutdown command, and reenable the EtherChannel on both switches by entering the no shutdown command.

MAC addresses that are learned over vPC links are also synchronized between the peers.

Configuration information flows across the vPC peer links using the Cisco Fabric Services over Ethernet (CFSoE) protocol. All MAC addresses for those VLANs configured on both switches are synchronized between vPC peer switches. The software uses CFSoE for this synchronization.

If the vPC peer link fails, the software checks the status of the remote vPC peer switch using the peer-keepalive link, which is a link between vPC peer switches, to ensure that both switches are up. If the vPC peer switch is up, the secondary vPC switch disables all vPC ports on its switch. The data then forwards down the remaining active links of the EtherChannel.

The software learns of a vPC peer switch failure when the keepalive messages are not returned over the peer-keepalive link.

Use a separate link (vPC peer-keepalive link) to send configurable keepalive messages between the vPC peer switches. The keepalive messages on the vPC peer-keepalive link determines whether a failure is on the vPC peer link only or on the vPC peer switch. The keepalive messages are used only when all the links in the peer link fail.

vPC Number

Once you have created the vPC domain ID and the vPC peer link, you can create EtherChannels to attach the downstream switch to each vPC peer switch. That is, you create one single EtherChannel on the downstream switch with half of the ports to the primary vPC peer switch and the other half of the ports to the secondary peer switch.

On each vPC peer switch, you assign the same vPC number to the EtherChannel that connects to the downstream switch. You will experience minimal traffic disruption when you are creating vPCs. To simplify the configuration, you can assign the vPC ID number for each EtherChannel to be the same as the EtherChannel itself (that is, vPC ID 10 for EtherChannel 10).


Note


The vPC number that you assign to the EtherChannel connecting to the downstream switch from the vPC peer switch must be identical on both vPC peer switches.


vPC Interactions with Other Features

vPC and LACP

The Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) uses the system MAC address of the vPC domain to form the LACP Aggregation Group (LAG) ID for the vPC.

You can use LACP on all the vPC EtherChannels, including those channels from the downstream switch. We recommend that you configure LACP with active mode on the interfaces on each EtherChannel on the vPC peer switches. This configuration allows you to more easily detect compatibility between switches, unidirectional links, and multihop connections, and provides dynamic reaction to run-time changes and link failures.

The vPC peer link supports 16 EtherChannel interfaces.


Note


When manually configuring the system priority, you must ensure that you assign the same priority value on both vPC peer switches. If the vPC peer switches have different system priority values, vPC will not come up.


vPC Peer Links and STP

When you first bring up the vPC functionality, STP reconverges. STP treats the vPC peer link as a special link and always includes the vPC peer link in the STP active topology.

We recommend that you set all the vPC peer link interfaces to the STP network port type so that Bridge Assurance is automatically enabled on all vPC peer links. We also recommend that you do not enable any of the STP enhancement features on VPC peer links.

You must configure a list of parameters to be identical on the vPC peer switches on both sides of the vPC peer link.

STP is distributed; that is, the protocol continues running on both vPC peer switches. However, the configuration on the vPC peer switch elected as the primary switch controls the STP process for the vPC interfaces on the secondary vPC peer switch.

The primary vPC switch synchronizes the STP state on the vPC secondary peer switch using Cisco Fabric Services over Ethernet (CFSoE).

The vPC manager performs a proposal/handshake agreement between the vPC peer switches that sets the primary and secondary switches and coordinates the two switches for STP. The primary vPC peer switch then controls the STP protocol for vPC interfaces on both the primary and secondary switches.

The Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs) use the MAC address set for the vPC for the STP bridge ID in the designated bridge ID field. The vPC primary switch sends these BPDUs on the vPC interfaces.


Note


Display the configuration on both sides of the vPC peer link to ensure that the settings are identical. Use the show spanning-tree command to display information about the vPC.


CFSoE

The Cisco Fabric Services over Ethernet (CFSoE) is a reliable state transport mechanism that you can use to synchronize the actions of the vPC peer devices. CFSoE carries messages and packets for many features linked with vPC, such as STP and IGMP. Information is carried in CFS/CFSoE protocol data units (PDUs).

When you enable the vPC feature, the device automatically enables CFSoE, and you do not have to configure anything. CFSoE distributions for vPCs do not need the capabilities to distribute over IP or the CFS regions. You do not need to configure anything for the CFSoE feature to work correctly on vPCs.

You can use the show mac address-table command to display the MAC addresses that CFSoE synchronizes for the vPC peer link.


Note


Do not enter the no cfs eth distribute or the no cfs distribute command. CFSoE must be enabled for vPC functionality. If you do enter either of these commands when vPC is enabled, the system displays an error message.


When you enter the show cfs application command, the output displays "Physical-eth," which shows the applications that are using CFSoE.

Guidelines and Limitations for vPCs

vPC has the following configuration guidelines and limitations:

  • You must enable the vPC feature before you can configure vPC peer-link and vPC interfaces.

  • You must configure the peer-keepalive link before the system can form the vPC peer link.

  • The vPC peer-link needs to be formed using a minimum of two 10-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces.

  • Cisco recommends that you configure the same VPC domain ID on both peers and, the domain ID should be unique in the network. For example, if there are two different VPCs (one in access and one in aggregation) then each vPC should have a unique domain ID.

  • Only port channels can be in vPCs. A vPC can be configured on a normal port channel (switch-to-switch vPC topology) and on a port channel host interface (host interface vPC topology).

  • You must configure both vPC peer switches; the configuration is not automatically synchronized between the vPC peer devices.

  • Check that the necessary configuration parameters are compatible on both sides of the vPC peer link.

  • You may experience minimal traffic disruption while configuring vPCs.

