Hi, recently, I was reading up abut the admin vdc in N7K, aswell as FCoE implementation with a storage VDC, and something struck me as a bit strange. If we read the FCoE config guide for Nexus7000, we get the following:
Cisco Nexus 7000: Enabling FCoE
You must install the FCoE feature set in the default VDC and enable dependent features in order to enable
FCoE in a storage VDC.
Before You Begin
• Ensure you are in the default VDC. - NOTE THIS LINE!!
• Ensure you have installed the correct license for your switch.
• Do not enable FCoE on VLAN 1 or the native VLAN.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. configure terminal
2. install feature-set fcoe
3. feature lldp
4. (Optional) feature lacp
5. system qos
6. service-policy type network-qos policy-name
7. (Optional) show feature
8. (Optional) copy running-config startup-config
My question is, what if we don't have a 'default VDC' and instead we have an 'Admin VDC'? If we read the VDC config guide, under the guidelines and limitations section it says:
Admin VDCs have the following configuration guidelines and limitations:
• No features or feature sets can be enabled in an admin VDC.
So, if we need to install FcoE, we have to do it in the default VDC (which doesn't exist), and install the feature-set fcoe, which we cannot do?
I'm sure there is a very simple explanation, but I do not have the kit to test this on unfortunately. I'm actually assuming FCoE is treated differently in terms of 'No features or feature sets can be enabled in an admin VDC'.
Thanks
Dominic