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  • Page 1 Active Fabric Manager Deployment Guide 1.5...
  • Page 2 © 2013 Dell Inc. Trademarks used in this text: Dell , the Dell logo, Dell Boomi , Dell Precision , OptiPlex , Latitude , PowerEdge , PowerVault ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ PowerConnect , OpenManage , EqualLogic , Compellent...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1 Introduction..........................7 ..................7 Problem: Challenges to Build a Fabric in the Data Center ..........................7 Solution: Active Fabric Manager 2 About AFM............................9 3 Getting Started...........................11 .......................... 11 Designing and Deploying a Fabric ......................13 Designing and Deploying a Fabric Flowchart 4 AFM Site Map..........................
  • Page 4 .......................39 Fabric Design – Step 3: Port Specification ......................43 Fabric Design – Step 4: Deployment Type .........................44 Fabric Design – Step 5: Output ........................46 Fabric Design – Step 6: Summary ........................46 Importing an Existing Fabric Design ....................47 Editing and Expanding an Existing Fabric Design ..............................47 Deleting the Fabric ...........................47...
  • Page 5 ..............................83 Fabric Summary ......................84 Displaying the Fabric in a Tabular View ......................84 Displaying the Fabric in Graphical View ..............................85 Switch Summary 9 Troubleshooting.........................87 ..........................87 Ping, Traceroute, SSH, and Telnet ...................................87 Ping ................................87 Traceroute ..................................87 ................................88 Telnet ..............................88 Validation Alarms ..........................
  • Page 6 ........................110 Deleting a Backup Configuration ............................110 Editing Description ..........................110 Updating the Switch Software ............................... 110 Replacing a Switch ........................110 Step 1: Decommissioning a Switch ......................111 Step 2: Pre-deploy Replacement Switch ......................111 Step 3: Deploy Replacement Switch ..............................112 Updating the AFM ...........................112 Updating the AFM Software...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Introduction Active Fabric Manager (AFM) is a graphical user interface (GUI) based network automation and orchestration tool that allows you to design, build, deploy, and optimize a Layer 3 distributed core and Layer 2 Virtual Link Trunking (VLT) fabric for your current and future capacity requirements. This tool helps you simplify network operations, automate tasks, and improve efficiency in the data center.

  • Page 9: About Afm

    About AFM Active Fabric Manager (AFM) is a graphical user interface (GUI) based network automation and orchestration tool that allows you to design, build, deploy, and optimize a Layer 3 distributed core and Layer 2 VLT fabric for your current and future capacity requirements.

  • Page 11: Getting Started

    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.
  • Page 12 Figure 1. Getting Started Wizard To design and deploy a Layer 2 VLT or layer 3 distributed core fabric. 1. Gather useful information. Related links. – Gather Useful Information for Layer 2 VLT Fabric – Gathering Useful Information for a Layer 3 Distributed Core Fabric. 2.

  • Page 13: Designing And Deploying A Fabric Flowchart

    8. Monitor the fabric health and performance. See Performance Management. NOTE: To provision the fabric, enter the 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 Credentials.
  • Page 14 Figure 2. Designing and Deploying a Fabric Flowchart...

  • Page 15: Afm Site Map

    AFM Site Map To help you navigate the AFM user interface use the following site map. Home Getting Started Dashboard Wizard Step 1: Design the Fabric Step 2: Pre- Deployment Configuration Step 3: Deploy the Fabric Network Summary Alerts and Performance Design Fabric Level...
  • Page 16 Jobs Job Results Schedule Jobs Data Collection Reports Backup Switch Schedule data Create collection Configuration Edit Files Edit threshold Delete Update switch Duplicate software Active Software Administration Audit Log Administration User Accounts User Sessions AFM Server Upgrade CLI Credentials Add User Display active AFM Server Upgrade AFM users...

  • Page 17: Supported Fabric Types

    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 Manager screen. Figure 3. Getting Started: Welcome to Active Fabric Manager Screen Conventional Core Versus Distributed Core This section describes the differences between a conventional core and a distributed core.

  • Page 18: Conventional Core

    Conventional Core A conventional core is a three-tier network that is typically chassis based and is composed of the following: • Core — The core layer routes traffic to and from the internet and the extranet. Redundancy and resiliency are the main factors for high availability, which requires chassis-based core routers.

