Configuring Port-Channel and VLAN in Cisco Nexus

Objective: To configure port-channel and associate it to vlan.
Servers will use Cisco-NXOS as their gateway and uplink to Internet. Server-switch have Layer 2 (access mode) connectivity to Cisco-NXOS router. (see Fig.1)
 Fig.1
1. Configure the Vlan (interface vlan will be the server’s gateway)
Cisco-NXOS#
configure
vlan 8
  name Server-Farm
interface Vlan8
 description Server Farm Vlan
 no shutdown
  ip address 192.168.8.1/24
2. Configure port-channel
interface port-channel10
   description Port-channel to Server-Switch
   switchport access vlan 8
3. Configure physical members
 interface eth1/1
 description Connection to Server-Switch fa0/1
 switchport access vlan 8
 channel-group 10 mode active
  no shutdown
interface eth1/2
 description Connection to Server-Switch fa2/0
 switchport access vlan 8
 channel-group 10 mode active
 no shutdown
Verification and sample output:
Server1 = 192.168.8.20
Server2 = 192.16 8.8.21
ARP:
show ip arp <vlan id>
Cisco-NXOS# show ip arp vlan8
Flags: * – Adjacencies learnt on non-active FHRP router
       + – Adjacencies synced via CFSoE
       # – Adjacencies Throttled for Glean
       CP – Added via L2RIB, Control plane Adjacencies
       PS – Added via L2RIB, Peer Sync
       RO – Re-Originated Peer Sync Entry
       D – Static Adjacencies attached to down interface
IP ARP Table
Total number of entries: 2
Address         Age       MAC Address     Interface       Flags
192.168.8.20 00:15:47  0011.abcd.ef00  Vlan8
192.168.8.21 00:15:47  0011.abcd.ef01  Vlan8
Ping:
ping <IP> source <interface IP>
Cisco-NXOS# ping 192.168.8.20 source 192.168.8.1
PING 192.168.8.20 (192.168.8.20) from 192.168.8.1: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.8.20: icmp_seq=0 ttl=63 time=0.62 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.8.20: icmp_seq=1 ttl=63 time=0.441 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.8.20: icmp_seq=2 ttl=63 time=0.454 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.8.20: icmp_seq=3 ttl=63 time=0.54 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.8.20: icmp_seq=4 ttl=63 time=0.394 ms
— 192.168.8.20 ping statistics —
5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0.00% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.394/0.489/0.62 ms
Check Port-channel:
show interface port-channel <port-channel id>
Cisco-NXOS# show int port-channel 10 | i Members
  Members in this channel: Eth1/1, Eth1/2
Check Vlan:
show vlan
Cisco-NXOS# show vlan
8  Server-Farm                    active    Po10
Verify the traffic:
show int port-channel1
show int vlan8
show int eth1/1
show int eth1/2
For SSH Configuration in Juniper, pls. refer to this link –> Configuring Port-Channel and VLAN in Juniper

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  1. […] Servers will use Juniper-Router as their gateway and uplink to Internet. Server-switch have Layer 2 (access mode) connectivity to Juniper-Router. (see Fig.1)  Fig.1 1. Configure the Vlan (interface vlan will be the server’s gateway) Juniper-Router# configure set vlans VLAN-8 description Server-Farm set vlans VLAN-8 vlan-id 8 set vlans VLAN-8 l3-interface irb.8   set interfaces irb unit 8 description “Server Farm Vlan” set interfaces irb unit 8 family inet address 192.168.8.1/24 2. Configure port-channel set interfaces ae10 description “Port-channel to Server-Switch” set interfaces ae10 aggregated-ether-options link-speed 1g set interfaces ae10 aggregated-ether-options lacp active set interfaces ae10 unit 0 family ethernet-switching interface-mode access set interfaces ae10 unit 0 family ethernet-switching vlan members VLAN-8 3. Configure physical members set interfaces ge-0/0/0 description “Connection to Server-Switch fa1/0” set interfaces ge-0/0/0 gigether-options 802.3ad ae10 set interfaces ge-0/0/1 description “Connection to Server-Switch fa2/0” set interfaces ge-0/0/1 gigether-options 802.3ad ae10 4. Commit all changes commit Verification and sample output: Server1 = 192.168.8.20 Server2 = 192.16 8.8.21 ARP: Juniper-Router> show arp interface ae10.0 MAC Address       Address         Name                      Interface               Flags 00:11:ab:cd:ef:00 192.168.8.20   192.168.8.20              ae10.0                  none 00:11:ab:cd:ef:01 192.168.8.21    192.168.8.21             ae10.0                  none Total entries: 2 {master} Ping: user1@Juniper-Router-re0> ping 192.168.8.20 source 192.168.8.1  count 2 PING 192.168.8.20 (192.168.8.20 ): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192.168.8.20 : icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.162 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.8.20 : icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.098 ms — 192.168.8.20  ping statistics — 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1.098/1.130/1.162/0.032 ms {master} Check Port-channel:   user1@Juniper-Router-re0> show lacp interfaces ae10 Aggregated interface: ae10     LACP state:       Role   Exp   Def  Dist  Col  Syn  Aggr  Timeout  Activity       ge-0/0/0     Actor    No    No   Yes  Yes  Yes   Yes     Slow    Active       ge-0/0/0     Partner    No    No   Yes  Yes  Yes   Yes     Slow    Active       ge-0/0/1    Actor    No    No   Yes  Yes  Yes   Yes     Slow    Active       ge-0/0/1    Partner    No    No   Yes  Yes  Yes   Yes     Slow    Active Check Vlan: user1@Juniper-Router-re0> show vlans VLAN-8 Routing instance        VLAN name             Tag          Interfaces default-switch          VLAN-100              100 Verify the traffic: monitor interface ae10.0 monitor interface ge-0/0/0 monitor interface ge-0/0/1 Here’s the Cisco version for this –>  Configuring Port-Channel and VLAN in Cisco Nexus […]

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