Splitting a Clustered Pair of Fabric Interconnects

D.

The approach that splits a pair of clustered fabric interconnects into two standalone devices is option C: Erase the configuration of both fabric interconnects.

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches provide two options for high-availability deployment: standalone mode and clustered mode. In clustered mode, two fabric interconnects form a cluster to provide redundancy and high availability. However, there may be scenarios where you want to split the clustered fabric interconnects into standalone devices. For example, if you are separating two data centers or if you need to move a fabric interconnect to another location.

To split the clustered fabric interconnects into standalone devices, you must erase the configuration of both fabric interconnects. This removes the cluster configuration and the fabric interconnects become standalone devices.

You can erase the configuration of a fabric interconnect using the following steps:

1. Log in to the fabric interconnect using the console or SSH.
2. Enter the enable mode by typing enable.
3. Enter the configuration mode by typing configure terminal.
4. Issue the erase configuration command to erase the configuration of the fabric interconnect.
5. Confirm the erase operation by typing yes.

Once the configuration is erased from both fabric interconnects, they will no longer form a cluster and will function as standalone devices.

Option A (Run the disable fips-mode command on each fabric interconnect) is not relevant to splitting a pair of clustered fabric interconnects into standalone devices.

Option B (Run the connect local-management command on each fabric interconnect) is used to connect to the local management interface of a fabric interconnect. It is not relevant to splitting a pair of clustered fabric interconnects into standalone devices.

Option D (Unplug the Layer 1 and Layer 2 interfaces between the devices) is not a recommended method of splitting a pair of clustered fabric interconnects into standalone devices, as it can lead to network disruptions and is not a clean method of separation.