  • Page 19: Key Advantages

    NOTE: There are no uplinks on the spines. All the leaves have downlinks. The uplink should be configured in the first two leaves. Key Advantages The key advantages of a distributed core architecture are: • Simplified fabric • Higher bandwidth •...
  • Page 20 • Downlinks — An edge port link that connects the leaves to the data access layer; for example, servers or ToR elements. Downlinks are always 10 GbE. NOTE: Specify an even number of uplinks. The minimum number of uplinks is 2. One uplink is for redundancy.

  • Page 21: Key Considerations For Designing A Distributed Core

    • Obtain the .CSV file that contains the system MAC addresses, service tag, and serial numbers for each switch provided from Dell manufacturing or manually enter this information. • Obtain the location of the switches, including the rack and row number from your network administrator or...

  • Page 22: Selecting A Layer 3 Distributed Core Fabric Design

    • Obtain the Remote Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) / File Transfer Protocol (FTP) address from your network administrator or network operator. • Download the software image for each type of switch in the fabric: S4810 or Z9000. Each type of switch must use the same version of the software image within the fabric.
  • Page 23 3 spines with a fabric OS ratio of 4:1 Max # of leaf 8 or 16 devices Fabric interlink 1 x 40 GbE link 1 x 10 GbE link 1 x 40 GbE link 1 x 10 GbE link bandwidth Max # of ports 2048 or 2040 with 2 * 10 3:1 –...
  • Page 24 For redundancy, each leaf in a large core design can connect 2 to 16 spines. The Type 1: Extra Large Distributed Core Design uses a 1:2 spine-to-leaf ratio. As a result, the maximum number of spines for this design is 16 and the maximum number of leaves is 32.
  • Page 25 Type 3: Medium Distributed Core Fabric With a Type 3: Medium Distributed Core design, the Z9000 spines connect to the S4810 leaves at a fixed 40 GbE line rate as shown in the following figure. The maximum number of leaves is based on the maximum number of ports on the spine, 32 ports for the Z9000.

  • Page 26: Vlt

    Type 4: Small Distributed Core Fabric Use the Type 4: Small Distributed Core design when: • You require a fabric interlink bandwidth between the spines and leaves of 10 GbE. • The current and future planned uplinks and downlinks on the leaves for your core is less than or equal to 960 ports.

  • Page 27: Multi-Domain Vlt

    • Assures high availability CAUTION: Dell Networking recommends not enabling Stacking and VLT simultaneously. If both are enabled at the same time, unexpected behavior occurs. Multi-domain VLT An multi-domain VLT (mVLT) configuration allows two different VLT domains connected by a standard Link Aggregation Control protocol (LACP) LAG to form a loop-free Layer 2 topology in the aggregation layer.

  • Page 28: Vlt Fabric Terminology

    interconnect. VLT ensures that local traffic on a chassis does not traverse the VLTi and takes the shortest path to the destination via directly attached links. VLT Fabric Terminology The following terms are unique to the design and deployment of a Layer 2 VLT fabric. •...

  • Page 29: Key Considerations For Designing A Layer 2 Vlt Fabric

    You can deploy up to 10 fabrics. However, the fabric do not communicate with each other. • For a VLT fabric, the AFM manages Dell Networking S4810, S4820T, S55, S60, Z9000, and MXL Blade switches. CAUTION: If you are already using a deployed switch, you must reset the factory settings. The switch must be in BMP mode.

  • Page 30: Gathering Useful Information For A Layer 2 Vlt Fabric

    • Obtain the .csv file that contains the system MAC addresses, service tag and serial numbers for each switch provided from Dell manufacturing or manually enter this information. • Obtain the location of the switches, including the rack and row number from your network administrator or network operator.
  • Page 31 • Type 2: 10 Gb Blade Switch (MXL) • Type 3: 10 Gb Top of Rack Deployment (mVLT) For more information about VLT, see Overview of VLT, and Key Core Design Considerations for VLT. See also Getting Started. Use the following table as guideline to select the appropriate Layer 2 VLT fabric design. NOTE: With a Layer 2 VLT fabric, the uplinks come from the first two spines.
  • Page 32 Figure 8. Type 1: 1 Gb ToR VLT Deployment Important: All the spines must be same type: S4810. On the leaves, all the switches must be same type of switch: S60 or S55. Table 3. Type 1: 1 Gb ToR VLT Deployment Port Types Port Type Max # of Ports Min # Ports...
  • Page 33 Figure 9. Type 2: 10 Gb Blade Switch (MXL) VLT Deployment Table 4. Type 2: 10 Gb Blade Switch (MXL) VLT Deployment Port Types Port Type Max # of Ports MXL Available ports (10 Chassis * 24) 240 * 10 Gb Uplink ports 8 * 40 Gb Fabric Interlink ports...
  • Page 34 Figure 10. Type 3: 10 Gb ToR VLT Deployment (mVLT) Important: All the spines must be Z9000. On the leaves, all the switches must be same type of switch: either S4810 or S4820T. Table 5. Type 3: 10 Gb ToR mVLT Deployment Port Types Port Type Max # of Ports Min # Ports...

