This step by step on how to add new Nexus 2000 (N2K) to Nexus 5000 (N5K)
Before apply, issue
command sh fex and sh interface fex, this will show you fex is
connected, but not online
FEX
FEX FEX FEX
Number
Description State Model Serial
------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
-------- Connected
N2K-C2248TP-1GE JAF1453BPRB
Then check to which
interface this fex is connected to, sh interface
fex
Fabric Fabric Fex FEX
Fex Port Port State Uplink
Model Serial
---------------------------------------------------------------
--- Eth1/12 Discovered 1 N2K-C2248TP-1GE JAF1453BPRB
1.create
new Fex instant
-use
fex-id range number between 100-199
-choose
10G Ethernet ports
fex <fex-id>
pinning max-links
<1-4>
description <des..>
2.create
new port channel and vPC
Interface port-channel <id>
description <des..>
switchport mode fex-fabric
vpc <vpc-id>
fex associate <fex-id
created above>
3.bind
port to the PO created above
interface Ethernet1/9
description <des...>
fex associate
<fex-id>
switchport mode fex-fabric
channel-group <PO-id>
Example.
once finish issue
command sh fex again to make sure the new
fabric extender is online (it'll download image from N5K before it become fully
online, may take some time)
FEX
FEX FEX FEX
Number
Description State Model Serial
------------------------------------------------------------------------
112
aus-b3-gp4-l9-fex12
Online N2K-C2248TP-1GE JAF1453BPRB
Usually each N5K in
Austin only server 1 vlan, in this case we can just assign all the new port in
one shot
interface ethernet 112/1/1 - 48
switchport
access vlan 2015
spanning-tree
port type edge
spanning-tree
bpdufilter enable