Cisco Nexus 9000 Series User manual

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Catena Configuration Guide, Release
7.x
First Published: 2017-05-16
Last Modified: 2017-12-08
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CONTENTS
Preface Preface v
Audience v
Document Conventions v
Related Documentation for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches vi
Documentation Feedback vi
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request vii
CHAPTER 1 New and Changed Information 1
New and Changed Information 1
CHAPTER 2 Configuring the Catena Solution 3
About the Catena Solution 3
Catena Feature Overview 3
Benefits of Catena 4
Licensing Requirements for Catena 4
Guidelines and Limitations for Catena 5
Enabling Chaining using Deployment Modes 5
Transparent Mode 6
TCAM Based Load Balancing 6
Hash-Load Balancing 6
Routed Mode 7
VRF Support 7
Catena Configuration Process 7
Enabling or Disabling the Catena Solution 8
Configuring a Port Group 8
Configuring a VLAN Group 9
Configuring a Device Group 10
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Configuring an IP ACL 12
Configuring a Port ACL 13
Configuring a Catena Instance 14
Enabling a Catena Instance 15
Verifying the Catena Configuration 16
Displaying Catena Analytics 17
Configuration Examples of Catena Instances 17
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Contents

Preface
This preface includes the following sections:
•Audience, page v
•Document Conventions, page v
•Related Documentation for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches, page vi
•Documentation Feedback, page vi
•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request, page vii
Audience
This publication is for network administrators who install, configure, and maintain Cisco Nexus switches.
Document Conventions
Command descriptions use the following conventions:
DescriptionConvention
Bold text indicates the commands and keywords that you enter literally
as shown.
bold
Italic text indicates arguments for which the user supplies the values.
Italic
Square brackets enclose an optional element (keyword or argument).[x]
Square brackets enclosing keywords or arguments separated by a vertical
bar indicate an optional choice.
[x | y]
Braces enclosing keywords or arguments separated by a vertical bar
indicate a required choice.
{x | y}
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DescriptionConvention
Nested set of square brackets or braces indicate optional or required
choices within optional or required elements. Braces and a vertical bar
within square brackets indicate a required choice within an optional
element.
[x {y | z}]
Indicates a variable for which you supply values, in context where italics
cannot be used.
variable
A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the
string or the string will include the quotation marks.
string
Examples use the following conventions:
DescriptionConvention
Terminal sessions and information the switch displays are in screen font.screen font
Information you must enter is in boldface screen font.boldface screen font
Arguments for which you supply values are in italic screen font.
italic screen font
Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are in angle brackets.< >
Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.[ ]
An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line
of code indicates a comment line.
!, #
Related Documentation for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches
The entire Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switch documentation set is available at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps13386/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
Documentation Feedback
To provide technical feedback on this document, or to report an error or omission, please send your comments
to [email protected]. We appreciate your feedback.
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Related Documentation for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
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Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

CHAPTER 1
New and Changed Information
This chapter provides release-specific information for each new and changed feature in the Cisco Nexus
9000 Series NX-OS Catena Configuration Guide, Release 7.x..
•New and Changed Information, page 1
New and Changed Information
This table summarizes the new and changed features for the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Catena
Configuration Guide and where they are documented.
Table 1: New and Changed Features
Where DocumentedChanged
in
Release
DescriptionFeature
Configuring the Catena
Solution, on page 3
7.0(3)I7(1)Introduced this feature.Hash load balancing
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NX-OS Catena Configuration
Guide
7.0(3)I6(1)Introduced this feature.The Catena solution
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New and Changed Information