010-151 · Question #73
Which two Cisco Nexus switches provide the foundation of the Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure? (Choose two.)
The correct answer is B. Cisco Nexus 9508 switch D. Cisco Nexus 93128TX switch. Cisco ACI's hardware foundation is the Nexus 9000 series, using the modular 9508 as a spine switch and the fixed 93128TX as a leaf switch.
Question
Which two Cisco Nexus switches provide the foundation of the Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure? (Choose two.)
Options
- ACisco Nexus 7718 switch
- BCisco Nexus 9508 switch
- CCisco Nexus 7710 switch
- DCisco Nexus 93128TX switch
- ECisco Nexus 6004 switch
How the community answered
(30 responses)- A10% (3)
- B83% (25)
- C3% (1)
- E3% (1)
Why each option
Cisco ACI's hardware foundation is the Nexus 9000 series, using the modular 9508 as a spine switch and the fixed 93128TX as a leaf switch.
The Nexus 7718 is a Nexus 7000-series chassis that runs traditional NX-OS and does not support ACI fabric mode as a spine or leaf node.
The Cisco Nexus 9508 is a modular Nexus 9000-series chassis that functions as a spine switch in the ACI fabric, interconnecting all leaf nodes with high-bandwidth uplinks. It operates in ACI mode under APIC policy control, enabling centralized application-centric policy enforcement across the fabric.
The Nexus 7710 is also a Nexus 7000-series platform running NX-OS and is not part of the ACI spine-leaf hardware portfolio.
The Cisco Nexus 93128TX is a fixed-configuration Nexus 9000-series leaf switch that connects servers and endpoints to the ACI fabric. It enforces application policies distributed by the APIC controller and serves as the ingress and egress point for all endpoint traffic.
The Nexus 6004 is a Nexus 6000-series switch designed for unified fabric and FCoE environments and is not supported as an ACI spine or leaf switch.
Concept tested: Cisco ACI foundation hardware - Nexus 9000 spine and leaf
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/data-center-virtualization/application-centric-infrastructure/index.html
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