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Wel rcetly Thad the opportunity to isall SS ina eustomee's Data Center as par ofa complete newark ritraion from an old Nortel Sitch network new Cises network using primi Catalyst 6809 switches with Sup 720 = 10-G Supervisor, efor begin, let me pont ys tothe Cisco dat that wil serve you wel Alar nthe Documentation aes of Cisco's Web ite under: Products LAN Siitehes = (Claco Catalyet 6500 Virtual Switching System L440 Catalyst 600 Release 12 28XH and Laer Software Configuration Guide nfs comm Soc wishes anal vt S012 28 Xeon guration uid hm ‘Cisco Catalyst 6500 Viral Switching System Deployment Best Practices nro cisco comin USiproducses98Ssiprodute ech note) [SSs008047 637. shanl Replace Supervisor Module Cisco Catalyst 600 Virusl Switching System 1440 ngs iso cmon SipradususO¥36/prnucis-sonfiguation example 862008036480] bil "ris not my intention to rewrite the Configuration Guide. My goa here so provide you wit the commands necessary to get VSS up and running. However, there are sone hardware and software requirements which Iwill epeat. Because Without then this ist going to wovk adware RequirementsRestrictions Chassis and Supervisor Requirements 2) 6500 Chassis capable of runing VS-S720-10G supervisor engines and WS-XTOX-IOGE switching modules. (6704, 6708 and 6716) 2) Sup 720, They must both be the same so either (2) VS-S720-10G-3C or (2) VS-S720-100-3CXL. hitpssivowcneteratismen.comivss-configuration’ ne82372018 VSS Configuration - NetGrattsmen ‘Tiss import, While ina Cisco lab we Spun our whos wondering why VSS was't coming yp. We had inadvertently pu a VS-S720-10G-3C in one chassis and a \VS.8720-10G-3CXL inthe ther The supervisors mat completely match, downto the PECs Line Cards ‘Only 67x Line cards ha are nterfice Module Cass ypeCEF720 are supported, Ifhey have a Disteouted Feature Cart must be DFC3C or DEC3CXL. Casi, CEF256 and JCHF2S6 cards are not supported and wil main powered of in a chasis running VSS. Ang Tine etd with « DFC3A/3B/3BXL will aso remain posters off na chasse ring VSS. 3€ oF 3CXL As atod above both wil work However, ifthe Sups and line cards are ntl the same, thee canbe issues. ube Sup ae ¥€ andthe ine cards ate 3CXL, the ine ears will operate a 3 "he Sups ae 3CXL andthe line cand ate 3 the system wil come up in RPR (Route Processor Redundancy} mode instead of SSO (Stel Switchover mode, This ‘canbe confimed withthe show redundancy command. To comets, use the "platform hardware ysl pfe mode pf command tell VSS to run the Sups as 3C.1 ‘have nt personaly seen his so thsi more book knowledge han personal experience (OK =Now on tothe fun su, ‘ConBguring VSS. Here is what we'll be configuring. “The switcbes runing VSS ate 65095 witha WS-X670X- 10 sepervisor in sot Sanda WS-X6708-10GE Bade in lt 1 ands WS-X6748.GE-TX in 2 For the Virtual Switch Link wel be sing he 106 prt on the supervisor cards Later will add an upstream switch connected oa MulChasssEtherChannc! (ME) onthe VSS pai. pswiteh b oe: The switch ID is stored asa variable in | ROMnon, not inthe contig Lonce VSS is up you can se this with | switch read shite, um oe ‘The switch viru domain number should } be unigue across he network. be pity es which wil begin a he sti supervisor, her uraber gts privity snitch virtual domain 9 teh 1 tc I priority 10 teh 2 priority 100, fax | Set Up the VSL tink port-hannel IDs must be wigue jon cach cassis o form the VSL. | We willbe using | ane 2 terface port-channel I shal re VSL to switch? itch virtual ak 1 } The eterchanel mode st be st oon | en practice for etherchanne x normaly | desirable (PARP) or active (LACE), | Butte isnot normal cterehante f Thisis a special typeof etherchanel and requires mode on |For our ab, we wil se the 106 pors | on the supervisor hitpssiwwcnetcratismen.comivss-configuraiond bs I Not: I The switch ID ie sored asa variable in | ROMmon, notin the contig face VSS is up you can se this with {switch read switch mum local b The switch virual domain aumbershoukd | be uique crs the network {The priory tells which wil Begin asthe I active supervisor | Highar number gs prionty hte virtual domain 9 [riteh 2 [ite I priority 110 itch 2 priority 100 I Set Up the VSE tin { port-channel IDs must be unique | om each eas to form the VSL {We willbe uring 1 and, lntertace port-channel2 fs shut fese VSL to switch 1 fitch virtua ink 2 |The stherchanne mode must be set 0 b ex peactce for etherhannel is nora | esimble (PAgP) or active (LACP) | Bathe not anormal eheshenne | This special spe of etre requires mode os, od {For our lab, we wil use the 106 pons | onthe supervisor ana812372018 VSS Configuration - NetGrattsmen terface range TSI4-5 shutdown hannel-group 1 mode on | NOTE: After VSS ix enabled om both switches, the witches will med 1 be converted to vr switch mode itch convert mode