  • Page 35: Designing The Fabric

    Designing the Fabric To design a Layer 3 two-tier distributed core fabric or Layer 2 VLT fabric based on your capacity planning for your current and future needs, use the Fabric Design Wizard at the Network > Design Fabric > New Fabric screen. The design consists of a wiring plan, network topology information, summary of the inventory requirement, and a design specification.

  • Page 36: Fabric Configuration Phases And States

    Fabric Configuration Phases and States Fabric Name > Configure and Deploy > The following table describes the four fabric phases displayed on the Network > Deploy screen. To correct the fabric design and pre-deployment configuration before and after you deploy the fabric, use this information.

  • Page 37: Switch Configuration Phases And States

    Partial Indicates that validation was successfully completed for one or more switches Complete but not all switches per design. It provides information about the count of switches successfully validated versus the count of total switches per design. NOTE: Validation of any of the switches is not in-progress during this state. Complete Indicates that validation was successful for all switches.

  • Page 38: Using The Fabric Design Wizard

    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.

  • Page 39: Fabric Design - Step 2: Bandwidth

    In the Fabric Type area, select one of the following options: a) Layer 2 Fabric - Virtual Link Trunking (VLT) — Use the Layer 2 VLT fabric for workload migration over virtualized environments. See Selecting a VLT Fabric Design. If you are designing a Layer 2 VLT fabric, select one of the following options: Top of Rack Deployment Blade switch (MXL) deployment b) Layer 3 Fabric - Distributed Core —...
  • Page 40 Figure 11. Layer 3 Port Specification For information about how to expand the fabric, see Editing and Expanding the Fabric. To configure a Layer 3 distributed core fabric port specification: Navigate to the Network > Configure and Deploy > Design New Fabric > Port Specification screen. Select one of the following Fabric over-subscription ratio options: a) 1:1 (default) —...
  • Page 41 Port Specification for MXL (Layer 2 VLT Fabric) The port specification screen displays the following MXL options when you select the Type 2: 10 Gb Blade Switch (MXL) option for a Layer 2 VLT fabric. Figure 12. Layer 2 Port Specification for a MXL Blade Table 8.
  • Page 42 To specify the port specification for an MXL switch: Navigate to the Number of uplink ports and blade switch pairs required by fabric section. In the Uplinks field, specify the number of uplinks (from 2 to 8) for the VLT fabric. In the Blade Switch Pairs field, specify the number of blade pairs: a) from 2 to 11 —...

  • Page 43: Fabric Design - Step 4: Deployment Type

    Validation Criteria: 96 to the maximum available ports Default: 96 Remaining Available Uplink Ports Displays the difference between the Maximum Available Uplink Ports and the Current Planned Uplink Ports. Validation Criteria: his is a read-only field and pre-populated. Default: It is automatically populated. Remaining Available Downlink Ports Displays the difference between the Maximum Available Downlink Ports and the Current Planned Downlink Ports.

  • Page 44: Fabric Design - Step 5: Output

    For a Layer 2 VLT fabric, select whether you require stacking. For a Layer 2 VLT Type 1: 1 Gb Top of Rack deployment, select one of the following options: a) High Stream Buffering — The fabric uses S60 switches in the leaves. When you uncheck this option, the fabric uses S55 switches in the leaves.
  • Page 45 Figure 15. Network Topology • Tabular Wiring Plan — Displays information about how the spines and leaves are connected in the distributed core design in a tabular format, as shown below. The tabular wiring plan contains a list of switches along with their names and ports which connect to the ports on the other switches.

  • Page 46: Fabric Design - Step 6: Summary

    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.

  • Page 47: Editing And Expanding An Existing Fabric Design

    The Import Existing Design screen displays. In the Fabric XML file area, click the Browse button and locate the fabric XML design file (the XML design that you have exported from the AFM design wizard). Click the Upload button. Editing and Expanding an Existing Fabric Design You can edit or expand an existing fabric from the Getting Started screen.

