Through Nexus Dashboard you have created and deployed your Site1 Greenfield VXLAN EVPN fabric and performed a level of verification by checking the deployment status that Nexus Dashboard reports. Now, you're going to use your Terminal to connect to some devices in your Site1 fabric to issue show commands for verification of the configuration deployed by Nexus Dashboard. Additionally, using the Linux servers connected to your Site1-L1 and Site1-L2, you will perform data plane verification by checking connectivity to your Anycast Gateway and checking inter-VXLAN routing between your two servers.
Verification will start with your Site1-S1 spine switch.
The first device you will verify is your Site1-S1 switch. Login to your Site1-S1 switch using the copy command below and paste into your Terminal. When prompted, the password is cisco.123 .
If prompted to accept the RSA key fingerprint like below, type or copy yes then input the password above.
The authenticity of host '10.3.7.11 (10.3.7.11)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is SHA256:xneE+2XnZozaXwC/FgeYMRKJ4UhZV4iZD6QCD1u7gi8.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? yes
Warning: Permanently added '10.3.7.11' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
User Access Verification
Password:
show run interface ethernet 1/1-4 ; show run interface loopback0 ; show run interface loopback251
Output:
!Command: show running-config interface Ethernet1/1-4
!Running configuration last done at: Thu May 29 19:07:05 2025
!Time: Thu May 29 19:52:30 2025
version 10.5(3) Bios:version
interface Ethernet1/1
description connected-to-Site1-L1-Ethernet1/1
mtu 9216
ip address 10.1.0.4/31
ip ospf network point-to-point
ip router ospf UNDERLAY area 0.0.0.0
ip pim sparse-mode
no shutdown
interface Ethernet1/2
description connected-to-Site1-L2-Ethernet1/1
mtu 9216
ip address 10.1.0.6/31
ip ospf network point-to-point
ip router ospf UNDERLAY area 0.0.0.0
ip pim sparse-mode
no shutdown
interface Ethernet1/3
description connected-to-Site1-BL1-Ethernet1/1
mtu 9216
ip address 10.1.0.10/31
ip ospf network point-to-point
ip router ospf UNDERLAY area 0.0.0.0
ip pim sparse-mode
no shutdown
interface Ethernet1/4
description connected-to-Site1-BGW1-Ethernet1/1
mtu 9216
ip address 10.1.0.14/31
ip ospf network point-to-point
ip router ospf UNDERLAY area 0.0.0.0
ip pim sparse-mode
no shutdown
!Command: show running-config interface loopback0
!Running configuration last done at: Thu May 29 19:07:05 2025
!Time: Thu May 29 19:52:30 2025
version 10.5(3) Bios:version
interface loopback0
description Routing loopback interface
ip address 10.11.0.3/32
ip router ospf UNDERLAY area 0.0.0.0
ip pim sparse-mode
!Command: show running-config interface loopback251
!Running configuration last done at: Thu May 29 19:07:05 2025
!Time: Thu May 29 19:52:30 2025
version 10.5(3) Bios:version
interface loopback251
description RP loopback interface
ip address 10.251.251.1/32
ip router ospf UNDERLAY area 0.0.0.0
ip pim sparse-mode
show run ospf
Output:
!Command: show running-config ospf
!Running configuration last done at: Thu May 29 19:07:05 2025
!Time: Thu May 29 19:54:20 2025
version 10.5(3) Bios:version
feature ospf
router ospf UNDERLAY
router-id 10.11.0.3
interface loopback0
ip router ospf UNDERLAY area 0.0.0.0
interface loopback251
ip router ospf UNDERLAY area 0.0.0.0
interface Ethernet1/1
ip ospf network point-to-point
ip router ospf UNDERLAY area 0.0.0.0
interface Ethernet1/2
ip ospf network point-to-point
ip router ospf UNDERLAY area 0.0.0.0
interface Ethernet1/3
ip ospf network point-to-point
ip router ospf UNDERLAY area 0.0.0.0
interface Ethernet1/4
ip ospf network point-to-point
ip router ospf UNDERLAY area 0.0.0.0
show ip ospf neighbors
Output:
OSPF Process ID UNDERLAY VRF default
Total number of neighbors: 4
Neighbor ID Pri State Up Time Address Interface
10.11.0.1 1 FULL/ - 00:23:28 10.1.0.5 Eth1/1
10.11.0.2 1 FULL/ - 00:23:24 10.1.0.7 Eth1/2
10.11.0.5 1 FULL/ - 00:23:34 10.1.0.11 Eth1/3
10.11.0.6 1 FULL/ - 00:23:34 10.1.0.15 Eth1/4
show run pim
Output:
!Command: show running-config pim
!Running configuration last done at: Thu May 29 19:07:05 2025
!Time: Thu May 29 19:55:22 2025
version 10.5(3) Bios:version
feature pim
ip pim rp-address 10.251.251.1 group-list 239.1.1.0/25
ip pim ssm range 232.0.0.0/8
ip pim anycast-rp 10.251.251.1 10.11.0.3
ip pim anycast-rp 10.251.251.1 10.11.0.4
interface loopback0
ip pim sparse-mode
interface loopback251
ip pim sparse-mode
interface Ethernet1/1
ip pim sparse-mode
interface Ethernet1/2
ip pim sparse-mode
interface Ethernet1/3
ip pim sparse-mode
interface Ethernet1/4
ip pim sparse-mode
show ip pim neighbor
Output:
PIM Neighbor Status for VRF "default"
Neighbor Interface Uptime Expires DR Bidir- BFD ECMP Redirect
Priority Capable State Capable
10.1.0.5 Ethernet1/1 00:26:15 00:01:40 1 yes n/a no
10.1.0.7 Ethernet1/2 00:26:12 00:01:39 1 yes n/a no
10.1.0.11 Ethernet1/3 00:26:26 00:01:21 1 yes n/a no
10.1.0.15 Ethernet1/4 00:26:26 00:01:30 1 yes n/a no
show run bgp
Output:
!Command: show running-config bgp
!Running configuration last done at: Thu May 29 19:07:05 2025
!Time: Thu May 29 19:55:44 2025
version 10.5(3) Bios:version
feature bgp
router bgp 65111
router-id 10.11.0.3
neighbor 10.11.0.1
remote-as 65111
update-source loopback0
address-family l2vpn evpn
send-community
send-community extended
route-reflector-client
neighbor 10.11.0.2
remote-as 65111
update-source loopback0
address-family l2vpn evpn
send-community
send-community extended
route-reflector-client
neighbor 10.11.0.5
remote-as 65111
update-source loopback0
address-family l2vpn evpn
send-community
send-community extended
route-reflector-client
neighbor 10.11.0.6
remote-as 65111
update-source loopback0
address-family l2vpn evpn
send-community
send-community extended
route-reflector-client
show bgp l2vpn evpn summary
Output:
BGP summary information for VRF default, address family L2VPN EVPN
BGP router identifier 10.11.0.3, local AS number 65111
BGP table version is 22, L2VPN EVPN config peers 4, capable peers 4
8 network entries and 8 paths using 1952 bytes of memory
BGP attribute entries [4/688], BGP AS path entries [0/0]
BGP community entries [0/0], BGP clusterlist entries [0/0]
Neighbor V AS MsgRcvd MsgSent TblVer InQ OutQ Up/Down State/PfxRcd
10.11.0.1 4 65111 42 37 22 0 0 00:28:24 4
10.11.0.2 4 65111 40 38 22 0 0 00:28:21 4
10.11.0.5 4 65111 34 34 22 0 0 00:28:23 0
10.11.0.6 4 65111 34 34 22 0 0 00:28:17 0
exit