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Contents 1 Introduction...7 Problem: Challenges to Build a Fabric in the Data Center 7 Solution: Active Fabric Manager...7 2 About AFM...9 3 Getting Started...11 Designing and Deploying a Fabric...11 Designing and Deploying a Fabric Flowchart...13 4 AFM Site Map...15 5 Supported Fabric Types...17 Conventional Core Versus Distributed Core...17 Conventional Core...18 Distributed Core...18 Key Advantages...19 Distributed Core Terminology ...19 Key...
Contents 1 Introduction...7 Problem: Challenges to Build a Fabric in the Data Center 7 Solution: Active Fabric Manager...7 2 About AFM...9 3 Getting Started...11 Designing and Deploying a Fabric...11 Designing and Deploying a Fabric Flowchart...13 4 AFM Site Map...15 5 Supported Fabric Types...17 Conventional Core Versus Distributed Core...17 Conventional Core...18 Distributed Core...18 Key Advantages...19 Distributed Core Terminology ...19 Key...
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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 Creating New Reports...106 Editing Reports...107 Running Reports...107 Duplicating Reports...107 Deleting Reports...108 12...
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 Creating New Reports...106 Editing Reports...107 Running Reports...107 Duplicating Reports...107 Deleting Reports...108 12...
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Problem: Challenges to Build a Fabric in the Data Center • How do you design the fabric? • What kind of software and configuration and are physically connected to the right switch. AFM supports Dell Networking S4810, S4820T, S55, S60, MXL blade, and Z9000 switches. This tool helps you simplify ... as I change it or expand it? • Who is going to validate every switch in the data center. 1 Introduction Active Fabric Manager (AFM) is going to configure every switch in the fabric and what kind of errors can happen because this is manually performed? • How do I keep track...
Problem: Challenges to Build a Fabric in the Data Center • How do you design the fabric? • What kind of software and configuration and are physically connected to the right switch. AFM supports Dell Networking S4810, S4820T, S55, S60, MXL blade, and Z9000 switches. This tool helps you simplify ... as I change it or expand it? • Who is going to validate every switch in the data center. 1 Introduction Active Fabric Manager (AFM) is going to configure every switch in the fabric and what kind of errors can happen because this is manually performed? • How do I keep track...
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2 About AFM Active Fabric Manager (AFM) is a graphical user interface (GUI) based network automation and orchestration tool that allows you simplify network operations, automate tasks, and improve efficiency in the data center. This tool helps you to install the AFM, including instructions on completing the Initial Setup, see Flowchart for your current and future capacity...
2 About AFM Active Fabric Manager (AFM) is a graphical user interface (GUI) based network automation and orchestration tool that allows you simplify network operations, automate tasks, and improve efficiency in the data center. This tool helps you to install the AFM, including instructions on completing the Initial Setup, see Flowchart for your current and future capacity...
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... 2 and Layer 3 fabrics low bandwidth and high ...alarm is to collect data from graphical performance ...fabric, use the Jobs > Data Collections > Edit Threshold Settings screen. The Average Traffic Threshold option monitors the Layer 3 fabric... link bundle. When the statistics is beyond the threshold, the TCA alarm raises. Check the fabric...fabric link between the spine switches and the leaf switches for a Layer 3 fabric. With real-time performance management...
... 2 and Layer 3 fabrics low bandwidth and high ...alarm is to collect data from graphical performance ...fabric, use the Jobs > Data Collections > Edit Threshold Settings screen. The Average Traffic Threshold option monitors the Layer 3 fabric... link bundle. When the statistics is beyond the threshold, the TCA alarm raises. Check the fabric...fabric link between the spine switches and the leaf switches for a Layer 3 fabric. With real-time performance management...