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Connecting the Switch to the ACI Fabric
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Preparing to Connect to Other Devices, page 28
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Connecting a Leaf Switch to an APIC, page 29
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Connecting a Leaf Switch to a Spine Switch, page 30
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Setting Up an Optional Console or Optional Out-Of-Band Management Interface, page 32
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Maintaining Transceivers and Optical Cables, page 32
ACI Fabric Topology
The ACI fabric topology includes the following major components:
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Application Centric Infrastructure Controller (APIC) appliance (cluster of APICs)
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Leaf switches (Cisco Nexus 93120TX, 93128TX, 9332PQ, 9372PX, 9372PX-E, 9372TX, 9396PX, and
9396TX switches)
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Spine switches (Cisco Nexus 9336PQ, 9504, 9508, and 9516 switches)
Cisco Nexus 9336PQ ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide
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