Dell Active Fabric Manager Deployment Manual 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:
1. Navigate to the Network >
2. From the Deploy Fabric pull-down menu, select the Pre-deployment Configuration option.
3. Navigate to the Uplink Configuration screen.
4. In the Protocol Settings, select a routing protocol (OSPF, IBGP, or eBGP) for the edge port uplinks. The number of
uplinks is specified in the Port Specification screen.
The AFM automatically populates the range of IP addresses belong to the /30 subnet.
a) For OSPF, for each specified uplink, enter the local IP address, remote neighbor IP address, and area ID. A valid
area ID area is from 0 to 65535.
b) For iBGP, for each specified uplink, enter the local IP address, remote neighbor IP address, local AS number.
For the AS number, enter a value from 1 to 4294967295.
c) For eBGP, for each specified uplink, enter the local IP, remote neighbor IP address, local AS number, and
remote AS number. For the AS number, enter a value from 1 to 4294967295.
5. Click Next to go the Downlink Configuration screen.
Pre-deployment – Step 3: Downlink Configuration
Downlinks are edge port links which connect to servers, switches, or ToRs. When you enable the ToR configuration, the
leaves function as a ToR. When you disable the ToR configuration, the leaves function as a switch. The port bandwidth
for the downlinks is 1 GbE or 10 GbE (a read-only field). For more information about downlinks, see
Terminology and VLT Terminology.
Fabric Name > Configure and Deploy screen.
Distributed Core
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