Chapter 2

Understanding ACI Hardware and Topologies

This chapter covers the following topics:

ACI Topologies and Components: This section describes the key hardware components and acceptable topologies for ACI fabrics.

APIC Clusters: This section covers available APIC hardware models and provides an understanding of APIC cluster sizes and failover implications.

Spine Hardware: This section addresses available spine hardware options.

Leaf Hardware: This section outlines the leaf platforms available for deployment in ACI fabrics.

This chapter covers the following exam topics:

  • 1.1 Describe ACI topology and hardware

  • 6.1 Describe Multi-Pod

  • 6.2 Describe Multi-Site

ACI is designed to allow small and large enterprises and service providers to build ...

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