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VDC Part 1

VDC (Virtual Device Context) allows the division of a physical Nexus chassis into multiple virtual switches, enabling independent command execution in each VDC. Users require specific privileges to create, modify, or manage VDCs, and commands such as 'Show VDC' and 'Switchto VDC' facilitate navigation and management of these contexts. Global changes affect all VDCs, and physical connections between VDCs require careful handling to avoid loops in the network.

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VDC Part 1

VDC (Virtual Device Context) allows the division of a physical Nexus chassis into multiple virtual switches, enabling independent command execution in each VDC. Users require specific privileges to create, modify, or manage VDCs, and commands such as 'Show VDC' and 'Switchto VDC' facilitate navigation and management of these contexts. Global changes affect all VDCs, and physical connections between VDCs require careful handling to avoid loops in the network.

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REVIEW- VDC Part 1

Important Points – VDC ( Part 1)

• VDC stands for Virtual Device Context

• We can virtually divide a physical Nexus chassis in to multiple virtual chassis i.e. VDC.
Each VDC means a different switch( virtually). You can run all commands in each
Switches ( VDCs).
• You have to use cables between VDCs if you want to form trunk or any connection for
transferring data because VDCs mean different switches. Physically – It will appear as a
loop if both VDCs are part of same physical chassis.

• Creation, Deletion, Modification of VDCs can be done from Default VDC only.
• By default – a physical complete chassis is known as DEFAULT VDC or ADMIN VDC
• User should have VDC-admin privileges to do changes in your VDC. To be able to
operate all VDCs- you need to be “Network-Admin”
• Command “Show VDC” is used to list all of the available VDCs.
• Supervisor engine defines the no. of VDCs we can create in Nexus 7K Switch.
• For Sup1- we can create 4 VDCs including “default vdc”
• For Sup2- Total of 5VDCs can be created- out of which one will be default VDC.
• You can verify the Supervisor Engines using “Show module” command.
• We move switchports in to other VDCs from Default VDC. So if let’s say you moved port
eth3/4 in to VDC 4 then e3/4 administration will happen from VDC4.
• If you want to move port ETH3/4 back to Default VDC from VDC4- then this operation
can only happen from “admin or default vdc” i.e. not from VDC4
• User of VDC 3 cannot “view or operate” ports of VDC4.
• Use the command “ Show vdc membership” to view port allocation in each VDCs.
Admin can view memberships of all VDCs.
• Control Plane i.e. CPU, memory is divided between each VDCs.
• Users of VDC3 will consider other VDCs as different switches- even though all are
physically on same chassis.
• If you want to “move or switch” between VDCs – Then use the command “ Switchto
VDC VDC-NUMBER” . You do not have to do Telnet or SSH or Console. So this is very
important command.
• In case you want to return to your own VDC, then use the command “ Switchback”
• Remember that you can’t upgrade the IOS or Update License from “Non-default VDC”
• If any global change is made- It will have impact on all VDCs. So “network-admin”
should cautiously make changes.

Creating & Configuring VDCs


Step 1:
❑Log in to the default VDC with a username that has the network-admin role.
Step 2 :
Enter configuration mode and create the VDC using the default settings.
Switch# configure terminal
Switch(config)# vdc MyVDC
Note: Creating VDC, one moment please ...
Switch(config-vdc)#

Step 3 :
Allocate interfaces to the VDC. Switch(config-vdc)# allocate interface ethernet 2/1-11
Step 4 :
Verify the VDC configuration.
Switch(config-vdc)# show vdc MyVDC
vdc_id vdc_name state mac
2 MyVDC active 00:00:00:00:00:00

Step 5 :
Switch to the new VDC Switch(config-vdc)# switchto vdc MyVDC

Commands we learned So far

Show VDC

Show module

Switchto VDC VDC-Number

Switchback

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