Configuring The Vpc Peer Switch - Cisco 7206 - VXR Router Configuration Manual

Chapter 7 Configuring vPCs
S e n d d o c u m e n t c o m m e n t s t o n e x u s 7 k - d o c f e e d b a c k @ c i s c o . c o m
Command
Step 5
exit
Example:
switch(config-if)# exit
switch(config)#
Step 6
copy running-config startup-config
Example:
switch# copy running-config startup-config
This example shows how to configure an interface as a vPC orphan port to be suspended by the secondary
peer in case of vPC failure:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# interface ethernet 3/1
switch(config-if)# vpc orphan-ports suspend

Configuring the vPC Peer Switch

You can configure the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series device to make a pair of vPC devices appear as a single
STP root in the Layer 2 topology. This section includes the following topics:
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Configuring a Pure vPC Peer Switch Topology
You can configure a pure vPC peer switch topology using the peer-switch command and then you set
the best possible (lowest) spanning tree bridge priority value.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Ensure that you have enabled the vPC feature.
Ensure that you are in the correct VDC (or use the switchto vdc command).
SUMMARY STEPS
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Configuring a Hybrid vPC Peer Switch Topology, page 7-55
configure terminal
vpc domain domain-id
peer-switch
spanning-tree vlan vlan-range priority value
exit
(Optional) show spanning-tree summary
(Optional) copy running-config startup-config
Purpose
Exits the interface configuration mode.
(Optional) Copies the running configuration to the
startup configuration.
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide, Release 5.x
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