Creating a fabric intent using a manual topology
Before you create a new fabric intent based on a manually configured topology file, ensure you have done the following:
- Created a region to which the fabric can belong; see Creating a region.
- Imported a JSON file that describes the topology into the Fabric Services System.
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Click
to open the main menu.
- In the main menu, select Fabric Intents.
- Use the Region Selector at the top of the page to select the region in which to create the fabric intent.
- Click the + CREATE A FABRIC INTENT button to open the Fabric Design page.
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Select or import the topology file on which this fabric is based:
- To select an already-imported topology file, click in the Imported Topology From File field and select the topology from the displayed list.
- To import a new topology from a file, click the Import icon and select the topology file. The topology in that file is automatically selected as the basis for this fabric intent.
- On the left-side panel, enter or select the basic parameters that define your intended fabric as described in Basic parameters for manual topology fabric intent.
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Optionally, select an ASN pool and IP pools other than the default pools for
the region:
- ASN Pool Name
- Inter Switch Link Pool Name
- Management Pool Name
- System Pool Name
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Click
to save the fabric intent. When you save the fabric intent, the system:
- updates the state of the fabric intent to Created.
- updates the version number of the fabric intent to 1.0.
- enables the
GENERATE FABRIC button.
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Click
GENERATE FABRIC.
When generating the topology, the system also generates the various cable connections and the individual node configurations required to support this fabric topology.
During fabric generation, the fabric intent state advances through the following:
- Cable Map in Progress
- Config Generation in Progress
- Configuration Generated
After the generation is complete, the resulting topology displays in the main area of the Fabric Intents page.