: Establish the Connection Between the Firewall and ACI Fabric
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Establish the Connection Between the Firewall and ACI Fabric

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Establish the Connection Between the Firewall and ACI Fabric

Attach your firewall to the leaf switch through a VPC connection using the Ethernet interface (or aggregate Ethernet group) you configured on your firewall earlier in this procedure. Connect the interface or interfaces to the same ports on the leaf switches.
  1. Select
    Fabric
    Access Policies
    Quick Start
    .
  2. Click
    Configure an interface, PC, and VPC
    .
  3. Click the green and white plus (+).
  4. Select the leaf switch or switches to which you firewall is connected from the
    Switches
    drop-down.
  5. Click the green and white plus (+).
  6. Select VPC as the
    Interface Type
    .
  7. In the
    Interfaces
    field, enter the number of the interface your firewall uses to connect to the leaf switch.
  8. Enter a descriptive name into the
    Interface Selector Name
    field.
  9. Select
    LLDP-Enabled
    from the
    LLDP Policy
    drop-down.
  10. Select
    LACP Active
    from the
    Port Channel Policy
    drop-down.
  11. Select
    Bare Metal
    for a physical firewall or
    ESX Hosts
    for the VM-Series from the
    Attached Device Type
    drop-down.
  12. Select
    Choose One
    for
    Domain
    .
  13. Select the physical domain or VMM domain you created previously in this procedure from the
    Domain
    drop-down.
  14. Click
    Save
    .
  15. Click
    Save
    and then
    Submit
    .
  16. Repeat this procedure for the second firewall in your HA pair.

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