Users Guide

Using the Fabric Design Wizard..........................................................................................................53
Fabric Design — Fabric Name and Type............................................................................................ 54
Standard Fabric..............................................................................................................................56
Advanced Fabric Design............................................................................................................... 64
Fabric Design — Viewing and Exporting Output............................................................................... 84
Output Types.................................................................................................................................85
Fabric Design — Summary..................................................................................................................88
Using Existing Fabric Designs.............................................................................................................89
Importing an Existing Fabric Design.............................................................................................89
Editing and Expanding an Existing Fabric Design ....................................................................... 89
Deleting the Fabric........................................................................................................................90
Viewing the Wiring Plan......................................................................................................................90
5 IOA Fabric Designer Wizard..............................................................................91
6 Configuring and Deploying the Fabric...........................................................96
Pre-Deployment Configuration......................................................................................................... 96
IOA Fabric Pre-Deployment..........................................................................................................97
Layer 2 VLT/ Advanced Fabric Pre-Deployment..........................................................................97
Layer 3 Distributed Core Fabric Pre-Deployment....................................................................... 97
Layer 3 with Resiliency (Routed VLT) Pre-Deployment.............................................................. 98
Device MAC Association...............................................................................................................98
IOA Pre-Deployment Wizard......................................................................................................104
VLT/Distributed Core Pre-Deployment Wizard............................................................................... 114
Prerequisites.................................................................................................................................114
Pre-Deployment Screens............................................................................................................114
Protocol Configuration — Layer 2 VLT Fabric Designs.............................................................. 115
Protocol Configuration — Layer 3 Distributed Core Fabric.......................................................123
Protocol Configuration — Layer 3 with Resiliency (Routed VLT)..............................................126
Pre-Deployment — Change Port Status.....................................................................................137
Pre-Deployment — Assign Switch Identities..............................................................................139
Pre-Deployment — Management IP.......................................................................................... 139
Pre-Deployment — License Update...........................................................................................140
Pre-Deployment — SNMP and CLI Credentials.........................................................................140
Pre-Deployment — Software Images ........................................................................................ 141
Pre-Deployment — DHCP Integration.......................................................................................142
Pre-Deployment — Summary.....................................................................................................142
Viewing the DHCP Configuration File..............................................................................................143
Deploying and Validating the Fabric.................................................................................................143
Deploying the Fabric................................................................................................................... 143
Advanced Configuration.............................................................................................................146
Validation.....................................................................................................................................148
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