Configuring Switch Profiles - Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Configuration Manual
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Configuring Switch Profiles
• Synchronizing configurations when an ISSU is performed on one switch and a configuration change is
Configuring Switch Profiles
You can create and configure a switch profile. Enter the switch-profile name command in the configuration
synchronization mode (config-sync).
Before You Begin
You must create the switch profile with the same name on each switch and the switches must configure each
other as a peer. When connectivity is established between switches with the same active switch profile, the
switch profiles are synchronized.
Procedure
Step 1
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Step 5
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If a configuration change is made on only one switch, a merge will occur when the mgmt0 interface
comes up and the configuration is applied on the other switch.
made on the peer switch—In a vPC topology, configuration changes on the peer switch are not allowed
when an ISSU is performed on the other switch. In topologies without vPCs, configuration changes are
allowed and the switch undergoing an ISSU will synchronize new configurations when the upgrade is
complete.
Command or Action
configure terminal
Example:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)#
cfs ipv4 distribute
Example:
switch(config)# cfs ipv4 distribute
switch(config)#
config sync
Example:
switch# config sync
switch(config-sync)#
switch-profile name
Example:
switch(config-sync)# switch-profile abc
switch(config-sync-sp)#
sync-peers destination IP-address
Example:
switch(config-sync-sp)# sync-peers
destination 10.1.1.1
switch(config-sync-sp)#
Configuring Switch Profiles
Purpose
Enters global configuration mode.
Enables CFS distribution between the peer
switches.
Enters the configuration synchronization
mode.
Configures the switch profile, names the
switch profile, and enters the switch profile
synchronization configuration mode.
Configures the peer switch.
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