virtual | You be asked iti is OK to sve the | running cong and reboot the swt | Answer yes and then be patient |i takor awhile for tae sic to sebot. | om the Active Switch Only. This command gts execated only one. itch accept mode virtual # You now havea sage switch wih single coniquration Me, + A onsle connection to switch 1 will show he ative switch. A connection o switch 2 wil show it be he stay swith "The wo switch cons have been mrgsd int 1. In wth the config on switch 1 i mina while anything (ther tan VSS) fom switch 2 owt * For cxample ad you given both switche host, the osiame ofthe merged switch woul eta of switch Intraes are now referenced by switehimodullport So TW on switch is now THI. TW om switch 2 is now 20/1 “To eerenee the modules on switch 1 or sich 2, the command i now show modules switch Io show modules switch 2. show rua wil show he ct runing con Show ran site {wil show the part of the config that specie wo switch | show run site 2 wil show the pat ofthe config has peifc to swith 2, Te folowing commands canbe ued to verify the stats ofthe VSS. ! Notioe the reference to the swith umber Lo 2. show aniteh virtual ‘how snitch virtual role ! The following command is used to synchuonze mac-addess ables actos forwarding "engines onthe 2 switches, Ia WS-670e-10 line ear is present in he VSS system, macesyneronization sumed on atomatealy, Otherwise, hast be enabled manly "Teoeriy doesn’ hurt oalvaysinlude this command. smacaddresetable synchronize ! The following command tithe redundaney mode to SSO. "However it shouldbe SSO by default redundancy ‘ode sso "Do show redundancy to soe that itis SSO. Iit eames up RFR, # chances wreSups ae SCXL and the line earés are 3c "Ifthe the eae, you'll eed excl platform hardware vl pfe mode plete ‘Configuring a MuliChasis therChannel (MEO), hitpssivowcneteratismen.comivss-configuration’ ana82372018 VSS Configuration - NetGrattsmen Look th a single legical etch “The upstream swith i a 6509 with 2) WS-XGTOX-1OGE supe 1 i tS and Lin slat 6. This might be one ofa psirf datacenter dstrbuton switches, with he VSS Pe bing a sever switch. The second dsuibutin switch would also be connecd using a standard etherchanne! back toe MEC ou the VSS pat Aad of couse the Aisribuion pir would be connected to each eter, Natie the port designations on the VSS pu. They re now in the form of switchinodulefport Configuring. the VSS pale for connectivity tothe upstream switch Forour purposes we've gong lo configure an ethershannel congue as a layer 3 etherehannel, However, ven an access por eterehanel, can jst a casily be configured a ayer 2 eterchanne or ‘The yer dee etherehannel gets configured just ast would on ay eer switch, interface port-channel 10 10 swtchport ip address 172.1601 255.258.255.252 to shut ! What makes ita MEC is the fc that it includes ports frm bash chasis ofthe VSS domain Interface range TenGigabiththeraet 1/1, ‘TeaCigabitthernet 21/. ‘0 switchport channel-group 10 mode desirable no shut Configuring. the upstream switch Interface port-channel 10 no swtchport ip address 172.1602 255.285.255.282 to shut ‘Note The etherchnnel onthe upsteam switch is nat a MEC. The MEC resides onthe VSS pai Interface range TenGigabitbthernet Si¢-$ ‘no switchport channel-group 10 mode desirable no shut ce From here you'll wat to confirm the eterchamel is up and you can png aro i show etherchannel summary ping 172.1601 Ais point you can do anything you wa fom simulation perspective. Configure loopback wit adteses and configure ¢ outing protocol. Cofigue a leal DHCP ‘ope ad ute onc ofthe Gig inefacs on the WS-X67OX-IOGE superior lo eomecl a computer Ir you do configura routing protocol, youl want to make era 10 inclnde the nsf command, VSS wil tke advantage of bth SSO and NSE. 1 For OSPF router os ot cat fusing EIGRP reuter eigep 1 ast sit “Through al ofthis used 10 Gig interfaces wih which o connect switches, However the reason I showed 2 WS-X6TS8-GE-TX in slat 1/2 and 22 ofthe VSS ps becuse Being a server switch Ld expos tobe connecting to servers with 1G. A MEC canbe bul on the 6748 ports and be wed a connoc to servers. I the serv sppots LACH the MEC could configured as ative and negotiate he eterchanel with he server, Others you'll have To configure the eherchanoel as en, ora server connecting oa sngle vlna, the etherckanoe would be configured asm acess pot, However, for VM servers, it would be reasonable to connect wing dot. tagged frames In dha ase the MEC could be configured as a tusk, All fat is prety well documented in the Cisco des I elerence, hitpssivowcneteratismen.comivss-configuration’ ana82372018 SS Configuration - NeiCraftsmen "ope this eps get you stated with VSS. Incidentally, had the upstream switch really ave been 4 dstibution switch It might instend 10k ike this. 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