The production network connections for this deployment example are shown in Figure 6. Each leaf switch has one connection to each spine switch, and each ESXi node has one connection to each leaf. For the switches used in this deployment example:
- Connections from leaf switches to spine switches are 100 GbE.
- Connections from leaf switches to ESXi nodes are 25 GbE.
- VLTi connections between leaf switches are also 25 GbE.
The same physical connections are used after the switches are placed in SmartFabric mode.