Cisco Nexus 9200, Nexus 9000 Series, Nexus 9236C, Nexus 9272Q, Nexus 92160YC-X Series Manual
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS IP Fabric for Media Solution Guide, Release 7.0(3)I4(2)
First Published: 2016-07-15
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CONTENTS
Preface
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
Preface v
Audience v
Document Conventions v
Related Documentation for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches vi
Documentation Feedback vi
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request vii
New and Changed Information 1
New and Changed Information 1
Overview of Cisco’s IP Fabric for Media Solution 3
About the IP Fabric for Media Solution 3
Cisco Nexus 9200 Series Switches 3
IP Fabric for Media Topology 4
Failure Handling 4
Benefits of the IP Fabric for Media Solution 5
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
Setting Up the IP Fabric for Media 7
Determining the Number and Types of Leaf Switches Required in the IP Fabric 7
Determining the Number of Achievable Flows in the IP Fabric 9
Configuring IP Fabric for Media 11
Prerequisites 11
Guidelines and Limitations 11
Configuring NBM 12
Licensing Requirements 12
Configuring NBM 12
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Contents
Verifying the NBM Configuration 14
Displaying NBM Flows and Flow Statistics 14
Configuring PTP for Media 15
Configuration Example 18
Related Documentation 18
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This preface includes the following sections:
Audience, page v
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Document Conventions, page v
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Related Documentation for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches, page vi
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Documentation Feedback, page vi
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Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request, page vii
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Audience
This publication is for network administrators who install, configure, and maintain Cisco Nexus switches.
Document Conventions
Command descriptions use the following conventions:
DescriptionConvention
bold
Italic
[x | y]
{x | y}
Bold text indicates the commands and keywords that you enter literally
as shown.
Italic text indicates arguments for which the user supplies the values.
Square brackets enclose an optional element (keyword or argument).[x]
Square brackets enclosing keywords or arguments separated by a vertical
bar indicate an optional choice.
Braces enclosing keywords or arguments separated by a vertical bar
indicate a required choice.
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DescriptionConvention
[x {y | z}]
variable
string
Examples use the following conventions:
italic screen font
Nested set of square brackets or braces indicate optional or required
choices within optional or required elements. Braces and a vertical bar
within square brackets indicate a required choice within an optional
element.
Indicates a variable for which you supply values, in context where italics
cannot be used.
A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the
string or the string will include the quotation marks.
DescriptionConvention
Terminal sessions and information the switch displays are in screen font.screen font
Information you must enter is in boldface screen font.boldface screen font
Arguments for which you supply values are in italic screen font.
Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are in angle brackets.< >
Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.[ ]
!, #
An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line
of code indicates a comment line.
Related Documentation for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches
The entire Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switch documentation set is available at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps13386/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
Documentation Feedback
To provide technical feedback on this document, or to report an error or omission, please send your comments
to nexus9k-docfeedback@cisco.com. We appreciate your feedback.
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Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
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New and Changed Information
This chapter provides release-specific information for each new and changed feature in the Cisco Nexus
9000 Series NX-OS IP Fabric for Media Solution Guide, Release 7.0(3)I4(2).
New and Changed Information, page 1
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New and Changed Information
This table summarizes the new and changed features for the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS IP Fabric for
Media Solution Guide, Release 7.0(3)I4(2) and tells you where they are documented.
Table 1: New and Changed Features for Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I4(2)
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IP fabric for media
DescriptionFeature
Release
7.0(3)I4(2)First release.
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Where DocumentedChanged in
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