Task
1: Create Interface Policies using CDP enable, LACP Empower, Port Speed 10 G
2: Create Interface Policy Groups and Interface Profiles using Port 1/31 on Both Leaf
Configure VPC to allow both ESxi and Leaf to be connected with ACI and Leaf.
These steps are required:
Step 1 Open Chrome browser and log in to APIC
Step 2 Select Fabric “Access Policies”
There are two types policy under fabric.
Fabric policies create interfaces that connect spine to leaf switches. Fabric policies can be used to enable features like monitoring (statistics collection, statistics export), troubleshooting and SPAN (on-demand diagnostics), and NTP.
Access policies allow external-facing interfaces to be created that are not connected to a spine switch.
External-facing interfaces connect external devices like virtual machine controllers and hosts, routers, fabric extenders (FEX), and hypervisors. Access policies allow you to configure port channels and virtual ports channels, protocols like LLDP, CDP or LACP, as well as features such monitoring or diagnostics.
Step 3 Select Interface Policies.
Interface policies can be used to manage single or multiple interfaces, port channels, and virtual ports-channels (vPC). Each policy will be unique for each tenant.
Step 5 Right-click CDP Interface to “Create CDP Interface Policy.” Name: Txx -CDP-Enable Administrator State: Enabled
Step 6 Create a policy that will enable LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol). Right-click LLDP Interface and select “Create LLDP Interface Policies”.
Submit
Step 7: To create a policy to implement Link Aggregation Control Protocol, (LACP), right click Port-Channel > Create a Port-Channel Policy
Name: LACP PolicyMode: Active
Submit
Task 3: Create Interface Policy Groups and Interface Profiles
This task will allow you to create a vPC Interface policy group for your assigned connection with the ESXi. Each tenant will create a virtual PC from the ACI fabric to the ESXi. Then, a second vPC will be created to the ESXi. You can use the interfaces that were assigned to you tenant in topology
Step 1 Select Fabric > Access Policies > Interface policies.Right-click Policy Group > Create VPC Interface Policy Group
Step 2: In the dialog, enter these details as follows:
Name: vPC_to_ESXIA (from the table at the beginning of this task)
CDP Policy: CDP Enable (created in the previous task).
LLDP Policy – LLDP-enable (created during previous task)
LACP Policy: LACP policy (created in the previous task).
Submit
Step 3 Create a VPC Interface Policy Group for connecting to ESXiB.
Name: vPC_to_ESXiB (from the table at the beginning of this task)
CDP Policy: CDP Enable (created in the previous task).
LLDP Policy – LLDP-disable (created during previous task)
LACP Policy: LACP policy (created in the previous task).
Submit
Step 4 Create an Interface Profile to identify the Ethernet interfaces that your Tenant has been assigned to both Esxi.
Right-click Profiles > Create Interface Profile
Step 5: Enter the name ESXiA-if-profile, and then select the [+] adjacent interface Selectors.
Name of the Port Selector: Port1/31, Interface IDs are 1/31
Interface policy group: (vPC_to_ESXii-A) (created earlier).
Step 6 Click OK > Submit
Step 7Enter the name ESXiB-if-profile, and then select the [+] adjacent Interface Selectors.
Name of the Port Selector: Port1/32, Interface IDs are 1/32
Interface policy group: VPC_to_ESXiB (created earlier).
Step 8 Create a profile for the selection of the leaf switches that connect to the ESXiA and ESXiB.
Right-click Profiles > Create Switch Profile
Step 9 In the dialog, enter name L101-L102-SwitchProfile and Select the [+] adjacent Switch Selectors:
Name: L101-L102-SwitchSelector
Blocks: Choose from Leaf101 or Leaf102
Step 10 Click Next > Update
Step 11 Locate and verify the Interfaces Selector Profiles of your Tenant.
Both Profil
ESXi-A-if-profile
ESXi_B-if-profile
Click Finish
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