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48 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Deployment Guide
9 Scenario 3 - SmartFabric deployment while 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 32. Both C93180YC-EX leafs are connected to a single Nexus C9336-PQ spine using 40GbE
uplinks (not shown).
Smart Fabric connected to Cisco ACI leaf switches
Connections from MX9116n FSE switches to C93180YC-EX leafs are 100GbE. These connections are shown
in blue in Figure 32.