Before we get to the notes on the FEXs, Im adding
these links below as an afterthought to this series. This Nexus install
was a four part series, this page being part three. Here are the links
to the others if you are interested.
For the notes on the install of the 5000s/2000s and how to configure a redundant setup, click here.For the notes on the vPC connections, click here.
For some config examples without explanations, click here.
Here are some notes about the FEXs (2232PP) that I learned on this install. One thing I wanted to point out is that when the FEX boots up, or the N5K boots up (whichever is the case), the FEXs take some time to come 'online'. In this case below, Ill be showing two FEXs coming back online after a N5K reboots. Here are the 'show fex' outputs that I saw while waiting on them to come up:
N5K-2# sh fex
FEX FEX FEX FEX
Number Description State Model Serial
------------------------------------------------------------------------
100 FEX0100 Connected N2K-C2232PP-10GE SSIXXXXXX1
101 FEX0101 Connected N2K-C2232PP-10GE SSIXXXXXX2
After a few minutes:
N5K-2# sh fex
FEX FEX FEX FEX
Number Description State Model Serial
------------------------------------------------------------------------
100 FEX0100 Online Sequence N2K-C2232PP-10GE SSIXXXXXX1
101 FEX0101 Connected N2K-C2232PP-10GE SSIXXXXXX2
A little more waiting:
2009 Apr 1 20:52:51 N5K-2 %$ VDC-1 %$ %PFMA-2-FEX_STATUS: Fex 100 is online
2009 Apr 1 20:52:51 N5K-2 %$ VDC-1 %$ %NOHMS-2-NOHMS_ENV_FEX_ONLINE: FEX-100 On-line
2009 Apr 1 20:52:52 N5K-2 %$ VDC-1 %$ %PFMA-2-FEX_STATUS: Fex 100 is online
N5K-2# sh fex
FEX FEX FEX FEX
Number Description State Model Serial
------------------------------------------------------------------------
100 FEX0100 Online N2K-C2232PP-10GE SSIXXXXXX1
101 FEX0101 Connected N2K-C2232PP-10GE SSIXXXXXX2
More waiting:
N5K-2# sh fex
FEX FEX FEX FEX
Number Description State Model Serial
------------------------------------------------------------------------
100 FEX0100 Online N2K-C2232PP-10GE SSIXXXXXX1
101 FEX0101 Online Sequence N2K-C2232PP-10GE SSIXXXXXX2
And we arrive:
2009 Apr 1 20:53:34 N5K-2 %$ VDC-1 %$ %PFMA-2-FEX_STATUS: Fex 101 is online
2009 Apr 1 20:53:34 N5K-2 %$ VDC-1 %$ %NOHMS-2-NOHMS_ENV_FEX_ONLINE: FEX-101 On-line
2009 Apr 1 20:53:37 N5K-2 %$ VDC-1 %$ %PFMA-2-FEX_STATUS: Fex 101 is online
N5K-2# sh fex
FEX FEX FEX FEX
Number Description State Model Serial
------------------------------------------------------------------------
100 FEX0100 Online N2K-C2232PP-10GE SSIXXXXXX1
101 FEX0101 Online N2K-C2232PP-10GE SSIXXXXXX2
I just found this interesting. Be patient, these take time to come 'online'.
