Virtual Device Contexts; Typical Deployment Topologies; Ethernet Tor Switch Topology - Cisco N5010P-N2K-BE Software Configuration Manual

Typical Deployment Topologies

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Virtual Device Contexts

Cisco NX-OS can segment operating system and hardware resources into virtual device contexts (VDC)
that emulate virtual devices. The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch does not support multiple VDCs. All
switch resources are managed in the default VDC.
Typical Deployment Topologies
In this release, the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch is typically deployed in the following topologies:
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Ethernet TOR Switch Topology

The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch can be deployed as a 10-Gigabit Ethernet top-of-rack (TOR) switch,
with uplinks to the data center LAN distribution layer switches. An example configuration in shown in
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In this example, the blade server rack incorporates blade switches that support 10-Gigabit Ethernet
uplinks to the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch. The blade switches do not support FCoE, so there is no
FCoE traffic and no Fibre Channel ports on the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch.
In the example configuration, the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch has Ethernet uplinks to two Catalyst
switches. If STP is enabled in the data center LAN, the links to one of the switches will be STP active
and the links to the other switch will be STP blocked.
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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MAC ACLs and IP ACLs, including port-based ACLs (PACLs) and VLAN-based ACLs (VACLs).
Ethernet TOR Switch Topology, page 1-8
Fabric Extender Deployment Topology, page 1-9
I/O Consolidation Topology, page 1-11
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
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