Cisco Nexus 7000 FAQs

1. What are the 7K model available?
Answer:- 7004 , 7009 , 7010 and 7018

2. Is 7004 supports all Fabric Modules?
Answer:- No, Fabric module is not present in 7004 whereas all other Nexus 7K needs fabric module to work.

3. In 7k, Can we use supervisor slot for line cards?
Answer :- No, we cannot use supervisor slots for line card.

4. Is Sup-1 supported in all 7k models?
Answer :- No, Sup-1 is not supported in 7004 whereas all other model supports Sup-1.

5. Is fab-1 supported in all 7K models?
Answer:- No, Fab-1 is not supported in 7004 and 7009.

6. Can we use  non-XL M1 model in all 7K?
Answer:- No, non-XL model is not supported in 7004.

7. Can we use mix of Fab-1 and Fab-2 in single chassis?
Answer:- Yes but only one fabric version (1 or 2) is recommended in a chassis.

8. Can we use Fabric module of 7009 to 7018?
Answer: No, we cannot use Fabric module of one model to another.

9. Can we create port-channel with one M-card port and other in F-card port?
Answer:- No, it is not possible to bundle M-series and F-port.

10. Is it possible to create port-channel with M-series on one end an other end is F card?
Answer:- We cannot make port-channel with M port at one end and F at other side.

11. Are FCOE and Fabricpath supported on M-series card?
Answer:- No, Fabricpath and FCOE are not supported on M-series line cards.

12. Is Mixing I/O modules on the same side of a port channel supported?

Answer: No, Mixing of IO modules in a port-channel is not supported.

13. Can we configure LACP on half duplex port?

Answer: - LACP does not support half-duplex mode. Half-duplex ports in LACP port channels are put in the suspended state.

14.  Does nexus 7000 series support fragmentation?

Answer:- No, Nexus 7k doesn't support fragmentation and reassembly.

15. Is dense-mode supported on Nexus 7k?

Answer:- No, Nexus 7k only support PIM sparse mode.