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Cabling the Hardware for the Centralized Deployment

This section describes how to connect cables among the network devices and servers in the Contrail Cloud Platform. See Topology of Cloud CPE Centralized Deployment Model with Contrail Cloud Platform and Contrail Service Orchestration for more information.

To cable the hardware:

Connect cables from the EX Series switch to the other devices in the network.
See Table 1 for information about the connections for the EX Series switch.
Connect cables from the QFX Series switch to the other devices in the network.
See Table 2 for information about the connections for the QFX Series switch.
Connect cables from the MX Series router to the other devices in the network.
See Table 3 for information about the connections for the MX Series router.

Table 1: Connections for EX Series Switch

Interface on EX Series Switch	Destination Device	Interface on Destination Device
eth0 (management interface)	EX Series switch	ge-0/0/41
ge-0/0/0	Server 1	IPMI
ge-0/0/1	Server 2	IPMI
ge-0/0/2	Server 3	IPMI
ge-0/0/3	Server 4	IPMI
ge-0/0/4	Server 5	IPMI
ge-0/0/5	Server 6	IPMI
ge-0/0/6	Server 7	IPMI
ge-0/0/20	Server 1	eth0
ge-0/0/21	Server 2	eth0
ge-0/0/22	Server 3	eth0
ge-0/0/23	Server 4	eth0
ge-0/0/24	Server 5	eth0
ge-0/0/25	Server 6	eth0
ge-0/0/26	Server 7	eth0
ge-0/0/41	EX Series switch	eth0 (management interface)
ge-0/0/42	QFX Series switch	eth0 (management interface)
ge-0/0/44	MX Series router	fxp0
ge-0/0/46	MX Series router	ge-1/3/11
ge-0/0/47	Server 1	eth1

Table 2: Connections for QFX Series Switch

Interface on QFX Series Switch	Destination Device	Interface on Destination Device
eth0 (management interface)	EX Series switch	ge-0/0/42
xe-0/0/0	Server 1	eth2
xe-0/0/1	Server 2	eth2
xe-0/0/2	Server 3	eth2
xe-0/0/3	Server 4	eth2
xe-0/0/4	Server 5	eth2
xe-0/0/5	Server 6	eth2
xe-0/0/6	Server 7	eth2
xe-0/0/20	Server 1	eth3
xe-0/0/21	Server 2	eth3
xe-0/0/22	Server 3	eth3
xe-0/0/23	Server 4	eth3
xe-0/0/24	Server 5	eth3
xe-0/0/24	Server 6	eth3
xe-0/0/25	Server 7	eth3
xe-0/0/46	MX Series router	xe-0/0/0
xe-0/0/47	MX Series router	xe-0/0/1

Table 3: Connections for MX Series Router

Interface on MX Series Router	Destination Device	Interface on Destination Device
fxp0 (management interface)	EX Series switch	ge-0/0/44
ge-1/3/11	EX Series switch	ge-0/0/46
xe-0/0/0	QFX Series switch	xe-0/0/46
xe-0/0/1	QFX Series switch	xe-0/0/47
ge-1/0/0 and ge-1/0/1 or xe-0/0/2 and xe-0/0/3, depending on the network	Service provider’s device at the cloud	–