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Management Connectivity Workflows

Updated: April 15, 2026

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Describes the prerequisites and high-level workflows for configuring in-band or out-of-band management connectivity to switches in the ACI fabric.

ACI Management Access Workflows

Use this reference to select a management-access method and locate the corresponding GUI, CLI, or REST API configuration task.

Table 1. ACI Management Access Methods

In-Band Management Access

Out-of-Band Management Access

In-band management access workflow

Out-of-band management access workflow

Prerequisites

Before you configure management access, ensure that the following requirements are met:

  • You have read and write access to the infra security domain.

  • The target leaf switches and the required interfaces are available.

ACI Leaf Switch Access Port Configuration

Choose one of the following management-access methods:

  • For in-band management access, use the suggested in-band configuration topics in the ACI Configuration Guide.

  • For out-of-band management access, use the suggested out-of-band configuration topics in the ACI Configuration Guide.

Suggested Topics

For more information, see the following topics in the ACI Basic Configuration Guide.

  • Configuring In-Band Management Access Using the Advanced GUI

  • Configuring In-Band Management Access Using the NX-OS Style CLI

  • Configuring In-Band Management Access Using the REST API

  • Configuring Out-of-Band Management Access Using the Advanced GUI

  • Configuring Out-of-Band Management Access Using the NX-OS Style CLI

  • Configuring Out-of-Band Management Access Using the REST API