  • You should configure all the port channels in the vPC using LACP with the interfaces in active mode.

  • When the peer-switch command is configured and vPC keepalive messages exchanged through an SVI instead of a management interface, additional Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) configuration is required. STP needs to be disabled on the dedicated link that carries the keepalive traffic between the vPC peers. You can disable STP on the dedicated link by configuring STP BPDUfilter on the both ends of the dedicated link. We recommend that the VLAN of the vPC keepalive SVI be allowed on only the interconnecting dedicated link and disallowed on all other links, including the peer link.

  • When the MAC address table exceeds its limit, MAC addresses learned on the peer switch do not age out. However, MAC addresses learned on the local switch continue to age out as expected.

Configuring vPCs

Enabling vPCs

You must enable the vPC feature before you can configure and use vPCs.

SUMMARY STEPS

    1.    switch# configure terminal

    2.    switch(config)# feature vpc

    3.    (Optional) switch# show feature

    4.    (Optional) switch# copy running-config startup-config


DETAILED STEPS
     Command or ActionPurpose
    Step 1 switch# configure terminal
     

    Enters configuration mode.

     
    Step 2 switch(config)# feature vpc
     

    Enables vPCs on the switch.

     
    Step 3 switch# show feature
     
    (Optional)

    Displays which features are enabled on the switch.

     
    Step 4 switch# copy running-config startup-config
     
    (Optional)

    Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.

     

    This example shows how to enable the vPC feature:

    switch# configure terminal
    switch(config)# feature vpc
     

    Disabling vPCs

    You can disable the vPC feature.


    Note


    When you disable the vPC feature, the Cisco Nexus 3000 Series switch clears all the vPC configurations.


    SUMMARY STEPS

      1.    switch# configure terminal

      2.    switch(config)# no feature vpc

      3.    (Optional) switch# show feature

      4.    (Optional) switch# copy running-config startup-config


    DETAILED STEPS
       Command or ActionPurpose
      Step 1 switch# configure terminal
       

      Enters configuration mode.

       
      Step 2 switch(config)# no feature vpc
       

      Disables vPCs on the switch.

       
      Step 3 switch# show feature
       
      (Optional)

      Displays which features are enabled on the switch.

       
      Step 4 switch# copy running-config startup-config
       
      (Optional)

      Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.

       

      This example shows how to disable the vPC feature:

      switch# configure terminal
      switch(config)# no feature vpc
       

      Creating a vPC Domain

      You must create identical vPC domain IDs on both the vPC peer devices. This domain ID is used to automatically form the vPC system MAC address.

      Before You Begin

      Ensure that you have enabled the vPC feature.

      You must configure both switches on either side of the vPC peer link with the following procedure.

      SUMMARY STEPS

        1.    switch# configure terminal

        2.    switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id

        3.    (Optional) switch# show vpc brief

        4.    (Optional) switch# copy running-config startup-config


      DETAILED STEPS
         Command or ActionPurpose
        Step 1 switch# configure terminal
         

        Enters configuration mode.

         
        Step 2 switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id
         

        Creates a vPC domain on the switch, and enters the vpc-domain configuration mode. There is no default domain-id ; the range is from 1 to 1000.

        Note   

        You can also use the vpc domain command to enter the vpc-domain configuration mode for an existing vPC domain.

         
        Step 3 switch# show vpc brief
         
        (Optional)

        Displays brief information about each vPC domain.

         
        Step 4 switch# copy running-config startup-config
         
        (Optional)

        Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.

         

        This example shows how to create a vPC domain:

        switch# configure terminal
        switch(config)# vpc domain 5
         

        Configuring a vPC Keepalive Link and Messages

        You can configure the destination IP for the peer-keepalive link that carries the keepalive messages. Optionally, you can configure other parameters for the keepalive messages.

        The Cisco NX-OS software uses the peer-keepalive link between the vPC peers to transmit periodic, configurable keepalive messages. You must have Layer 3 connectivity between the peer devices to transmit these messages. The system cannot bring up the vPC peer link unless the peer-keepalive link is already up and running.

        Ensure that both the source and destination IP addresses used for the peer-keepalive message are unique in your network and these IP addresses are reachable from the Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) associated with the vPC peer-keepalive link.


        Note


        We recommend that you configure a separate VRF instance and put a Layer 3 port from each vPC peer switch into that VRF for the vPC peer-keepalive link. Do not use the peer link itself to send vPC peer-keepalive messages.


        Before You Begin

        Ensure that you have enabled the vPC feature.

        You must configure the vPC peer-keepalive link before the system can form the vPC peer link.

        You must configure both switches on either side of the vPC peer link with the following procedure.

        SUMMARY STEPS

          1.    switch# configure terminal

          2.    switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id

          3.    switch(config-vpc-domain)# peer-keepalive destination ipaddress [hold-timeout secs | interval msecs {timeout secs} | precedence {prec-value | network | internet | critical | flash-override | flash | immediate priority | routine} | tos {tos-value | max-reliability | max-throughput | min-delay | min-monetary-cost | normal} | tos-byte tos-byte-value} | source ipaddress | vrf {name | management vpc-keepalive}]

          4.    (Optional) switch(config-vpc-domain)# vpc peer-keepalive destination ipaddress source ipaddress

          5.    (Optional) switch# show vpc peer-keepalive

          6.    (Optional) switch# copy running-config startup-config


        DETAILED STEPS
           Command or ActionPurpose
          Step 1 switch# configure terminal
           

          Enters configuration mode.

           
          Step 2 switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id
           

          Creates a vPC domain on the switch if it does not already exist, and enters the vpc-domain configuration mode.

