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Active Fabric Manager
Deployment Guide 1.5

Summary of Contents for Active Fabric Manager

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Page 3: ... Distributed Core 21 Gathering Useful Information for a Distributed Core 21 Selecting a Layer 3 Distributed Core Fabric Design 22 VLT 26 Multi domain VLT 27 VLT Terminology 27 VLT Fabric Terminology 28 VLT Components 28 Typical VLT Topology 28 Key Considerations for Designing a Layer 2 VLT Fabric 29 Gathering Useful Information for a Layer 2 VLT Fabric 30 Selecting a Layer 2 VLT Fabric Design 30 6...

Page 4: ...r 3 Distributed Core Fabric Step 1 3 55 Protocol Configuration Layer 2 VLT Fabric Step 1 3 58 Pre deployment Step 4 Assign Switch Identities 62 Pre Deployment Step 5 Management IP 63 Pre Deployment Step 6 Software Images 64 Pre Deployment Step 7 DHCP Integration 64 Pre Deployment Step 8 Advance Configuration 65 Pre Deployment Step 9 Output 68 Pre Deployment Step 10 Summary 68 Viewing the DHCP Conf...

Page 5: ...Error 98 Validating Connectivity to the ToR 98 10 Alerts and Events 99 Current Active Alerts 99 Historical Alerts and Event History 100 11 Performance Management 101 Network Performance Management 101 Fabric Performance Management 102 Switch Performance Management 102 Port Performance Management 103 Detailed Port Performance Management 103 Data Collection 104 TCA Threshold Settings 105 Reports 106...

Page 6: ...ates 114 Switch Software Activation 115 Scheduling Switch Software Updates 115 Activating Standby Partition Software 116 Scheduling a Back Up Switch Configuration 117 14 Administration 119 Administrative Settings 119 CLI Credentials 119 Client Settings 120 Data Retention Settings 120 DHCP Server Settings 120 NTP Server Settings 121 SMTP Email 121 SNMP Configuration 121 Syslog Server IP Addresses 1...

Page 7: ... the Data Center How do you design the fabric What kind of switch do you buy Who is going to use Visio to manually document the fabric which switch ports connect to another switch Who is going to draw the cables How will I ensure that this fabric design is accurate Who is going to update the fabric design as I change it or expand it Who is going to configure every switch in the fabric and what kin...

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Page 9: ...simplify network operations automate tasks and improve efficiency in the data center NOTE Before you begin review the Getting Started page For information about the AFM workflow see Flowchart for Designing and Deploying a Fabric To learn how to install the AFM including instructions on completing the Initial Setup see the Active Fabric Manager Installation Guide Getting Started Fabric Designer Wiz...

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Page 11: ...to design and deploy a fabric including the information you need before you begin After you complete the basic installation of the Active Fabric Manager AFM you must configure it This is done using the Getting Started configuration wizard at the Home Getting Started screen After you complete the installation process the AFM automatically launches this wizard The Getting Started configuration wizar...

Page 12: ...a Layer 3 Distributed Core Fabric 2 Design the fabric Related links designing a Layer 2 VLT fabric Overview of VLT Key Considerations fo Designing a VLT Fabric Selecting a VLT Fabric Related links for designing a Layer 3 distributed core fabric Overview of a Distributed Core Terminology Designing a Distributed Core Selecting a Distributed Core Design 3 Build the physical network 4 Configure the fo...

Page 13: ...Dell Networking operating system FTOS CLI user s Credentials and enable the configuration credential for all the switches in the fabric For information about this topic see CLI Credentials CAUTION If you are using a switch that has already been deployed reset its factory settings in the fabric The switch must be in Bare Metal Provision BMP mode Designing and Deploying a Fabric Flowchart The follow...

Page 14: ...Figure 2 Designing and Deploying a Fabric Flowchart 14 ...

Page 15: ...s Current Historical Performance Average Bandwidth Utilization Link Usage Switch Statistics Maintenance Software Updates Backup and Restore Configure and Deploy Fabric Deploy Fabric Pre deployment Configuration Deploy and Validate View DHCP Configuration Errors CLI Configuration View DHCP configuration files Manage Templates Associate Templates Custom Configuration View Custom Configuration Histor...

Page 16: ...nistration Audit Log Administration CLI Credentials Client Settings Data Retention Settings DHCP Server Settings NTP Server Settings Email Settings Syslog IP Addresses SNMP Configuration System Information TFTP FTP Settings User Accounts Add User Delete User Edit User Unlocking User User Sessions Display active AFM users Terminate users sessions AFM Server Upgrade AFM Server Upgrade AFM Server Bac...

Page 17: ... over virtualized environments For information about Layer 2 fabrics see VLT and Selecting a VLT Fabric Design To design a fabric based on the capacity requirements for your current and future needs use the fabric design wizard at the Network Configure Fabric Design New Fabric screen When you first start the AFM it starts the Getting Started configuration wizard in the Welcome to Active Fabric Man...

Page 18: ...r architecture composed of multiple switches interconnected to provide a scalable high performance network that replaces the traditional and aggregation layers in a conventional core Switches are arranged as spines and leaves the spines interlink connect the leaves together using a routing protocol The leaves edge ports connect to the switches ToR switches servers other devices and the WAN The spi...

Page 19: ...ge devices or top of rack TOR elements The role of the leaf switch is to provide access to the fabric The leaf switch connects to all of spines above it in the fabric Spine A switch that connects to leaf switches The role of the spine is to provide an interconnect to all the leaf switches All the ports on the spine switches are used to connect the leaves various racks together The spines provides ...

