Nexus 93180YC-FX IP Fabric for media

[glasses450]

Hi,all

Our company have 2 93180YC-FX swiches,they 've been be used as Leaf switch.

We have some questions about IP fabric for media，

Can 93180YC-FX support NAT & NBM? Can 93180YC-FX be used as a Spine switch?

How should we  configure switches and DCNM Controller?

Looking forward your feedback,thanks a lot!

[hichamfolk]

Hi,

93180YC-FX has just 6 ports supporting VxLAN, so its usually used as Leaf switch. The first 48 ports are used to connect servers.

About NAT, N9k support it but with many limitation on TCAM. and if you will use vrf aware NAT on your FX switch, you should use 10.2(3)F or later release. 

Hope it helps.

Regards

Hicham

[israel232]

Hello

The problem with the 93180 as a spine i guess would be the number of QSFP ports, you would be very limited to grow, if you have a 9336C would be better

The DCNM have templates to deploy either Spines or Leafs for IPFM, but you will still need to configure the TCAM previous

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/nexus-9000-series-switches/white-paper-c11-738605.html