Cisco Nexus 93600CD-GX

CHAPTER 4
Connecting the Switch to the ACI Fabric
• ACI Fabric Topology, on page 23
• Preparing to Connect to Other Devices, on page 24
• Connecting Leaf Switches to APICs, on page 25
• Connecting Leaf Switches to Spine Switches, on page 26
• Installing a Gigabit Ethernet module (GEM), on page 28
• Virtual Port Channel Migration - Migration of Nodes from a First-Generation Switch to a
Second-Generation Switch, on page 28
• Setting Up an Optional Console Interface, on page 29
• Setting Up an Optional Management Connection, on page 30
• Optic Transceiver Removal Using the Optics Extraction Tool , on page 30
• Maintaining Transceivers and Optical Cables, on page 31
ACI Fabric Topology
The ACI fabric topology includes the following major components:
• Application Centric Infrastructure Controller (APIC) appliance (cluster of APICs)
• Leaf switches (for switch compatibility, please see the data sheets here: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/
products/switches/nexus-9000-series-switches/datasheet-listing.html
• Spine switches (for switch compatibility, please see the data sheets here: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/
us/products/switches/nexus-9000-series-switches/datasheet-listing.html
As shown in the following figure, each APIC is connected to one or two leaf switches and each leaf switch
should be connected to every spine switch in the same fabric.
To prevent sub-optimal forwarding between endpoints, connect every leaf switch in the fabric to every spine
switch in the same fabric.
Note
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