Users Guide

IOA Fabric Designer Wizard

To design a Layer 2 fabric that has an I/O Aggregator (IOA) blade switch in a M1000e chassis, use the IOA

fabric design wizard. AFM supports IOA in standalone mode only.

1. To verify that the IOA blade switch is in standalone mode (default mode), use the following CLI

command:

show system stack-unit iom-mode

For more information about this command, refer to the Dell PowerEdge Command Line Reference

Guide for the M I/O Aggregator.

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

Figure 37. IOA Fabric Design

NOTE: If you are designing a fabric without an IOA blade switch, refer to Using the Fabric

Design Wizard..

3. Click New Fabric.

The Introduction screen appears.

NOTE: Click Save & Exit to save the current information and exit the wizard or click Cancel to

exit the wizard without saving the current information.

4. Review the introduction and click Next.

The Fabric Name screen appears.

5. On the Fabric Name and Type screen, select the Blade Switch Deployment check box, then select

the IOA radio button.

IOA Fabric Designer Wizard