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To configure a unified port on a Cisco Nexus 5548UP switch or Cisco Nexus 5596UP switch, use the port command. To remove the unified port, use the no form of this command.
Does this command only apply to a 5500? Only Gold Coast or Harbord also?
port port-number type { ethernet | fc }
no port port-number type { ethernet | fc }
port-number |
Port number. The range is from 1 to 199. |
type |
Specifies the type of port to configure on a slot in a chassis. |
ethernet |
Specifies an Ethernet port. |
fc |
Specifies a Fibre Channel (FC) port. |
None
Slot configuration mode
Release |
Modification |
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6.0(2)N1(1) |
This command was introduced. |
Unified ports allow you to configure ports as Ethernet, native Fibre Channel or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) ports. By default, the ports are Ethernet ports but you can change the port mode to Fibre Channel on the following unified ports:
You must configure Ethernet ports and FC ports in a specified order:
If the order is not followed, the following errors are displayed:
ERROR: Ethernet range starts from first port of the module ERROR: FC range should end on last port of the module
On a Cisco Nexus 5548UP switch, the 32 ports of the main slot (slot1) are unified ports. The Ethernet ports start from port 1/1 to port 1/32. The FC ports start from port 1/32 backwards to port 1/1.
This example shows how to configure a unified port on a Cisco Nexus 5548UP switch or Cisco Nexus 5596UP switch:
switch# configure terminal switch(config)# slot 1 switch(config-slot)# port 32 type fc switch(config-slot)# copy running-config startup-config switch(config-slot)# reload
This example shows how to configure a unified port on a Cisco N55-M16UP expansion module:
switch# configure terminal switch(config)# slot 2 switch(config-slot)# port 32 type fc switch(config-slot)# copy running-config startup-config switch(config-slot)# reload
This example shows how to configure 20 ports as Ethernet ports and 12 as FC ports:
switch# configure terminal switch(config)# slot 1 switch(config-slot)# port 21-32 type fc switch(config-slot)# copy running-config startup-config switch(config-slot)# reload
Command |
Description |
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slot |
Enables preprovisioning of features or interfaces of a module on a slot in a chassis. |
reload |
Reloads the switch and all attached Fabric Extender chassis or a specific Fabric Extender. |
To configure the load-balancing method among the interfaces in the channel-group bundle, use the port-channel load-balance ethernet command. To return the system priority to the default value, use the no form of this command.
port-channel load-balance ethernet method
no port-channel load-balance ethernet [method]
method |
Load-balancing method. See the “Usage Guidelines” section for a list of valid values. |
Loads distribution on the source and destination MAC address.The default hash polynomial is CRC8a.
Global configuration mode
Release |
Modification |
---|---|
6.0(2)N1(1) |
This command was introduced. |
The valid load-balancing method values are as follows:
Use the option that provides the balance criteria with the greatest variety in your configuration. For example, if the traffic on an EtherChannel is going only to a single MAC address and you use the destination MAC address as the basis of EtherChannel load balancing, the EtherChannel always chooses the same link in that EtherChannel; using source addresses or IP addresses might result in better load balancing.
This example shows how to set the load-balancing method to use the source IP:
switch(config)# port-channel load-balance ethernet source-ip
Command |
Description |
---|---|
show port-channel load-balance |
Displays information on EtherChannel load balancing. |
To enable the virtual port channel (vPC) switch pair to appear as a single Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) root in the Layer 2 topology, use the peer-switch command. To disable the peer switch vPC topology, use the no form of this command.
peer-switch
no peer-switch
This command has no arguments or keywords.
Peer switch Layer 2 topology is disabled.
vPC domain configuration mode
network-admin
Release |
Modification |
---|---|
6.0(2)N1(1) |
This command was introduced. |
This command does not require a license.
This example shows how to enable the vPC switch pair to appear as a single STP root in the Layer 2 topology:
switch(config)# vpc domain 5 switch(config-vpc-domain)# peer-switch 2013 Jan 30 14:44:44 switch %STP-2-VPC_PEERSWITCH_CONFIG_ENABLED: vPC peer-switch configuration is enabled. Please make sure to configure spanning tree "bridge" priority as per recommended guidelines to make vPC peer-switch operational.
Command |
Description |
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vpc domain |
Creates a virtual port-channel (vPC) domain. |