B.3 Data and Spine Switch Interconnects

This section lists the cabling connections between the Cisco Nexus 9348GC-FXP Switches performing the role of either data switch or spine switch. They are 100GbE Ethernet connections intended for high bandwidth traffic between the data and spine switches.

B.3.1 Spine Switch to Data Switch Connections

Table B.3 lists the cabling connections between the data switches and spine switches.

Table B.3 Cabling Connections Between Spine and Data Switches

From Rack Unit

From Component and Port

To Rack Unit

To Component and Port

U22

spine switch: port 23

U15

data switch: port 33

U22

spine switch: port 24

U15

data switch: port 34

U22

spine switch: port 25

U16

data switch: port 35

U22

spine switch: port 26

U16

data switch: port 36

U23

spine switch: port 23

U16

data switch: port 33

U23

spine switch: port 24

U16

data switch: port 34

U23

spine switch: port 25

U15

data switch: port 35

U23

spine switch: port 26

U15

data switch: port 36


B.3.2 Data Switch to Data Switch Connections

Table B.4 lists the cabling connections between the data switches.

Table B.4 Cabling Connections Between Data Switches

From Rack Unit

From Component and Port

To Rack Unit

To Component and Port

U15

data switch: port 3

U16

data switch: port 3

U15

data switch: port 4

U16

data switch: port 4


B.3.3 Spine Switch to Spine Switch Connections

Table B.5 lists the cabling connections between the spine switches.

Table B.5 Cabling Connections Between Spine Switches

From Rack Unit

From Component and Port

To Rack Unit

To Component and Port

U22

spine switch: port 28

U23

spine switch: port 28

U22

spine switch: port 29

U23

spine switch: port 29

U22

spine switch: port 30

U23

spine switch: port 30

U22

spine switch: port 31

U23

spine switch: port 31

U22

spine switch: port 32

U23

spine switch: port 32