Connecting The Switch To The Aci Fabric; Aci Fabric Topology - Cisco N9K-C93108TC-FX 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
• Spine switches (for switch compatibility, please see the
For additional information, please see the
Note
To prevent sub-optimal forwarding between endpoints, connect every leaf switch in the fabric to every spine
switch in the same fabric.
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
Virtual Port Channel Migration - Migration of Nodes from a First-Generation Switch to a
Second-Generation Switch, on page 34
Setting Up an Optional Console Interface, on page 35
Setting Up an Optional Management Connection, on page 36
Optic Transceiver Removal Using the Optics Extraction Tool , on page 37
Maintaining Transceivers and Optical Cables, on page 38
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