Step 1

Navigate to the switch you are interested in.

1. Choose Fabrics, then click the fabric that has the switch you want to configure.

2. In the Topology area, click the switch you want to view, then click the switch name. You may have to expand the switch group in order to see the switch.

Step 2

In the Ports area, select Port status or Face plate.

• Port status: This view shows all ports of the device, as well as the status of each port. The icon next to the port number indicates whether the port is up or configured for breakout. The port image itself indicates whether the port is enabled or disabled. To understand the icons, see the legend in the upper right of the Ports area. A green color indicates that a port has no issues. A yellow color indicates that a port has an unexpected condition and there are issues detected, but the issues should not cause operation disruption. A red color indicates that a port has an unexpected condition and there are issues detected that can cause operation disruption; you should investigate the issues. See Assertions. If a port is configured for breakout, the port shows the broken out ports as well as the color status for each breakout port. You can click the broken out port to see an enlarge view of the ports, which enables you to see the icon of each port.
• Face plate: This view shows a more realistic representation of the ports. This view is not interactive.

Step 3

To see a list of all ports on the switch, in the Configure area, click Port configurations. See Configure a port at the switch level.

Step 4

To see details about a specific port:

1. In the Port status view, select that port. This can be a port in the enlarged view of a broken out port.

   The Details drawer opens, which contains more information about the port. You can perform various actions, such as disabling the port, changing the admin state, or editing the description.

2. Click the port-interface-name details link to view more information about the port.

3. In the Details area, select the port property you want to view.

Step 1

Choose Fabrics, then click the fabric that contains the switch.

Step 2

If the fabric is not in the edit mode, click Switch to edit mode.

Step 3

In the Topology area, click the switch you want to configure, then click the switch name.

Step 4

In the Configure area, click Port configurations.

The Port configurations table lists all ports of the switch.

Step 5

(Optional) If you want to enable or disable breakout for any of the ports, click Manage breakouts.

1. For Breakout option, select Disable to disable breakout. Otherwise, select the desired option to enable breakout.

   The value in parentheses indicates the number of lanes per port and the speed of each lane. For example, the value "2x200G (4x50G)" indicates 2 ports of 200G speed each and each port uses four 50G lanes for a total of 400G speed and 8 lanes.

   You must select an option that corresponds to the speed of pluggables on the connected switch.

2. If you enabled breakout, select the cable type and optic type.

3. Click Save.

Step 6

In the Port configurations table, under the Action column, click edit ( ) for the port that you want to configure.

A dialog box opens for configuring the port.

1. For Select port speed, select the speed of the port.

   The value in parentheses indicates the number of lanes and the speed of each lane. For example, the value "200G (4x50G)" indicates that the port has a total speed of 200G and uses four 50G lanes.

   By default, a port transmits and receives data at its highest speed. You can reduce the speed if necessary. You cannot change the speed of a breakout port.

   To use a non-default speed for your switch fabric ports, you must select the appropriate speed. For example, for QSFP-DD ports, you can use 40G, 100G, or 200G instead of the default of 400G.

2. For Pluggable, enter the product ID (PID) of the optic for the port.

   Forwarding error correction (FEC) is automatically set based on the specified pluggable. You cannot configure FEC manually.

3. For Port role, select Fabric for a port that connects to another leaf or spine switch in the fabric.

   For other port types, select the role according to the purpose of the port.

   • Fabric: Provides connectivity between fabric switches and allows for automatic discovery by peer switches. Select this for a port that connects to another leaf or spine switch in the fabric.
   • Host: Provides a Layer 2 connection to a server or other general network device.
   • Port channel: The port is a member of a port channel, also known as a link aggregation group (LAG). When you configure a port to be a member of a port channel, its role is automatically changed from Unused to Port channel. The Port channel role cannot be changed in this menu unless the port is first removed from the port channel.
   • Routed: Provides a Layer 3 connection to a router or other network device. When you configure a routed port on a switch, you can select to enable VLAN tagging, which requires you to configure 802.1Q VLAN sub-interfaces on a Layer 3 interface to forward IPv4 and IPv6 packets to another device using static or dynamic routing protocols. You can use Layer 3 interfaces for IP routing. If you leave VLAN tagging disabled, select a route table (VRF) and specify IPv4 or IPv6 addresses for the routes. See the succeeding substeps for the additional routed port configuration steps.
   • Unused: The port does not forward or receive traffic.

4. If you chose Routed for the port role and you want to use VLAN tagging, Enable VLAN tagging and follow these additional steps.

   1. Click Add a sub interface.
   2. In VLAN tag, enter the tag. Do not assign the same VLAN tag to multiple sub-interfaces on the same physical interface.
   3. For Select VRF, select a VRF instance.
   4. For the IP address fields, enter an IPv4 address and mask, an IPv6 address, or both.

5. If you chose Routed for the port role and you do not want to use VLAN tagging, disable Enable VLAN tagging and perform these additional steps.

   1. For Select route table, select the desired route table (VRF).
   2. For the IP addresses fields, enter one or more IPv4 or IPv6 addresses and masks. If you enter multiple addresses, separate each one with a comma.