  • Page 49: Configuring And Deploying The Fabric

    Configuring and Deploying the Fabric After you create a fabric at the Network > Design Fabric > New Fabric screen, you can configure and deploy the fabric Fabric Name > Configure and Deploy screen. This screen contains the following options: at the Network >...

  • Page 50: Operations Allowed In Each Fabric State

    Pre-deployment Required Indicates that not all required Pre-deployment Configuration information was Configuration provided. Error Indicates that an error occurred during file transfer (transfer of a minimum configuration file) to the FTP/TFTP server or an error occurred during automatic DHCP integration for the local DHCP server. NOTE: In a case of remote the DHCP server, no errors are reported for the DHCP integration step because it is not an automated step from the AFM;...
  • Page 51 Complete Not Started Not Started Incomplete. The • View Wiring Plan system MAC and • Edit Fabric (All IP address are fabric attributes not configured for except fabric name) the switches. • Pre-deployment Configuration • Delete Fabric Complete Not Started Not Started Partial Complete / •...

  • Page 52: Using The Pre-Deployment Wizard

    partial or fully complete • View Deployment and Validation Status • Delete Fabric Using the Pre-deployment Wizard Layer 2 VLT Fabric Pre-deployment To prepare the Layer 2 VLT fabric for deployment, complete the following tasks using the Pre-deployment Configuration wizard. Pre-deployment - Step 1: Uplink Configuration Pre-deployment - Step 2: Configuring a VLT VLAN Pre-deployment –...

  • Page 53: Pre-Deployment Configuration

    Pre-Deployment Configuration To prepare the fabric for deployment, use the Pre-deployment Configuration Wizard. After you initiate the pre- deployment configuration, you can only update the fabric description and port count for expanding uplinks and downlinks. Prerequisites Before you begin: 1. Rack the equipment in the fabric. NOTE: Before racking the switches, make sure that you have the csv.
  • Page 54 Pre-Deployment Flowchart NOTE: The pre-deployment flowchart does not list all the prerequisites. This flowchart does not include obtaining the fabric interlink and loop back IP address groups. For more information, see Pre-requisites. Pre-Deployment Screens To provide the fabric the minimum configuration to the switches, use the following Pre-deployment screens. These screens automate the deployment process.

  • Page 55: Protocol Configuration - Layer 3 Distributed Core Fabric: Step

    • Downlink Port Configuration — (for a Layer 2 VLT fabric only) Associates each of the ports of a leaf (on a per leaf basis) to one or more VLANs. You can associated one or more tagged VLANs one and for untagged VLAN only one is allowed.
  • Page 56 Figure 17. Fabric Link Configuration To configure the Fabric Link Configuration for a Layer 3 distributed core fabric: Fabric Name > Configure and Deploy screen. Navigate to the Network > From the Deploy Fabric pull-down menu, select the Pre-Deployment Configuration option. The Introduction screen displays.
  • Page 57 Figure 18. Layer 3 Uplink Configuration To configure the uplink protocol for the edge port uplinks to the WAN for a Layer 3 distributed core fabric: Fabric Name > Configure and Deploy screen. Navigate to the Network > From the Deploy Fabric pull-down menu, select the Pre-deployment Configuration option. Navigate to the Uplink Configuration screen.

  • Page 58: Protocol Configuration - Layer 2 Vlt Fabric: Step 1 - 3

    Figure 19. Downlink Configuration for Layer 3 Distributed Core Fabric To configure the downlinks for a Layer 3 distributed core fabric: Fabric Name > Configure and Deploy screen. Navigate to the Network > From the Deploy Fabric pull-down menu, select the Pre-deployment Configuration option. Navigate to the Downlink Configuration screen.
  • Page 59 Pre-deployment – Step 1: Uplink Configuration (VLT) The Uplink Configuration page displays the port bandwidth and the number of specified ports (read-only fields) entered on the Fabric Name and Type and Port Specification screens. To configure the uplink protocol for the edge port uplinks to the WAN, use the Uplink Configuration screen.
  • Page 60 Figure 21. VLT VLAN Configuration Table 13. VLT VLAN Configuration Options Field Name Description VLAN Id Enter the VLAN Id. Range: from 1 to 4094 Default: <Blank> Primary IP Enter the primary IP address. The prefix is auto-populated. Validation Criteria for Primary IP: Valid IP Prefix Range: from 8 to 29 Default Primary IP: <Blank>...
  • Page 61 5. In the VlanId field, enter the VLAN ID. 6. In the Primary IP address field, enter the primary IP address. 7. In the Seconday IP address field, enter the secondary IP address. 8. In the Virtual IP address field, enter the virtual IP address 9.

