Users Guide

• To automatically discover MAC addresses and the locations of the devices in the fabric, click Device

MAC Association, select a fabric, and click OK. For more information, refer to Device MAC

Association.

• To use the wizard to complete the pre-deployment process, click Pre-deployment Configuration,

select a fabric, and click OK. For more information, refer to the following subsections.

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 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. Pre-deployment L2 VLT – Uplink Configuration

b. Pre-deployment L2 VLT – VLAN Configuration

c. Pre-deployment L2 VLT – Port Channel Configuration

d. Pre-deployment L2 VLT – Storage Facing Ports (Standard Fabric only)

e. Pre-deployment L2 VLT – 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 – SNMP and CLI Credentials

6. Pre-deployment – Software Images

7. Pre-deployment – DHCP Integration

8. 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

Configuring and Deploying the Fabric