Users Guide

NOTE:

• The type of ports you can configure for this setting depend upon the number of topology

tiers you select and the switch model type.

• Configure at least one inter chassis link and one uplink for VLT or MLG type topologies.

• You cannot edit the Remaining Ports field.

• All values must be even.

• The maximum configurable bandwidth is 160 GB for VLT or MLG type topologies.

• The Inter Chassis link range is 2–16 for Dell OS switches and 2–8 for N series switches.

• In the Split Ports field, you can enable available 40G ports to act as 10G ports for any device

port. You can select the number of 10G ports split from the 40G port from the drop-down

menu.

The Allocated column displays the total amount of configured link bandwidth (in GB).

7. The 10 G Uplink Physical Type setting appears if the selected switch has 10G ports of both physical

types. In this setting, you can customize the 10G physical type as either Copper or Fiber

NOTE: You cannot change the physical type for an uplink after the fabric is pre-deployed.

8. Review the values and click Next to go to the Advanced Aggregation Config screen.

Advanced Fabric Design — Advanced Aggregation Config (One- or Two-Tier Topologies)

The Advanced Aggregation Config screen of the Fabric Design wizard displays the default values for the

fabric uplinks and inter chassis (VLT or MLAG) links. Uplinks connect the fabric from the next upstream

tier of devices to the core of the network. The minimum number of uplinks is two: one uplink is the active

link and one uplink is for redundancy.

Figure 26. Advanced Aggregation Config Screen

1. Select a switch model from the Switch Model drop-down menu:

• Z9500

• S55 (one-tier topology only)

• S60 (one-tier topology only)

• S6000

• S4820T

• S4810

• S4048–ON

• S3048–ON (one-tier topology only)

• N4064F

Designing a Fabric