6. For Admin state, select Up to enable the port.

   • Up: The port will receive and forward traffic. This is the default state. To set the port to be Up but not forwarding traffic, check Prevent traffic from being forwarded.
   • Down: The port will not receive nor forward traffic.

7. Click Save.

Step 7

Repeat the previous step for every port on this switch that will connect to another leaf or spine switch or host in the fabric.

Step 8

Repeat this procedure for every leaf or spine switch in the fabric.

Step 1

Choose Fabrics, then click the fabric that contains the switch.

Step 2

If the fabric is not in the edit mode, click Switch to edit mode.

Step 3

In the Topology area, click the switch you want to configure, then click the switch name.

Step 4

In the Configure area, click Port configurations, then select the ports that you want to configure by putting a check in the box next to each port ID.

Step 5

To change the role of the ports, click Edit port roles.

1. For Port role, select the desired role.

   • Fabric: Provides connectivity between fabric switches and allows for automatic discovery by peer switches. Select this for a port that connects to another leaf or spine switch in the fabric.
   • Host: Provides a Layer 2 connection to a server or other general network device. If you enabled global spanning tree, you cannot select the STP blocking modes using this procedure.
   • Port channel: The port is a member of a port channel, also known as a link aggregation group (LAG). When you configure a port to be a member of a port channel, its role is automatically changed from Unused to Port channel. The Port channel role cannot be changed in this menu unless the port is first removed from the port channel.
   • Routed: Provides a Layer 3 connection to a router or other network device. You cannot enable nor disable VLAN, add sub interfaces, select a route table, nor specify IP addresses using this procedure.
   • Unused: The port does not forward nor receive traffic. If you intend to configure the port to be a port channel member, the role must initially be Unused.

2. Click Save.

Step 6

To change port properties, click Edit port properties. These properties include port speed and pluggable options.

1. From the Configure port speed drop-down list, select the speed of the port.

   The value in parentheses indicates the number of lanes and the speed of each lane. For example, the value "200G (4x50G)" indicates that the port has a total speed of 200G and uses four 50G lanes.

   By default, a port transmits and receives data at its highest speed. You can reduce the speed if necessary. You cannot change the speed of a breakout port.

   To use a non-default speed for your switch fabric ports, select the appropriate speed. For example, for QSFP-DD ports, you can use 40G, 100G, or 200G instead of the default of 400G.

2. For Pluggable, enter the product ID (PID) of the optic for the port or select the pluggable from the table. You can enter search and filter criteria in the fields below to find a specific PID.

3. Click Save.

Step 7

To change the administrative state, click Edit port admin state.

1. For Admin state, select the desired state.

   • Up: The port will receive and forward traffic. This is the default state. To set the port to be Up but not forwarding traffic, check Prevent traffic from being forwarded.
   • Down: The port will not receive or forward traffic.

2. Click Save.

Step 1

Choose Fabrics, then click the fabric that contains the switch for which you want to configure its ports.

Step 2

If the fabric is not in the edit mode, click Switch to edit mode.

Step 3

In the Physical topology area, click Port configurations.

Step 4

Above the Port configurations table, you can use the various fields and drop-down lists to filter the table.

Step 5

In the Action column, click edit () for the port that you want to configure.

1. From the Select port speed drop-down list, select the speed of the port.

   The value in parentheses indicates the number of lanes and the speed of each lane. For example, the value "200G (4x50G)" indicates that the port has a total speed of 200G and uses four 50G lanes.

   By default, a port transmits and receives data at its highest speed. You can reduce the speed if necessary. You cannot change the speed of a breakout port.

   To use a non-default speed for your switch fabric ports, you must select the appropriate speed. For example, for QSFP-DD ports, you can use 40G, 100G, or 200G instead of the default of 400G.

2. For Pluggable, enter the product ID (PID) of the optic for the port.

   Forwarding error correction (FEC) is automatically set based on the specified pluggable. You cannot configure FEC manually.

3. For Port role, select Fabric for a port that connects to another leaf or spine switch in the fabric.

   For other port types, select the role according to the purpose of the port.

   • Fabric: Provides connectivity between fabric switches and allows for automatic discovery by peer switches. Select this for a port that connects to another leaf or spine switch in the fabric.
   • Host: Provides a Layer 2 connection to a server or other general network device.
   • Port channel: The port is a member of a port channel, also known as a link aggregation group (LAG). When you configure a port to be a member of a port channel, its role is automatically changed from Unused to Port channel: The Port channel role cannot be changed in this menu unless the port is first removed from the port channel.
   • Routed: Provides a Layer 3 connection to a router or other network device. When you configure a routed port on a switch, you can select to enable VLAN tagging, which requires you to configure 802.1Q VLAN sub-interfaces on a Layer 3 interface to forward IPv4 and IPv6 packets to another device using static or dynamic routing protocols. You can use Layer 3 interfaces for IP routing. If you leave VLAN tagging disabled, select a route table (VRF) and specify IPv4 or IPv6 addresses for the routes. See the succeeding substeps for the additional routed port configuration steps.
   • Unused: The port does not forward or receive traffic.