Page 20: ...nd leaf devices The ratio that you specify depends on the bandwidth throughput and edge port requirements The interlink over oversubscription ratio does not come off the edge port downlinks As you increase the fabric over subscription ratio The total number of ports for the downlinks increases The number of interconnect links from the leaves to the spines decreases The maximum number of available ...

Page 21: ...abric interlink bandwidth the links between the spines and leaves Uplinks and downlinks which are always 10 GbE When the Open Shortest Path First OSPF is selected for both uplinks and interlinks one of the uplinks or interlinks must be in area 0 If one uplink is in area 0 then the interlinks must not be in area 0 The fabric over subscription ratio Fixed fabric interlink bandwidth that is based on ...

Page 22: ...loyment Step 7 DHCP Integration Obtain pool of IP addresses for the management port for each switch in the fabric Obtain IP addresses 2 8 addresses must be an even number for the uplink configuration from the ISP service Obtain IP addresses for the downlink configuration for connecting to the server or ToR Obtain IP addresses for the Fabric Interlink Configuration for the spine and leaf switches G...

Page 23: ...Fabric With a Type 1 Extra Large Distributed Core fabric design the Z9000 spines connect to the Z9000 leaves at a fixed 40 GbE line rate The maximum number of leaves is based on the maximum number of ports on the spine 32 ports for the Z9000 as shown in the following figure Figure 4 Type 1 Extra Large Distributed Core Fabric Design Use the Type 1 Extra Large Distributed Core fabric design when The...

Page 24: ...ween the spines and leaves of 10 GbE is required The current and future planned uplinks and downlinks on the leaves for the fabric is less than or equal to 2048 ports The leaves act as a switch or ToR leaf switch Within the ToR the downlink protocol can be either VLAN or VLAN and LAG With a Type 2 Large Distributed Core fabric design the S4810 spines connect to the S4810 leaves at a fixed 10 GbE T...

Page 25: ...either on physical machines or virtual machines Figure 6 Type 3 Medium Distributed Core Fabric Design Use the Type 3 Medium Distributed Core design when You require a fabric interlink bandwidth between the spines and leaves at a 40 GbE line rate The current and future planned uplinks and downlinks on the leaves for your distributed core fabric is less than or equal to 1536 ports The leaves act as ...

Page 26: ...es is 16 as show in the following figure Figure 7 Type 4 Small Distributed Core Fabric Design Each S4810 leaf for the Type 4 Small Distributed Core design has the following Sixteen 10 Gigabit of fabric interlink port capacity to the spine Forty eight 10 Gig Ethernet downlinks Sixty 10 Gig Ethernet ports for servers per node and WAN connectivity VLT Virtual link trunking VLT allows physical links b...

Page 27: ...nits increasing the number of available ports and allowing for dual redundancy of the VLT For more information about mVLT deployments see Selecting a Layer 2 VLT Fabric Design VLT Terminology The following are key VLT terms Virtual link trunk VLT The combined port channel between an attached device and the VLT peer switches VLT backup link The backup link monitors the health of VLT peer switches T...

Page 28: ...ributed core There are no uplinks on the spines Edge ports The uplinks on the spines and downlinks on the leaves Uplinks An edge port link on the first two spines in the VLT fabric that connects to outside the fabric Downlinks An edge port link that connects the leaves to the data access layer For example servers or ToR elements Downlinks are always 1 Gb or 10 Gb You must specify an even number of...

Page 29: ...figuration Guide for the Dell Networking S4810 S4820T S55 S60 Z9000 and MXL switches at https www force10networks com CSPortal20 KnowledgeBase Documentation aspx The number and type of spines and leaves switches in a VLT fabric are based on the following The type of VLT fabric design VLT Fabric Type Use Case Stacking Type 1 1 Gb ToR For a ToR deployment S60 or S55 switches that require 1 Gb downli...

Page 30: ...o that the switches can install the appropriate FTOS software image and configuration file The AFM automatically copies the minimum configuration into the specified TFTP FTP location To specify a TFTP FTP site go to Administration Settings screen For information about which software packages to use see the Release Notes Obtain the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP server address to use for ...

Page 31: ... 40 Gb 8 x 40 Gb Interlink ports 88 x 10 Gb 80 x 10 Gb 52 x 40 Gb Max number of leaf ports 2304 1Gb ports 48 48 ports 2304 240 10 Gb ports ports per expansion 2 expansion blade 8 ports 8 ports 40Gb 4 10GB 12 ports 12 ports per MXL 2 24 ports per chassis 10 chassis 24 ports 240 ports 1248 10 Gb ports 26 Leaf devices 48 ports 1248 From each leaf S4810 S4820 T two 40G ports are used as VLTi connectio...

Page 32: ...Type Max of Ports Min Ports Downlink ports 48 Switches x 48 Ports 2304 x 1Gb 96 x 1Gb Uplink ports 4 x 40 Gb 2 x 40Gb Fabric Interlink ports VLT Spine to Leaf 96 x 10Gb 4 x 10Gb VLTi Ports Spine 2 links 4 x 40Gb 4 x 40Gb Stack Ports 2 Leaf stack Max 2 x 12 Gb 2 x 12 Gb Type 2 10 Gb Blade Switch MXL VLT Use the Type 2 10 Gb MXL Blade Deployment when you require a 10 Gb downlinks stacking and have a...

