Fabric Design - Step 5: Output - Dell Active Fabric Manager Deployment Manual

3. For a Layer 2 VLT fabric, select whether you require stacking.
4. 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.
b) Deploy using stacking — Deploys stacked S60 and S55 leaves in the fabric.
5. For a Layer 2 VLT Type 3: 10 Gb ToR fabric, select one of the following cabling options:
a) SFP+ (Switch: Model S4810)
b) RJ-45 (Switch Model: S4820T)
6. Click the Next button to go to the Output screen.
Fabric Design – Step 5: Output
To view the graphical wiring, tabular wiring, and network topology wiring plans for your fabric design, use the Output
screen. Use the wiring plan as a guide for installing your equipment into the Layer 3 distributed core fabric or Layer 2
VLT fabric. Based on the configuration, the AFM calculates the number of leaf and spine switches required for the
design 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 to build the physical network according to the fabric design.
The fabric design is displayed in the following formats:
• Graphical Wiring Plan — Displays information about how the spines and leaves (switches) are connected
graphically as shown below.
Figure 14. Graphical Wiring Plan
• Network Topology — Displays information about how the spines and leaves are connected physically using a
topology map. By default, no links are displayed in the fabric. Click on a switch to display the links in the fabric.
When you select a spine or leaf switch , all the fabric interconnect links are displayed. When you select a spine
switch, the links to the leaf switches are displayed. Similarly, when you select a leaf switch, the links to the
spine switches are displayed.
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