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VCS Management

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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 intelligence

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.

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