Configuring The Suspension Of Orphan Ports - Cisco 7604-RSP720C-R Configuration Manual

Configuring vPCs
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Configuring the Suspension of Orphan Ports

When a device that is not vPC-capable connects to each peer, the connected ports are known as orphan
ports because they are not members of a vPC. Beginning with Cisco NX-OS Release 5.2(1), you can
explicitly declare phyiscal interfaces as orphan ports to be suspended (shut down) by the secondary peer
when it suspends its vPC ports in response to a peer link or peer-keepalive failure. The orphan ports are
restored when the vPC is restored.
You can configure orphan port suspension only on physical ports, not on port channels.
Note
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Ensure that you have enabled the vPC feature.
Ensure that you are in the correct VDC (or use the switchto vdc command).
SUMMARY STEPS
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DETAILED STEPS
Command
Step 1
configure terminal
Example:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)#
Step 2
show vpc orphan-ports
Example:
switch# show vpc orphan-ports
Step 3
interface type slot/port
Example:
switch(config)# interface ethernet 3/1
switch(config-if)#
Step 4
vpc orphan-ports suspend
Example:
switch(config-if)# vpc orphan-ports
suspend
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configure terminal
show vpc orphan-ports
interface type slot/port
vpc orphan-ports suspend
exit
(Optional) copy running-config startup-config
Purpose
Enters global configuration mode.
(Optional) Displays a list of the orphan ports.
Specifies an interface to configure, and enters
interface configuration mode.
Configures the selected interface as a vPC orphan
port to be suspended by the secondary peer in case
of vPC failure.
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