[c-nsp] nexus 5xx vpc peer keepalives

[Ryan West]

Lincoln,

> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 2:55 AM
> To: <Christopher.Marget at usc-bt.com>
> 
> 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..
> 

This is what I had understood as well.  Is there any documentation about the information sent on the keepalive link?  Does the frequency remain the same, regardless of traffic on the box?  Even at 400ms intervals, is it still going to be a very small stream?

Thanks,

-ryan