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ACI | Video Training

The network made simple

Carlos Campos Torres


WW DC Switching Technical Lead
November 15, 2018
Modules
Initial Tasks

Configuring physical Ports

Adding Virtual & logical


networking (L2/L3)

Configuring L4-L7 Services

Extending the Fabric:


MPod, MSite, vPod, Rleaf

Advanced Topics and Other


Integrations
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Module 1: Initial tasks

Cabling the Fabric

Initial APIC Configuration

Fabric Discovery/Adding
new switches

Firmware Upgrades

Basic Services (NTP/OOB


Management)

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Module 1: Initial tasks

Cabling the Fabric

Initial APIC Configuration

Fabric Discovery/Adding
new switches

Firmware Upgrades

Basic Services (NTP/OOB


Management)

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ACI: The elements

APICs L-Size (Recommended for VMWare VMs


3 Recommended for Production Physical 1000+ physical leaf ports) Virtual (Recommended for 2-4 leaves, 2
VMs + 1 Physical APIC)
At least 1 physical APIC required M-size (Recommended for
<1000 physical leaf ports)

Fixed Nexus 9300 Virtual


SPINES Modular (NX-OS
Capable)
(9332C, 9364C) vPod
(vSpine)
Nexus 9500
(w/9700 LCs)

LEAVES Virtual
Fixed
Virtual/Container networking integration (NX-OS vPod
included (except vPod mode) Capable) Nexus 9300 (vLeaf)
(100M/1/10/25/40/50/100G)

LICENSING Add-ons
Only applies to Physical Leaves Advantage Multisite
Remote-Leaf vPod FC
Mgmt Cluster + FCoE
(no licensing on APICs nor Spines) Essentials Per AVE License
Storage Encryption

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ACI: Cabling the Fabric
Let’s start with a single site and physical elements

1 Connect all leaves to spines


Connect APIC(s) to any leaf or leaves

Spine Layer
Nexus 9000

Leaf Layer
Nexus 9000

ACI
The network made simple
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ACI: Bringing up the Fabric
What goes where? 2 x ”To Fabric” connections used for discovery
(connect to any Leaf Downlink ports) e2/1-2

APICs
1 x 1G UCS CIMC (KVM)
2 x 1G Out-of-Band (OOB) Management
2 x 10G SFP+ “To Fabric” Discovery Links

OOB Mgmt (Used for APIC


APIC UCS CIMC (KVM)
GUI/CLI remote access) e1/1-2

SPINES
Connect every spine to a leaf uplink port
Downlink Ports Uplink Ports

LEAVES Leaf Layer


Connect to Spines (via Uplink Ports) Nexus 9000

Connect
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