ACI spine design

[cowser1979]

Hey guys -

can I get feedback regarding an idea we are floating, for turning up a new ACI fabric.  We have a site thats spread across several buildings (connected with dark fiber).  We have 1 main DC building and another building with legacy DC switches.  We are thinking abt installing a 9504 with N9K-X9736PQ or a N9K-X9732C-EX, in our main DC building and then installing a 9336PQ in the smaller building, and then connecting them over a streched pod/fabric.  The idea is that building A will scale larger, in terms of leafs, and building B will most likely stay small.

are there any issues with mixing 9500s and 9336s in the spine layer (other than scale)?

thanks

[micgarc2]

Hello,

Yes, this will be fine mixing the 9500s and 9336s for your spines.

Also, if you want to compare the differences refer to the following data sheets:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/nexus-9000-series-switches/datasheet-c78-732088.html

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/nexus-9000-series-switches/datasheet-c78-731792.html

Hope this helps,

Michael G

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