C H A P T E R 5
Configuring Virtual Port Channels
This chapter contains the following sections:
•Information About vPCs, page 65
•Guidelines and Limitations for vPCs, page 79
•Configuring vPCs, page 80
•Configuring the vPC Peer Switch, page 93
•Verifying the vPC Configuration, page 95
•vPC Example Configurations, page 101
•vPC Default Settings, page 105
Information About vPCs
vPC Overview
A virtual port channel (vPC) allows links that are physically connected to two different Cisco Nexus devices or Cisco Nexus 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. You can configure vPCs in topologies that include Cisco Nexus devices connected to Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders. A vPC can provide multipathing,
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series
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