[c-nsp] asa 8.4 + etherchannel + nexus7k

[Ryan West]

On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 14:27:18, Federico Cossu wrote:
> Subject: [c-nsp] asa 8.4 + etherchannel + nexus7k
> 
> hi all,
> i can't find any useful information about connecting ASA 8.4 
> etherchannels to
> 2 different nexus7K, where the 2 nexus devices are aggregating 
> channels with vPC.
> the idea is to trunk inside, outside and failover vlan to ASA and let 
> it manage routing between them.
> 
8.4 supports LACP, so you should be fine to configure in this manner.  Might want to consider a direct cable for the failover though.

> no L3 dynamic routing between asa <---> nexus, my concern is that the 
> nexus are also the L2/L3 boundary for the servers vlan, server have 
> their default gateway on the nexus (hsrp).
> 
> configuration guide cites only vss, not vpc unfortunately.
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa84/configuration/guide
> /
> interface_start.html#wp1329030
> 
> thank you all for any shared information or experience.
> bye

-ryan