Connecting The Switch To The Aci Fabric; Aci Fabric Topology - Cisco Nexus 9336PQ Hardware Installation Manual

Connecting the Switch to the ACI Fabric

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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:
• Spine switches (for switch compatibility, please see the data sheets here:
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.
Note To prevent sub-optimal forwarding between endpoints, connect every leaf switch in the fabric to every spine
switch in the same fabric.
ACI Fabric Topology, on page 25
Preparing to Connect to Other Devices, on page 26
Connecting Leaf Switches to APICs, on page 27
Connecting Leaf Switches to Spine Switches, on page 28
Installing a Gigabit Ethernet module (GEM), on page 30
Virtual Port Channel Migration - Migration of Nodes from a First-Generation Switch to a
Second-Generation Switch, on page 30
Setting Up an Optional Console Interface, on page 31
Setting Up an Optional Management Connection, on page 32
Optic Transceiver Removal Using the Optics Extraction Tool , on page 32
Maintaining Transceivers and Optical Cables, on page 33
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