Users Guide
7. To view the last applied configuration or save it, click View or Save To next to the Last committed
configuration on the switch area.
8. Review the combined configuration and make any necessary changes.
9. If you make changes, click Save To to save the combined auto-generated and custom configuration.
10. Click OK to close the Switch Specific Custom Configuration dialog box.
Preview Combined Configuration
To preview the combined configuration:
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 Advanced Configuration.
The Advanced Configuration dialog box appears.
3. Click Preview Combined Configuration.
The Combined Configuration screen appears.
Validation
You can verify that the discovered fabric matches the planned fabric and correct any errors. AFM reports
mismatches as errors and generates the corresponding alarms. After fixing any errors found during
validation, verify that all issues were resolved according to the planned fabric by re-validating the fabric.
1. From the menu, click Network > Fabric Name and then click the Configure and Deploy tab.
2. In the Switch column, select the switches for validation.
3. From the Deploy Fabric drop-down menu, click Deploy and Validate.
The Deploy and Validation dialog box appears.
4. Click the Validation tab.
5. Select the switches for validation.
6. Review the progress in the Status, Status Details, Response Actions, and Last Validated Time
columns.
7. Correct any errors.
8. If you fix any errors found during validation, verify that all issues were fixed according to the planned
fabric by re-validating the fabric.
9. Click Close.
Table 53. Validation Status
Number Status Status Details Response Action
1 Required Validation Required None
2 Complete Validation completed None
3 Error HOSTNAME/MAC Address/MODEL
Mismatch
To check for switch mismatch
errors:
1. From the menu, click Network
> Fabric Name and then click
the Configure and Deploy tab.
2. Click Errors.
3. To view error details, click the
Discovered Errors tab.
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Configuring and Deploying the Fabric