[c-nsp] nexus 5xx vpc peer keepalives

[Lincoln Dale]

On 04/05/2010, at 6:01 AM, Charles Spurgeon wrote:

> On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 10:19:53AM +1000, Lincoln Dale wrote:
> 
>> the keepalive link is not mandatory - but certainly best practice would be for it to be operational as much as possible rather than having it on a network that didn't have the same availability as your primary data path.
> 
> In our tests, unless there is a working vpc keepalive the vpc peer
> link will not be brought up when an N5K reloads.

let me be more specific then so as to remove any confusion:
	the keepalive links is NOT MANDATORY during normal system operation.
	however, note that there MUST BE L3 connectivity for the vPC keepalive link between the vPC peer switches PRIOR to a VPC domain going active.

cheers,

lincoln.