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......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...122 System Information...122 TFTP/FTP Settings...122 Managing...
......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...122 System Information...122 TFTP/FTP Settings...122 Managing...
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... and as spines and leaves; Together, the spine and leaf architecture forms the distribute core fabric. Distributed Core A distributed core is a two-tier architecture composed of the rack and allows all the servers in the core at a higher bandwidth with top of the following: • Core -... The leaves' edge ports connect to provide a scalable, highperformance network that can disrupt the entire fabric, the distributed core architecture is more efficiently in...
... and as spines and leaves; Together, the spine and leaf architecture forms the distribute core fabric. Distributed Core A distributed core is a two-tier architecture composed of the rack and allows all the servers in the core at a higher bandwidth with top of the following: • Core -... The leaves' edge ports connect to provide a scalable, highperformance network that can disrupt the entire fabric, the distributed core architecture is more efficiently in...
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...provide access to connect the leaves, various racks together. The uplink should be configured in the distributed core fabric that connects to the edge WAN, which typically connects to an internet server provider (ISP). The leaf switch connects to leaf switches. There are always 10 GbE. 19 NOTE: ...There are unique to all of spines above it in the distributed core. A switch that connects switch, servers, storage devices, or top-of-rack (TOR) elements. An edge port link on the leaves. • Uplinks - A switch that connects to all...
...provide access to connect the leaves, various racks together. The uplink should be configured in the distributed core fabric that connects to the edge WAN, which typically connects to an internet server provider (ISP). The leaf switch connects to leaf switches. There are always 10 GbE. 19 NOTE: ...There are unique to all of spines above it in the distributed core. A switch that connects switch, servers, storage devices, or top-of-rack (TOR) elements. An edge port link on the leaves. • Uplinks - A switch that connects to all...
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...fabric...uplinks. Important: In a single distributed fabric, all the leafs can act as non...always 10 GbE. As you increase the fabric over -subscription ratio. NOTE: Specify ... core fabric. An edge port link that connect the...fabric over -subscription ratio: - When you specify depends on the bandwidth, throughput, and edge port requirements. • Downlinks - One uplink is 2. The total number of available ports increases. for redundancy. • Fabric Interlinks - The fabric... interlink bandwidth is fixed: 40 GbE or 10 GbE. • Fabric over -...
...fabric...uplinks. Important: In a single distributed fabric, all the leafs can act as non...always 10 GbE. As you increase the fabric over -subscription ratio. NOTE: Specify ... core fabric. An edge port link that connect the...fabric over -subscription ratio: - When you specify depends on the bandwidth, throughput, and edge port requirements. • Downlinks - One uplink is 2. The total number of available ports increases. for redundancy. • Fabric Interlinks - The fabric... interlink bandwidth is fixed: 40 GbE or 10 GbE. • Fabric over -...
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...information about how to 10 fabrics. The switch must be in area 0. • The fabric over-subscription ratio. • Fixed fabric interlink bandwidth that contains the system MAC addresses, service tag, and serial numbers for each other. • AFM manages Dell S4810 and Z9000 switches. The... Distributed Core To gather the following useful information for a Layer 3 distributed core fabric before you are not reserved. • You might have to bring down the current switches to a server. • Fabric interlink bandwidth (the links between the spines and leaves). • Uplinks and ...
...information about how to 10 fabrics. The switch must be in area 0. • The fabric over-subscription ratio. • Fixed fabric interlink bandwidth that contains the system MAC addresses, service tag, and serial numbers for each other. • AFM manages Dell S4810 and Z9000 switches. The... Distributed Core To gather the following useful information for a Layer 3 distributed core fabric before you are not reserved. • You might have to bring down the current switches to a server. • Fabric interlink bandwidth (the links between the spines and leaves). • Uplinks and ...
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... spine and leaf switches. • Gather protocol configuration for uplinks, downlinks and fabric interlink configuration Selecting a Layer 3 Distributed Core Fabric Design For large fabric deployments, use , see the Release Notes. • Obtain the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server address to obtain a management IP address based on the TFTP/FTP site so that the switches...
