Cisco N5K-C5010P-BF Troubleshooting Guide - Page 143
Troubleshooting Virtual Port Channel Issues, Improper Configurations, vPC fails to start
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Send document comments to [email protected]. 8 C H A P T E R Troubleshooting Virtual Port Channel Issues A virtual port channel (vPC) allows links that are physically connected to two different Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches to appear as a single port channel to a third device. The third device can be a switch, server, or any other networking device. A vPC can provide Layer 2 multipathing, which allows you to create redundancy by increasing bandwidth, enabling multiple parallel paths between nodes and load-balancing traffic where alternative paths exist. This chapter describes how to identify and resolve problems that can occur with vPC in the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch. This chapter includes the following section: • Improper Configurations Improper Configurations vPC fails to start This issue may have many possible causes: • Unable to configure vPC • vPC in blocking state • vPC domain ids • Connectivity issues • Peer-link issues • vPC Consistency parameter issues Unable to configure vPC Possible Cause vPC is not enabled or is not supported in the NX-OS release of software that you are running. Solution Ensure that the NX-OS release supports vPC. vPC is supported in NX-OS Release 4.1 and later releases. If the NX-OS release supports vPC, then use the command feature of vPC to enable it. OL-25300-01 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide 8-1