           
          Step 3 switch(config-vpc-domain)# peer-keepalive destination ipaddress [hold-timeout secs | interval msecs {timeout secs} | precedence {prec-value | network | internet | critical | flash-override | flash | immediate priority | routine} | tos {tos-value | max-reliability | max-throughput | min-delay | min-monetary-cost | normal} | tos-byte tos-byte-value} | source ipaddress | vrf {name | management vpc-keepalive}]
           

          Configures the IPv4 address for the remote end of the vPC peer-keepalive link.

          Note   

          The system does not form the vPC peer link until you configure a vPC peer-keepalive link.

          The management ports and VRF are the defaults

           
          Step 4 switch(config-vpc-domain)# vpc peer-keepalive destination ipaddress source ipaddress
           
          (Optional)

          Configures a separate VRF instance and puts a Layer 3 port from each vPC peer device into that VRF for the vPC peer-keepalive link.

           
          Step 5 switch# show vpc peer-keepalive
           
          (Optional)

          Displays information about the configuration for the keepalive messages.

           
          Step 6 switch# copy running-config startup-config
           
          (Optional)

          Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.

           

          This example shows how to configure the destination IP address for the vPC-peer-keepalive link:

          switch# configure terminal
          switch(config)# vpc domain 5
          switch(config-vpc-domain)# peer-keepalive destination 10.10.10.42
           

          This example shows how to set up the peer keepalive link connection between the primary and secondary vPC device:

          switch(config)# vpc domain 100
          switch(config-vpc-domain)# peer-keepalive destination 192.168.2.2 source 192.168.2.1
          Note:--------:: Management VRF will be used as the default VRF ::--------
          switch(config-vpc-domain)#

          Configuring a Keepalive Link When Using a Front-Panel 10-Gigabit Ethernet Port

          When you use a front-panel 10-Gigabit Ethernet port as vPC keepalive link, we recommend that you create a separate VRF for vPC keepalive messages. A separate VRF eliminates the possibility of disrupted vPC keepalive links that are caused by learning the wrong routes from a dynamic routing protocol. In the following configuration , a new VRF named vpc_keepalive is created for vPC keepalive link

          The following example shows how to create a separate VRF named vpc_keepalive for the vPC keepalive link and how to verify the new VRF.

          vrf context vpc_keepalive
          interface Ethernet1/31
            switchport access vlan 123
          interface Vlan123
            vrf member vpc_keepalive
            ip address 123.1.1.2/30
            no shutdown
          vpc domain 1
            peer-keepalive destination 123.1.1.1 source 123.1.1.2 vrf 
          vpc_keepalive
          
          L3-NEXUS-2# sh vpc peer-keepalive 
          
          vPC keep-alive status           : peer is alive                 
          --Peer is alive for             : (154477) seconds, (908) msec
          --Send status                   : Success 
          --Last send at                  : 2011.01.14 19:02:50 100 ms
          --Sent on interface             : Vlan123
          --Receive status                : Success
          --Last receive at               : 2011.01.14 19:02:50 103 ms
          --Received on interface         : Vlan123
          --Last update from peer         : (0) seconds, (524) msec
          
          vPC Keep-alive parameters
          --Destination                   : 123.1.1.1
          --Keepalive interval            : 1000 msec
          --Keepalive timeout             : 5 seconds
          --Keepalive hold timeout        : 3 seconds
          --Keepalive vrf                 : vpc_keepalive
          --Keepalive udp port            : 3200
          --Keepalive tos                 : 192
          
          The services provided by the switch , such as ping, ssh, telnet, 
          radius, are VRF aware. The VRF name need to be configured or 
          specified in order for the correct routing table to be used.
          L3-NEXUS-2# ping 123.1.1.1 vrf vpc_keepalive 
          PING 123.1.1.1 (123.1.1.1): 56 data bytes
          64 bytes from 123.1.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=254 time=3.234 ms
          64 bytes from 123.1.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=254 time=4.931 ms
          64 bytes from 123.1.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=254 time=4.965 ms
          64 bytes from 123.1.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=254 time=4.971 ms
          64 bytes from 123.1.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=254 time=4.915 ms
          
          --- 123.1.1.1 ping statistics ---
          5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0.00% packet loss
          round-trip min/avg/max = 3.234/4.603/4.971 ms
          

          Creating a vPC Peer Link

          You can create a vPC peer link by designating the EtherChannel that you want on each switch as the peer link for the specified vPC domain. We recommend that you configure the EtherChannels that you are designating as the vPC peer link in trunk mode and that you use two ports on separate modules on each vPC peer switch for redundancy.

          Before You Begin

          Ensure that you have enabled the vPC feature.

          You must configure both switches on either side of the vPC peer link with the following procedures

          SUMMARY STEPS

            1.    switch# configure terminal

            2.    switch(config)# interface port-channel channel-number

            3.    switch(config-if)# vpc peer-link

            4.    (Optional) switch# show vpc brief

            5.    (Optional) switch# copy running-config startup-config


          DETAILED STEPS
             Command or ActionPurpose
            Step 1 switch# configure terminal
             

            Enters configuration mode.

             
            Step 2 switch(config)# interface port-channel channel-number
             

            Selects the EtherChannel that you want to use as the vPC peer link for this switch, and enters the interface configuration mode.

             
            Step 3 switch(config-if)# vpc peer-link
             

            Configures the selected EtherChannel as the vPC peer link, and enters the vpc-domain configuration mode.

             
            Step 4 switch# show vpc brief
             
            (Optional)

            Displays information about each vPC, including information about the vPC peer link.

             
            Step 5 switch# copy running-config startup-config
             
            (Optional)

            Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.

