1.
HSRP
- HSRPv1
0000.0C07.AC XX (XX = Group Number) - Multicast = 224.0.0.2
Group number = 0 - 255
- HSRPv2
0000.0C9F.F XXX (XXX = Group Number) - Multicast 224.0.0.102
Group Number = 0 - 4095
2. Bidirectional PIM has been invented for networks where we have many sources and
receivers talking to each other. PIM Sparse mode RP builds 2 entries *, G and S, G
but when we use PIM bidirectional mode, the RP will never build a S,G entry and, it
only
allow the *,G entry.
3. vPC Peer-Gateway (Active Gateway):
- In normal Hot Standby Router Protocol operation, the active HSRP interface
answers ARP requests, but with a vPC, both HSRP interfaces (active and standby) can
forward traffic.
- The most significant difference between the HSRP implementation of a non-vPC
configuration and a vPC configuration is that the HSRP MAC addresses of a vPC
configuration are programmed with the G (gateway) flag on both systems, compared
with a non-vPC
configuration, in which only the active HSRP interface can program the MAC address
with the G flag. Given this fact, routable traffic can be forwarded by both the vPC
primary device (with HSRP) and the vPC secondary device (with HSRP), with no need
to
send this traffic to the HSRP primary device. Without this flag, traffic sent to
the MAC address would not be routed.
4. Cisco UCS: If you have just cabled the FI and not connected any chassis, then HA
will not form, as it requires the chassis and backplane heartbeat to complete the
HA state.
5. Cisco OTV: On primary, we need to setup ‘otv-adjacency-server unicast-only’ and
on secondary besides that, we need to configure ‘otv use-adjacency-server <IP
address from primary join interface> unicast only.
6. vPC Peer-Gateway (STP):
- The vPC peer-switch feature allows both vPC Peers to simultaneously act as the
STP root.
- With this feature enabled both vPC Peers will be able to process BPDUs, and
they’ll use the vPC system MAC to appear as a single logical unit.
- One of the requirements is that both vPC Peers must have the same STP priority
configured. This enhancement should only be used in the vPC Domain which is the
root for all VLANs in the network.
7. SPAN:
- The Ethernet, FC, vFC, port channel, SAN port channel can be used as SPAN source
ports.
- A SPAN source port cannot be a destination SPAN port.
8. Strict unicast RPF:
- uRPF = Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding has two modes - Strict and Loose.
- Strict Mode = Reachable-via RX = Check routing-table AND need to be the same
interface to reach the source.
- Loose Mode = Reachable-via ANY = Only check the routing-table.
9. Cisco Multihomed OTV:
- If the first site has been set up with a primary and secondary adjacency server
then the configuration must be added to the remote OTV AED site is that we need to
add both IP's for the primary and secondary adjacency server when using a unicast
only design.
10. Cloud Computing
Traditional IT is responsible for Application, Data, Runtime, Middleware, OS,
Virtualization, Servers, Storage, Networking.
- IaaS = Infrastructure as a Service - The customer is responsible for OS,
Virtualization, Servers, Storage, Networking.
- SaaS = Software as a Service - The software is deployed by the cloud provider ג€"
Customer is responsible for nothing.
- PaaS = Platform as a Service - Software can be deployed by the customer building
their own application | is responsible for Data and Application.
11. PIM
When you restart PIM, the following tasks are performed:
- The PIM database is deleted.
- The MRIB and MFIB are unaffected and forwarding of traffic continues.
- The multicast route ownership is verified through the MRIB.
- Periodic PIM join and prune messages from neighbors are used to repopulate the
database.
12. System Checkpoint:
Cisco NX-OS can automatically generate system checkpoints to help you avoid a loss
of configuration information. System checkpoints are generated by the following
events:
- When an enabled feature is disabled with the no feature command.
- When an instance of a Layer 3 protocol is removed, such as with the no router bgp
command or the no ip pim sparse-mode command.