4. If you chose Routed for the port role and you want to use VLAN tagging, toggle on Enable VLAN tagging and follow these additional steps.

   1. Click Add a sub interface.
   2. In VLAN tag, enter the tag. Do not assign the same VLAN tag to multiple sub-interfaces on the same physical interface.
   3. For Select VRF, select a VRF instance.
   4. For the IP address fields, enter an IPv4 address and mask, an IPv6 address, or both.

5. If you chose Routed for the port role and you do not want to use VLAN tagging, leave Enable VLAN tagging as toggled off and perform these additional steps.

   1. For Select route table, select the desired route table (VRF).
   2. For the IP addresses fields, enter one or more IPv4 or IPv6 addresses and masks. If you enter multiple addresses, separate each one with a comma.

6. For Admin state, select Up to enable the port.

   • Up: The port will receive and forward traffic. This is the default state. To set the port to be Up but not forwarding traffic, check Prevent traffic from being forwarded.
   • Down: The port will not receive nor forward traffic.

7. Click Save.

Step 1

Choose Fabrics, then click the fabric that contains the switches for which you want to configure their ports.

Step 2

If the fabric is not in the edit mode, click Switch to edit mode.

Step 3

In Physical topology, click Port configurations.

Step 4

Above the Port configurations table, you can use the various fields and drop-down lists to filter the table.

Step 5

Select the ports that you want to configure by checking the box next to each port ID. The ports can belong to different switches.

Step 6

To change the role of the ports, click Edit port roles.

1. For Port role, select the desired role.

   • Fabric: Provides connectivity between fabric switches and allows for automatic discovery by peer switches. Select this for a port that connects to another leaf or spine switch in the fabric.
   • Host: Provides a Layer 2 connection to a server or other general network device. If you enabled global spanning tree, you cannot select the STP blocking modes using this procedure.
   • Port channel: The port is a member of a port channel, also known as a link aggregation group (LAG). When you configure a port to be a member of a port channel, its role is automatically changed from Unused to Port channel. The Port channel role cannot be changed in this menu unless the port is first removed from the port channel.
   • Routed: Provides a Layer 3 connection to a router or other network device. You cannot enable nor disable VLAN, add sub interfaces, select a route table, nor specify IP addresses using this procedure.
   • Unused: The port does not forward nor receive traffic. If you intend to configure the port to be a port channel member, the role must initially be Unused.

2. Click Save.

Step 7

To change the port properties, click Edit port properties. The properties include the port speed and pluggable.

1. For Configure port speed, select the speed of the port.

   The value in parenthesis indicates the number of lanes and the speed of each lane. For example, the value "200G (4x50G)" indicates that the port has a total speed of 200G and uses four 50G lanes.

   By default, a port transmits and receives data at its highest speed. You can reduce the speed if necessary. You cannot change the speed of a breakout port.

   To use a non-default speed for your switch fabric ports, you must select the appropriate speed. For example, for QSFP-DD ports, you can use 40G, 100G, or 200G instead of the default of 400G.

2. For Pluggable, enter the product ID (PID) of the optic for the port or select the pluggable from the table. You can enter search and filter criteria in the fields below to find a specific PID.

3. Click Save.

Step 8

If you want to change the admininistrative state, click Edit port admin state.

1. For Admin state, select the desired state.

   • Up: The port will receive and forward traffic. This is the default state. To set the port to be Up but not forwarding traffic, check Prevent traffic from being forwarded.
   • Down: The port will not receive nor forward traffic.

2. Click Save.

Step 1

Choose Fabrics, then click the fabric you want to view cabling for.

Cable connections appear as colored lines joining different device groups. Each number on a cable indicates the number of connections between device groups.

Step 2

Click the number on a cable you are interested in.

The Cabling drawer lists all connections for the selected cable. Each connection shows the device group names, device names, and interfaces.

Step 1

Navigate to the switch you are interested in.

1. Choose Fabrics, then click the fabric that has the switch for which you want to modify cabling.

2. In the Topology area, click the switch you want to configure, then click the switch name.

Step 2

In the Configure area, click Cabling. The Cabling table lists all fabric connections associated with the switch. To export this list, click Export CSV.

Step 3

Click Edit cabling.

Step 4

To modify switch group connections:

1. For a selected switch group's connections, click edit () and select the PID for the pluggables.

   1. The first switch group radio button is selected by default. Click a PID from the table at the bottom for the first switch group. You can filter the table using the fields above the table.
   2. Click Cable and select a PID.
   3. Click the second switch group and select a PID.
   4. Click Select.

2. For Connections, enter the number of connections per switch pair.

    Note

   This is not the total number of connections between switch groups.

3. For Cabling strategy, choose how you want to cable the switches.

Step 5

To modify rail groups, you can add a new rail group or modify these fields:

Step 6

To modify server port group to switch group connections, you can edit these fields:

Step 7

Click Save fabric blueprint to save configuration changes.

Step 8

Click Run cabling to apply configuration changes.