Connectivity between Nexus VDC and vPC

[mikemoore72]

I recently read that by using VDCs you could virtualize a multilayer swtiched network.  In the attached drawing I tried to imagine creating two VDCs on each physical switch.  I then attempted to draw a vPC configured between a VDC named "L2" on each switch. 

I annotated in the drawing that the "Core" and "L2" VDCs would be connected via physical interfaces allocated to each VDC.  I imagine the independant "Core" VDCs on each switch providing Layer 3 connectivity to the Internet edge (Firewalls and Internet facing routers).  Would this be a valid design to use as the core of a fairly small network?

[Chad Peterson · Accepted solution]

Hi Mike,

The Nexus 5500s do not have the ability to use VDCs.  The Nexus 7000s do, so to do something like this you would have to use them.

Chad

[mikemoore72]

I am currently trying to learn about the Nexus platform.  For some reason I thught that the older 5000s did not support VDCs but the newer generation did.  Thank you for pointing out my mistake.