Page 33: ...ric Interlink ports 88 10 Gb VLTi Ports Spine The maximum number of VLTi ports is 8 10 Gb The ports and maximum VLTi links have a 4 10 Gb capacity Stack Ports Leaf 40 40 Gb NOTE With a Type 2 10 Gb Blade Switch MXL VLT deployment there are no downlinks Type 3 10 Gb ToR mVLT Use the Type 3 10 GbE ToR Deployment mVLT when you require 10 Gb downlinks for a ToR For information about mVLT see Multi dom...

Page 34: ...S4820T Table 5 Type 3 10 Gb ToR mVLT Deployment Port Types Port Type Max of Ports Min Ports Downlink ports 26 48 or 2 48 1248 10Gb 96 10Gb Uplink ports 8 40 Gb 2 40 Gb Fabric Interlink ports Spine 2 Z9000 52 40Gb 4 40Gb Fabric Interlink ports Leaf 13 S4810 VLT pairs 52 40Gb 4 40Gb VLTi Ports Spine 2 links 4 40Gb 2 40Gb VLTi Ports Leaf 26 links 26 40Gb 2 40GB 34 ...

Page 35: ...splay detailed information about the fabric Before you begin review the Getting Started section To design a fabric complete the following tasks using the Fabric Design Wizard 1 Fabric Design Step 1 Fabric Name Type and Description 2 Fabric Design Step 2 Bandwidth 3 Fabric Design Step 3 Port Specification 4 Fabric Design Step 4 Deployment Type 5 Fabric Design Step 5 Output 6 Fabric Design Step 6 Su...

Page 36: ...ent to proceed with deployment of the subset of switches Complete Indicates that Pre deployment Configuration information is complete for all switches Deployment Required Indicates that the Deployment state for all switches is in the Required state In progress Indicates that Deployment is In progress the progress bar displays in the UI on one or more switches It also provides information about the...

Page 37: ...HCP server NOTE In case of remote DHCP server no errors will be reported for DHCP integration step as it is not an automated step from AFM user is responsible for manual DHCP integration in this case Complete Indicates that Pre deployment Configuration information is complete for the switch Deployment Required Indicates that deployment was never initiated for the switch or the Deployment state was...

Page 38: ...o simplify and automate the design process the AFM provides a fabric design wizard to help you design the fabric See Designing the Fabric Using the Fabric Design Wizard and Supported Fabric Types To generate a physical wiring diagram for the fabric during the design phase enter your data center capacity requirements The wiring diagram is typically given to the network operator who uses it to build...

Page 39: ...wn to the next tier of devices or servers towards the edge of the network These values 1 Gb 10 Gb or 40 Gb are based on the fabric you have selected in the Fabric Name and Type screen For Layer 3 Distributed Core fabric the downlinks and uplinks are always 10GbE For a Layer 2 VLT fabric that has the leaves acting as a ToR you can design it to have 1 GbE or 10 GbE downlinks using the Downlinks Band...

Page 40: ...nks As you increase the interlink over subscription ratio The total number of ports for the uplinks and downlinks increases The total number interconnect links from the leaves to the spines decreases The maximum number of available ports increases 3 In the Number of edge ports required by the fabric a Enter an even number 2 to 32 of uplink ports connections to the WAN required by the fabric for in...

Page 41: ...e switch pairs Read only field Uplink Ports Enter the uplink ports based on the current requirements Values from 2 to 8 Default 2 Blade Switch Pairs Enter the blade switch pairs based on the current requirements Values from 2 to 11 without stacking from 2 to 10 with stacking Default 2 Remaining Available Uplink Ports Displays the difference between the Maximum Available Uplink Ports and Current Pl...

Page 42: ...r the following Layer 2 VLT ToR deployments 1 Gb ToR Deployment 10 Gb ToR Deployment Figure 13 Layer 2 VLT ToR Port Specification Table 9 Layer 2 VLT ToR Port Specification Option Description Available Uplink Downlink Ports Displays the maximum available ports This value is determined by what is specified in the previous screens Validation Criteria This is a read only field and pre populated Defau...

Page 43: ...e 3 10 Gb ToR Deployment the uplink value is from 2 to 8 3 In the Downlinks Ports field specify the number downlink ports 96 to the maximum available ports 4 Click the Next button Fabric Design Step 4 Deployment Type The AFM displays deployment type options based on what type of fabric you select in the Fabric Name and Type and Port Specification screens When you select a Layer 3 distributed core ...

Page 44: ... and displays the physical wiring plan which you can export and print in PDF or Visio The wiring plans display the cabling maps the connections between the spines and leaves the switches and links for future expansion Review the wiring plans and then export them to a file Typically after the fabric design is approved the wiring plan is given to your data center operator who uses this information t...

Page 45: ...f switches along with their names and ports which connect to the ports on the other switches Figure 16 Tabular Wiring Plan Table 10 Tabular Wiring Plan Output Descriptions Field Name Description From Port Displays the port number on the spine from the side From Spine Displays the name of the spine from the side To Leaf Displays the name of the leaf to the side To Port Displays the port number on t...

Page 46: ... the TFTP or FTP IP address To stage the switch software images use this address When you prepare the software images a Make sure the software version is the same for each type of switch across the fabric b Download the software image for each type of Dell Networking switch c Stage the software images on the TFTP or FTP site 2 Obtain a pool of management IP addresses from the lab or system adminis...

