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What is inactive port status?
In dealing with the Nexus platforms, I’ve seen the “inactive” status show up in four different situations: The VLAN the port was assigned to does not exist on the switch. The solution is to put the port into a VLAN that exists on the switch already, or create the VLAN in question.
How do I check my Fex interface status?
To display the environmental sensor status, use the show environment fex command.
What is Fex pinning?
Static pinning mode instructs the switch to virtually split FEX into few blocks of ports and statically associate each block of ports with its own physical uplink. In other words, if one particular uplink fails, a range of FEX ports, associated with this uplink, fail as well. Hence, the word Static.
What is Fex HIF port?
Network Interface (NIF): Port on FEX, connecting to parent switch. Host Interface (HIF): Front panel port on FEX, connecting to server. Virtual Interface (VIF): Logical construct consisting of a front panel port, VLAN, and several other parameters.
Can we connect a nexus 2k to Nexus 7k?
Can we connect a Nexus 2k to Nexus 7k? A. Yes,however, not on every line card. There are few line cards which supports Fex.
What is Fex used for?
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Why is the FEX port inactive on my Nexus?
In dealing with the Nexus platforms, I’ve seen the “inactive” status show up in four different situations: The VLAN the port was assigned to does not exist on the switch. The port is part of a virtual port-channel (vPC) on a dual-homed FEX, and the FEX port configurations do not match on the two Nexus switches in the vPC domain.
Is the FEX port part of a virtual port channel?
The port is part of a virtual port-channel (vPC) on a dual-homed FEX, and the FEX port configurations do not match on the two Nexus switches in the vPC domain. With dual-homed FEX, every port is considered to be a part of a virtual port-channel. Therefore, the configurations on both Nexus switches that are able to manage the FEX port must match.
Why is Cisco Nexus port 116 being suspended?
2013 Apr 18 23:59:59 NEXUS-SWITCH-2 %ETHPORT-3-IF_ERROR_VLANS_SUSPENDED: VLANs 116 on Interface Ethernet116/1/11 are being suspended. (Reason: Vlan is not configured on remote vPC interface) Note that you could set your syslog parsing engine to trigger an alert based on the message above.
Why do I get an error message on my Cisco Fex?
If you are seeing this error message when configuring a Cisco FEX with more than 1 uplink to the same switch, follow the below setups to troubleshoot Why Is this happening?? When a FEX connects to a Nexus switch the Nexus Switch assigns the FEX an ID.