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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. See also Network Deployment Summary.
This Fabric Design Wizard allows you to perform the following tasks:
• Create a fabric
• Editing and Expanding an Existing Fabric
• Deleting the Fabric
• Import an Existing Fabric Design
• Viewing the Wiring Diagram
• Display the status of the fabric design (whether the design, pre-deployment, deployment, and validation has been
successfully completed.
• Display detailed information about the fabric
Before you begin, review the Getting Started section.
To design a fabric, complete the following tasks using the Fabric Design Wizard.
1. Fabric Design – Step 1: Fabric Name and Type
2. Fabric Design – Step 2: Bandwidth and Port Count
3. Fabric Design – Step 3: Deployment Topology
4. Fabric Design – Step 4: Fabric Customization
5. Fabric Design – Step 5: Output
6. Fabric Design – Step 6: Summary
NOTE: After you finish designing the fabric, prepare it for deployment. For more information, see Preparing the
Fabric for Deployment.
Network Deployment Summary
AFM allows you to design a fabric, make changes to the pre-deployment configuration, deploy the fabric, and validate
the fabric designed by comparing it to a discovered fabric. AFM provides up-to-date status during each phase of the
fabric from design to validate. AFM displays any pending steps required that you needed to ensure the fabric is fully
functional for each fabric design.
Fabric Configuration Phases and States
The following table describes the four fabric phases displayed on the Network >
Fabric Name
> Configure and Deploy >
Deploy screen. To correct the fabric design and pre-deployment configuration before and after you deploy the fabric,
use this information.
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