             

            This example shows how to configure a vPC peer link:

            switch# configure terminal
            switch(config)# interface port-channel 20
            switch(config-if)# vpc peer-link
             

            Checking the Configuration Compatibility

            After you have configured the vPC peer link on both vPC peer switches, check that the configurations are consistent on all vPC interfaces.


            Note


            The following QoS parameters support Type 2 consistency checks:
            • Network QoS—MTU and Pause

            • Input Queuing —Bandwidth and Absolute Priority

            • Output Queuing—Bandwidth and Absolute Priority


            In the case of a Type 2 mismatch, the vPC is not suspended. Type 1 mismatches suspend the vPC.

            Parameter

            Default Setting

            switch# show vpc consistency-parameters {global | interface port-channel channel-number}

            Displays the status of those parameters that must be consistent across all vPC interfaces.

            This example shows how to check that the required configurations are compatible across all the vPC interfaces:
            switch# show vpc consistency-parameters global
                 Legend:
                     Type 1 : vPC will be suspended in case of mismatch
            Name                        Type  Local Value            Peer Value 
            
            ------------- ----  ---------------------- -----------------------
            QoS                         2     ([], [], [], [], [],   ([], [], [], [], [],
                                               [])                    []) 
            
            Network QoS (MTU)           2     (1538, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)  (1538, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
            Network Qos (Pause)         2     (F, F, F, F, F, F)     (1538, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
            Input Queuing (Bandwidth)   2     (100, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)   (100, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
            Input Queuing (Absolute     2     (F, F, F, F, F, F)     (100, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
            Priority) 
            Output Queuing (Bandwidth)  2     (100, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)   (100, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
            Output Queuing (Absolute    2     (F, F, F, F, F, F)     (100, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
            Priority) 
            STP Mode                    1     Rapid-PVST             Rapid-PVST 
            STP Disabled                1     None                   None 
            STP MST Region Name         1     ""                     "" 
            STP MST Region Revision     1     0                      0 
            STP MST Region Instance to  1 
              VLAN Mapping 
            
            STP Loopguard               1     Disabled               Disabled 
            STP Bridge Assurance        1     Enabled                Enabled 
            STP Port Type, Edge         1     Normal, Disabled,      Normal, Disabled,
            BPDUFilter, Edge BPDUGuard        Disabled               Disabled 
            STP MST Simulate PVST       1     Enabled                Enabled 
            Allowed VLANs               -     1,624                  1 
            Local suspended VLANs       -     624                    - 
            switch#
            

            Enabling vPC Auto-Recovery

            SUMMARY STEPS

              1.    switch# configure terminal

              2.    switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id

              3.    switch(config-vpc-domain)# auto-recovery reload-delay delay


            DETAILED STEPS
               Command or ActionPurpose
              Step 1 switch# configure terminal
               

              Enters configuration mode.

               
              Step 2 switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id
               

              Enters vpc-domain configuration mode for an existing vPC domain.

               
              Step 3 switch(config-vpc-domain)# auto-recovery reload-delay delay
               

              Enables the auto-recovery feature and sets the reload delay period. The default is disabled.

               

              The following example shows how to enable the auto-recovery feature in vPC domain 10 and set the delay period for 240 seconds.

              switch(config)# vpc domain 10
              switch(config-vpc-domain)# auto-recovery reload-delay 240
              Warning:
               Enables restoring of vPCs in a peer-detached state after reload, will wait for 240 seconds (by default) to determine if peer is un-reachable
              
              

              This examples shows how to view the status of the auto-recovery feature in vPC domain 10.

              switch(config-vpc-domain)# show running-config vpc
              !Command: show running-config vpc
              !Time: Tue Dec  7 02:38:44 2010
              
              
              version 5.0(3)U2(1)
              feature vpc
              vpc domain 10
                peer-keepalive destination 10.193.51.170
                auto-recovery
              
              

              Configuring the Restore Time Delay

              You can configure a restore timer that delays the vPC from coming back up until after the peer adjacency forms and the VLAN interfaces are back up. This feature avoids packet drops when the routing tables may not be converged before the vPC is once again passing traffic.

              Before You Begin

              Ensure that you have enabled the vPC feature.

              You must configure both switches on either side of the vPC peer link with the following procedures.

              SUMMARY STEPS

                1.    switch# configure terminal

                2.    switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id

                3.    switch(config-vpc-domain)# delay restore time

                4.    (Optional) switch# copy running-config startup-config


              DETAILED STEPS
                 Command or ActionPurpose
                Step 1 switch# configure terminal
                 

                Enters configuration mode.

                 
                Step 2 switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id
                 

                Creates a vPC domain on the switch if it does not already exist, and enters the vpc-domain configuration mode.

                 
                Step 3 switch(config-vpc-domain)# delay restore time
                 

                Configure the time delay before the vPC is restored.

                The restore time is the number of seconds to delay bringing up the restored vPC peer device. The range is from 1 to 3600. The default is 30 seconds.

                 
                Step 4 switch# copy running-config startup-config
                 
                (Optional)

                Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.

                 

                This example shows how to configure the delay reload time for a vPC link:

                switch(config)# vpc domain 1
                switch(config-vpc-domain)# delay restore 10
                switch(config-vpc-domain)#
                

                Excluding VLAN Interfaces From Shutdown When vPC Peer Link Fails

                When a vPC peer-link is lost, the vPC secondary switch suspends its vPC member ports and its SVI interfaces. All Layer 3 forwarding is disabled for all VLANs on the vPC secondary switch. You can exclude specific SVI interfaces so that they are not suspended.

                Before You Begin

                Ensure that the VLAN interfaces have been configured.

