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Defining a spine-leaf topology

You can verify the physical topology and deploy a SpineLeaf (L3 fabric) setup on managed switches using the spine-leaf Topology Wizard template.

Procedure

Complete the following steps to create a spine-leaf Topology Wizard template.

  1. From the XClarity Administrator menu bar, click Provisioning > Switch Configuration Templates. The Switch Configuration Templates page is displayed.
  2. Click Spine-Leaf > Topology Wizard in the left navigation, and then click the Create icon (Create icon).
  3. In the Create New Template dialog, specify the following information.

    • Enter a name and description for the template.

    • Specify the autonomous system (AS) number for the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) protocol that is running on the switch. This can be a number from 1 – 4294967295.

      Note
      This is supported by CNOS 10.9.3 and later.

    • Choose whether to allow single links between switches.

      Typically, deployment fails if there are not at least two links between any spine and leaf switch.

  4. Click Create to save the template, or click Create and Deploy to save and immediately deploy the template to one or more managed rack switches.

    For information about deploying a template, see Deploying switch-configuration templates to a target switch