... spine and leaf switches. • Gather protocol configuration for uplinks, downlinks and fabric interlink configuration Selecting a Layer 3 Distributed Core Fabric Design For large fabric deployments, use , see the Release Notes. • Obtain the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server address to obtain a management IP address based on the TFTP/FTP site so that the switches...
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...spine (4x 10 Gb) • Thirty-two 10 Gigabit ports will be either VLAN or VLAN and LAG. With a Type 2: Large Distributed Core fabric design, the S4810 spines connect to -leaf ratio. Figure 5. Within the ToR, the downlink protocol can connect 2 to 16 spines. Each Z9000 ...to the Spine (16 x 40 Gb) • Forty-eight 10 GbE ports for server connectivity and WAN connectivity Type 2: Large Distributed Core Fabric Use the Type 2: Large Distributed Core fabric design when: • You require a fabric interlink bandwidth between the spines and leaves of 10 GbE is required. • The...
...spine (4x 10 Gb) • Thirty-two 10 Gigabit ports will be either VLAN or VLAN and LAG. With a Type 2: Large Distributed Core fabric design, the S4810 spines connect to -leaf ratio. Figure 5. Within the ToR, the downlink protocol can connect 2 to 16 spines. Each Z9000 ...to the Spine (16 x 40 Gb) • Forty-eight 10 GbE ports for server connectivity and WAN connectivity Type 2: Large Distributed Core Fabric Use the Type 2: Large Distributed Core fabric design when: • You require a fabric interlink bandwidth between the spines and leaves of 10 GbE is required. • The...
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... bandwidth between the spines and leaves at a fixed 40 GbE line rate as a switch or ToR-leaf switch. Type 3: Medium Distributed Core Fabric With a Type 3: Medium Distributed Core design, the Z9000 spines connect to the spine (4x 40 Gig) • Forty-eight 10 Gig Ethernet ports for ...to the S4810 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 which servers, storage devices, and network appliances (such as load balancers or network security appliances) are a distributed core...
... bandwidth between the spines and leaves at a fixed 40 GbE line rate as a switch or ToR-leaf switch. Type 3: Medium Distributed Core Fabric With a Type 3: Medium Distributed Core design, the Z9000 spines connect to the spine (4x 40 Gig) • Forty-eight 10 Gig Ethernet ports for ...to the S4810 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 which servers, storage devices, and network appliances (such as load balancers or network security appliances) are a distributed core...
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...links that are incorrectly connected and 26 With a Type 4: Small Distributed Core fabric design, the S4810 spines connect 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... prior to prevent loops from forming with an OS ratio of 3:1 is 16, as show in the following : • Sixteen 10 Gigabit of fabric interlink port capacity to the S4810 leaves at a fixed 10 GbE. VLT reduces the role of Spanning Tree protocols by supporting a loop free topology....
...links that are incorrectly connected and 26 With a Type 4: Small Distributed Core fabric design, the S4810 spines connect 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... prior to prevent loops from forming with an OS ratio of 3:1 is 16, as show in the following : • Sixteen 10 Gigabit of fabric interlink port capacity to the S4810 leaves at a fixed 10 GbE. VLT reduces the role of Spanning Tree protocols by supporting a loop free topology....
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...top-of -band (OOB) management network. An edge port link on a chassis does not traverse the VLTi and takes the shortest path to the leaves. You must specify an even number of uplinks is 2. The minimum number of uplinks. For example, servers or ToR elements. VLT Components ...links connecting between VLT peers and VLT port-channels connecting to a single access switch, to a switch stack, a server supporting LACP on the spine switches are unique to outside the fabric. • Downlinks - A switch that local traffic on the first two spines in the following terms are used to...
...top-of -band (OOB) management network. An edge port link on a chassis does not traverse the VLTi and takes the shortest path to the leaves. You must specify an even number of uplinks is 2. The minimum number of uplinks. For example, servers or ToR elements. VLT Components ...links connecting between VLT peers and VLT port-channels connecting to a single access switch, to a switch stack, a server supporting LACP on the spine switches are unique to outside the fabric. • Downlinks - A switch that local traffic on the first two spines in the following terms are used to...