                SUMMARY STEPS

                  1.    switch# configure terminal

                  2.    switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id

                  3.    switch(config-vpc-domain))# dual-active exclude interface-vlan range


                DETAILED STEPS
                   Command or ActionPurpose
                  Step 1 switch# configure terminal
                   

                  Enters configuration mode.

                   
                  Step 2 switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id
                   

                  Creates a vPC domain on the switch if it does not already exist, and enters the vpc-domain configuration mode.

                   
                  Step 3 switch(config-vpc-domain))# dual-active exclude interface-vlan range
                   

                  Specifies the VLAN interfaces that should remain up when a vPC peer-link is lost.

                  range—Range of VLAN interfaces that you want to exclude from shutting down. The range is from 1 to 4094.

                   

                  This example shows how to keep the interfaces on VLAN 10 up on the vPC peer switch if a peer link fails:

                  switch# configure terminal
                  switch(config)# vpc domain 5
                  switch(config-vpc-domain)# dual-active exclude interface-vlan 10
                  switch(config-vpc-domain)#

                  Configuring the VRF Name

                  The switch services, such as ping, ssh, telnet, radius, are VRF aware. The VRF name must be configured in order for the correct routing table to be used.

                  You can specify the VRF name.

                  SUMMARY STEPS

                    1.    switch# ping ipaddress vrf vrf-name


                  DETAILED STEPS
                     Command or ActionPurpose
                    Step 1 switch# ping ipaddress vrf vrf-name
                     

                    Specifies the virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) to use. The VRF name is case sensitive and can be a maximum of 32 characters..

                     

                    This example shows how to specifiy the VRF named vpc_keepalive.

                    switch# ping 123.1.1.1 vrf vpc_keepalive 
                    PING 123.1.1.1 (123.1.1.1): 56 data bytes
                    64 bytes from 123.1.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=254 time=3.234 ms
                    64 bytes from 123.1.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=254 time=4.931 ms
                    64 bytes from 123.1.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=254 time=4.965 ms
                    64 bytes from 123.1.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=254 time=4.971 ms
                    64 bytes from 123.1.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=254 time=4.915 ms
                    
                    --- 123.1.1.1 ping statistics ---
                    5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0.00% packet loss
                    round-trip min/avg/max = 3.234/4.603/4.971 ms

                    Binding a VRF Instance to a vPC

                    You can bind a VRF instance to a vPC. One reserved VLAN is required for each VRF. Without this command, the receivers in a non-VPC VLAN and the receivers connected to a Layer 3 interface may not receive multicast traffic. The non-vPC VLANs are the VLANs that are not trunked over a peer-link.

                    Before You Begin

                    Use the show interfaces brief command to view the interfaces that are in use on a switch. To bind the VRF to the vPC, you must use a VLAN that is not already in use.

                    SUMMARY STEPS

                      1.    switch# configure terminal

                      2.    switch(config)# vpc bind-vrf vrf-name vlan vlan-id


                    DETAILED STEPS
                       Command or ActionPurpose
                      Step 1 switch# configure terminal
                       

                      Enters configuration mode.

                       
                      Step 2 switch(config)# vpc bind-vrf vrf-name vlan vlan-id
                       

                      Binds a VRF instance to a vPC and specifies the VLAN to bind to the vPC. The VLAN ID range is from 1 to 3967, and 4049 to 4093.

                       

                      This example shows how to bind a vPC to the default VRF using VLAN 2:

                      switch(config)# vpc bind-vrf default vlan vlan2

                      Moving Other EtherChannels into a vPC

                      Before You Begin

                      Ensure that you have enabled the vPC feature.

                      You must configure both switches on either side of the vPC peer link with the following procedure.

                      SUMMARY STEPS

                        1.    switch# configure terminal

                        2.    switch(config)# interface port-channel channel-number

                        3.    switch(config-if)# vpc number

                        4.    (Optional) switch# show vpc brief

                        5.    (Optional) switch# copy running-config startup-config


                      DETAILED STEPS
                         Command or ActionPurpose
                        Step 1 switch# configure terminal
                         

                        Enters configuration mode.

                         
                        Step 2 switch(config)# interface port-channel channel-number
                         

                        Selects the EtherChannel that you want to put into the vPC to connect to the downstream switch, and enters the interface configuration mode.

                        Note   

                        A vPC can be configured on a normal EtherChannel (physical vPC topology) and on an EtherChannel host interface (host interface vPC topology)

                         
                        Step 3 switch(config-if)# vpc number
                         

                        Configures the selected EtherChannel into the vPC to connect to the downstream switch. The range is from 1 to 4096.

                        The vPC number that you assign to the EtherChannel connecting to the downstream switch from the vPC peer switch must be identical on both vPC peer switches.

                         
                        Step 4 switch# show vpc brief
                         
                        (Optional)

                        Displays information about each vPC.

                         
                        Step 5 switch# copy running-config startup-config
                         
                        (Optional)

                        Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.

                         

                        This example shows how to configure an EtherChannel that will connect to the downstream device:

                        switch# configure terminal
                        switch(config)# interface port-channel 20
                        switch(config-if)# vpc 5
                         

                        Manually Configuring a vPC Domain MAC Address


                        Note


                        Configuring the system-mac is an optional configuration step. This section explains how to configure it in case you want to.


                        Before You Begin

                        Ensure that you have enabled the vPC feature.

                        You must configure both switches on either side of the vPC peer link with the following procedure.

                        SUMMARY STEPS

                          1.    switch# configure terminal

                          2.    switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id

                          3.    switch(config-vpc-domain)# system-mac mac-address

                          4.    (Optional) switch# show vpc role

                          5.    (Optional) switch# copy running-config startup-config


                        DETAILED STEPS
                           Command or ActionPurpose
                          Step 1 switch# configure terminal
                           

                          Enters configuration mode.

