Fabric Interconnects can connect to northbound Nexus switches either directly or using a port channel/vPC. Port channel configuration, which not only load-balances bandwidth utilization but also avoids unnecessary reconvergence in the case of partial link failures, is recommended as multiple uplink ports can be aggregated.
Use the following procedure to verify northbound port channel configuration and the operational state:
- Log in to UCS Manager.
- Click on the
LAN
tab in the navigation pane. - In the
LAN Cloud
tab, expandFabric A
andPort Channels
. - In the work pane, the
Status
ofPort Channels
is shown in theGeneral
tab as follows:
- The
Ports
tab shows member ports and theFaults
tab shows any faults as shown in the following screenshot:
The following screenshot shows the error message that is displayed when a port channel cannot be brought up due to a mismatch in speed between the Fabric Interconnects and uplink Nexus ports:
Some other...