Page 47: ...it Existing Fabric button The Select a Fabric screen displays 3 Select a fabric to edit and then click the OK button The Fabric Designer wizard displays 4 Edit the fabric Deleting the Fabric To delete a fabric 1 Navigate to the Network Fabric Name Configure screen 2 Select the fabric to delete 3 Click the Delete button Viewing the Wiring Diagram To view and export the wiring diagram of the fabric ...

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Page 49: ... Configuration Template and custom configuration using the FTOS CLI commands Manage Templates Associate Templates Custom Configuration Viewing Custom Configuration History View Wiring Plan Displays the wiring plan in tabular network topology and graphical formats which can be exported Related Links Pre deployment Configuration Using the Pre deployment Configuration Wizard Fabric Deployment Summary...

Page 50: ...e latest percentage complete information Error Indicates that deployment error exists Complete Indicates that deployment was successful for the switch Validation Required Indicates that validation was never initiated for the switch or the Validation state was reset due to a Design Pre deployment Configuration Deployment change NOTE Validation can be initiated only if deployment is in a Complete st...

Page 51: ...plete In progress Not Started In progress Stopped Error Complete View Wiring Plan View DHCP Configuration View Deployment and Validation Status Delete Fabric Complete Partial Complete Complete Incomplete Partial Complete Complete Incomplete indicates that the AFM is in the middle of deploying the switches Complete indicates all the switches in the distributed fabric are deployed Not Started In pro...

Page 52: ...oyment Step 7 DHCP Integration 8 Pre deployment Step 8 Advance Configuration 9 Pre deployment Step 9 Output 10 Pre deployment Step 10 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 Pre deployment Step 1 Fabric Interlink Configuration 2 Pre deployment St...

Page 53: ...ic NOTE Before racking the switches make sure that you have the csv file that contains the system MAC addresses for each switch in the fabric If you do not have this file record the system addresses before you rack the switches 2 Power off the switches in the fabric Gather the useful information listed in Gathering Useful Information for a Layer 3 Distributed Core Fabric or Gather Useful Informati...

Page 54: ...ns automate the deployment process Fabric Interlink Configuration for a Layer 3 Distributed Core Fabric only Configures options for the spine and leaf to communicate in the fabric Uplink Configuration Specify an even number of uplinks The minimum number of uplinks is 2 One uplink is for redundancy For Layer 3 distributed core an edge port link on the first two leaves that connects to the edge WAN ...

Page 55: ...stributed Core Fabric Step 1 3 To configure the pre deployment protocol configuration for a Layer 3 distributed core fabric complete the following tasks 1 Pre deployment Step 1 Fabric Interlink Configuration 2 Pre deployment Step 2 Uplink Configuration 3 Pre deployment Step 3 Downlink Configuration NOTE For pre deployment the Layer 2 VLT and Layer 3 Distributed Core fabrics use the same pre deploy...

Page 56: ...rea enter the loopback address range and prefix The prefix must be from 8 to 26 7 In the Area ID field use the default setting of 0 or enter the area ID The area ID is a value from 0 and 65535 The uplinks or interlinks must be in area 0 for OSPF Pre deployment Step 2 Uplink Configuration Distributed Core Fabric The Uplink Configuration page displays the port bandwidth and the number of specified p...

Page 57: ...r IP address and area ID A valid area ID area is from 0 to 65535 b For iBGP for each specified uplink enter the local IP address remote neighbor IP address local AS number For the AS number enter a value from 1 to 4294967295 c For eBGP for each specified uplink enter the local IP remote neighbor IP address local AS number and remote AS number For the AS number enter a value from 1 to 4294967295 5 ...

Page 58: ... enter the number of ports assigned to a port channel for a particular VLAN ID Range from 1 to 16 8 In the Starting VLAN ID field enter a starting VLAN ID Range from 2 and 4094 9 From the Protocol Profile pull down menu when the leaves are acting as a leaf switch the switches are directly connected to the server select the Downlink VLAN and VRRP and LAG protocol setting The default setting is Down...

Page 59: ...tion screen 4 In the Protocol Settings select a routing protocol OSPF IBGP or eBGP for the edge port uplinks The Port Specification screen specifies the number of uplinks The range of IP addresses belong to the 30 subnet is automatically populated by the AFM For OSPF for each specified uplink enter the local IP address remote neighbor IP address and area ID A valid area ID area is 0 to 65535 For i...

Page 60: ...ry IP address The prefix is auto populated Address for Secondary IP Valid IP Prefix range from 8 to 29 Default Secondary IP Blank Default Prefix 24 Virtual IP Enter the virtual IP address The prefix is auto populated Address for Virtual IP Valid IP Prefix range from 8 to 29 Default Virtual IP Blank Default Prefix 24 To configure a VLT VLAN 1 Navigate to the Network Fabric Name Configure and Deploy...

Page 61: ...ore tagged VLANs with a port and for untagged VLAN only one is allowed For information about Downlinks see VLT Terminology Table 14 Layer 2 VLT Downlink Port Field Descriptions Field Name Description Configured VLANs Displays list of VLANs specified in the VLT VLAN Configuration screen Port Name Displays the port name This a read only field Tagged VLANs Manual Entry Enter one or more VLANs to asso...

Page 62: ...ssociated with the port 6 When you are finished click the Next button to go to the Pre deployment Step 4 Assign Network Identities screen Pre deployment Step 4 Assign Switch Identities To assign the system MAC addresses to the switches in the fabric use the Assign Switch Identities page Entering the serial numbers and service tags Load the CSV file that contains the system MAC addresses serial num...

