06-20-2012 08:25 AM
I am trying to configure our Nexus 2K's for our ASA 5520 management ports. We have 2 bundles (4 mgmt0 ports) and when i connect them to the 2K's the interfaces continue to show disconnected. I have attempted to put the ASA MGMT0 interface directly into our 5K's with a GLCT-s but still the link lights dont appear and nothing comes up. When i plug the same cable attached to the MGMT0 port of the ASA's to a catalyst switch or my own laptop i get link lights and everything begins to work. What am I missing on the Nexus switches so the MGMT interfaces show up?
BTW the fex come back as up and online with no errors, so i dont think it is a fex configuration (but it could be).
Thanks for the help in advance!
06-20-2012 09:08 AM
when you connect the asa 5520 management ports to catalyst switch or your laptop, do you know whether they are coming up with 100mb speed ? Not sure if asa is auto negotiating at lower speeds. just curious.
Vin.
06-20-2012 09:25 AM
ASA 5510 and 5520 has 100mbps mgmt ports.
Interface Management0/0 "failover", is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is i82557, BW 100 Mbps, DLY 100 usec
Auto-Duplex(Full-duplex), Auto-Speed(100 Mbps)
You need FEX that is capable of 100 Mbps like 2248 and set speed manually to 100mbps on FEX port using speed command.
Also note that non of the nexus family of switches (5K and 2K atleast) negotiates to half duplex.
06-20-2012 09:40 AM
ok, if that is the case.. and if you have 2248 fex, then under fex hif interface you need to configure 'speed 100' command explicitly and making sure duplex full. That should bring up the port. If you have any other type of fex, this will not work. Also the n5k base ports dont support 100mb so it wont work when connected directly to n5k.
Vin
06-20-2012 09:51 AM
Just to confirm we have the 2232TM, which wont support 100mb? So this configuration wont work?
Thanks again for the quick responses!
06-20-2012 09:58 AM
correct .. please look at the below Nexus 2000 data sheet
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps9441/ps10110/data_sheet_c78-507093.html
Table 1. Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Specifications
The Cisco Nexus 2232TM 1/10GBASE-T Fabric Extender supports scalable 1/10GBASE-T environments, ease of migration from 1GBASE-T to 10GBASE-T, and effective reuse of existing structured cabling. It comes with an uplink module that supports eight 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric interfaces.
2224TP, 2248TP, 2248TP-E support 100mb. 2232TM does not.
Thanks, Vin
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