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Dell PowerSwitch SmartFabric OS10 with Cisco ACI Deployment Guide
Introduction
Introduction
Hardware overview Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Dell ToR switches with Cisco ACI environment overview OOB Management network Cisco APIC configuration Configure S5248F-ON switches vCenter configuration overview Verify configuration Additional information Validated components Additional resources

Introduction

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Introduction

  • Dell Technologies Networking is committed to providing customers with modern data center networking technology as the foundation for digital transformation. Customers can choose from a wide range of industry-standard network applications, operating systems (OS), and hardware platforms to realize cost savings and improve service agility.

    This document provides a deployment example that shows a pair of top-of-rack (ToR) Dell PowerSwitch Data Center switches that are integrated into an existing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) environment. The example details how Layer 2 domains can be extended into and out of an ACI fabric with Dell PowerSwitch Data Center switches to provide high throughput and failure tolerance.

    Figure 1. Dell PowerSwitch S5248F-ON

    Additionally, the deployment example includes instructions on how to configure a pair of Dell PowerSwitch S5248F-ON Data Center switches. The example demonstrates connectivity to a pair of Cisco Nexus C93180YC-EX switches in ACI mode.

    Table 1 outlines the scope of this document.

    Table 1. Dell SmartFabric OS10 Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI
    This document is This document is not
    A reference for basic configuration of a ToR pair of switches using Dell SmartFabric OS10 A guide for all features of Dell SmartFabric OS10-based switches
    An example of one way to add ToR switches to an existing Cisco ACI environment A guide for adding Cisco ACI to a complete leaf-spine deployment