Page 63: ...ach switch 9 Click Next to the go to the Assign Management IP screen Pre Deployment Step 5 Management IP To assign a management IP address to each switch in the fabric use the Management IP screen NOTE Before you begin gather the addresses for all the switches in the Layer 2 or Layer 3 fabric for the management port All management switch IP addresses must be on the same subnet Figure 24 Assign Man...

Page 64: ...n that contains the software image 5 Enter the path of the software image s to the TFTP or FTP site 6 Click Next to go to the DHCP Integration screen Pre Deployment Step 7 DHCP Integration The DHCP Integration screen uses the information configured at the Assign Switch Identities Management IP and Software Images screens to create a DHCP configuration file named dhcpd cfg which contains the follow...

Page 65: ...ric Name Configure and Deploy screen 2 From the Deploy Fabric pull down menu select the Pre deployment Configuration option 3 Navigate to the DHCP Integration screen 4 Click Save to and then specify the location to save the generated DHCP configuration file You can also copy and paste the configuration into the DHCP server 5 Install the DHCP file onto the DHCP server before your deploy the fabric ...

Page 66: ...ame Configure and Deploy screen 2 From the CLI Configuration pull down menu select the Associate Templates option The Associate Templates screen displays 3 Click the Add Association link 4 In the Template Name pull down menu select the template that you want to use 5 Optionally In the Comments field enter your comments 6 In the Select Association area select one the following options a Fabric Asso...

Page 67: ...e combined auto generated and custom configuration This option allows you to view the auto generated configuration global custom configuration and switch specific configuration The View Combined Configuration screen displays 6 To view the last applied configuration or save it click the View button or Save To button next to the Last committed configuration on the switch area The AFM displays the ti...

Page 68: ... pre deployment configuration 1 Navigate to the Network Fabric Name Configure and Deploy screen 2 From the Deploy Fabric pull down menu select the Pre deployment Configuration option 3 Navigate to the Summary screen 4 Carefully review the pre deployment configuration before you commit it 5 Click Finished button to commit the your changes Next Steps 1 Verify that the DHCP configuration file that yo...

Page 69: ...bric Viewing Deployment and Validation Status Deploying the Fabric To deploy the fabric use the Deploy screen Make sure that the fabric matches the deployed fabric AFM prompts you to fix any errors when you deploy the fabric To view the DHCP configuration file for the selected fabric navigate to the Network Fabric Name Configure and Deploy screen From the Deploy Fabric pull down menu select the Vi...

Page 70: ...e Deploy Selected link 10 InProgress Verifying that the switch is eligible for the deploy process NA 11 InProgress Protocol transfer in progress NA 12 InProgress Device cleanup task done reload in progress NA 13 InProgress Complete config upload in progress NA 14 InProgress Smart script transfer Inprogress NA 15 InProgress Custom config upload in progress NA 16 InProgress Backup config in progress...

Page 71: ...ions Allowed During Each Fabric State and Understanding Fabric Phases Validation To verify that the discovered fabric matches the planned fabric and correct any errors use the Validate screen Mismatches are reported as errors and the corresponding alarms generate If you fix the errors found during validation to verify that all the issues were fixed according to the planned fabric validate the fabr...

Page 72: ...ck the Errors link 3 Click on the Undiscovered Errors tab to view error details 4 Fix any errors 8 Error Configuration mismatch errors exists Check for switch configuration mismatch errors 1 Navigate to the Network Fabric Name Configure and Deployment screen 2 Click the Errors link 3 Click on the Config Mismatch Errors tab to view error details 4 Fix any errors 9 Error Custom Configuration errors ...

Page 73: ...ogress in the Status Status Details Response Actions and Last Validated columns 5 Correct any errors 6 If you fix the errors found during validation to verify that all the issues were fixed according to the planned fabric validate the fabric again Viewing Deployment and Validation Status To view the deployment and validation status of the fabric 1 Navigate to the Network Fabric Name Configure and ...

Page 74: ...iguration Commands area enter the CLI FTOS configuration commands that you want to include in the template 7 Click the OK button For information about how to associate a template to a switch or fabric see Associating Templates Editing Templates 1 Navigate to the Network Fabric Configure and Deploy screen 2 From the CLI Configuration pull down menu select the Manage Templates option The Templates s...

Page 75: ...ld enter a unique name for the new template 6 Click the OK button Associating Templates You can associate one or more existing configuration templates to the entire fabric all spines all leaves or a set of switches When a template is associated to an entire fabric or all spines or all leaves the template is automatically applied to the newly added switches instead of having to create new associati...

Page 76: ...ion 6 Click the OK button Deleting Template Associations To delete a template association 1 Navigate to the Network Fabric Configure and Deploy screen 2 From the CLI Configuration pull down menu select the Associate Templates option 3 Select the template to delete the association 4 Click the Delete link 5 Click the OK button Adding a Switch Specific Custom Configuration Before editing the existing...

Page 77: ... click the View button or Save To button next to the Last committed configuration on the switch area The AFM displays the timestamp for the last committed configuration on the switch 7 Review the combined configuration and make any necessary changes 8 Click the Save To button to save the combined auto generated and custom configuration 9 Click the Close button Viewing Custom Configuration History ...

Page 78: ...uration history 1 Navigate to the Network Fabric Name Configure and Deploy screen 2 From the CLI Configuration pull down menu select the View Custom Configuration History option The Custom Configuration History displays 78 ...

