What is supervisor module in Nexus?
The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Supervisor Module is designed to deliver scalable control plane and management functions for the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series chassis. It is based on a dual core processor that scales the control plane by harnessing the flexibility and power of the dual cores.
What happens if vPC keepalive fails?
If only keep-alive fails, nothing will happen. Only heartbeat between Primary and Secondary node will be lost.
What is a supervisor module?
The supervisor module is the module that is the brains behind the whole switching operations. Its usually found in chassis based switches, nowadays, it handles everything, including routing and switching (older models had them separated.)
What is a supervisor engine used for?
Benefits of Supervisor Engines The supervisor engine contains the following integrated daughter cards that perform forwarding and routing and provide the protocols supported on the router.
How do I switch to VDC Nexus 7000?
Nexus 7k – Getting Started Examples – Part1 (basics, VDC and vPC)
- Step 1 activate vpc feature.
- Step 2 Create VRF “vpc” and create an L3 keepalive link between the two Nexus switches.
- Step 3 Configure a vPC Peer Link.
- Step 4 Configure interface VLAN on all lab switches for VLAN 10 and VLAN 20.
Why is the VPC not coming on for my Nexus 7000?
Occasionally, only one of the peers can be restored. Since the other Nexus 7000 is still off, the vPC peer-link and the vPC peer-keepalive link are also off. In this scenario, the vPC does not come on even for the Nexus 7000 which is already on.
How do I remove the Nexus 7000 module from my Device?
Unscrewing Nexus 7000 module captive screws Next, using your fingers from both hands press simultaneously the ejector buttons located at each end of the module, right next to the captive screws, as shown below: Figure 5. Pressing the ejector buttons on a Nexus 7000 module
Do data centers still use Cisco Nexus 7000 switches?
Even though the Nexus 7000 series switches have been in the market since 2008 there are still a lot of data centers powering their core infrastructure using the well-known Cisco Catalyst series.
How to recover the device after configuration backup?
Therefore, if physical access to the device is possible, after backing up configuration externally, you can attempt a quick recovery that has the highest chance of succeeding by physically reseating the supervisor when ready to reload the device.