It’s now 4 days since the exam and my mind comes slowly to the point to accept that the journey to the CCIE DC had home to a very successful end. And what a ride has it been. From a very slow start about 12 months ago. To the first time i felt a bit confident after the INE Bootcamp in January, just to hit the bottom again a few weeks later after Cisco Live where i had attended the CCIE DC Techtorial. That was a point that made me…
Month: August 2017
APIC: APIC doesn’t find the Leaf Switches
There can be a nasty little problem (you might want to call it bug) that prevents the APIC from discovering the connected Nexus Leaf Switches. The reason behind it is that after an CIMC Update and/or wipe of the CIMC it can happen that LLDP is enabled on the VIC Card. The problem here is that if it is enabled on the VIC, the LLDP messages get intercepted by the Firmware on the VIC and never reach the APIC Software. So the APIC can’t discover the Leaf’s. Here’s how to…