                           
                          Step 2 switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id
                           

                          Selects an existing vPC domain on the switch, or creates a new vPC domain, and enters the vpc-domain configuration mode. There is no default domain-id ; the range is from 1 to 1000.

                           
                          Step 3 switch(config-vpc-domain)# system-mac mac-address
                           

                          Enters the MAC address that you want for the specified vPC domain in the following format: aaaa.bbbb.cccc.

                           
                          Step 4 switch# show vpc role
                           
                          (Optional)

                          Displays the vPC system MAC address.

                           
                          Step 5 switch# copy running-config startup-config
                           
                          (Optional)

                          Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.

                           

                          This example shows how to configure a vPC domain MAC address:

                          switch# configure terminal
                          switch(config)# vpc domain 5
                          switch(config-if)# system-mac 23fb.4ab5.4c4e
                           

                          Manually Configuring the System Priority

                          When you create a vPC domain, the system automatically creates a vPC system priority. However, you can also manually configure a system priority for the vPC domain.

                          Before You Begin

                          Ensure that you have enabled the vPC feature.

                          You must configure both switches on either side of the vPC peer link with the following procedure.

                          SUMMARY STEPS

                            1.    switch# configure terminal

                            2.    switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id

                            3.    switch(config-vpc-domain)# system-priority priority

                            4.    (Optional) switch# show vpc brief

                            5.    (Optional) switch# copy running-config startup-config


                          DETAILED STEPS
                             Command or ActionPurpose
                            Step 1 switch# configure terminal
                             

                            Enters configuration mode.

                             
                            Step 2 switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id
                             

                            Selects an existing vPC domain on the switch, or creates a new vPC domain, and enters the vpc-domain configuration mode. There is no default domain-id ; the range is from 1 to 1000.

                             
                            Step 3 switch(config-vpc-domain)# system-priority priority
                             

                            Enters the system priority that you want for the specified vPC domain. The range of values is from 1 to 65535. The default value is 32667.

                             
                            Step 4 switch# show vpc brief
                             
                            (Optional)

                            Displays information about each vPC, including information about the vPC peer link.

                             
                            Step 5 switch# copy running-config startup-config
                             
                            (Optional)

                            Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.

                             

                            This example shows how to configure a vPC peer link:

                            switch# configure terminal
                            switch(config)# vpc domain 5
                            switch(config-if)# system-priority 4000
                             

                            Manually Configuring a vPC Peer Switch Role

                            By default, the Cisco NX-OS software elects a primary and secondary vPC peer switch after you configure the vPC domain and both sides of the vPC peer link. However, you may want to elect a specific vPC peer switch as the primary switch for the vPC. Then, you would manually configure the role value for the vPC peer switch that you want as the primary switch to be lower than the other vPC peer switch.

                            vPC does not support role preemption. If the primary vPC peer switch fails, the secondary vPC peer switch takes over to become operationally the vPC primary switch. However, the original operational roles are not restored when the formerly primary vPC comes up again.

                            Before You Begin

                            Ensure that you have enabled the vPC feature.

                            You must configure both switches on either side of the vPC peer link with the following procedure.

                            SUMMARY STEPS

                              1.    switch# configure terminal

                              2.    switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id

                              3.    switch(config-vpc-domain)# role priority priority

                              4.    (Optional) switch# show vpc brief

                              5.    (Optional) switch# copy running-config startup-config


                            DETAILED STEPS
                               Command or ActionPurpose
                              Step 1 switch# configure terminal
                               

                              Enters configuration mode.

                               
                              Step 2 switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id
                               

                              Selects an existing vPC domain on the switch, or creates a new vPC domain, and enters the vpc-domain configuration mode. There is no default domain-id ; the range is from 1 to 1000.

                               
                              Step 3 switch(config-vpc-domain)# role priority priority
                               

                              Enters the role priority that you want for the vPC system priority. The range of values is from 1 to 65535. The default value is 32667.

                               
                              Step 4 switch# show vpc brief
                               
                              (Optional)

                              Displays information about each vPC, including information about the vPC peer link.

                               
                              Step 5 switch# copy running-config startup-config
                               
                              (Optional)

                              Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.

                               

                              This example shows how to configure a vPC peer link:

                              switch# configure terminal
                              switch(config)# vpc domain 5
                              switch(config-if)# role priority 4000
                               

                              Verifying the vPC Configuration

                              Use the following commands to display vPC configuration information:

                              Command

                              Purpose

                              switch# show feature

                              Displays whether vPC is enabled or not.

                              switch# show port-channel capacity

                              Displays how many EtherChannels are configured and how many are still available on the switch.

                              switch# show running-config vpc

                              Displays running configuration information for vPCs.

                              switch# show vpc brief

                              Displays brief information on the vPCs.

                              switch# show vpc consistency-parameters

                              Displays the status of those parameters that must be consistent across all vPC interfaces.

                              switch# show vpc peer-keepalive

                              Displays information on the peer-keepalive messages.

                              switch# show vpc role

                              Displays the peer status, the role of the local switch, the vPC system MAC address and system priority, and the MAC address and priority for the local vPC switch.

                              switch# show vpc statistics

                              Displays statistics on the vPCs.

                              Note   

                              This command displays the vPC statistics only for the vPC peer device that you are working on.

                              For information about the switch output, see the Command Reference for your Cisco Nexus Series switch.

                              Viewing The Graceful Type-1 Check Status

                              To view the current status of the graceful Type-1 consistency check, enter the show vpc brief command.

