Working with

Nexus 2148
(Optional)

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 Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender
Virtual Chassis

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 Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender
1GE Connectivity

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 Fabric Extender Static Pinning
Uplink Modes
 Fabric Extender associates (pins) a
server side (1GE) port with an
uplink (10GE) port
 Server ports are either individually
pinned to specific uplinks (static
pinning) or all interfaces pinned to a
single logical port channel Server Interface
goes down
 Behaviour on FEX uplink failure
depends on the configuration Port Channel
 Static Pinning – Server ports
pinned to the specific uplink are
brought down with the failure of the
pinned uplink
 Port Channel – Server traffic is
shifted to remaining uplinks based
on port channel hash
Server Interface
stays active
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