  • Page 62: Pre-Deployment - Step 4: Assign Switch Identities

    S4810-01-GE-44T-AC-R 00:01:E8:8B:15:86 00AS104600860 NOTE: Before you begin, obtain the CSV file that contains the system MAC addresses, service tag, and serials numbers for each switch provided from Dell manufacturing or manually enter this information. Figure 23. Assign Switch Identities...

  • Page 63: Pre-Deployment - Step 5: Management Ip

    To assign switch identities: Locate the CSV file that contains the system MAC addresses, serial numbers, and service tags for the switches in the fabric. Contact your Dell Networking sales representative for this file. Fabric Name > Configure and Deploy screen.

  • Page 64: Pre-Deployment - Step 6: Software Images

    • Enforced standard configurations • Reduced installation time • Simplified operating system upgrades Automated BMP reduces operational expenses, accelerates switch installation, simplifies upgrades, and increases network availability by automatically configuring Dell Networking switches. BMP eliminates the need for a network...

  • Page 65: Pre-Deployment - Step 8: Advance Configuration

    IP address and the location of a TFTP or FTP file server. The file server maintains a configuration file and an approved version of FTOS for the Dell Networking S55, S60, S4810, S4820T, Z9000, and MXL Blade switches.
  • Page 66 Figure 25. View Autogenerated Configuration Click on the arrow next to the Autogenerated Configuration option to view its contents. Associating Templates You can associate one or more existing configuration templates to the fabric (entire fabric), all spines, all leaves or a set of switches.
  • Page 67 Fabric Name > Configure and Deploy screen. 1. Navigate to the Network > 2. From the CLI Configuration pull-down, select the Custom Configuration option. 3. In the left navigation pane, select the switch to apply the switch specific-custom configuration to. The Switch Specific Custom Configuration screen displays.

  • Page 68: Pre-Deployment - Step 9: Output

    Pre-Deployment – Step 9: Output To review the uplinks or downlinks for each switch in the fabric, use the Pre-deployment Output screen. To view the uplinks and downlinks for each switch in the fabric: Fabric Name > Configure and Deploy screen. 1.

  • Page 69: Viewing The Dhcp Configuration File

    Viewing the DHCP Configuration File NOTE: If you are using an IE browser with the Windows 7 OS, change your indexing options: 1. Navigate to the Control Panel->Indexing Options screen. 2. Click the Advanced button and then click on the File Types Tab. 3.
  • Page 70 2. 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. Error Complete config upload failed 1. Verify TFTP/FTP or Telnet/SSH connectivity.

  • Page 71: Validation

    Restart the DHCP server that contains the generated DHCP file that you created in the DHCP Integration screen. For information about DHCP integration, see Pre-Deployment Wizard – Step 7: DHCP Integration Fabric Name > Configure and Deploy screen. Navigate to the Network > From the Deploy Fabric pull-down menu, select the Deploy and Validate option.
  • Page 72 2. Click the Errors link. 3. Click on the Discovered Errors tab to view error details. 4. Fix any errors. Error Switch is not reachable Verify the switch connectivity from the AFM. Fabric 1. Navigate to the Network > Name > Configure and Deployment screen.

  • Page 73: Viewing Deployment And Validation Status

    Fabric 1. Navigate to the Network > Name > Configure and Deployment screen. 2. Click the Errors link. 3. Click on the Wiring Errors tab to view error details. 4. Fix any errors. InProgress Node validation in progress... InProgress Configuration Validation in progress... InProgress Wiring Validation in progress...

  • Page 74: Managing Templates

    Managing Templates This section contains the following topics: • Adding Templates • Editing Templates • Deleting Templates • Copying Templates Adding Templates You can add (create) a CLI configuration template. This is useful for applying a custom configuration to the following: •...

  • Page 75: Associating Templates

    Important: Each template can have only one association per fabric. AFM does not support ordering of templates for sequencing the commands. If you want to do this, Dell Networking recommends manually combining the templates into a single template.

  • Page 76: Adding A Switch-Specific Custom Configuration

    6. In the Select Association area, select one the following options: – Fabric — Associates the template to all the switches in the fabric. – Spines — Associates the template to all the spine switches. – Leafs — Associates the template to all the leaf switches. –...

