ACI with Vxrail

[most_ahdy]

We have a project containing ACI and Vxrail, and I heard that there is some issue in connecting ACI to vxrail, and I dont know exactly,

vxrail will have its vmware environment, so I think it will be just connecting the APIC to vcenter, create VDS, and then depoly EPGs "port groups" using APIC. am I correct?

I am asking if someone have this implementation before, to share his experience and issues he faced.

The Vxrail will be connected to ACI leaf switch through DELL TOR front end switch

[Claudia de Luna]

Hi @most_ahdy 
Have you had a chance to look at this thread:
https://community.cisco.com/t5/application-centric-infrastructure/aci-with-vxrail-issues/td-p/4480404

[most_ahdy]

Hi @Claudia de Luna 

Yes, it discuss a cluster discovery issue, 

I have a very little information about vxrail, and I know that it creates its own VDS for their internal operation, and connect the available vnic (uplinks) to it.

So what if ACI deploy its own VDS in vcenter, can I migrate the vxrail operation from old vds to ACI vds,

from another thread: https://community.cisco.com/t5/application-centric-infrastructure/integrating-vxrail-to-cisco-aci/m-p/4572619#M12029

it says that most customers let vxrail manage the vcenter, and use ACI as a limited monitor tool.

So I need an high level overview of how the ACI and vxrail can work together

[Brandon Rumer (Cisco)]

IMO, if you arent using VMM integration then you're really losing a lot. Here is an official Cisco document on integrating VXRail and ACI. If you have VCF there is an official guide on the ACI documentation portal, too.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/cloud-systems-management/application-policy-infrastructure-controller-apic/220691-configure-dell-vxrail-and-aci-vmm-integr.html