Page 79: ...ains the following topics Dashboard View Network Summary View Fabric Summary Switch Summary Related Links Fabric Performance Management Dashboard To view the fabric and system health use Home Dashboard screen as shown Figure 28 Dashboard 79 ...

Page 80: ...sage for all fabrics with following columns Fabric Switch Port number Inbound number with color code bar Outbound number with color code bar Table 18 Inbound and Outbound Link Utilization Color Codes Color Range Description Green Good x 80 Represents normal inbound or outbound link utilization Yellow Minor x 80 and x 90 Represents low link utilization Red Critical x 90 Represents high link utiliza...

Page 81: ...ation Color Codes Color Range Description Green Good x 82 Represents normal memory utilization Yellow Minor 82 and 92 Represents low memory utilization Red Critical 92 Represents high memory utilization NOTE When the color code is yellow or red the AFM displays an alarm at the Network Fabric Name Switch Name Alerts and Events Current screen Related links Alerts Monitor Network Topology To display ...

Page 82: ...ical alerts Orange Major alerts Yellow Minor alerts Blue Warning alerts Green Information alerts or no alerts Gray For unmanaged or un deployed fabric Selection Clicking a fabric icon highlights the icon and displays the fabric data in the Detail tab Show Tooltips Displays tooltip information about a fabric fabric name status active alerts and the total number of switches in the fabric when you pl...

Page 83: ...pens the fabric view Enter fabric name To locate a fabric enter the name and then click the search icon Background Map Actions Load or delete a geographical background map for the network Enter fabric name Enter the fabric name and then click the search icon to locate a fabric in the network Navigate to the Network Summary screen and then click the Graphical tab Fabric Summary To display the statu...

Page 84: ...anage Unmanage Switch link For additional information about the fabric select the following tabs Detail Links Hardware VLT Domain Displaying the Fabric in Graphical View Figure 32 Fabric Graphical View Topology View A fabric graphical view provides the topology view of the fabric The fabric type and name display at the top of the fabric view View the leafs associated with a spine by clicking on th...

Page 85: ...the search icon to locate a switch in the fabric The switch name is case sensitive For additional information about the fabric select the following tabs Detail Links Hardware VLT Domain Switch Summary To view the following switch summary information navigate to the Network Fabric Name Switch Name screen and then click the Summary tab Make sure that the Graphical button is selected in the upper rig...

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Page 87: ...h in the fabric use ping traceroute SSH and Telnet Ping Traceroute SSH Telnet NOTE SSH or Telnet will work depending upon what you have configured in the switch protocols Ping To ping a switch in a fabric 1 Navigate to the Network Fabric Name Switch Name Troubleshoot screen 2 Click the Ping button to display the ping results Traceroute To traceroute a switch in the fabric 1 Navigate to the Network...

Page 88: ... Make sure that the switch has been power cycled on and check the physical connection Validation failed because the switch has a mismatch MAC address 1 Verify that you have correctly mapped the system MAC address to the associated switches a Navigate to the Network Fabric Name Configure and Deploy screen b From the Deploy Fabric pull down menu select the Pre deployment Configuration option c Navig...

Page 89: ...loyment Configuration option c Navigate to the Assign Switch Identities screen and check the system MAC address mapping for the associated switches 2 Verify your change by validating the switch a Navigate to the Network Fabric Name Configure and Deploy screen b From the Deploy Fabric pull down menu select the Deploy and Validate option c Click on the Validation tab and the check the switch to vali...

Page 90: ... wizard To restart the DHCP Integration 1 Navigate to the Network Fabric Name Configure and Deploy screen 2 From the Deploy Fabric pull down menu select the Pre deployment Configuration option 3 Restart the DHCP Integration step Overwrite DHCP contents to local DHCP server failed Verify the permission of the directory and disk space availability on the AFM server verify the local DHCP server confi...

Page 91: ... Fabric Name Configure and Deploy by selecting the switch from the list and then click on the Deploy Selected link Custom configuration upload failed 1 Verify the switch login credentials and commands 2 Restart the deployment of the switch from the Network Fabric Name Configure and Deploy by selecting the switch from the list and then click on the Deploy Selected link Backup config failed 1 Verify...

Page 92: ...e Deploy and Validate screen by selecting the switch from the list and clicking the Start Validation button Table 23 Wiring Errors Wiring Error Recommended Action Wiring Mismatch 1 Review the wiring plan 2 Wire the switch according to the wiring plan to fix the wiring mismatch 3 Validate the switch from the screen by selecting the switch from the list and clicking on the Start Validation button Mi...

Page 93: ...uration 3 From the AFM server verify that the connectivity to the switch exists 4 Verify that the switch is running the minimum required software 5 Validate the switch a Navigate to the Network Fabric Name Configure and Deploy b From the Deploy Fabric pull down menu select the Deploy and Validate option c Click the Validation tab and then select the switches to validate d Click the Deploy Selected...

Page 94: ... to validate d Click the Deploy Selected link System MAC Address Mismatch 1 Verify that the IP address to switch name mapping is correct in the pre deployment configuration 2 If the pre deployment configuration is updated you might need to redeploy the switch 3 Validate the switch a Navigate to the Network Fabric Name Configure and Deploy screen b From the Deploy Fabric pull down menu select the D...