  • Page 77: Viewing Custom Configuration History

    Figure 27. Switch Specific Custom Configuration The Switch Specific Custom Configuration screen provides support to view the auto-generated configuration and switch-specific custom configuration that is applied to the individual switches in the fabric. Only the switches that are deployed are listed. 4.
  • Page 78 To view custom configuration history: Fabric Name > Configure and Deploy screen. Navigate to the Network > From the CLI Configuration pull-down menu, select the View Custom Configuration History option. The Custom Configuration History displays.

  • Page 79: Viewing The Fabric

    Viewing the Fabric This section contains 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.
  • Page 80 Figure 29. Dashboard with Color Codes The Dashboard provides the following key performance information: • System — Provides a tabular listing of system health and fabrics being managed by the AFM and lists the corresponding alert count by severity. The Switch Health column displays the number of switches that are alert free and the total switches that are part of the fabric.

  • Page 81: Network Topology

    Table 19. CPU Utilization Color Codes Color Range Description Green (Good) x < 70 % Represents normal CPU utilization. Yellow (Minor) x > = 70 % and x < 80% Represents low CPU utilization. Red (Critical) x > = 80 % Represents high CPU utilization.

  • Page 82: Network Topology Graphical View

    Figure 30. Network Summary Tabular View Network Topology Graphical View The network topology contains fabric icons. Each fabric icon has the following functions: • Status: Displays the status of the fabric using the following colors: – Red: Critical alerts – Orange: Major alerts –...

  • Page 83: Fabric Summary

    • Enable Move: After enabling this option, you can move each fabric icon to a new location in the map. • Revert to Last Saved: Revert to fabric locations to last saved version. • Save Move: Save the location of the fabrics that were moved. •...

  • Page 84: Displaying The Fabric In A Tabular View

    Displaying the Fabric in a Tabular View Figure 31. Fabric Tabular View With the fabric tabular view, you view the switches in the fabric and check the alarms. Export your results using the Export link. You can also manage or unmanage a switch using the Manage/Unmanage Switch link. For additional information about the fabric, select the following tabs: •...

  • Page 85: Switch Summary

    • Manage/Unmanage — Unmanaged switches appear in the fabric but are not actively managed. A switch must be in a managed state to monitor and manage it. • Show Tooltips — Displays information (fabric, switch name, model name, IP address, alarm status, and manage state) about a switch when you place the cursor over the switch.

  • Page 87: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting This section contains the following topics: • Ping, Traceroute, SSH, and Telnet • Validation Alarms • Deployment and Validation Errors • TFTP/FTP Error • Switch Deployment Status • Validating Connectivity to the ToR For more information about troubleshooting, see Ping, Traceroute, SSH, and Telnet.

  • Page 88: Telnet

    Fabric Name > Switch Name > Troubleshoot screen. . 1. Navigate to the Network > 2. Click the SSH tab. 3. In the SSH Command field, enter the SSH command. 4. Click the Send Command button to display the SSH results. Telnet To issue a Telnet command on a switch: Fabric Name >...
  • Page 89 Fabric Name > a. Navigate to the Network> Configure and Deploy screen. b. From the Deploy Fabric pull-down menu, select the Pre-deployment Configuration option. c. Navigate to the Assign Switch Identities screen and check the system MAC address mapping for the associated switches. 2.

  • Page 90: Deployment And Validation Errors

    Validation failed because the switch has a configuration Fabric Name > Configure 1. Navigate to the Network > mismatch. and Deploy screen. 2. Click the Errors link. 3. Select the Configuration Mismatch tab. 4. Review the configuration mismatch and correct the configuration errors.

  • Page 91: Validation Errors

    Fabric Name 2. Restart the deployment of the switch from the Network > > Configure and Deploy by selecting the switch from the list and then click on the Deploy Selected link. Device cleanup task failed 1. Verify the Telnet or SSH connectivity from the AFM. Fabric Name 2.
  • Page 92 Table 22. Configuration Errors Configuration Error Recommended Action Configuration Mismatch 1. On the Deployment and Validation Status screen, select the switch that you want to view. 2. Click the View Mismatch button. 3. Review the configuration mismatch and correct the configuration errors. 4.
  • Page 93 Fabric Name > Configure and Deploy. a. Navigate to the Network > 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 link. Partial Link 1.