                              switch# show vpc brief
                              Legend:
                                              (*) - local vPC is down, forwarding via vPC peer-link
                              
                              vPC domain id                   : 10
                              Peer status                     : peer adjacency formed ok
                              vPC keep-alive status           : peer is alive
                              Configuration consistency status: success
                              Per-vlan consistency status     : success
                              Type-2 consistency status       : success
                              vPC role                        : secondary
                              Number of vPCs configured       : 34
                              Peer Gateway                    : Disabled
                              Dual-active excluded VLANs      : -
                              Graceful Consistency Check      : Enabled
                              
                              vPC Peer-link status
                              ---------------------------------------------------------------------
                              id   Port   Status Active vlans
                              --   ----   ------ --------------------------------------------------
                              1    Po1    up     1
                              

                              Viewing A Global Type-1 Inconsistency

                              When a global Type-1 inconsistency occurs, the vPCs on the secondary switch are brought down. The following example shows this type of inconsistency when there is a spanning-tree mode mismatch.

                              Enter the show vpc command on the secondary switch to view the status of the suspended vPC VLANs:

                              switch(config)# show vpc
                              Legend:
                                              (*) - local vPC is down, forwarding via vPC peer-link
                              
                              vPC domain id                   : 10
                              Peer status                     : peer adjacency formed ok
                              vPC keep-alive status           : peer is alive
                              Configuration consistency status: failed
                              Per-vlan consistency status     : success
                              Configuration consistency reason: vPC type-1 configuration incompatible - STP 
                                                                Mode inconsistent
                              Type-2 consistency status       : success
                              vPC role                        : secondary
                              Number of vPCs configured       : 2
                              Peer Gateway                    : Disabled
                              Dual-active excluded VLANs      : -
                              Graceful Consistency Check      : Enabled
                              
                              vPC Peer-link status
                              ---------------------------------------------------------------------
                              id   Port   Status Active vlans
                              --   ----   ------ --------------------------------------------------
                              1    Po1    up     1-10
                              
                              vPC status
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              id     Port        Status Consistency Reason                     Active vlans
                              ------ ----------- ------ ----------- -------------------------- -----------
                              20     Po20        down*  failed      Global compat check failed -
                              30     Po30        down*  failed      Global compat check failed -
                              
                              

                              Enter the show vpc command on the primary switch to view the inconsistent status ( the VLANs on the primary vPC are not suspended):

                              switch(config)# show vpc
                              Legend:
                                              (*) - local vPC is down, forwarding via vPC peer-link
                              
                              vPC domain id                   : 10
                              Peer status                     : peer adjacency formed ok
                              vPC keep-alive status           : peer is alive
                              Configuration consistency status: failed
                              Per-vlan consistency status     : success
                              Configuration consistency reason: vPC type-1 configuration incompatible - STP Mo
                              de inconsistent
                              Type-2 consistency status       : success
                              vPC role                        : primary
                              Number of vPCs configured       : 2
                              Peer Gateway                    : Disabled
                              Dual-active excluded VLANs      : -
                              Graceful Consistency Check      : Enabled
                              
                              vPC Peer-link status
                              ---------------------------------------------------------------------
                              id   Port   Status Active vlans
                              --   ----   ------ --------------------------------------------------
                              1    Po1    up     1-10
                              
                              vPC status
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              id     Port        Status Consistency Reason                     Active vlans
                              ------ ----------- ------ ----------- -------------------------- -----------
                              20     Po20        up     failed      Global compat check failed 1-10
                              30     Po30        up     failed      Global compat check failed 1-10
                              
                              

                              Viewing An Interface-Specific Type-1 Inconsistency

                              When an interface-specific Type-1 inconsistency occurs, the vPC port on the secondary switch is brought down while the primary switch vPC ports remain up.The following example shows this type of inconsistency when there is a switchport mode mismatch.

                              Enter the show vpc brief command on the secondary switch to view the status of the suspended vPC VLAN:

                              switch(config-if)# show vpc brief
                              Legend:
                                              (*) - local vPC is down, forwarding via vPC peer-link
                              
                              vPC domain id                   : 10
                              Peer status                     : peer adjacency formed ok
                              vPC keep-alive status           : peer is alive
                              Configuration consistency status: success
                              Per-vlan consistency status     : success
                              Type-2 consistency status       : success
                              vPC role                        : secondary
                              Number of vPCs configured       : 2
                              Peer Gateway                    : Disabled
                              Dual-active excluded VLANs      : -
                              Graceful Consistency Check      : Enabled
                              
                              vPC Peer-link status
                              ---------------------------------------------------------------------
                              id   Port   Status Active vlans
                              --   ----   ------ --------------------------------------------------
                              1    Po1    up     1
                              
                              vPC status
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              id     Port        Status Consistency Reason                     Active vlans
                              ------ ----------- ------ ----------- -------------------------- -----------
                              20     Po20        up     success     success                    1
                              30     Po30        down*  failed      Compatibility check failed -
                                                                     for port mode
                              
                              
                              

                              Enter the show vpc brief command on the primary switch to view the inconsistent status ( the VLANs on the primary vPC are not suspended):

                              switch(config-if)# show vpc brief
                              Legend:
                                              (*) - local vPC is down, forwarding via vPC peer-link
                              
                              vPC domain id                   : 10
                              Peer status                     : peer adjacency formed ok
                              vPC keep-alive status           : peer is alive
                              Configuration consistency status: success
                              Per-vlan consistency status     : success
                              Type-2 consistency status       : success
                              vPC role                        : primary
                              Number of vPCs configured       : 2
                              Peer Gateway                    : Disabled
                              Dual-active excluded VLANs      : -
                              Graceful Consistency Check      : Enabled
                              
                              vPC Peer-link status
                              ---------------------------------------------------------------------
                              id   Port   Status Active vlans
                              --   ----   ------ --------------------------------------------------
                              1    Po1    up     1
                              
                              vPC status
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              id     Port        Status Consistency Reason                     Active vlans
                              ------ ----------- ------ ----------- -------------------------- -----------
                              20     Po20        up     success     success                    1
                              30     Po30        up     failed      Compatibility check failed 1
                                                                     for port mode
                              
                              

                              Viewing a Per-VLAN Consistency Status

                              To view the per-VLAN consistency or inconsistency status, enter the show vpc consistency-parameters vlans command.

