Cisco Systems N5KC5596TFA management vpc-keepalive, peer-keepalive destination ipaddress source

Configuring Virtual Port Channels

Configuring a vPC Keepalive Link and Messages

Procedure

	Command or Action	Purpose
Step 1	switch# configure terminal	Enters configuration mode.
Step 2	switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id	Creates a vPC domain on the switch if it does
		not already exist, and enters the vpc-domain
		configuration mode.

Step 3 switch(config-vpc-domain)# peer-keepalive destination ipaddress [hold-timeoutsecs interval msecs {timeout secs} precedence {prec-value network internet critical flash-override flash immediate priority routine} tos {tos-value max-reliability max-throughput min-delay min-monetary-cost normal} tos-byte

tos-byte-value} source ipaddress vrf {name

management vpc-keepalive}]

Step 4 switch(config-vpc-domain)# vpc

peer-keepalive destination ipaddress source

ipaddress

Configures the IPv4 address for the remote end of the vPC peer-keepalive link.

Note The system does not form the vPC peer

link until you configure a vPC peer-keepalive link.

The management ports and VRF are the defaults

(Optional)

Configures a separate VRF instance and puts a Layer 3 port from each vPC peer device into that VRF for the vPC peer-keepalive link.

Step 5	switch# show vpc peer-keepalive	(Optional)
		Displays information about the configuration for
		the keepalive messages.
Step 6	switch# copy running-config startup-config	(Optional)
		Copies the running configuration to the startup
		configuration.

This example shows how to configure the destination IP address for the vPC-peer-keepalive link:

switch# configure terminal switch(config)# vpc domain 5

switch(config-vpc-domain)#peer-keepalive destination 10.10.10.42

This example shows how to set up the peer keepalive link connection between the primary and secondary vPC device:

switch(config)# vpc domain		100
switch(config-vpc-domain)#		peer-keepalive destination 192.168.2.2 source 192.168.2.1
Note:--------	:: Management	VRF will be used as the default VRF ::--------
switch(config-vpc-domain)#

This example shows how to create a separate VRF named vpc_keepalive for the vPC keepalive link and how to verify the new VRF:

This example shows how to create a separate VRF named vpc_keepalive for the vPC keepalive link and how to verify the new VRF:

vrf context vpc_keepalive

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

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