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Understanding Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders (FEX) behave and can be considered as remote line cards for Cisco Nexus switches. The fabric extender acts as an extension to the parent Cisco Nexus switch fabric; the fabric extender and the parent … Continue reading
Posted in Cisco, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Technology
Tagged Cisco, Cisco distributed modular system, Cisco FEX architecture, Cisco Nexus, Cisco Nexus 2000, Cisco Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender, Cisco Nexus 2000 Fabric Extenders, Cisco Nexus 2000 FEX, Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders, Cisco Nexus 2248PQ, Cisco Nexus 2248PQ Fabric Extender, Cisco Nexus 2248PQ FEX, Cisco Nexus 5548UP, Cisco Nexus Fabric Extender, Cisco Nexus FEX, Cisco Nexus switch, distributed modular system, east-west traffic, edge ports, etherchannel, EtherChannel Fabric Interface Connection, EtherChannel interface, Fabric Extender, FEX, FEX architecture, fex associate, Nexus 2248PQ, Nexus 2248PQ Fabric Extender, Nexus 2248PQ FEX, Nexus 5548UP, spanning tree edge ports, Static Pinning Fabric Interface Connection, switchport mode fex-fabric
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802.1Q Trunking Between Cisco and Dell Force10 Switches
In this lab I use a Dell Force10 S25P switch [FTOS 8.4.2.6] and a Cisco C3750 switch [IOS 12.2(25)SEE3] to demonstrate 802.1Q trunking.
Posted in Cisco, Dell Force10, Force10 Networks, Labs, Networking, Protocols, Technology
Tagged 802.1q, 802.1Q encapsulation, 802.1Q trunk, 802.1Q trunking, change default vlan, change native vlan, Cisco, Cisco C3750, default vlan, Dell Force10, Dell Force10 S25P, dot1q, etherchannel, Force10, hybrid, hybrid port, IEEE 802.1Q, Inter-Switch Link, isl, native, trunk, trunk encapsulation, Trunking, vlan, vlans, Voice over Internet Protocol, VOIP
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Creating a LAG between an ESXi vSwitch and a Physical Switch
In this lab I am going to create a LAG (Link Aggregation Group) between an ESXi vSwitch and a physical switch. You can use Cisco, Force10 Dell, Juniper, or any other manufacturer for the physical switch. Depending on the switch … Continue reading
Posted in Cisco, Force10 Networks, Labs, Networking, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware
Tagged 802.3ad, 802.3ad link aggregation, Cisco, ESXi, ESXi 4.1, etherchannel, Failover, Force10 Dell, Force10 Networks, LAG, Link Aggregation Group, load balancing, NIC Teaming, physical switch, pNIC, port bundle, port channel, port group, Route Based on IP Hash, Route Based on the Originating Virtual Port ID, Use Explicit Failover Order, virtual machine, virtual port ID, virtual switch, VM, VM Network port group, VMkernel, vmNIC, vmware, VMware ESXi, vNIC, vSwitch
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Setting up Cisco EtherChannels – Static, PAgP, and LACP
In this lab I used a Cisco Catalyst WS-C3750G-24TS switch [IOS 12.2(25)SEE3] and a Cisco Catalyst WS-C3560G-24TS switch [IOS 12.2(40)SE]. I also physically connected GigabitEthernet 1/0/17 on the Catalyst 3750G to GigabitEthernet 0/17 on the Catalyst 3560G; I did the … Continue reading
Creating a Link Aggregation Group (LAG) in FTOS
This lab demonstrates how to create a Link Aggregation Group (LAG) in FTOS on Force10 switches. A LAG in Force10’s FTOS is called a port channel and in Cisco’s IOS is called an EtherChannel. As described by IEEE 802.3ad, LAG … Continue reading
Posted in Force10 Networks, Labs, Networking, Protocols, Technology
Tagged dynamic port channel, etherchannel, Force10, Force10 Networks, Force10 S25P, Force10 S50V, FTOS, IEEE 802.3ad, LACP, LAG, Link Aggregation Control Protocol, Link Aggregation Group, port channel, router, S25P, S50V, static port channel, switch
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