  • Page 94: Switch Deployment Status Errors

    2. If the pre-deployment configuration is updated, you might need to redeploy the switch. 3. Validate the switch. Fabric Name > Configure and Deploy screen. a. Navigate to the Network > b. From the Deploy Fabric pull-down menu, select the Deploy and Validate option.
  • Page 95 CONFIG GENERATION IN Configuration File Information only. PROGRESS Generation In-progress CONFIG GENERATION FAILED Configuration File 1. Check the write permission for Generation Failed the AFM installation directory in the AFM server machine. 2. Verify that the disk space is not full in the AFM server.
  • Page 96 3. Verify that the system MAC address in the dhcpd.conf file matches the csv. file that contains the MAC addresses of the switches. 4. Verify that the min.cfg file is in the correct directory on the TFTP/FTP server. 5. Redeploy the switch from the Network >...
  • Page 97 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 Deploy Selected link.

  • Page 98: Tftp/Ftp Error

    REDEPLOYMENT REQUIRED Re-deployment of the switch Restart the deployment of the switch. is required NOTE: The switch is not in BMP mode. 1. Navigate to the Network > Fabric Name > Configure and Deploy screen. 2. From the Deploy Fabric pull-down menu, select the Deploy and Validate option.

  • Page 99: Alerts And Events

    Alerts and Events This section contains the following topics: • Current—Active Alerts • Historical — Alerts and Events Current — Active Alerts To view active alerts at the network, fabric and switch levels, use the Current tab. To acknowledge an active alert, select the active alert and then click the Acknowledge button.

  • Page 100: Historical - Alerts And Event History

    Historical — Alerts and Event History To view historical events at the network, fabric or switch level, use Alerts and Events screen . • To filter active alerts at the network level, navigate to the Network > Alerts and Events screen. Fabric Name >...

  • Page 101: Performance Management

    Performance Management You can monitor performance at the network, fabric, switch, and port level. This section contains the following topics: • Network Performance Management • Fabric Performance Management • Switch Performance Management • Port Performance Management • Detailed Port Performance •...

  • Page 102: Fabric Performance Management

    Fabric Performance Management Fabric Name > Performance screen: To monitor the following for all the switches in the fabric, use the Network > • Bandwidth utilization • Top 25 port inbound usage • Top 25 port outbound usage • Top 10 highest CPU utilization •...

  • Page 103: Port Performance Management

    Port Performance Management To view a summary of historical and real-time data port performance: Fabric Name > Switch Name > Summary screen. 1. Navigate to the Network > Figure 34. Displaying Summary of Port Performance 2. Select a port and then click on the Performance tab to view port performance. 3.

  • Page 104: Data Collection

    • Packets To display detailed historical and real-time data port level performance: Fabric Name > Switch Name > Summary screen. 1. Navigate to the Network > 2. Click the Performance tab at the bottom of the screen. Figure 35. Display Detailed Port Performance 3.

  • Page 105: Tca Threshold Settings

    b) 30 Minutes c) 45 minutes d) 1 Hour Check the fabric to collect data from. Click the OK. TCA Threshold Settings To configure the monitoring link bundle and Threshold Crossing Alert (TCA) between the spine switches and the leaf switches for a fabric, use the Jobs >...

  • Page 106: Reports

    Figure 36. Example: TCA Exceeds the Threshold For information about how to view port performance, see Port Performance. Make sure that you select the Real-Time Data option. Reports This section contains the following topics: • Creating New Reports • Editing Reports •...

  • Page 107: Editing Reports

    Click Next. In the Date/Time Range pull-down menu, select a date or time range using one of the following options. If you select the custom range, specify a start and end date. a) 30 days b) 7 days c) 24 hours d) Custom Range Click Next.

  • Page 108: Deleting Reports

    The Duplicate screen displays. In the Report Name field, enter the name of the report. (Optional) In the Description field, enter a description. Modify the report as needed. Click the Next button to navigate to different parts of the report that you want to duplicate. Click Finish.

  • Page 109: Maintenance

    Maintenance This section contains the following topics: • Backing Up the Switch Configuration • Scheduling Switch Software Updates • Replacing a Switch • Updating the AFM Back Up Switch To schedule the number of days to keep switch backup files on the AFM, use the Back Up Switch screen. Use this screen to view the fabric, switch name, software version that the switch is running, the startup configuration, running configuration, backup time, and description of the backup configuration.

  • Page 110: Deleting A Backup Configuration

    Deleting a Backup Configuration To delete a switch backup configuration: Fabric Name > Maintenance screen. 1. Navigate to the Network > 2. Click the Switch Backup button to display the switch backup options. 3. Select a backup switch configuration to delete. 4.

