Users Guide

Use Case 5: Three-Tier Layer 2.....................................................................................................57
Use Case 6: Three-Tier Layer 3 Resiliency (Routed VLT).............................................................57
Using the Fabric Design Wizard..........................................................................................................58
Fabric Design – Step 1: Fabric Name and Type.................................................................................59
Standard Fabric.............................................................................................................................. 61
Advanced Fabric Design............................................................................................................... 69
Fabric Design — Viewing and Exporting Output................................................................................75
Output Types.................................................................................................................................76
Fabric Design – Summary...................................................................................................................79
Using Existing Fabric Designs.............................................................................................................80
Importing an Existing Fabric Design.............................................................................................80
Editing and Expanding an Existing Fabric Design ....................................................................... 80
Deleting the Fabric........................................................................................................................ 81
Viewing the Wiring Plan...................................................................................................................... 81
6 IOA Fabric Designer Wizard..............................................................................82
7 Configuring and Deploying the Fabric........................................................... 87
Pre-deployment Configuration.......................................................................................................... 87
IOA Fabric Pre-deployment..........................................................................................................88
Layer 2 VLT/ Advanced Fabric Pre-deployment..........................................................................88
Layer 3 Distributed Core Fabric Pre-deployment........................................................................88
Layer 3 with Resiliency (Routed VLT) Pre-deployment...............................................................89
Device MAC Association...............................................................................................................89
IOA Pre-deployment Wizard.............................................................................................................. 95
Pre-deployment (IOA) – Management IP.................................................................................... 97
Pre-deployment (IOA) – VLAN Configuration.............................................................................98
Pre-deployment (IOA) – SNMP and CLI Credentials.................................................................102
Pre-deployment (IOA) — Software Images................................................................................103
Pre-deployment (IOA) – Summary............................................................................................ 104
IOA Pre-deployment Error Messages.........................................................................................106
VLT/ Distributed Core Pre-Deployment Wizard.............................................................................. 107
Prerequisites................................................................................................................................ 107
Pre-Deployment Screens............................................................................................................107
Protocol Configuration — Layer 2 VLT Fabric Designs............................................................. 108
Protocol Configuration — Layer 3 Distributed Core Fabric....................................................... 115
Protocol Configuration — Layer 3 with Resiliency (Routed VLT).............................................. 119
Pre-deployment – Change Port Status......................................................................................129
Pre-deployment – Assign Switch Identities...............................................................................130
Pre-Deployment – Management IP ..........................................................................................130
Pre-Deployment – SNMP and CLI Credentials.......................................................................... 131
Pre-Deployment – Software Images .........................................................................................131