Users Guide

Figure 23. Advanced Port Config

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

2. For each device, select a port from the drop-down From Port menu.

NOTE:

• To reset all switches to original port configurations, click Reset All Switches.

• For switches that are not pre-deployed, the drop-down menus display both used and

available ports. For pre-deployed switches, only available ports display.

• If you change aggregation or access information, AFM resets port configurations.

• If you change port information for either of the VLT switches, AFM updates the port

configuration in the other switch in the pair to maintain symmetry.

3. To validate the port configurations, click Next. If AFM finds errors, you must correct them to

continue to the Output screen.

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. Navigate to the Network > Design Fabric > New Fabric > Output screen.

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

Topology (Graphical or Tabular format).

3. Use the arrow buttons to view additional pages or enter the page number in the page number entry