configure cisco out of band for Cisco ACI

[monasir]

Hi all,

Can anyone help me out with configuring Cisco out of band switch in case your not able to control/manage the Cisco apic environment.

We would like to use a Cisco 3560 switch which is connected to one of the leafe's.

Any help would be appreciated!

[balaji.bandi]

here is the config guide for IN and OUTof band mgmt

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/data-center-virtualization/application-centric-infrastructure/white-paper-c11-737909.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/aci/apic/sw/1-x/aci-fundamentals/b_ACI-Fundamentals/b_ACI-Fundamentals_chapter_010100.html#concept_90F8305B58624ABAB64E288A3AEA9B2E

[RedNectar]

Hi @monasir ,

Your configuration is pretty straight-forward.  I have a similar configuration on a 3750 switch

My OOB subnet is 172.16.11.0/24, and the default gateway is a 2950 Router with IP of 172.16.11.1.  I am using VLAN 1000 for my OOB VLAN.

The switch has the following (relevant) configuration:

interface GigabitEthernet1/0/41
 description =>APIC1 
 switchport access vlan 1000
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport mode access
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/42
 description =>APIC2
 switchport access vlan 1000
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport mode access
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/43
 description =>APIC3
 switchport access vlan 1000
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport mode access
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/44
 description =>Spine201-
 switchport access vlan 1000
 switchport mode access
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/45
 description =>Spine202
 switchport access vlan 1000
 switchport mode access
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/46
 description =>Leaf101
 switchport access vlan 1000
 switchport mode access
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/47
 description =>Leaf102
 switchport access vlan 1000
 switchport mode access
!
interface Vlan1000
 ip address 172.16.11.37 255.255.255.0
!
ip default-gateway 172.16.11.1
ip http server
ip http secure-server
!
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.16.11.1

I hope this helps

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