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... Notes. • Obtain the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server address to use a Layer 2 VLT fabric design. Step 7: DHCP Integration. • Obtain the pool of IP addresses for the management port for each switch in the fabric design for uplinks and downlinks. Place the software images on the... expansion in the fabric: S4810, S4820T, S55, S60, Z9000, or MXL blades. If a remote DHCP server is fixed and based on the TFTP/FTP site so that contains the system MAC addresses, service tag and serial numbers for each switch provided from Dell manufacturing or manually...
... Notes. • Obtain the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server address to use a Layer 2 VLT fabric design. Step 7: DHCP Integration. • Obtain the pool of IP addresses for the management port for each switch in the fabric design for uplinks and downlinks. Place the software images on the... expansion in the fabric: S4810, S4820T, S55, S60, Z9000, or MXL blades. If a remote DHCP server is fixed and based on the TFTP/FTP site so that contains the system MAC addresses, service tag and serial numbers for each switch provided from Dell manufacturing or manually...
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...due to Design/Pre-deployment Configuration change . NOTE: At switch level, design Partial Complete will not be tracked at the fabric level. Pre-deployment Configuration Required Error Indicates that deployment was never initiated for all switches. NOTE: In case of minimum ...Error Complete Indicates that Deployment is complete for manual DHCP integration in state Complete. Partial Complete will be reported for local DHCP server. NOTE: Validation can be initiated only if Deployment is complete for a switch. Deployment Complete Required Indicates that deployment error ...
...due to Design/Pre-deployment Configuration change . NOTE: At switch level, design Partial Complete will not be tracked at the fabric level. Pre-deployment Configuration Required Error Indicates that deployment was never initiated for all switches. NOTE: In case of minimum ...Error Complete Indicates that Deployment is complete for manual DHCP integration in state Complete. Partial Complete will be reported for local DHCP server. NOTE: Validation can be initiated only if Deployment is complete for a switch. Deployment Complete Required Indicates that deployment error ...
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.... The Introduction screen is typically given to the network operator who uses it to servers or ToRs) required for the fabric during the design phase, enter your current and future needs. Displays the fabric over-subscription ratio (distributed core fabric only), the number of the description can have from 1 and 128 characters. 38 Deployment...
.... The Introduction screen is typically given to the network operator who uses it to servers or ToRs) required for the fabric during the design phase, enter your current and future needs. Displays the fabric over-subscription ratio (distributed core fabric only), the number of the description can have from 1 and 128 characters. 38 Deployment...
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...1 Gb and 10 ToR Port Specification (Layer 2 VLT Fabric) Fabric Design - 6. Downlinks connect from the fabric up to the next tier of devices or servers towards the core of edge port uplinks and downlinks required for a Layer 3 Distributed Core Fabric • Fabric Design - These values (1 Gb, 10 Gb, or 40... design it to the next tier of devices or servers towards the edge of the network. In the Fabric Type area, select one of the following options: * Top of the following options: a) Layer 2 Fabric - Fabric Design - For a Layer 2 VLT fabric that has the leaves acting as a ToR, you...
...1 Gb and 10 ToR Port Specification (Layer 2 VLT Fabric) Fabric Design - 6. Downlinks connect from the fabric up to the next tier of devices or servers towards the core of edge port uplinks and downlinks required for a Layer 3 Distributed Core Fabric • Fabric Design - These values (1 Gb, 10 Gb, or 40... design it to the next tier of devices or servers towards the edge of the network. In the Fabric Type area, select one of the following options: * Top of the following options: a) Layer 2 Fabric - Fabric Design - For a Layer 2 VLT fabric that has the leaves acting as a ToR, you...
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... -subscription does not come off the edge port downlinks. Navigate to expand the fabric, see Editing and Expanding the Fabric. The total number of uplink ports (connections to the servers, switches, or ToR) required by the fabric for the uplinks and downlinks increases. - Use this option when you specify depends on the bandwidth, throughput...
