Trademarks
What's Changed in this guide
Cisco ACI Forwarding
Prerequisites for Configuring Layer 2 Networks
Networking Domains
Bridging
Explains how to configure bridge domains and tenant connectivity, including creation methods through GUI and CLI, and advanced bridging features like flooding and proxy ARP.
EPGs
Access Interfaces
Describes how to configure physical ports, port channels, virtual port channels, and connections to FEX devices.
FCoE Connections
Guides the configuration and deployment of Fibre Channel over Ethernet on ACI fabric, covering hardware requirements, implementation methods, and SAN boot scenarios.
Fibre Channel NPV
This chapter describes Fibre Channel N-Port Virtualization (FC NPV) and explains how to aggregate Fibre Channel traffic from locally connected host ports to a core switch. It provides hardware requirements, traffic management guidelines, and step-by-step procedures for configuring and deploying FC interfaces, SAN port channels, and traffic maps.
802.1Q Tunnels
Q-in-Q Encapsulation Mapping for EPGs
Explains Q-in-Q encapsulation mapping for Endpoint Groups and provides configuration procedures using both graphical interface and NX-OS style command line interface.
Breakout Ports
Explains how to configure Q-in-Q encapsulation mapping for Endpoint Groups and provides configuration procedures using both graphical interface and command-line methods.