  • Page 111: Step 2: Pre-Deploy Replacement Switch

    Review and follow the instructions on the Decommission screen. Click the Save button to save the text file that contains information to submit a Return Material Authorization (RMA). Send this information to your Dell Networking software support to arrange replacement. For information about pre-deploying a replacement switch, see Pre-deploy Replacement.

  • Page 112: Updating The Afm

    Updating the AFM To view and manage AFM server updates. use the Administration > Update Server screen. Updating the AFM Software 1. Navigate to the Administration > Update Server screen and then click the Update Server link. The Update Server screen is displayed. 2.

  • Page 113: Jobs

    Jobs This section contains the following topics: • Displaying Job Results • Scheduling Jobs Displaying Job Results To display the status of your jobs, use the Job Results screen. 1. Navigate to the Jobs > Jobs Results screen. 2. In the upper right of the screen, click the filter icon to filter your job results. 3.

  • Page 114: Switch Backup

    NOTE: You can only change the scheduled time. You cannot change the job name, image location, or switch. • Delete — Deletes a job. Select a job and then click the Delete link. • Enable — Enable the job or activate the schedule. •...

  • Page 115: Switch Software Activation

    9. In the Path and Image file name to the software updates on selected TFTP or FTP site field, specify the path and image file to the switch software update. 10. Click the Next button. 11. In Update Option, select one of the following options and then click the Next button: –...

  • Page 116: Activating Standby Partition Software

    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 location to get the software updates and then schedule the updates load immediately or schedule it for a later date and time. To schedule switch software updates: Fabric Name >...

  • Page 117: Scheduling A Back Up Switch Configuration

    3. Click the Schedule Activate Standby Partition link. 4. In the Job Name field, specify the name of the job. 5. (Optional) In the Description field, enter a description of the job. 6. Click the Next button. 7. From the Spines and Leaves pull-down menu select one of the following options: –...

  • Page 119: Administration

    Administration This section contains the following topics: • Administrative Settings • Managing User Accounts • Managing User Sessions Administrative Settings To configure Administrative Settings, use the Administration > Settings screen: • CLI Credentials • Client Settings • Data Retention Settings •...

  • Page 120: Client Settings

    – In the Password field, enter the password. – In the Confirm Password field, confirm the password. The privilege level is a read-only field and is set at 15. – In the Enable Password field, enter a password for the privilege level. –...

  • Page 121: Ntp Server Settings

    3. Click the OK button. NTP Server Settings To configure NTP Server Settings: 1. Navigate to the Administration > Settings screen. 2. In the NTP Server Settings area, click the Edit link. 3. Enter the NTP server primary IP address. 4.

  • Page 122: Syslog Server Ip Addresses

    6. In the Trap Host field, specify the IP address of the AFMso that the traps are sent to the AFM. 7. Click OK. Syslog Server IP Addresses 1. Navigate to the Administration > Settings screen. 2. In the System IP Addresses area, you can configure up to 8 syslog server IP addresses to log events on the switches in the fabric.

  • Page 123: Adding A User

    • Edit User — Edits user accounts. • Change Password — Allows a user to change his or her password. • Delete User — Deletes one or more user accounts. The system default user, Superuser, cannot be deleted. • Unlock — Unlocks a user who was locked out because he or she exceeded the maximum login attempts. To unlock a user, select the user and click the Unlock option.
  • Page 124 To add a user: Navigate to the Administration > User Accounts screen. Click Add User. The Add User screen displays. In the User Name field, enter the user’s name. Enter a unique name that is alphanumeric. Length: from 1 to 25 characters. In the Password field, enter the user’s password.

  • Page 125: Deleting A User

    Deleting a User To add or delete users, you must be a Superuser . For more information about user accounts, see Managing User Accounts. To delete a user: Navigate to the Administration > User Accounts screen. Select the user that you want to delete. Click the Delete button.

  • Page 126: Changing Your Password

    To unlock a user: Navigate to the Administration > Users Accounts screen. Select the user you want to unlock. Click the Unlock button. Click OK. Changing Your Password To change your password: Go to the upper right of the screen next to your login name. A pull-down menu displays.

  • Page 127: Audit Log

    Audit Log To log a chronological sequence of audit records, each of which contains information on who has accessed the switch and what operations the user has performed during a given period of time, use the Audit Log screen. The audit log is from the perspective of the AFM and only the actions performed by AFM users on the switch are logged.

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