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In the above figure it can be observed that MXL-1 and MXL-2 each have a 4-port LAG/PortChannel
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changed to meet the needs of any particular configuration. Also in this example 4 ports were used for
the vPC “Peer Link”, this number also can be changed to adapt to a different configuration. The vPC
Peer Link will be sharing VLAN traffic from the vPC uplinks, so they should be planned in an appropriate
manner to avoid oversubscription. The “Peer Keep-Alive” link is suggested to be configured to utilize
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The two Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches are considered vPC peer switches.
