Cisco ACI Multi-Site Hardware Requirements Guide, Release 2.0(x) - Cisco
Cisco ACI Multi-Site Hardware Requirements Guide, Release 2.0(x) New and Changed Information 2 Revised: November 21, 2019, New and Changed Information The following table provides an overview of the significant changes up to this current release. Table 1: New and Changed Information in the Cisco ACI Multi-Site Hardware Requirements Guide Cisco ACI Multi-Site Release Version Release 2.0(1) Description Added support for the Cisco Nexus 9332C switch as an inter-site spine switch and Cisco Nexus 93240YC-FX2 leaf switch. Hardware Requirements Spine Switch Requirements Cisco ACI Multi-Site requires the following ACI-mode spine switches: · Cisco Nexus 9500 platform switches with -EX or -FX line cards and -E or -E2 fabric modules Cisco Nexus 9500 platform switches with non -EX/-FX line cards or using non -E/-E2 fabric modules are not supported with Cisco ACI Multi-Site · Cisco Nexus 9332C and 9364C switches · Cisco Nexus 9336PQ switches for leaf-to-spine connectivity within a site only These switches are not supported for inter-site connectivity with Cisco ACI Multi-Site For the list of specific switch models supported by Cisco ACI Multi-Site, see Hardware Compatibility, on page 4. Leaf Switch Requirements Cisco ACI Multi-Site requires the following ACI-mode leaf switches: · Cisco Nexus 93120TX switches · Cisco Nexus 93128TX switches · Cisco Nexus 9332PQ switches · Cisco Nexus 9372 platform switches · Cisco Nexus 9396 platform switches · Cisco Nexus 9300-EX platform switches · Cisco Nexus 9300-FX and -FXP platform switches For the list of specific switch models supported by Cisco ACI Multi-Site, see Hardware Compatibility, on page 4. 2 IPN Connectivity Across Sites The following figure shows how spine nodes with Cisco ACI Multi-Site supporting -EX line cards and -E fabric modules are connected to the intersite network. Cisco ACI Multi-Site supporting spine nodes with -EX line cards can be mixed with non supporting spine nodes in the same APIC fabric but only the Cisco ACI Multi-Site supporting spine nodes can connect to the IP network as shown in the following figure. 3 Hardware Compatibility The following table lists the APIC leaf switches compatible with Cisco ACI Multi-Site. Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Leaf Switches PID Cisco Nexus 93240YC-FX2 N9K-C93240YC-FX2 Cisco Nexus 93108TC-EX N9K-C93108TC-EX Cisco Nexus 93108TC-FX N9K-C93108TC-FX Cisco Nexus 93120TX N9K-C93120TX Cisco Nexus 93128TX N9K-C93128TX Cisco Nexus 93180LC-EX N9K-C93180LC-EX Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX N9K-C93180YC-EX Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX N9K-C93180YC-FX 4 Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Leaf Switches Cisco Nexus 9332PQ Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 Cisco Nexus 9348GC-FXP Cisco Nexus 9372PX Cisco Nexus 9372PX-E Cisco Nexus 9372TX Cisco Nexus 9372TX-E Cisco Nexus 9396PX Cisco Nexus 9396TX PID N9K-C9332PQ N9K-C9336C-FX2 N9K-C9348GC-FXP N9K-C9372PX N9K-C9372PX-E N9K-C9372TX-E N9K-C9372TX-E N9K-C9396PX N9K-C9396TX The following table lists the APIC spine switches, modules, and line cards compatible with Cisco ACI Multi-Site. Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Spine PID Switches Line Cards Fabric Modules Cisco Nexus 9332C N9K-C9332C N.A. N.A. Cisco Nexus 9364C N9K-C9364C N.A. N.A. Cisco Nexus 9504 N9K-C9504 N9K-X9732C-EX N9K-X9736C-FX N9K-C9504-FM-E Cisco Nexus 9508 N9K-C9508 N9K-X9732C-EX N9K-X9736C-FX N9K-C9508-FM-E N9K-C9508-FM-E2 Cisco Nexus 9516 N9K-C9516 N9K-X9732C-EX N9K-X9736C-FX N9K-C9516-FM-E2 5 © 2018 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Americas Headquarters Cisco Systems, Inc. San Jose, CA 95134-1706 USA Asia Pacific Headquarters CiscoSystems(USA)Pte.Ltd. Singapore Europe Headquarters CiscoSystemsInternationalBV Amsterdam,TheNetherlands Cisco has more than 200 offices worldwide. Addresses, phone numbers, and fax numbers are listed on the Cisco Website at www.cisco.com/go/offices.DITA Open Toolkit XEP 4.9 build 20070312; modified using iText 2.1.7 by 1T3XT