Cisco Systems N5KC5596TFA Creating a vPC Domain, Procedure, Before You Begin, startup-config

Configuring Virtual Port Channels

Creating a vPC Domain

Note When you disable the vPC feature, the Cisco Nexus device clears all the vPC configurations.

Procedure

	Command or Action	Purpose
Step 1	switch# configure terminal	Enters configuration mode.
Step 2	switch(config)# no feature vpc	Disables vPCs on the switch.
Step 3	switch# show feature	(Optional)
		Displays which features are enabled on the
		switch.
Step 4	switch# copy running-config	(Optional)
	startup-config	Copies the running configuration to the startup
		configuration.

This example shows how to disable the vPC feature:

switch# configure terminal switch(config)# no feature vpc

Creating a vPC Domain

You must create identical vPC domain IDs on both the vPC peer devices. This domain ID is used to automatically form the vPC system MAC address.

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)# vpc domain	Creates a vPC domain on the switch, and enters the
	domain-id	vpc-domain configuration mode. There is no default
		domain-id; the range is from 1 to 1000.
		Note	You can also use the vpc domain command to
			enter the vpc-domain configuration mode for an
			existing vPC domain.

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

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