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Chapter
14
VCS Management
In this chapter
VCS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Logical chassis cluster operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Serial firmware update and activation for Network OS devices. . . . . . . . . 430
Support for Network OS VDX 2740 embedded switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Network OS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
VCS product groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Port profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
System Monitor support on Network OS VDX platforms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Ethernet fabric traceroute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

VCS

Network OS VCSTM technology is a Layer 2 Ethernet technology that allows you to create flatter,
virtualized, and converged data center networks. VCS technology is scalable, permitting you to
expand your network at your own pace.
VCS technology comprises the following concepts:
Ethernet fabric
Distributed intelligen ce
Logical chassis
When two or more VCS mode-enabled switches are connected together, they form an Ethernet
fabric and exchange information among each other to implement distributed intelligence. To the
rest of the network, the Ethernet fabric appears as a single logical chassis.