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Creating Broadcast Domains While Adding Members

New and Changed Information

The following table provides an overview of the significant changes to this guide up to this current release. The table does not provide an exhaustive list of all changes made to the guide or of the new features up to this release.

New and Changed Information

Release

Feature

Description

1.2(1)

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Initial release

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- Creating Broadcast Domains While Adding Members

About

In the previous release, the assignment of members to a new broadcast domain could only be accomplished one broadcast domain at a time. Starting in Release 1.2(1), the Cisco Nexus Fabric Manager enables the creation of one or more broadcast domains while simultaneously adding members. This feature is accessed from three locations of the Home window: The INTERFACES tab, the BROADCAST DOMAINS tab, or the NEIGHBORS tab. This document explains how to use this new feature from each location.

Creating Broadcast Domains While Adding Members

This section explains how to create a broadcast domain while also adding members. This procedure can be followed from these three tabs in the Cisco Nexus Fabric Manager Home window:

- INTERFACES—Use this tab to choose from all of your interfaces and add them to the new broadcast domain.

- NEIGHBORS—Use this tab to access the perimeter interfaces connected to a foreign device and add them to the new broadcast domain.

Note

Foreign device interfaces (identified by the initials FDI) cannot be added to broadcast domains. Only border and host-facing interfaces (perimeter interfaces) can be added.

- BROADCAST DOMAINS—Use this tab to choose from the interfaces of an existing broadcast domain and add them to the new broadcast domain.

Before You Begin

- At least one perimeter interface has been discovered.

- At least one perimeter interface is connected to a foreign device (when assigning the interfaces of a foreign device to the new broadcast domain).

- At least one interface is assigned to a broadcast domain (when assigning the members of a broadcast domain to the new broadcast domain).

Procedure

Step 1

Click Navigation menu > Home and choose one of the following options:

- Click the INTERFACES tab.

- Click the NEIGHBORS tab to display the foreign device tiles then click the Interfaces link inside of a foreign device tile. The interface tiles appear.

- Click the BROADCAST DOMAINS tab then click the Members link inside of a broadcast domain tile.

The interface tiles appear.

Step 2

Place a check in the check box located in the bottom right corner of each tile that you want to add to a broadcast domain.

Step 3

From the Settings icon, click Add to new broadcast domain. The CREATE NEW BROADCAST DOMAIN dialog appears.

Step 4

Enter the appropriate values in the fields listed in the CREATE NEW BROADCAST DOMAIN Dialog Box Fields table below.

CREATE NEW BROADCAST DOMAIN Dialog Box Fields

Field

Description

Create multiple

Check the check box to create multiple broadcast domains at a time. When checked, additional fields become visible.

Count

Specify the number of broadcast domains you want to create.

Note:   This field is only visible if the Create multiple check box is checked.

VLAN IDs

Specify the VLAN IDs for the broadcast domains you want to create. This field takes a comma-separated list of IDs and ID ranges and represents the administrative VLAN ID. This value takes precedence over the Count field.

Note:
This field is only visible if the Create multiple check box is checked.

Name

Enter the name for your broadcast domain.

Note:
This field is not visible if the Create multiple check box is checked.

Name prefix

Enter the name for your broadcast domain. The name will be used as a prefix. A count will be appended to the name for each broadcast domain.

Note:
This field is only visible if the Create multiple check box is checked.

Description

Enter a description of the broadcast domain.

Note:
This field is not visible if the Create multiple check box is checked.

State

Enables and disables the broadcast domain.

Note:
This field is not visible if the Create multiple check box is checked.

VLAN ID

Enter a VLAN ID.

Note:
This field is not visible if the Create multiple check box is checked.

Gateway section

IP address

Enter the IP address for your gateway.

Note:
This field is not visible if the Create multiple check box is checked.

First IP address

Enter the IP address for your gateway. The IP entered will be the first IP. Using the prefix, additional IPs will be generated.

Note:
This field is only visible if the Create multiple check box is checked.

VRF

Click the drop-down list to choose a VRF. Note that a VRF will be chosen by default.

Note:
The default is switchpool default.

MTU

Specify the maximum transmission unit size.

Note:
This field is not visible if the Create multiple check box is checked.

Step 5

Click Create.

What to Do Next

To add or remove members of a broadcast domain, see the Editing Members of a Broadcast Domain section of the Cisco Nexus Fabric Manager Configuration Guide.