Users Guide

IOA Fabric Pre-Deployment

To prepare the IOA fabric for deployment, complete the following tasks using the Pre-deployment

Configuration wizard.

1. Pre-Deployment IOA — Management IP

2. Pre-Deployment IOA — VLAN Configuration

3. Pre-Deployment IOA — SNMP and CLI Credentials

4. Pre-Deployment (IOA) — Software Images

5. Pre-Deployment IOA — Summary

Layer 2 VLT/ Advanced Fabric Pre-Deployment

To prepare the Layer 2 VLT or Advanced fabric designs for deployment, complete the following tasks

using the Pre-deployment Configuration wizard.

NOTE: The pre-deployment processes for a Layer 2 VLT standard fabric and for an advanced fabric

are similar. The exceptions are the Storage Facing Ports screen applies only to standard fabric pre-

deployment and the Change Port Status screen applies only to advanced fabric pre-deployment.

1. Protocol Configuration for a Layer 2 VLT fabric:

a. L2 VLT Pre-Deployment — Uplink Configuration

b. L2 VLT Pre-Deployment — VLAN Configuration

c. Pre-deployment L2 VLT — Port Channel Configuration

d. L2 VLT Pre-Deployment — Storage Facing Port

e. L2 VLT Pre–Deployment — VLAN Mapping

2. Pre-Deployment — Change Port Status (Advanced Fabric only)

3. Pre-Deployment — Assign Switch Identities

4. Pre-Deployment — Management IP

5. Pre-Deployment — License Update (Advanced Fabric Z9500 switches only)

6. Pre-Deployment — SNMP and CLI Credentials

7. Pre-Deployment — Software Images

8. Pre-Deployment — DHCP Integration

9. Pre-Deployment — Summary

Layer 3 Distributed Core Fabric Pre-Deployment

To prepare the Layer 3 Distributed Core fabric for deployment, complete the following tasks using the

Pre-deployment Configuration wizard.

1. Protocol Configuration for Layer 3 fabric:

• Pre-Deployment L3 DC — Fabric Link Configuration

• Pre-Deployment L3 DC — Uplink Configuration

• Pre-Deployment L3 DC — Downlink Configuration

2. Pre-Deployment — Assign Switch Identities

3. Pre-Deployment — Management IP

Configuring and Deploying the Fabric