Setup Guide

74 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide
11 Scenario 3 - SmartFabric connected to Cisco ACI leaf
switches
This chapter covers deploying a PowerEdge MX SmartFabric connected to a Cisco ACI environment. By
integrating PowerEdge MX into an ACI environment, compute resources in the MX environment can use ACI
gateways and access ACI resources.
The Cisco ACI environment validated includes a pair of Nexus C93180YC-EX switches as leaf switches as
shown in Figure 65. Both C93180YC-EX leafs are connected to a single Nexus C9336-PQ spine using 40GbE
uplinks (not shown).
Connections from MX9116n FSE switches to C93180YC-EX leafs are 100GbE. These connections are shown
in blue in Figure 65.
Smart Fabric connected to Cisco ACI leaf switches