Dell Active Fabric Manager Deployment Manual page 56

Figure 17. Fabric Link Configuration
To configure the Fabric Link Configuration for a Layer 3 distributed core fabric:
1. Navigate to the Network >
2. From the Deploy Fabric pull-down menu, select the Pre-Deployment Configuration option.
The Introduction screen displays.
3. Review the Introduction screen and gather the useful information to prepare your fabric for deployment.
4. Click the Next button.
The Fabric Link Configuration screen displays.
5. In the Start IP Address Range/Prefix area, enter the starting IP address and prefix.
The prefix must be from 8 to 29.
6. In the Loopback IP Address Range/Prefix area, enter the loopback address range and prefix.
The prefix must be from 8 to 26.
7. In the Area ID field, use the default setting of "0" or enter the area ID.
The area ID is a value from 0 and 65535. The uplinks or interlinks must be in area 0 for OSPF.
Pre-deployment – Step 2: Uplink Configuration (Distributed Core Fabric)
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. For information about for a uplinks for a Layer 3 distributed core fabric,
see Distributed Core Terminology.
NOTE: When the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is selected for both uplinks and interlinks, one of uplinks or
interlinks must be in area 0.
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Fabric Name > Configure and Deploy screen.