Hardware Requirements for DCNM Fabrics

Hardware Requirements For DCNM Fabrics

Spine Switch Requirements

The following table summarizes the hardware requirements for EVPN Multi-Site Architecture:

  • Cisco Nexus 9300 EX platform

  • Cisco Nexus 9300 FX platform

  • Cisco Nexus 9300 FX2 platform

  • Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform

  • Cisco Nexus 9332C platform

  • Cisco Nexus 9364C platform

  • Cisco Nexus 9500 platform with X9700-EX line card

  • Cisco Nexus 9500 platform with X9700-FX line card

The hardware requirements for the site-internal BGP Route Reflector (RR) and VTEP of a VXLAN BGP EVPN site remain the same as those without the EVPN Multi-Site Border Gateways (BGW). This document does not cover the hardware and software requirements for the VXLAN EVPN site-internal network.