VPC to ASA5525-X

From the ASA I should be able to ping 10.170.105.1 without a route because they are directly connected, yes? Unless the ASA does not follow the same rules. I also noticed in the show int tru command that po105 is forwarding "none"
N5K1
N5K2
ASA5525-X
NEXUS5K001(config)# show run int po105
interface port-channel105
description vPC TO ASA5525
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 105
spanning-tree port type network
speed 1000
duplex full
vpc 105
NEXUS5K001(config)# show run int vlan 105
interface Vlan105
no shutdown
description ASA5525 ROUTED VLAN
no ip redirects
ip address 10.170.105.2/24
hsrp version 2
hsrp 105
ip 10.170.105.1
NEXUS5K001(config)# show port-channel summary
Flags: D - Down P - Up in port-channel (members)
I - Individual H - Hot-standby (LACP only)
s - Suspended r - Module-removed
S - Switched R - Routed
U - Up (port-channel)
M - Not in use. Min-links not met
Group Port- Type Protocol Member Ports
Channel
10 Po10(SU) Eth LACP Eth1/31(P) Eth1/32(P)
50 Po50(SU) Eth LACP Eth1/27(P)
51 Po51(SU) Eth LACP Eth1/25(P)
101 Po101(SU) Eth NONE Eth1/29(P)
102 Po102(SU) Eth NONE Eth1/30(P)
105 Po105(SU) Eth LACP Eth1/26(P)
205 Po205(SU) Eth LACP Eth1/3(P)
206 Po206(SU) Eth LACP Eth1/4(P)
NEXUS5K002# show run int po105
interface port-channel105
description vPC TO ASA5525
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 105
spanning-tree port type network
speed 1000
duplex full
vpc 105
NEXUS5K002# show run int vlan 105
interface Vlan105
no shutdown
description ASA5525 ROUTED VLAN
no ip redirects
ip address 10.170.105.3/24
hsrp version 2
hsrp 105
ip 10.170.105.1
NEXUS5K002# show port-channel sum
Flags: D - Down P - Up in port-channel (members)
I - Individual H - Hot-standby (LACP only)
s - Suspended r - Module-removed
S - Switched R - Routed
U - Up (port-channel)
M - Not in use. Min-links not met
Group Port- Type Protocol Member Ports
Channel
10 Po10(SU) Eth LACP Eth1/31(P) Eth1/32(P)
50 Po50(SU) Eth LACP Eth1/27(P)
51 Po51(SU) Eth LACP Eth1/25(P)
101 Po101(SU) Eth NONE Eth1/29(P)
102 Po102(SU) Eth NONE Eth1/30(P)
105 Po105(SU) Eth LACP Eth1/26(P)
205 Po205(SU) Eth LACP Eth1/3(P)
206 Po206(SU) Eth LACP Eth1/4(P)
interface Gi0/6
speed 1000
duplex full
channel-group 1 mode active
no nameif
no security-level
no ip address
interface Gi0/7
speed 1000
duplex full
channel-group 1 mode active
no nameif
no security-level
no ip address
interface Port-channel1
description Port-Channel to N5Ks
lacp max-bundle 2
no nameif
security-level 100
no ip address
interface Port-channel1.105
vlan 105
nameif inside
security-level 100
ip address 10.170.105.20 255.255.255.0
ATIASA5525-01# show port-channel summary
Flags: D - down P - bundled in port-channel
I - stand-alone s - suspended
H - Hot-standby (LACP only)
U - in use N - not in use, no aggregation/nameif
M - not in use, no aggregation due to minimum links not met
w - waiting to be aggregated
Number of channel-groups in use: 1
Group Port-channel Protocol Span-cluster Ports
------+-------------+---------+------------+------------------------------------
1 Po1(U) LACP No Gi0/6(P) Gi0/7(P)

spanning-tree port type edge trunk was added. I did not know that was a command. I thought normal would work. Although that didnt fix the issue it was good to know, I probably need to add that to my vPC's to my NetApp and ESX Hosts. To solve the issue I created the vlan for 105 on the Nexus. UGH! That gets me all the time, unlike IOS where it creates the vlan for you, nexus doesn't. That has bitten me more than once! Thanks for the knowledge on spanning-tree!

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FCOE_NPV_PKG                  No    -   Unused             -
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telnetServer          1         enabled
udld                  1         enabled
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