... -subscription does not come off the edge port downlinks. Navigate to expand the fabric, see Editing and Expanding the Fabric. The total number of uplink ports (connections to the servers, switches, or ToR) required by the fabric for the uplinks and downlinks increases. - Use this option when you specify depends on the bandwidth, throughput...
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... on the TFTP or FTP site. 2. Network Topology Fabric Design - You can export the fabric design by click the Export link in the upper right of switch across the fabric. Prepare the DHCP server so that contains the switch system MAC address, if available...management IP address. 4. To review and export the fabric wiring plan: 1. The Generate Wiring Plan window displays. 4. Carefully review the design before you have designed the fabric, do the following export options. Next Steps After you commit the changes. If not available, consult Dell customer support. 5. Navigate to the fabric...
... on the TFTP or FTP site. 2. Network Topology Fabric Design - You can export the fabric design by click the Export link in the upper right of switch across the fabric. Prepare the DHCP server so that contains the switch system MAC address, if available...management IP address. 4. To review and export the fabric wiring plan: 1. The Generate Wiring Plan window displays. 4. Carefully review the design before you have designed the fabric, do the following export options. Next Steps After you commit the changes. If not available, consult Dell customer support. 5. Navigate to the fabric...
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.../Deployment change . Indicates that deployment was never initiated for the switch or the Validation state was successful for the local DHCP server. Indicates that deployment was reset due to a Design/Pre-deployment Configuration change . Indicates that deployment error exists. Indicates that ...provides the latest percentage complete information. NOTE: Validation can be initiated only if deployment is in Each Fabric State Design State Pre-Deploy Configuration State Deployment State Validation State Operation Allowed Incomplete Not Started Not Started Not Started •...
.../Deployment change . Indicates that deployment was never initiated for the switch or the Validation state was successful for the local DHCP server. Indicates that deployment was reset due to a Design/Pre-deployment Configuration change . Indicates that deployment error exists. Indicates that ...provides the latest percentage complete information. NOTE: Validation can be initiated only if deployment is in Each Fabric State Design State Pre-Deploy Configuration State Deployment State Validation State Operation Allowed Incomplete Not Started Not Started Not Started •...
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... the following tasks: 1. To stage the software, use this file to assign a management IP address to the access layer; Displays the fabric name, location of switch. Layer 3 Distributed Core Fabric: Step 1 - 3 To configure the pre-deployment protocol configuration for example, servers or a ToR. • Assign Switch Identities- To automate the pre-deployment process, AFM...
... the following tasks: 1. To stage the software, use this file to assign a management IP address to the access layer; Displays the fabric name, location of switch. Layer 3 Distributed Core Fabric: Step 1 - 3 To configure the pre-deployment protocol configuration for example, servers or a ToR. • Assign Switch Identities- To automate the pre-deployment process, AFM...
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...Downlink Configuration Downlinks are edge port links which connect to the Network > Fabric Name > Configure and Deploy screen. 2. For more information about downlinks, see Distributed Core Terminology and VLT Terminology. 57 Navigate to servers, switches, or ToRs. For the AS number, enter a value from...address, remote neighbor IP address, and area ID. Navigate to 4294967295. 5. Figure 18. a) For OSPF, for a Layer 3 distributed core fabric: 1. For the AS number, enter a value from 1 to go the Downlink Configuration screen. Layer 3 Uplink Configuration To configure the uplink protocol...
...Downlink Configuration Downlinks are edge port links which connect to the Network > Fabric Name > Configure and Deploy screen. 2. For more information about downlinks, see Distributed Core Terminology and VLT Terminology. 57 Navigate to servers, switches, or ToRs. For the AS number, enter a value from...address, remote neighbor IP address, and area ID. Navigate to 4294967295. 5. Figure 18. a) For OSPF, for a Layer 3 distributed core fabric: 1. For the AS number, enter a value from 1 to go the Downlink Configuration screen. Layer 3 Uplink Configuration To configure the uplink protocol...