Deployment Guide

39 Leaf-Spine Deployment and Best Practices Guide | Version 1.0
8.1 Nexus 5600 series spine switch configuration
The following configuration details are for Nexus5600-Spine1 and Nexus5600-Spine2 in Figure 15.
First, set the hostname, enable LLDP and disable switchport as the default port type. Configure the
management interface and default management route.
Nexus5600-Spine1
Nexus5600-Spine2
enable
configure
hostname Nexus5600-Spine1
feature lldp
no system default switchport
interface mgmt0
vrf member management
ip address 100.67.219.34/24
vrf context management
ip route 0.0.0.0/0 100.67.219.254
enable
configure
hostname Nexus5600-Spine2
feature lldp
no system default switchport
interface mgmt0
vrf member management
ip address 100.67.219.33/24
vrf context management
ip route 0.0.0.0/0 100.67.219.254
Configure the four point-to-point interfaces connected to leaf switches. Assign IP addresses per Table 1
(replacing destination interfaces Fo 1/1/1-1/4/1 in Table 1 with Nexus interfaces Ethernet 2/1-2/4). Configure a
loopback interface to be used as the router ID. This is used with BGP or OSPF.
Finally, exit configuration mode and save the configuration with the end and copy running-config
startup-config commands.
Nexus5600-Spine1
Nexus5600-Spine2
interface ethernet 2/1
description Leaf 1 fo1/49
ip address 192.168.1.0/31
no shutdown
interface ethernet 2/2
description Leaf 2 fo1/49
ip address 192.168.1.2/31
no shutdown
interface ethernet 2/3
description Leaf 3 fo1/49
ip address 192.168.1.4/31
no shutdown
interface ethernet 2/4
description Leaf 4 fo1/49
ip address 192.168.1.6/31
no shutdown
interface ethernet 2/1
description Leaf 1 fo1/50
ip address 192.168.2.0/31
no shutdown
interface ethernet 2/2
description Leaf 2 fo1/50
ip address 192.168.2.2/31
no shutdown
interface ethernet 2/3
description Leaf 3 fo1/50
ip address 192.168.2.4/31
no shutdown
interface ethernet 2/4
description Leaf 4 fo1/50
ip address 192.168.2.6/31
no shutdown