Page 95: ...ile Transfer Failed Yes 1 Verify the connectivity to the TFTP server from the AFM server 2 Restart the deployment of the switch from the Network Fabric Name Configure and Deploy by selecting the switch from the list and then click on the Deploy Selected link NOTE The switch is in BMP mode CONFIG FILE TRANSFER SUCCESS Configuration File Transferred Successfully No Information only REQUEST TO DISCOV...

Page 96: ...ad on Switch Yes 1 Check the switch syslogs for a reload command failure 2 Make any necessary fixes 3 Restart the deployment of the switch from the Network Fabric Name Configure and Deploy screen by selecting the switch from the list and then click on the Deploy Selected link NOTE The switch is in BMP mode PROTOCOL CONFIG UPLOAD INPROGRESS Protocol Configuration Upload In Progress No Information o...

Page 97: ...rror Yes 1 Verify the connectivity between the AFM server and switch 2 Check the Validation Status column for errors and fix them 3 Restart the deployment NOTE The switch is not in BMP mode a Navigate to the Network Fabric Name Configure and Deploy screen b From the Deploy Fabric pull down menu select the Deploy and Validate option c On the Deploy tab check the switch to deploy and then click the ...

Page 98: ... FTP when the deployment status is TFTP FTP Failed use the following table Table 27 Deployment Status Configuration Errors Deployment Status Error Category Error Details Recommended Action TFTP FTP Failed Configuration Deployment Error Error occurred during TFTP FTP 1 Check the TFTP FTP connectivity on the network 2 Make sure that you have specified the correct TFTP FTP address at the Administrati...

Page 99: ... the Network Alerts and Events screen To filter active alerts at the fabric level navigate to the Network Fabric Name Alerts and Events screen To filter active alerts at the switch level navigate to the Network Fabric Name Switch Name Alerts and Events screen 1 Click the Current button 2 Click the filtering icon on the right of the screen You can use the filter options from date and to date The fi...

Page 100: ...er historical events 1 Click the Historical button 2 Click the filtering icon You can use the filter options from date and to date The filtering options display 3 In the Severity pull down menu select one of the following filtering criteria a All b Critical c Major d Minor e Warning f Cleared g Unknown h Info i Indeterminate 4 In the Source IP field enter the source IP address 5 In the Source Name...

Page 101: ...t Performance Management Detailed Port Performance TCA Threshold Setting Data Collection Reports Network Performance Management To monitor the following network historical data for all the fabrics use the Network Performance screen Bandwidth utilization Top 25 port inbound usage Top 25 port outbound usage Highest CPU utilization Highest memory utilization For information about the color codes for ...

Page 102: ...ory utilization Switch Performance Management To view historical and real time data switch level performance use the Network Fabric Name Switch Name Performance screen By default the historical view is shown in tabular format You can also monitor performance in graphical chart or bar format in the View Type area or move to the real time data monitoring from this screen NOTE To view performance ena...

Page 103: ...n click on the Performance tab to view port performance 3 Click the Real Time Data or Historical button 4 Select one of the following View Type options to display port performance Bar Graphical or Tabular 5 Review the performance information Detailed Port Performance Management You can view detailed port level performance screen in a graphical chart or tabular format Traffic utilization Traffic er...

Page 104: ...Time Data or Historical Data option The default is real time data For real time data from the Interval seconds pull down menu select the interval to collect real time data 15 30 45 60 seconds For historical data from the Date Range pull down menu select one of the following options Last 12 hours 1 d 1 w or 1 m Data Collection To configure the data collection schedule 1 Navigate to the Jobs Data Co...

Page 105: ...he monitoring value is only configured on the fabric link between the spine and leaf switches Range 60 90 Low Utilization Low Utilization Threshold sets the value for TCA When the statistics is set below the Low utilization the TCA alarm clears The graphical performance monitoring removes a RED solid line with label as Traffic Utilization Alert Threshold from the chart Range 40 60 High Utilization...

Page 106: ...E To run a report schedule the data collection to start the task See Data Collection Creating New Reports To create a new report 1 Navigate to the Network Fabric Name Reports screen 2 Click the New Report button The Add Modify Reports screen displays 3 In the Report Name field enter the name of the report 4 Optional In the Description field enter a description of the report then click Next 5 In th...

Page 107: ...the button 12 In Summary screen review the report settings 13 If you want to run the report now check the Run Report Now option 14 Click the Finish button Editing Reports To edit a report 1 Navigate to the Network Fabric Name Reports screen 2 Select the report to edit 3 Click the Edit button The Add Modify Report screen displays 4 Edit the report Click the Next button to navigate to different part...

Page 108: ... 6 Modify the report as needed 7 Click the Next button to navigate to different parts of the report that you want to duplicate 8 Click Finish Deleting Reports To delete a report 1 Navigate to the Network Fabric Name Reports screen 2 Select the report to delete 3 Click the Delete button The Delete Confirmation window displays 4 Click Yes 108 ...

Page 109: ...ime For information about this option see Scheduling a Back Up Switch Configuration Edit Description Edits the description of the backup After you have created a back up you can then edit the description of the backup configuration Restore Restores either the startup configuration default or running configuration that has been backed up earlier Delete Deletes a backup configuration Restoring a Swi...

Page 110: ...on 5 Edit the description 6 Click the OK button Updating the Switch Software The Network Fabric Name Maintenance Update Software screen displays the summary of software for each switch in the fabric This screen has the following options Schedule Switch Software Update Creates new schedule job software image upgrade and software image activation Schedule Activate Standby Partition Activates the sof...

