Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Configuration Manual page 170
Nx-os layer 2 guide
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Virtual Port Channels
• The parent switches are connected single homed to Fabric Extenders that are subsequently connected
to servers with dual interfaces (see the following figure).
Figure 20: Single Homed Fabric Extender vPC Topology
• The Fabric Extender is connected dual homed to two upstream parent switches and connected downstream
to single homed servers (see the following figure).
Figure 21: Dual Homed Fabric Extender vPC Topology
This configuration is also called an Active-Active topology.
Port channels between two Fabric Extenders connected to the same Cisco Nexus device is not supported
Note
vPCs cannot span two different Fabric Extenders that are connected to the same physical Cisco Nexus
device.
Cisco Nexus 6000 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
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Configuring the Fabric Extender
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