New and Changed Information

The following table provides an overview of the significant changes up to this current release.

Table 1. New and Changed Information in the Cisco ACI Multi-Site Hardware Requirements Guide

Cisco ACI Multi-Site Release Version

Description

Release 2.2(1)

First release of this document.

Hardware Requirements

Spine Switch Requirements

Cisco ACI Multi-Site requires the following ACI-mode spine switches:

  • Cisco Nexus 9500 platform switches with -EX or -FX line cards and -E or -E2 fabric modules

    Cisco Nexus 9500 platform switches with non -EX/-FX line cards or using non -E/-E2 fabric modules are not supported with Cisco ACI Multi-Site

  • Cisco Nexus 9332C and 9364C switches

  • Cisco Nexus 9336PQ switches for leaf-to-spine connectivity within a site only

    These switches are not supported for inter-site connectivity with Cisco ACI Multi-Site

For the list of specific switch models supported by Cisco ACI Multi-Site, see Hardware Compatibility.

Leaf Switch Requirements

Cisco ACI Multi-Site requires the following ACI-mode leaf switches:

  • Cisco Nexus 93120TX switches

  • Cisco Nexus 93128TX switches

  • Cisco Nexus 9332PQ switches

  • Cisco Nexus 9372 platform switches

  • Cisco Nexus 9396 platform switches

  • Cisco Nexus 9300-EX platform switches

  • Cisco Nexus 9300-FX and -FXP platform switches

For the list of specific switch models supported by Cisco ACI Multi-Site, see Hardware Compatibility.

IPN Connectivity Across Sites

The following figure shows how spine nodes with Cisco ACI Multi-Site supporting -EX line cards and -E fabric modules are connected to the intersite network.

Cisco ACI Multi-Site supporting spine nodes with -EX line cards can be mixed with non supporting spine nodes in the same APIC fabric but only the Cisco ACI Multi-Site supporting spine nodes can connect to the IP network as shown in the following figure.

Hardware Compatibility

The following table lists the APIC leaf switches compatible with Cisco ACI Multi-Site.

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Leaf Switches

PID

Cisco Nexus 93240YC-FX2

N9K-C93240YC-FX2

Cisco Nexus 93108TC-EX

N9K-C93108TC-EX

Cisco Nexus 93108TC-FX

N9K-C93108TC-FX

Cisco Nexus 93120TX

N9K-C93120TX

Cisco Nexus 93128TX

N9K-C93128TX

Cisco Nexus 93180LC-EX

N9K-C93180LC-EX

Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX

N9K-C93180YC-EX

Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX

N9K-C93180YC-FX

Cisco Nexus 9332PQ

N9K-C9332PQ

Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2

N9K-C9336C-FX2

Cisco Nexus 9348GC-FXP

N9K-C9348GC-FXP

Cisco Nexus 9372PX

N9K-C9372PX

Cisco Nexus 9372PX-E

N9K-C9372PX-E

Cisco Nexus 9372TX

N9K-C9372TX-E

Cisco Nexus 9372TX-E

N9K-C9372TX-E

Cisco Nexus 9396PX

N9K-C9396PX

Cisco Nexus 9396TX

N9K-C9396TX

The following table lists the APIC spine switches, modules, and line cards compatible with Cisco ACI Multi-Site.

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Spine Switches

PID

Line Cards

Fabric Modules

Cisco Nexus 9332C

N9K-C9332C

N.A.

N.A.

Cisco Nexus 9364C

N9K-C9364C

N.A.

N.A.

Cisco Nexus 9504

N9K-C9504

N9K-X9732C-EX

N9K-X9736C-FX

N9K-X9736Q-FX

N9K-C9504-FM-E

Cisco Nexus 9508

N9K-C9508

N9K-X9732C-EX

N9K-X9736C-FX

N9K-X9736Q-FX

N9K-C9508-FM-E

N9K-C9508-FM-E2

Cisco Nexus 9516

N9K-C9516

N9K-X9732C-EX

N9K-X9736C-FX

N9K-X9736Q-FX

N9K-C9516-FM-E2