Page 111: ...ch see Pre deploy Replacement Step 2 Pre deploy Replacement Switch To pre deploy a replacement switch 1 Navigate to the Network Fabric Name Switch Name screen 2 Click the Replace Switch tab and then click the Pre deployment Replacement link 3 Review the instructions on the Switch Cabling screen Confirm that the replacement switch is racked cabled and powered on If this is not the case use the foll...

Page 112: ...t the software method area choose one of the following options Stage Software Update Only The update is copied to the standby partition on the server but will not be applied This option does not cause a reboot You must manually triggered the update from the AFM server software update page Apply Software Update on the Next Reboot The update is copied to the standby partition on the AFM server and a...

Page 113: ... the End Date From area click the select date and time icon to specify the end date from 8 In the End Date to area click the select date and time icon to specify the end date to 9 Click the Apply button Scheduling Jobs To schedule jobs use the Jobs Scheduled Jobs screen You can also schedule jobs at the Network Fabric Name Maintenance screen Add Job Create a new schedule job to do the following Sw...

Page 114: ...y Schedule job to start on Specify a date and time to schedule the job to backup the switch software The Summary screen displays 9 Review the settings in the Summary screen and then click the Finish button Switch Software Updates As part of ongoing data center operations you must periodically update the software and configurations in the fabric You can update one or more switches Specify the locat...

Page 115: ...e software in the standby partition of the switch 1 Navigate to the Jobs Scheduled Jobs screen 2 From the Add pull down menu select the Switch Software Activation option The Activate Standby partition screen displays 3 In the Job Name field enter the name of the job 4 Optional In the Description field enter a description of the job 5 Click the Next button The Switch Select screen displays 6 In the...

Page 116: ...ftware updates using the Edit TFTP or FTP settings link Enter the path and image name of the software file on the TFTP or FTP site for each type of switch Click the Next button 7 In Update Option Select one of the following options Manual Update is staged to the secondary partition but not applied Automatic Apply software update and reboot Click the Next button 8 In the Schedule screen select one ...

Page 117: ...o schedule the number of days to keep the switch backup files in the AFM 1 Navigate to the Network Fabric Name Maintenance screen 2 Click the Switch Backup button to display the switch backup options 3 Click the Switch Backup link The Job Name screen displays 4 In the Name field enter the name of the software job name 5 In the Description field optionally enter a description and then click the Nex...

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Page 119: ... before designing and deploying the fabric You cannot edit SNMP and CLI credentials settings during the run phase CLI Credentials To provision the fabric enter the FTOS CLI user s credential and enable the configuration credential for all the switches in the fabric This option allows you to remotely make configuration changes to the switches in the fabric To configure the CLI credentials and enabl...

Page 120: ...r each user s session The default value is 3 5 Click OK Data Retention Settings To configure the amount of time to retain performance history 1 Navigate to the Administration Settings screen 2 In the Data Retention area click the Edit button 3 In the Performance History area enter the number of days you want to retain your performance history The range is from 1 and 180 days 4 In the Daily Purge E...

Page 121: ...n the To Email Address es enter the mail addresses separated by comma 7 In the Minimum severity level to Email Notification pull down menu select one of the following settings Critical Major Minor Warning 8 Click the OK button SNMP Configuration Configure SNMP so that theAFM can perform SNMP queries on the switches in the fabric The values you enter in the SNMP configuration are also used for conf...

Page 122: ... the TFTP FTP Settings area select one of the following options Local AFM provisioned as a TFTP FTP server NOTE When you use the Local option the TFTP or FTP server must be in the same subnet If you select the local TFTP server option the TFTP server uses the AFM management IP address If you select the local FTP server option the FTP server uses the AFM management IP address Enter the AFM user nam...

Page 123: ... unsuccessful login limit is exceeded the lockout duration is applied Lockout Duration Specifies the amount of time a user is locked out when he or she exceeds the unsuccessful login limit Sessions Allowed Specifies the number of sessions a user is allowed Session Timeout Specifies the session timeout values NOTE The AFM root user name is superuser and password is Superuser1 The system comes with ...

Page 124: ...tional In the Last Name field enter the user s last name The last name can contain any characters Length 1 to 50 characters 8 From the Role pull down menu select one of the following roles Admin or User For information about roles see Managing User Accounts 9 In the Sessions Allowed pull down menu specify the number sessions allowed for the user You can specify from 1 to 5 sessions The default val...

Page 125: ...nter the user s first name 5 In the Last Name enter the user s last name 6 In the Password field enter the user s password 7 In the Confirm Password field enter the user s password 8 In the Sessions Allowed pull down menu specify the number sessions allowed for the user 9 In the Session Timeout pull down menu specify one of the following timeout values a 15 minutes b 30 minutes c 45 minutes d 60 m...

Page 126: ...ories At least 1 upper case letter Lower case letters At least 1 numeric digit At least 1 special character 5 In the Confirm Password field confirm your new password 6 Click OK For more information about user accounts see Managing User Accounts Managing User Sessions To display activeAFM users and terminate users sessions use the User Sessions screen Only the Superuser can terminate a AFM user s s...

Page 127: ...l options 3 Enter and select your filter criteria for the User Name field For example superuser 4 From the Date From pull down menu select the beginning date and time of the operation 5 From the Date To pull down menu select the end date and time of the operation 6 From the Module pull down menu select one of the following AFM modules a Security Activation b Security Manager c Audit Trail d UI Man...

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