Connecting The Switch To The Aci Fabric; Aci Fabric Topology - Cisco Nexus 9396TX 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
• Spine switches (for switch compatibility, please see the
For additional information, please see the
Note
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.
ACI Fabric Topology, on page 29
Preparing to Connect to Other Devices, on page 30
Connecting Leaf Switches to APICs, on page 31
Connecting Leaf Switches to Spine Switches, on page 33
Installing a Gigabit Ethernet module (GEM), on page 34
Migration of Nodes From a First Generation Switch to a Second Generation Switch, on page 34
Setting Up an Optional Console Interface, on page 36
Setting Up an Optional Management Connection, on page 37
Maintaining Transceivers and Optical Cables, on page 37
To prevent sub-optimal forwarding between endpoints, connect every leaf switch in the fabric to every spine
switch in the same fabric.
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