Onboarding ACI Fabrics
This section describes how to onboard one or more ACI fabrics to your Nexus Dashboard.
Before you begin
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You can on-board only 1 type of sites (ACI, NDFC, or Standalone NX-OS) within the same cluster.
Onboarding a mix of ACI and NDFC, ACI and NX-OS, or NDFC and NX-OS within the same cluster is not supported.
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Fabric connectivity must be already configured as described in Fabric Connectivity.
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EPG/L3Out for Nexus Dashboard data network IP connectivity must be already configured as described in Fabric Connectivity.
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IP connectivity from Nexus Dashboard to Cisco APIC in-band IP over the data network must be already configured.
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IP connectivity from Nexus Dashboard to the leaf nodes' and spine nodes' in-band IPs over the data network must be already configured.
Procedure
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Navigate to . |
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Click Add Site. This starts the site onboarding workflow. |
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In the Add Site screen, choose Controller Based Site. If you don't have the Insights service installed, this selection will not be visible and site onboarding defaults to this option. |
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Step 4 |
Provide site information.
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Step 5 |
Provide additional site Details.
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Step 6 |
In the Summary page, verify the information and click Save to finish adding the site. |