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42 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI
Apply the Contract to VRF
In this deployment, EPGs are extended outside of the ACI fabric by mapping EPGs to external VLANs. This is
so when a frame tagged with, VLAN 1611 for example, enters the ACI fabric, ACI knows that it belongs to the
ESXi Management EPG and treats it accordingly.
ESXi Mgmt EPG
ESXi Mgmt BD
vMotion EPG
vMotion BD
vSAN EPG
vSAN BD
VLAN 1611
VLAN 1612
VLAN 1613
...
External devices
Bridge domains are associated with EPGs, which are mapped to external VLANs.