Cisco Systems N5KC5596TFA Moving Other Port Channels into a vPC, Procedure, Before You Begin

Configuring Virtual Port Channels

Moving Other Port Channels into a vPC

You must configure both switches on either side of the vPC peer link with the following procedure.

Procedure

	Command or Action	Purpose
Step 1	switch# configure terminal	Enters configuration mode.
Step 2	switch(config)# interface ethernet	Specifies an interface to configure, and enters
	chassis/slot/port	interface configuration mode.
Step 3	switch(config-if)# channel-group	Creates an EtherChannel host interface on the
	channel-numbermode {active passive	selected host interface.
	on}
Step 4	switch# show port-channel summary	(Optional)
		Displays information about each EtherChannel
		host interface.
Step 5	switch# copy running-config	(Optional)
	startup-config	Copies the running configuration to the startup
		configuration.

This example shows how to configure an EtherChannel host interface:

switch# configure terminal

switch(config)# interface ethernet 101/1/20 switch(config-if)#channel-group 7 mode active

Moving Other Port Channels into a vPC

Before You Begin

Ensure that you have enabled the vPC feature.

You must configure both switches on either side of the vPC peer link with the following procedure.

Procedure

	Command or Action	Purpose
Step 1	switch# configure terminal	Enters configuration mode.
Step 2	switch(config)# interface	Selects the port channel that you want to put into the vPC to
	port-channelchannel-number	connect to the downstream switch, and enters the interface
		configuration mode.
		Note	A vPC can be configured on a normal port channel
			(physical vPC topology), on an port channel fabric

interface (fabric extender vPC topology), and on an port channel host interface (host interface vPC topology)

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(1)

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