Before using this guide, one or more Cisco APICs should already be deployed with the Nexus leaf and spine switches already discovered and registered with the APIC. The node ID numbers and names used in the examples of this guide are listed in the table below.
Node ID | Node name |
101 | Leaf1 |
102 | Leaf2 |
201 | Spine1 |
The networks used are shown in the following table along with the corresponding bridge domain and application EPG names used in APIC configuration in this guide.
VLAN ID | VLAN name | Gateway IP address/mask | Bridge domain name | Application EPG name |
1611 | ESXi_MGMT | 172.16.11.254/24 | ESXiMgmtBD1 | ESXiMgmtEPG1 |
1612 | vMotion | 172.16.12.254/24 | vMotionBD1 | vMotionEPG1 |
1613 | vSAN | 172.16.13.254/24 | vSANBD1 | vSANEPG1 |
1614 | app | 172.16.14.254/24 | appBD1 | appEPG1 |
1615 | web | 172.16.15.254/24 | webBD1 | webEPG1 |
1616 | db | 172.16.16.254/24 | dbBD1 | dbEPG1 |