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Chapter 1:

Data Center Design with

Cisco Nexus Switches and

Virtual PortChannel: Overview

Design Guide

© 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 2 of 22

Contents

Introduction........................................................................ ..........................................................................................3

Current Envi

ronments........................................................................ .........................................................................3 Consolidation........................................................................ ....................................................................................3

End of the Row and Top of the Rack ........................................................................

................................................3 Layer 2........................................................................ ..............................................................................................4 V-Shape........................................................................ ............................................................................................4 Common Designs ........................................................................ .............................................................................4 Next-Generation Data Centers........................................................................ ............................................................5 All Links Forwarding........................................................................ ..........................................................................6

Server Connectivity at 10 Gigabit Ethernet........................................................................

.......................................6 Fabric Extender........................................................................ .................................................................................6

Unified I/O

Support ........................................................................ ...........................................................................6

Cut-through Operations and Latency........................................................................

................................................6

Using Cisco Nexus Switches and vPC to Design Data Centers................................................................................6

Technology Overview........................................................................ ..........................................................................7 Virtual PortChannel........................................................................ ..........................................................................7 vPC Forwarding.................................................................. ..................................................................................8 vPC and VSS ........................................................................ .............................................................................11 Spanning Tree Protocol........................................................................ ..............................................................12

10 Gigabit Ethernet to the Server........................................................................

....................................................13 Teaming on the Server ........................................................................ ...................................................................13 Unified I/O........................................................................ .......................................................................................14 FCoE........................................................................ ..........................................................................................14

Virtual N-Ports and Virtual F-Ports........................................................................

.............................................14 The VLAN-VSAN Relationship........................................................................ ...................................................15 FIP Protocol ........................................................................ ...............................................................................15 IEEE DCB........................................................................ .......................................................................................15 DCBX........................................................................ .........................................................................................15 VN-Link and VN-TAG........................................................................ ......................................................................16

Cisco Nexus Products in This Design Guide ........................................................................

..................................17

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Overview........................................................................

................................................17

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Overview........................................................................

................................................18

Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Overview........................................................................

................................................18

Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Overview ........................................................................

.............................................19 Software Revisions ........................................................................ .........................................................................20

Core, Aggregation, and Access Layers........................................................................

...........................................20 Data Center Pods........................................................................ ...............................................................................21 Cabling Considerations........................................................................ ...................................................................21 For More Information........................................................................ .........................................................................22

Design Guide

© 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 3 of 22

Introduction

This collection of white papers provides guidelines for designing and deploying the access and aggregation layers in the data center using Cisco Nexus products.

This document covers the following topics:

PortChannel (Chapter 5)

Virtual PortChannels (Chapter 6)

This document is a natural extension of Data Center Design - IP Network Infrastructure published at the following

link: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Data_Center/DC_3_0/DC-3_0_IPInfra.html.

This document doesn't cover the integration of load balancers and firewalls in the data center, which is described in

the following publications: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Data_Center/nx_7000_dc.html and http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Data_Center/DC_3_0/dc_sec_design.html.

Current Environments

Most data centers today have been built using well-known Cisco multilayer topology with core, aggregation, and

access layers. Typical data centers use the concept of the pod, which is a building block for the access layer of the

data center. A pod may be made of several racks or an entire row of machines.

Consolidation

Most data centers are the result of a consolidation process that was facilitated by the availability of bandwidth to

connect remote locations to centralized data centers. During the consolidation process, enterprises and service

providers simplified the network and the storage infrastructure by adopting topologies that take advantage of virtual

local area networks (VLANs) and the virtual storage area network (VSAN) technology.

The same process of simplification is currently happening on the computing nodes. It involves both physical

consolidation by means of blade enclosures and server virtualization at the operating system (OS) level, which makes

it possible to run multiple instances of various operating systems on the same physical machine.

End of the Row and Top of the Rack

© 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information.

Chapter 1:

Data Center Design with

Cisco Nexus Switches and

Virtual PortChannel: Overview

Design Guide

© 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 2 of 22

Contents

Introduction........................................................................ ..........................................................................................3

Current Envi

ronments........................................................................ .........................................................................3 Consolidation........................................................................ ....................................................................................3

End of the Row and Top of the Rack ........................................................................

................................................3 Layer 2........................................................................ ..............................................................................................4 V-Shape........................................................................ ............................................................................................4 Common Designs ........................................................................ .............................................................................4 Next-Generation Data Centers........................................................................ ............................................................5 All Links Forwarding........................................................................ ..........................................................................6

Server Connectivity at 10 Gigabit Ethernet........................................................................

.......................................6 Fabric Extender........................................................................ .................................................................................6

Unified I/O

Support ........................................................................ ...........................................................................6

Cut-through Operations and Latency........................................................................

................................................6

Using Cisco Nexus Switches and vPC to Design Data Centers................................................................................6

Technology Overview........................................................................ ..........................................................................7 Virtual PortChannel........................................................................ ..........................................................................7 vPC Forwarding.................................................................. ..................................................................................8 vPC and VSS ........................................................................ .............................................................................11 Spanning Tree Protocol........................................................................ ..............................................................12

10 Gigabit Ethernet to the Server........................................................................

....................................................13 Teaming on the Server ........................................................................ ...................................................................13 Unified I/O........................................................................ .......................................................................................14 FCoE........................................................................ ..........................................................................................14

Virtual N-Ports and Virtual F-Ports........................................................................

.............................................14 The VLAN-VSAN Relationship........................................................................ ...................................................15 FIP Protocol ........................................................................ ...............................................................................15 IEEE DCB........................................................................ .......................................................................................15 DCBX........................................................................ .........................................................................................15 VN-Link and VN-TAG........................................................................ ......................................................................16

Cisco Nexus Products in This Design Guide ........................................................................

..................................17

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Overview........................................................................

................................................17

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Overview........................................................................

................................................18

Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Overview........................................................................

................................................18

Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Overview ........................................................................

.............................................19 Software Revisions ........................................................................ .........................................................................20

Core, Aggregation, and Access Layers........................................................................

...........................................20 Data Center Pods........................................................................ ...............................................................................21 Cabling Considerations........................................................................ ...................................................................21 For More Information........................................................................ .........................................................................22

Design Guide

© 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 3 of 22

Introduction

This collection of white papers provides guidelines for designing and deploying the access and aggregation layers in the data center using Cisco Nexus products.

This document covers the following topics:

PortChannel (Chapter 5)

Virtual PortChannels (Chapter 6)

This document is a natural extension of Data Center Design - IP Network Infrastructure published at the following

link: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Data_Center/DC_3_0/DC-3_0_IPInfra.html.

This document doesn't cover the integration of load balancers and firewalls in the data center, which is described in

the following publications: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Data_Center/nx_7000_dc.html and http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Data_Center/DC_3_0/dc_sec_design.html.

Current Environments

Most data centers today have been built using well-known Cisco multilayer topology with core, aggregation, and

access layers. Typical data centers use the concept of the pod, which is a building block for the access layer of the

data center. A pod may be made of several racks or an entire row of machines.

Consolidation

Most data centers are the result of a consolidation process that was facilitated by the availability of bandwidth to

connect remote locations to centralized data centers. During the consolidation process, enterprises and service

providers simplified the network and the storage infrastructure by adopting topologies that take advantage of virtual

local area networks (VLANs) and the virtual storage area network (VSAN) technology.

The same process of simplification is currently happening on the computing nodes. It involves both physical

consolidation by means of blade enclosures and server virtualization at the operating system (OS) level, which makes

it possible to run multiple instances of various operating systems on the same physical machine.

End of the Row and Top of the Rack