Exam 300-620 topic 1 question 221 discussion

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Key Details for OOB Connectivity Physical Connection: Use the eth1 management interface on the APIC node for OOB management connectivity.

OOB is A.

D there is 2 ports acts as active/standby, can be use for high availability, however, connecting one port will be enough

Unsure why people are suggesting A that is the CIMC port. D is correct

you need OOB dedicated port and LAN connectivity to leaf Switches [Data plane] https://blog.devopssimplified.com/ACI-First-7-Days-Notes

Is it D https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/aci/apic/white_papers/Cisco-ACI-Initial-Deployment-Cookbook.html

Answer is D. One the most basic questions for aci . A is for the cimc (cisco integrated management controller)

D is the correct answer, those are the OOB Mgmt Ports for the Apic, Answer A depicts the dedicated Mgmt port for the CIMC.

Out-of-band 1-Gb/10-Gb Ethernet management ports for management of APIC OS only

https://www.dclessons.com/oob-in-band-management#:~:text=In%20ACI%2C%20with%20the%20help,%2F1000BASE%2DT%20connectivity%20options. Out-of-band management is mandatory for the Cisco APIC initial setup and requires additional cabling on the management interfaces on the leaf and spine switches (interface mgmt0). Out of Band Management In ACI, with the help of RJ45 Management ports on APIC, OOB connectivity is provided. These APIC OOB Ports will be connected to any OOB management network with 10/100/1000BASE-T connectivity options. OOB management address can either be statically assigned to fabric nodes, or let APIC assign the IP address dynamically from Management Subnet.

you dont use lan ports for out of band connectivity... you use a dedicated management port