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N5548-Top (config-if)# interface ethernet 1/9
N5548-Top(config-if)# channel-group 20
N5548-Top(config-if)# interface ethernet 1/10
N5548-Top(config-if)# channel-group 20
N5548-Top(config-if)# interface port-channel 20
N5548-Top(config-if)# vpc peer-link
Please note that spanning tree port type is changed to “network” port type on vPC
peer-link.
This will enable spanning tree Bridge Assurance on vPC peer-link provided the STP
Bridge Assurance
(which is enabled by default) is not disabled.
N5548-Bottom(config-if)#
5. Check the vPC status.
N5548-Bottom(config-if)# show vpc
Legend:
(*) - local vPC is down, forwarding via vPC peer-link
vPC domain id : 5
Peer status : peer adjacency formed ok
vPC keep-alive status : peer is alive
Configuration consistency status: success
Per-vlan consistency status : success
Type-2 consistency status : success
vPC role : primary
Number of vPCs configured : 0
Peer Gateway : Disabled
Dual-active excluded VLANs : -
Graceful Consistency Check : Enabled
vPC Peer-link status
---------------------------------------------------------------------
id Port Status Active vlans
-- ---- ------ --------------------------------------------------
1 Po20 up 1
N5548-Bottom(config-if)#
Now the two switches have been configured to support vPC links to other devices. These connections can be used
for upstream links to the data center core. These vPC links can be used for connections to hosts in the data center,
allowing additional bandwidth and redundant links.
