Setting Up An Optional Console Interface - Cisco Nexus 9348GC-FXP Hardware Installation Manual

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Hardware installation manual (66 pages)

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Table Of Contents

Table of Contents

Connecting the Switch to the ACI Fabric

Warning

Statement 1056—Unterminated Fiber Cable

Invisible laser radiation may be emitted from the end of the unterminated fiber cable or connector. Do not

view directly with optical instruments. Viewing the laser output with certain optical instruments (for example,

eye loupes, magnifiers, and microscopes) within a distance of 100 mm may pose an eye hazard.

Before you begin

• The leaf and spine switches in the fabric must be fully installed in their racks and grounded.

• If there are modular switches in the fabric, their ACI-mode line cards must already be installed. The line

Note

You cannot include NX-OS line cards in the same chassis when running in ACI mode.

Note

Multiple uplinks from a leaf switch to a spine switch is supported. A symmetrical topology is recommended

so that all devices have equal access to resources.

Step 1

For the transceivers with removable cables, make sure that the transceivers are separated from their interface cables.

Step 2

Insert the appropriate transceiver into an active uplink port on the leaf switch.

Step 3

Insert the same type of transceiver in the spine switch port on the line card.

Step 4

For transceivers with removable cables, insert the interface cable into the open end of each of those transceivers.

Step 5

Repeat Steps 1 through 4 for each spine switch in the ACI fabric.

The leaf switch is connected to each spine switch in the ACI fabric.

Step 6

Repeat Steps 1 through 5 for each leaf switch in the ACI fabric.

Each leaf switch in the ACI fabric is connected to each spine switch in the network,

The fabric automatically implements Equal Cost Multi-Pathing (ECMP) and enables all links. You do not

need to configure the links.