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The following tables provide the configuration of various leaf-spine switch combinations.
Maximum number of nodes | Number of Spine Switches | Number of Leaf Switches | Number of uplink cables between each spine and leaf switch | Total Number of Switches per Side (such as INT-A) |
All 25 GbE ports* | ||||
128 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 3 |
192 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
252 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
All 100 GbE ports |
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32 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 3 |
48 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
64 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
112 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
128 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
135 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 14 |
150 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 15 |
*For a S5232 switch, port 32 needs to be used as a spine uplink to be able to achieve the maximum node counts listed.
Maximum number of nodes | Number of Spine Switches | Number of Leaf Switches | Number of uplink cables between each spine and leaf switch | Total Number of Switches |
All 10 GbE ports | ||||
176 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
252 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
All 40 GbE ports |
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44 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 |
66 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
88 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
110 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
132 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
154 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
176 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
198 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
220 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 15 |
242 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
252 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 17 |
Maximum number of nodes | Number of Spine Switches | Number of Leaf Switches | Number of uplink cables between each spine and leaf switch | Total Number of Switches |
All 25 GbE ports |
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168 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 3 |
252 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 4 |
All 100 GbE ports |
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64 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 3 |
96 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 5 |
128 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 6 |
192 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
224 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
252 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 12 |
Maximum number of nodes | Number of Spine Switches | Number of Leaf Switches | Number of uplink cables between each spine and leaf switch | Total Number of Switches |
All 10 GbE ports |
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176 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 |
252 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
All 40 GbE ports |
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88 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 3 |
132 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 4 |
176 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 |
220 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 7 |
252 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
Maximum number of nodes* | Number of Spine Switches | Number of Leaf Switches | Number of uplink cables between each spine and leaf switch | Total Number of Switches |
All 10GbE ports |
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176 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
252 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
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All 25GbE ports | ||||
128 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 3 |
192 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 4 |
252 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 5 |
All 40 GbE ports |
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44 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
66 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
88 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 5 |
110 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
132 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 7 |
154 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
176 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
198 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 11 |
220 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 12 |
242 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 13 |
252 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 14 |
All 100 GbE Ports | ||||
32 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 3 |
48 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 4 |
64 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 5 |
80 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
96 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
112 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
128 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
144 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
160 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
176 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
192 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
208 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
*For a S5232 switch, port 32 needs to be used as a spine uplink to be able to achieve the maximum node counts listed.