You issue the following commands on SwitchA and SwitchB, which are Cisco Nexus 7000 Series switches: Which of the following is most likely a problem with this configuration?

Last Updated on August 3, 2021 by Admin 2

You issue the following commands on SwitchA and SwitchB, which are Cisco Nexus 7000 Series switches:

SwitchA(config)#vpc domain 101
SwitchA(config-vpc-domain)#peer-keepalive destination 192.168.1.2 source 192.168.1.1 vrf default
SwitchA(config-vpc-domain)#exit
SwitchA(config)#interface range ethernet 2/1 - 2
SwitchA(config-if-range)#switchport
SwitchA(config-if-range)#channel-group 1 mode active
SwitchA(config-if-range)#interface port-channel 1
SwitchA(config-if)#switchport mode trunk
SwitchA(config-if)#vpc peer-link
SwitchB(config)#vpc domain 10
SwitchB(config-vpc-domain)#peer-keepalive destination 192.168.1.1 source 192.168.1.2 vrf default
SwitchB(config-vpc-domain)#exit
SwitchB(config)#interface range ethernet 2/1 - 2
SwitchB(config-if-range)#switchport
SwitchB(config-if-range)#channel-group 1 mode active
SwitchB(config-if-range)#interface port-channel 1
SwitchB(config-if)#switchport mode access
SwitchB(config-if)#vpc peer-link

Which of the following is most likely a problem with this configuration?

  • The vpc peer-link command should be issued only on SwitchA.
  • Port-channel 1 on both switches should be an access port.
  • The Ethernet port range is using the wrong channel group mode on Switch B.
  • The vPC domain ID on SwitchB should be the same as the value on SwitchA.
Explanation:

Most likely, the problem with the configuration in this scenario is that the virtual port channel (vPC) domain ID on SwitchB should be the same as the value on SwitchA. A vPC domain is comprised of two switches per domain. Each switch in the vPC domain must be configured with the same vPC domain ID. To enable vPC configuration on a Cisco Nexus 7000 Series switch, you should issue the feature vpc command on both switches. To assign the vPC domain ID, you should issue the vpc domain domain-id command, where domain-id is an integer in the range from 1 through 1000, in global configuration mode. For example, issuing the vpc domain 101 command on a Cisco Nexus 7000 Series switch configures the switch with a vPC domain ID of 101.
The vpc peer-link command should be issued on both switches in this scenario. A vPC peer link should always be comprised of 10-gigabit-per-second (Gbps) Ethernet ports. Peer links are configured as a port channel between the two members of the vPC domain. You should configure vPC peer links after you have successfully configured a peer keepalive link. Cisco recommends connecting two 10-Gbps Ethernet ports from two different input/output (I/O) modules. To configure a peer link, you should issue the vpc peer-link command in interface configuration mode. For example, the following commands configure a peer link on Port-channel 1:

SwitchA(config)#interface port-channel 1
SwitchA(config-if)#switchport mode trunk
SwitchA(config-if)#vpc peer-link
SwitchB(config)#interface port-channel 1
SwitchB(config-if)#switchport mode trunk
SwitchB(config-if)#vpc peer-link

Port-channel 1 on both switches should be a trunk port. Trunk ports are used to carry traffic from multiple virtual local area networks (VLANs) across physical switches. Access ports can only carry data from a single VLAN and are typically connected to end devices, such as hosts or servers.
It is not a problem that the channel group mode is configured to active on the Ethernet ports in this scenario. It is important to issue the correct channel-group commands on a port channel’s member ports prior to configuring the port channel. For example, if you are creating Port-channel 1 by using the Ethernet 2/1 and Ethernet 2/2 interfaces, you could issue the following commands on each switch to correctly configure those interfaces as members of the port channel:

SwitchA(config)#interface range ethernet 2/1 - 2
SwitchA(config-if-range)#switchport
SwitchA(config-if-range)#channel-group 1 mode active
SwitchB(config)#interface range ethernet 2/1 - 2
SwitchB(config-if-range)#switchport
SwitchB(config-if-range)#channel-group 1 mode active
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