Configuring Virtual Port Channels; Information About Vpcs; Vpc Overview - Cisco nexus 5000 series Configuration Manual

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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 devices
or Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders 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. You can configure vPCs in topologies
that include Cisco Nexus devices connected to Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders. A vPC can provide multipathing,
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Information About vPCs, page 101
Guidelines and Limitations for vPCs, page 115
Configuring vPCs, page 116
Configuring the vPC Peer Switch, page 134
Verifying the vPC Configuration, page 138
vPC Example Configurations, page 143
vPC Default Settings, page 147
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