Users Guide

1. Review the IOA Pre-deployment Wizard information.
2. Insert the IOA blade switch into the M1000e chassis.
3. Make sure that the IOA blade switch is in standalone mode (default mode) using the following FTOS
CLI command: show system stack-unit <unit-number> iom-mode
For more information about this command, refer to the Dell PowerEdge Command Line Reference
Guide for the M I/O Aggregator
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4. Obtain the Chassis Management Controller (CMC) M1000e chassis IP address. Use this address to
discover all the IOA switch blades in the CMC chassis.
NOTE: For a description of each IOA Pre-deployment screen, refer to IOA Pre-deployment
Wizard
Figure 47. IOA Pre-deployment Management IP Address Screen
1. From the menu, click Network > Fabric Name and then click the Configure and Deploy tab.
2. From the Deploy Fabric drop-down menu, select Pre-deployment Configuration .
The pre-deployment Introduction screen appears.
3. On the Introduction screen, review the useful information that you need to gather before you begin.
4. Click Auto Populate IP Address and enter the starting IP address and prefix in the Start IP Address/
Prefix field.
5. Click the Configure Default Gateway link and then enter the address of the default gateway for the
management interface.
6. Click the Configure Management Route link and enter the IP address used by the management
route. Enter the gateway prefix in the field after the slash.
7. Click Next to go to the VLAN Configuration screen.
Pre-deployment (IOA) — VLAN Configuration
1. From the menu, click Network > Fabric Name and then click the Configure and Deploy tab.
Configuring and Deploying the Fabric
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