Configuring Virtual Port Channels; Information About Vpcs; Vpc Overview - Cisco AP775A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5010 Configuration Manual

Configuring Virtual Port Channels

This chapter describes how to configure virtual port channels (vPCs) on Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches.
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Information About vPCs

vPC Overview

A virtual port channel (vPC) allows links that are physically connected to two different Cisco Nexus 5000
Series switches or Cisco Nexus 2000 Series 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.
Beginning with Cisco NX-OS Release 4.1(3)N1(1), you can configure vPCs in topologies that include Cisco
Nexus 5000 Series switches connected to the Fabric Extender. A vPC can provide multipathing, which allows
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Information About vPCs, page 123
vPC Guidelines and Limitations, page 134
Configuring vPCs, page 135
Verifying the vPC Configuration, page 144
vPC Example Configurations, page 145
vPC Default Settings, page 148
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