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Chapter
16
VCS Management
In this chapter
• VCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
• Logical chassis cluster operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
• Serial firmware update and activation for Network OS devices . . . . . . . . . 476
• Support for Network OS VDX 2740 embedded switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
• Network OS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
• VCS product groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
• Port profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
• System Monitor support on Network OS VDX platforms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
• Ethernet fabric traceroute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
VCS
Network OS VCS TM technology is a Layer 2 Ethernet technology that allows you to create flatter,
virtualized, and converged data center networks. VCS technology is scalable, permitting you to
expand your network at your own pace.
VCS technology comprises the following concepts:
• Ethernet fabric
• Distributed intelligence
• Logical chassis
When two or more VCS mode-enabled switches are connected together, they form an Ethernet
fabric and exchange information among each other to implement distributed intelligence. To the
rest of the network, the Ethernet fabric appears as a single logical chassis.