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Port Profiles is a feature of Nexus switches, which allow a template of configuration to apply to a group of ports. This is similar to interface macros in Catalyst IOS. Unlike Catalyst IOS macros, NX-OS port-profiles are event driven, meaning IOS macros apply only once during initial configuration, but P0rt…
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Virtual Device Contexts (VDC) is a CISCO protocol for Nexus 7000 series, which allow a Nexus switch to be logically segmented into virtul switches. It is similar to SRD on IOS-XR platform, and Context on ASA platform. In this lesson, we will learn how to configure VDC in Cisco Nexus…
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Cisco vPC aka Virtual Port-Channel, which was launched in 2009 is a feature on the Cisco Nexus series switches that allows end device to configure a Port-Channel across multiple switches. If you want to know details, then check fundamental concepts of vPC by Cisco. In this lesson, we will learn…
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When we have VLANs in our network, two separate VLANs can't communicate between them, unless we do the routing between them. Which means, we need a router (L3 device) to make communication between them. In this lesson, we will configure router for inter VLAN routing. To do that, we will…
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HSRP (Hot Standby Router Protocol) is one of the most popular First Hop Redundancy Protocols (FHRP) made by Cisco. It is Cisco proprietary protocol. The FHRP allows a router on a LAN segment to automatically take over if other fails. Today, in this lesson, we will learn to configure HSRP…
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A VLAN (virtual LAN) is a logical sub-networks of workstation. This is needed for network admin to partition a single switch network into many. It improves security and traffic management. In this lesson we will learn how to configure VLAN on Cisco Catalyst switches. We will start with a simple…
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