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ACI Multipod APIC Initial Setup

TFashy
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Hi Guys,

 

I am setting up a 3 POD Multipod APIC Cluster, the first POD is setup and discovered. The entire cluster has 5 APICs (POD1 - 2 / POD2 - 2 / POD3 - 1, APIC distributions)

 

So for clarity on the 2nd POD APIC -

 

Fabric name - same as the 1st POD APIC?

Fabric ID - same as in 1st POD APIC?

no of Controllers - 5

POD ID - 2

Controller ID - 3

Controler name - APIC-3

TEP IP - 10.230.0.0/16 (POD 1's TEP pool)

Infra VLAN - 3111

GIPO - default

 

Is this accurate and does anyone have a document that details this for Multipod?

 

Thanks,

Tfash

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Yes, Multipod is a “single fabric”, as opposed to Multisite.

Nicolas

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nvermand
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Hi,

Yes, same APIC TEP pool and infra VLAN.

 

Nicolas

 

Thanks for the response, how about the 1st two questions?

 

Fabric name - same as the 1st POD APIC?

Fabric ID - same as in 1st POD APIC?

Yes, Multipod is a “single fabric”, as opposed to Multisite.

Nicolas

Hi Nicolas,

Makes a lot of sense, didn't think of it this way. The documentation should be clearer and simpler to read.
Thanks,
Tfash

Sorry, but I believe this is incorrect. Documentation specifically calls out the use of distinct VTEP Pools per Pod.

# Figure 6

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/data-center-virtualization/application-centric-infrastructure/white-paper-c11-737855.html

 

ACI_Multi-Pod_White_Paper_-_Cisco.png

You're mixing up switches TEP pool and APIC TEP pool.

Switches will have VTEP allocated to POD2 TEP pool, but APIC in POD2 must have its infra TEP address in POD1 TEP.

Read carefully.

 

Nicolas

Roger. Thanks for the correction.
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