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Reachability issue between external network and L3Out peer IP

Hi, I have a existing small ACI fabric, illustrated in the high-level diagram below and I would need some information/advice on a "weird" setup requirement...RT1 has already established OSPF peering with ACI and Jumpbox (using RT1 as default gateway)...

Fabric Links Description - New Interface Configuration in Ver 6

Hi everyone, we are currently running Cisco ACI version 6.0(8e) and are looking into standardizing and improving the interface descriptions on all Leaf → Spine uplinks. Under Fabric → Access Policies → Interfaces → Interface Configuration, the GUI de...

URGENT: Akira Ransomware Attack — Need Recovery Help ASAP

Hello everyone,I’m an IT Manager dealing with an Akira ransomware incident and urgently looking for help with recovery, decryption, and incident response. Paid professional solutions are welcome if there is a legitimate and technically viable recover...

Changing Management IP addresses on an operational UCS chassis

Hello,I need to change management networks and IP addresses that I'm using to access UCS-M and my blades.For UCS-M is it as simple as changing Management Interfaces on the Admin tab or do I need change IP addresses on each FI via CLI?Also, I'm using ...

PVE Cluster on UCS C220-M8S out of box, Enough?

The vics would be dedicated to a active passive linux bond and a couple HA sync segments. The handful of vm's would boot off a NetAPP NFS cluster for offload. All vlans would be redundantly attached to 2 TOR switches. The CIMC's would be standalone ...

Cisco UCS FI 6200 to 6400 Migration with Storage Appliance Ports

Hi.I am working on an upcoming UCS FI 6200 to 64108 migration running infrastructure firmware 4.1(3m).Regarding the existing ports, this UCS domain is using direct-attached iSCSI storage using appliance ports. Are there any additional steps that need...

Downgrade MDS 9148T for port activation

Hello,I have a Cisco MDS 9148T currently running NX-OS 9.4(2a).We have received a port activation license in legacy (.lic) format, which cannot be installed on this version due to Smart Licensing Using Policy (SLP).I would like to ask:Is it supported...

[Placeholder] Cisco ACI Health Check Collector Package for Windows

This post provides the ACI Health Check Collector Package and User Guide for Windows.The collector package is required to collect the necessary data from your Cisco ACI fabric for performing an ACI Health Check on the Windows platform.WindowsThe foll...

Resolved! About MIC certificate expiration

Hello.What happens when the mic certificates on switches and APICs expires?Should we do something proactively or simply leave it as is?# pki.FabricNodeSSLCertificatern : ifmcertnode-***serialNumber : *******signatureAlgorithm : sha1WithRSAEncryptions...

Can I connect the same vcenter to multiple independant ACIs ?

Good day,I have a current environnment with ACI deployed on one datacenter and connected to the vcenter managing all ESX worldwide.the ACI is deployed in one datacenter (DC-A). I need to migrate from this ACI to something else. Scenario1 would be a n...

Success Capsules | Intersight Backup and Restore

This demo provides a technical overview of how to safeguard your environment by creating, managing, and restoring logical configuration backups within Cisco Intersight, enabling rapid recovery from configuration errors or disaster events. This approa...

Now available: Stack Automation by Quali, co-developed with Cisco

Stack Automation by Quali, the deployment automation platform co-developed by and available exclusively through Cisco, is now available. Current Cisco customers can login with their existing Cisco credentials at stackautomation.cisco.com and begin us...

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L3Out subinterfaces and VLAN pools

Hi All,We currently have 5 L3Outs in our ACI deployment using routed subinterfaces. All L3Outs reference a single L3 domain which then references a VLAN pool that contains the VLAN IDs used by the subinterfaces.According the ACI L3Out whitepaper (htt...

Resolved! APIC 6.1(5e) - remote path command missing from NX-OS Style CLI

Hello everyone,I am experiencing an issue after upgrading a Cisco ACI fabric to APIC 6.1(5e) (aci-apic-dk9.6.1.5e.iso).I have a backup automation that creates a temporary remote path before exporting the configuration and removes it once the backup h...

Cisco FlashStack with Nutanix ISM Installation Field Guide

A Field Guide covering the installation, initial configuration, and expansion of Cisco FlashStack with Nutanix clusters using Intersight Standalone Mode (ISM) on Cisco UCS C-series servers connected to Everpure Storage FlashArray external storage. Th...

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