A Cisco ACI fabric has 10 standalone leaf switches. The requirement is for the APIC to select the odd switches as a VPC group and select even switches as another VPC group automatically. Which VPC pro

The correct answer is C. reciprocal. In Cisco ACI, VPC protection groups define how leaf switches are paired for VPC domain creation. The protection type determines how APIC automatically groups the switches: Serial – Switches are paired in ascending order (1–2, 3–4, etc.). Consecutive – Similar to serial; ensures c

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A Cisco ACI fabric has 10 standalone leaf switches. The requirement is for the APIC to select the odd switches as a VPC group and select even switches as another VPC group automatically. Which VPC protection type must be configured to accomplish this goal?

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Aserial
Bconsecutive
Creciprocal
Dexplicit

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Explanation

In Cisco ACI, VPC protection groups define how leaf switches are paired for VPC domain creation. The protection type determines how APIC automatically groups the switches: Serial – Switches are paired in ascending order (1–2, 3–4, etc.). Consecutive – Similar to serial; ensures consecutive node IDs form pairs. Reciprocal – Switches are grouped based on odd/even distribution (odd nodes together, even nodes together). Explicit – Manual configuration; you explicitly assign which switches belong to which VPC pair. Since the requirement is to have all odd-numbered switches grouped together and all even- numbered switches grouped together automatically, the correct type is reciprocal.

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