Users Guide

Fabric Design — Viewing and Exporting Output

To view the graphical wiring, tabular wiring, and network topology wiring plans for your fabric design, use

the Output screen. Use the wiring plan as a guide for installing your equipment into the fabric. Based on

the configuration, AFM calculates the number of switches required for the design and displays a physical

wiring plan in PDF or Microsoft Visio® 2010 format that you can export and print. The wiring plans display

the switches and links for current and future expansion and the cabling maps (the connections between

the switches). Review the wiring plan and then export it to a file.

After the fabric design is approved, provide the wiring plan to the data center operator to build the

physical network according to the fabric design.

1. From the menu, click Network and then the Design Fabric tab.

2. Click New Fabric.

3. Navigate to the Output screen.

4. Click the type of wiring plan that you want to export: Wiring (Graphical or Tabular), or Network

Topology (Graphical or Tabular format).

5. To view additional pages, use the arrow buttons or enter the page number in the page number entry

field to the left of the arrow buttons.

6. Click Export.

The Generate Wiring Plan dialog box appears.

7. Specify the following export options.

• PDF — Table, Data, Graphical Wiring Plan, or Both.

• Visio — Network Topology.

8. Click Generate.

The output appears in the selected format.

Designing a Fabric