Default Settings - Cisco Nexus 1000V Configuration Manual

Default Settings

• There should be at least two links that connect two switches when inband/AIPC are also carried over
• If you configure LACP and your upstream switch uses the LACP suspend feature, make sure this feature
• If you are connecting to an upstream switch or switches that do not support port channels, MAC pinning
• Once a port profile is created, you cannot change its type (Ethernet or vEthernet).
• The server administrator should not assign more than one uplink on the same VLAN without port
• You must have already configured the Cisco Nexus 1000Vsoftware using the setup routine. For
• The Cisco Nexus 1000V must be connected to the vCenter Server.
• You are logged in to the CLI in EXEC mode.
• When you create a port channel, an associated channel group is automatically created.
• If the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) support is required for the port channel, you must
• Network State Tracking is only supported with HP Virtual Connect where one physical link from the

Default Settings

Table 6: Default Settings for Port Channels
Parameters
Port profile type
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◦ spanning-tree portfast trunk
◦ spanning-tree bpdufilter enable
If you have a separate dedicated NIC for control traffic, these settings are not required.
Note
the LACP channel.
is disabled. For more information, see the documentation for your upstream switch.
is the preferred configuration. MAC pinning divides the uplinks from your server into standalone links
and pins the MAC addresses to those links in a round-robin method. The drawback is that you cannot
leverage the load sharing performance that LACP provides.
channels. The server administrator cannot assign more than one uplink on the same host to a profile
without port channels or port profiles that share one or more VLANs.
Disruption of connectivity might result if you configure vPC-HM on the Cisco Nexus
Caution
1000V when vPC is also configured on the ports of upstream switches that connect to
its VEMs.
information, see the Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation and Upgrade Guide.
enable the LACP feature before you can configure it.
Flex-10 fabric appears as four Flex-10 NICs (physical NICs) to the VMkernel.
Default
vEthernet
Configuring Port Channels