[c-nsp] nexus 5xx vpc peer keepalives

[Lincoln Dale]

On 01/05/2010, at 10:09 PM, <Christopher.Marget at usc-bt.com> <Christopher.Marget at usc-bt.com> wrote:
> It hasn't given me any surprises.  TAC reviewed it, told me I should be fine, didn't seem to share my (or the OP's) concern about making the keepalive robust.

the L3 (IP) based vPC keepalive is purely intended to assist in dealing with split-brain if the vPC peer-link is non-functional.

having simultaneous failure of both would be an unusual circumstance, particularly if you follow best-practice on the vPC peer-link itself..


cheers,

lincoln.