If your switching solution is ONLY about providing connectivity for a few Nutanix Hosts, then a pair of Cisco Nexus N9K-C93180YC-EX switches in NXOS mode is all you need. For a test environment only, you can get away with one APIC. You will need three APIC controllers to get started with ACI. For a test environment only, you can get away with one spine switch. You will need at least two spine switches (eg Cisco Nexus 9332C) if you use an ACI solution. Can I simulate Vxlan and ACI only with the four Nexus 9300 switches? Don't buy four switches when two will do. TWO Nexus N9K-C93180YC-EX switches will give you 96 10/25G server facing ports, enough to support 48 Nutanix hosts, again this is probably more than you need. Assuming each server has 2x10G, four switches will support 96 Nutanix hosts, which is FAR larger than I expect you are implementing. Are four Nexus N 9K-C93180YC-EX switches enough?įour Nexus N 9K-C93180YC-EX switches will give you 192 10/25G server facing ports. It has 48 x 10/25G server-facing ports and 6x40/100G uplinks. and will serve your purpose in NXOS mode or in ACI mode if you choose that path. The Cisco Nexus N9K-C93180YC-EX is a fine switch. What kind of switches can I use, I press the Cisco Nexus N9K-C93180YC-EX? It WILL be more costly to implement, but may pay off in the long run if your deployment is large enough or requires a large degree of automation. So, if you are planning to implement an ACI solution, you will need to get a thorough undestanding of what ACI is and what it can do for you before going down that path. The hardware is exactly the same, but the results of running different operating systems is huge.
#NUTANIX TOR SWITCH WINDOWS#
Think of it like a server that can run either Windows or Linux.
#NUTANIX TOR SWITCH SOFTWARE#
If you are integrating with an ACI environment then you will need ACI licenced hardware - even though the same hardware models (like the Cisco Nexus N9K-C93180YC-EX) can be used in either NXOS mode or ACI mode, the software to drive the switch is completely different, and has different pricing. In what mode of Ios do I need to be configured, Nx-IOS or ACI? Let's look at your questions one at a time, but not in the order you asked them