Dell Active Fabric Manager, Руководство по развертыванию

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Using the Fabric Design Wizard
Use the Fabric Design Wizard at the Network > Design Fabric > New Fabric screen to design a Layer 3 distributed core
fabric or Layer 2 VLT fabric based on your workload requirements for your current and future needs. This screen allows
you to create, edit, delete, and view the fabric.
Use the following screens to design a fabric:
1. Fabric Name and Type — Displays the fabric name, type, and description.
2. Bandwidth — Displays the downlink and uplink bandwidth based on the fabric type.
3. Port Specification — Displays the fabric over-subscription ratio (distributed core fabric only), the number of edge
port uplinks to the WAN connection, and downlinks (for example, to servers or ToRs) required for the initial
deployment as well as for future expansion.
4. Deployment Type — Displays the deployment type for a Layer 3 distributed core fabric or Layer 2 VLT fabric.
5. Output — Displays the fabric in the following formats: graphical wiring plan, tabular wiring plan, and network
topology.
6. Summary — Displays a summary of the fabric design.
Fabric Design – Step 1: Fabric Name and Type
To design a Layer 3 distributed core fabric or Layer 2 VLT fabric based on the your current and future capacity
requirements, use the Fabric Design Wizard. To 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 the physical network.
For information about designing a fabric, see
Selecting Distributed Core and Selecting a VLT Fabric Design .
To configure the fabric name, type and description:
1. Navigate to the Fabric Design Wizard at the Network > Design Fabric screen.
2. Click the New Fabric link.
The Introduction screen is displayed.
3. Review the introduction and click the Next button.
The Fabric Name and Type screen displays.
4. Enter the name of the fabric in the Fabric Name field.
The fabric name must be a unique name. It can have from 1 to 21 characters. Valid characters are as follows:
– alphanumeric
– underscore ( _ )
– @
– +
When you specify the name of the fabric,AFM automatically names the switches (spines and leaves) in the fabric
with the fabric name as the prefix. For example, if the name of the fabric is EastFabric, the switch names assigned
are EastFabric-Spine-1 and EastFabric-Leaf1.
5. (Optional) In the Description field, enter the description of the fabric.
There is no character restriction. The length of the description can be from 1 and 128 characters.
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