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two chassis together into a single, logical entity. This technology allows for
enhancements in all areas of network design, including high availability, scalability,
management, and maintenance.
The Virtual Switching System is created by converting two standalone Catalyst 6500
systems to a Virtual Switching System. The conversion is a one-time process that
requires a few simple configuration steps and a system reload. Once the individual
chassis reload, they are converted into the Virtual Switching System.
All control plane functions are centrally managed by the active supervisor engine of
the active virtual switch chassis, including:
Management (Simple Network Management Protocol [SNMP], Telnet, Secure Shell
[SSH] Protocol, etc.)
Layer 2 Protocols (bridge protocol data units [BPDUs], protocol data units [PDUs],
Link Aggregation Control
Protocol [LACP], etc.)
Layer 3 Protocols (routing protocols, etc.)
Software data path
The requirements to convert the 6500 into a Virtual Switching System are:
The VSS requires Supervisor Engine 720 with 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports. You must
use either two VS-S720-10G-3C or two VS-S720-10G-3CXL supervisor engine
modules.
The VSS requires 67xx series switching modules.
The VSL EtherChannel supports only 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports.
To convert two standalone chassis into a VSS, perform the following activities:
1. Configure each chassis as a VSS
2. Convert to a VSS
3. Configure the dual-active detection (optional)
4. Configure the switch priority (optional)
CiscozineA(config-vs-domain)#switch 1
CiscozineA#
CiscozineB(config-vs-domain)#switch 2
CiscozineB#
Choose unique port-channel IDs for each chassis to form the VSL and configure them
with the corresponding switch ID:
CiscozineA(config)#interface port-channel 1
CiscozineA(config-if)#no shut
CiscozineA(config-if)#exit
CiscozineA(config-if-range)#no shutdown
CiscozineA#
CiscozineB(config)#interface port-channel 2
CiscozineB(config-if)#no shut
CiscozineB(config-if)#exit
CiscozineB(config-if-range)#channel-group 2 mode on
CiscozineB(config-if-range)#no shutdown
CiscozineB#
2. Convert to a VSS
once the conversion is complete and the switches have come up in VSS mode.
Do you want to proceed? [yes/no]: yes
Building configuration...
[OK]
Conversion.
debugging output.
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debugging output.
Wait more or less five minutes, then convert the second switch.
once the conversion is complete and the switches have come up in VSS mode.
Building configuration...
[OK]
Conversion.
debugging output.
processor
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*Sep 15 12:38:19.152: %SYS-SP-3-LOGGER_FLUSHING: System pausing to ensure console
debugging output.
CiscozineVSS#conf t
CiscozineVSS#(config)#redundancy
CiscozineVSS#(config-red)#
CiscozineVSS#(config-red)#main-cpu
Note: If the dual-active detection is not configured, the system will suggest to
implement it!
CiscozineVSS(config)#int gi1/2/1
CiscozineVSS(config-if)#dual-active fast-hello
CiscozineVSS(config-if)#no shut
CiscozineVSS(config-if)#int gi2/2/1
CiscozineVSS(config-if)#dual-active fast-hello
CiscozineVSS(config-if)#no shut
CiscozineVSS(config-if)#
detection capable
My suggestion is to statically define the switch priority (an higher-priority value assumes
the active virtual switch role):
CiscozineVSS(config-vs-domain)#switch 2 priority 90
operational value.
Change will take effect after config is saved and switch 1 is reloaded.
operational value.
Change will take effect after config is saved and switch 1 is reloaded.
Multichassis EtherChannel
Ciscozine-L2#
For these reasons, on the Ciscozine-L2 is possible define the port-channel10 with the
interfaces Gi0/1 and Gi0/2. To find more informations about etherchannel read
this article.
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CiscozineVSS#
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TRUE V 1 1 1
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Flags : V - Valid
CiscozineVSS#
Peer Switch Id = 2
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BOOT = bootdisk:s72033-adventerprisek9-mz.151-2.SY.bin,12;
BOOT = bootdisk:s72033-adventerprisek9-mz.151-2.SY.bin,12;
CiscozineVSS#
Note: After the VSS conversation, some show commands have the feature to view the
output of individual switch! For instance, to see the modules of the second switch use
show module switch 2.
Reload commands:
redundancy force-switchover
References:
http://www.cisco.com//configuration/guide/book/vss.html
http://www.cisco.com//network-modules/white_paper_c11_429338.pdf
Summary
Article Name
Cisco VSS configuration
Description
The VSS allows the clustering of two chassis together into a single, logical entity. This
technology allows for enhancements in all areas of network design, including high
availability, scalability, management, and maintenance.