                              This example shows the status of the VLAN in a consistent state before an inconsistency occurs. then, the no spanning-tree vlan 5 command is entered which triggers the inconsistency between the primary and secondary switch.

                              The show vpc brief command shows the consistent status of the VLANs on the primary and the secondary switches.

                              switch(config-if)# show vpc brief
                              Legend:
                                              (*) - local vPC is down, forwarding via vPC peer-link
                              
                              vPC domain id                   : 10
                              Peer status                     : peer adjacency formed ok
                              vPC keep-alive status           : peer is alive
                              Configuration consistency status: success
                              Per-vlan consistency status     : success
                              Type-2 consistency status       : success
                              vPC role                        : secondary
                              Number of vPCs configured       : 2
                              Peer Gateway                    : Disabled
                              Dual-active excluded VLANs      : -
                              Graceful Consistency Check      : Enabled
                              
                              vPC Peer-link status
                              ---------------------------------------------------------------------
                              id   Port   Status Active vlans
                              --   ----   ------ --------------------------------------------------
                              1    Po1    up     1-10
                              
                              vPC status
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              id     Port        Status Consistency Reason                     Active vlans
                              ------ ----------- ------ ----------- -------------------------- -----------
                              20     Po20        up     success     success                    1-10
                              30     Po30        up     success     success                    1-10
                              
                              

                              The no spanning-tree vlan 5 command triggers the inconsistency on the primary and secondary VLANs.

                              switch(config)# no spanning-tree vlan 5
                              

                              The show vpc brief command on the secondary switch shows the per-VLAN consistency status as Failed.

                              switch(config)# show vpc brief
                              Legend:
                                              (*) - local vPC is down, forwarding via vPC peer-link
                              
                              vPC domain id                   : 10
                              Peer status                     : peer adjacency formed ok
                              vPC keep-alive status           : peer is alive
                              Configuration consistency status: success
                              Per-vlan consistency status     : failed
                              Type-2 consistency status       : success
                              vPC role                        : secondary
                              Number of vPCs configured       : 2
                              Peer Gateway                    : Disabled
                              Dual-active excluded VLANs      : -
                              Graceful Consistency Check      : Enabled
                              
                              vPC Peer-link status
                              ---------------------------------------------------------------------
                              id   Port   Status Active vlans
                              --   ----   ------ --------------------------------------------------
                              1    Po1    up     1-4,6-10
                              
                              vPC status
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              id     Port        Status Consistency Reason                     Active vlans
                              ------ ----------- ------ ----------- -------------------------- -----------
                              20     Po20        up     success     success                    1-4,6-10
                              30     Po30        up     success     success                    1-4,6-10
                              
                              

                              The show vpc brief command on the primary switch also shows the per-VLAN consistency status as Failed.

                              switch(config)# show vpc brief
                              Legend:
                                              (*) - local vPC is down, forwarding via vPC peer-link
                              
                              vPC domain id                   : 10
                              Peer status                     : peer adjacency formed ok
                              vPC keep-alive status           : peer is alive
                              Configuration consistency status: success
                              Per-vlan consistency status     : failed
                              Type-2 consistency status       : success
                              vPC role                        : primary
                              Number of vPCs configured       : 2
                              Peer Gateway                    : Disabled
                              Dual-active excluded VLANs      : -
                              Graceful Consistency Check      : Enabled
                              
                              vPC Peer-link status
                              ---------------------------------------------------------------------
                              id   Port   Status Active vlans
                              --   ----   ------ --------------------------------------------------
                              1    Po1    up     1-4,6-10
                              
                              vPC status
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              id     Port        Status Consistency Reason                     Active vlans
                              ------ ----------- ------ ----------- -------------------------- -----------
                              20     Po20        up     success     success                    1-4,6-10
                              30     Po30        up     success     success                    1-4,6-10
                              

                              This example shows the inconsistency as STP Disabled.

                              switch(config)# show vpc consistency-parameters vlans
                              
                              Name                        Type  Reason Code             Pass Vlans
                              
                              -------------               ----  ---------------------- -----------------------
                              STP Mode                    1     success                0-4095
                              STP Disabled                1     vPC type-1             0-4,6-4095
                                                                configuration
                                                                incompatible - STP is
                                                                enabled or disabled on
                                                                 some or all vlans
                              STP MST Region Name         1     success                0-4095
                              STP MST Region Revision     1     success                0-4095
                              STP MST Region Instance to  1     success                0-4095
                               VLAN Mapping
                              STP Loopguard               1     success                0-4095
                              STP Bridge Assurance        1     success                0-4095
                              STP Port Type, Edge         1     success                0-4095
                              BPDUFilter, Edge BPDUGuard
                              STP MST Simulate PVST       1     success                0-4095
                              Pass Vlans                  -                            0-4,6-4095
                              

                              vPC Default Settings

                              The following table lists the default settings for vPC parameters.

                              Table 1  Default vPC Parameters

                              Parameters

                              Default

                              vPC system priority

                              32667

                              vPC peer-keepalive message

                              Disabled

                              vPC peer-keepalive interval

                              1 second

                              vPC peer-keepalive timeout

                              5 seconds

                              vPC peer-keepalive UDP port

                              3200