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Create Rack Type in Designer

To demonstrate the process for creating rack types with the Builder we'll create a rack type for a dual-connected L2 rack with two leaf switches that have 4-100GbE spine links and 40 dual-connected 10GbE generic systems.

  1. Rack types are assigned logical devices. For your application, check that the global catalog (Design > Logical Devices) includes the logical devices that you'll need for your rack type. Create them, if necessary. Our example uses predefined logical devices, so we're ready to create our rack type.
  2. From the left navigation menu, navigate to Design > Rack Types and click Create in Designer.
    The Designer Create Rack Type dialog opens.
  3. In the Summary section, enter a unique rack type name (17 characters or fewer) and an (optional) description, then (for this example) select L3 Clos fabric connectivity design for this example.
  4. Click the Add Leaf button (first selection in bottom row), then in the upper-right of the leaf element that appears, click the gear to open the Settings dialog. (The red triangle indicates that required fields need information.)
  5. If you want to use a name other than the default name, enter it in the Label field. Leaf devices need to be associated with logical devices. If you selected L3 Clos (which we did for this example), you also need to set the links per spine. Enter a leaf name and select AOS-48x10+6x100-1 from the Logical Device drop-down list (for our example). When you select a logical device, the available ports and roles appear so you can confirm that the logical device has roles you need so you can create links. (If you're building a rack for L3 Clos, only logical devices with a spine role are included in the list. If you're building a rack for L3 Collapsed, all logical devices from the design (global) catalog are included in the list.) Click the link speed box, change the Links per spine to 2), then click outside the leaf dialog to close it.
  6. Click the Add Generic System button (third selection in bottom row), then in the upper-right of the leaf element that appears, click the gear to open the Settings dialog.
  7. If you want to use a name other than the default name, enter it in the Label field. Generic systems need to be associated with logical devices. Select AOS-2x10-1 from the Logical Device drop-down list (for our example), then click outside the leaf dialog to close it.
  8. Click and drag to select the leaf and the generic system, then click the Add link button (fourth selection in bottom row).
  9. In the settings dialog that opens, select 2 for Count, then click Create.
  10. If you want to use a link name other than the default, enter it in the Label field.
  11. Select LAG Mode LACP Active (if it's not already selected).

  12. Enter a name second leaf, select AOS-48x10+6x100-1 from the Logical Device drop-down list, click the link speed box, change the Links per spine to 2), then click outside the leaf dialog to close it.
  13. Now for the generic systems. You can create many generic systems, then assign a logical device to them all at the same time. Click the Add Generic button (third selection in bottom row) 20 times, (for 20 generic systems), then click and drag across all generic systems to select them.

  14. Click the Add Leaf button again, enter a name for the second leaf, select AOS-48x10+6x100-1 from the Logical Device drop-down list, click the link speed box, change the Links per spine to 2), then click outside the leaf dialog to close it. (Since the two leaf devices in our example are identical, you could instead click the Clone button to duplicate the existing one.)
    Note:

    You can move leafs around on the canvas and when you save your changes in the editor and then reopen it, your leafs will still be where you moved them.

  15. Now for the generic systems. You can create many generic systems, then assign a logical device to them all at the same time. Click the Add Generic button (third selection in bottom row) 20 times, (for 20 generic systems), then click and drag across all generic systems to select them.
  16. Click the Manage properties of selected node(s) button in the bottom row, select AOS-2x10-1 from the Logical Device from the drop-down list (for our example). (The available selections include all logical devices in the design (global) catalog that have a generic role.), then click outside the generic system settings dialog to close it.

  17. Click Create to create the rack type in the global catalog and return to the Rack Types table view.