Guidelines And Limitations For Catena; Enabling Chaining Using Deployment Modes - Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring the Catena Solution

Guidelines and Limitations for Catena

Catena has the following guidelines and limitations:
• Catena is supported for the Cisco Nexus 9200, 9300, and 9300-EX Series switches.
• When configuring a catena instance in routed mode, you must enable PBR and IP SLA features.
• Does not support IPv6 probes in catena chains.
• Supports only one instance per port or VLAN groups.
• You must shut down a catena instance before making changes to either VLAN, port, or device groups.
• Ensure that you have installed the network services license.

Enabling Chaining using Deployment Modes

You can create multiple chains, each comprising multiple functions and services; configure each chain to run
on multiple devices; and apply network policies to these elements. You can create two types of chains using
the following deployment modes:
• Transparent mode
• Routed mode
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Catena Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
Guidelines and Limitations for Catena
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