Our team is working on a DC migration from traditional DC (With Nexus 7K as Core) to ACI.In traditional network, we are using Citrix NetScaler VPX as our load balancer.There are multiple applications in the current setup hosted on this load balancer....
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Hello - trying to come up with a scenario in which ACI and NSX would be deployed together. I know they can be, that's not what I am asking. But what functionality gaps does one have that the other fills? Has anyone run into an environment with both A...
Hello, We have recently ordered new leaf switches for our ACI fabric. Version that we have recieved is:aci-n9000-dk9.14.0.3d.bin We need to downgrade this to:aci-n9000-dk9.13.1.1i.bin APIC: 3.1(1i) When I am trying to push this through ACI then I rec...
Hi all We are planning a migration of a dual ACI fabric to a multipod. The non-seed pod has a large number of servers connected in a vpc. Migration plan is as below:1. Move the odd numbered switches every vpc domain(we have around 5 pairs of switche...
Dear friends, I am struggling to understand difference between extending EPG vs extending BD in normal SINGLE POD case-1 As i understood so far, Extending EPG means we will make EPG-10 and will add trunk ports in it (trunk port going towards Firewal...
I have ip flapping issue in cisco ACI environmentas the topology:I found that when icmp reply from 168.1.37.129 to 168.1.37.45,these icmp reply packets will be sent to SW13 and SW14 at the same time,the icmp reply packets which sent to SW13 with S-I...
Hi Everyone - I wonder if someone can help me resolve this issue. I am trying to trace the physical connections on from Cisco UCS running ESXI to ACI leaf. The issue is that ACI leaf is learning the VM mac address from ESXI host but not the Physical ...
Resolved! L3out to Checkpoint Firewall
I have a checkpoint firewall connected to Cisco ACI Fabric Border Leafs using a vPC, my objective is to enforce inter-EPG traffic to go through the firewall, is it okay to create subinterfaces from the firewall side, and multiple L3outs with a dedica...
Resolved! Cisco APIC L3 hardware specifications
Hi.The Third-Generation APIC Controller has two 1-Gb/10-Gb Ethernet ports (RJ-45) as shown below.what are the usages of these ports?? (Number 2)
I need to create Multi-Pod environment in my company. In Pod1 I have 2 leafs 9396PX and 2 spine 9336PQ switches. For Pod2 I have 1 spine 9336PQ and 2 leafs 9396PX. My question is: Can I directly connect 2 spine switches in Pod1 to the one spine switc...
Hi, I've been thinking this through for a few days and would like to gauge public opinion on how others would approach it. Background: We have 2x Cat6500's for the network core. Into these connected the data center switches (more 6509's) and the ac...
Hello! I am experimenting with multicast within an ACI fabric, but I cannot seem to get multicast entries to propagate to switches other than the LHR switches. I have currently configured ACI accordingly: VRF-TEST - BD-MULTICAST - EPG-RECEIVE -...
Resolved! L3OUT with VRF unenforced
Hello,is it correct that without enforcement L3OUT on same VRF do not need contracts ? May be that there are some difference between releases ? Thanks and regard
Resolved! How to change APIC homepage 4.2 ?
Hi,We are installing two differents fabric (integration and production) and to avoid any configuration mistakes, we would like to customize the header background image for the Front Page of APIC.One idea that comes to my mind is to modify css file fr...
Resolved! Replacing leaf switch in the ACI Fabric
Hello Team,We are having ACI Fabric with 2 Spine switches and 4 leaf switches connected to 3 APIC. Now out of 4 leaf switches, 1 chassis has hardware issue and want to replace the same. I am looking for the steps to replace the leaf switch in the ACI...
