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Deploying the Dell Force10 MXL into a Cisco Nexus Network Environment
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Uplink Failback
(Uplink Fast)
1s
1s
Upstream Failover
(Backbone Fast)
1s
1s
Upstream Failback
(Backbone Fast)
1s
1s
Appendices
Appendix A: Referenced Network Topology and Device Configurations
Topology Diagram: Detailed, Full Example Network Figure 4.
Po
20
N
5
K
2
(
vpc
20
)
po20
N5K1 (vpc20)
po10—po10
vPC link
N5K1—N5K2
po40—po40
N5K2—MXL2
po
20
—
vpc
20
MXL1
—
(
N
5
K
1
,
N
5
K
2
)
Nexus
N5K1
Nexus
N5K2
Force10
MXL1
Force10
MXL2
po
30
—
po
30
N
5
K
1
—
MXL
2
VLAN 13
VLAN 12
VLAN 11
Ethernet Link
Link Aggregation Group (LAG)
Spanning-tree Block
N5K1 is the primary root of VLAN 12’s spanning tree instance and the secondary root of VLANs 11 and
13’s. Its port-channel 10 uses Ethernet interfaces 1/17-20, port-channel 20 uses Ethernet interfaces
1/1-2, and its port-channel 30 uses Ethernet interfaces 1/25-26.