Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Software Configuration Guide

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Catalyst 4500 Series Switch, Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide - Cisco IOS XE 3.9.xE and IOS 15.2(5)Ex
Chapter 41 Configuring Campus Fabric
How to Configure Campus Fabric
• Multicast in Campus Fabric is supported with PIM Sparse mode and PIM SSM. Dense mode is not
supported.
• Multicast Rendezvous-point (RP) redundancy is not supported in the fabric domain.
• Auto-RP is not supported in the fabric domain.
How to Configure Campus Fabric
Configuring Campus Fabric involves the following stages:
• Network Provisioning — Setting up the management plane and the underlay mechanism.
• Overlay Provisioning — Setting up the fabric overlay.
• Policy Management — Setting up virtual contexts or VRFs, endpoint groups and policies.
• Endpoint On-boarding — Setting up authentication and IP pools.
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting — Verifying reachability to all fabric devices.
Configuring Fabric Edge Devices
You can configure Cisco Catalyst 4500-E series switches as edge devices only.
Before You Begin
• Configure a loopback0 IP address for each edge device to ensure that the device is reachable. Ensure
that you apply the ip lisp source-locator loopback0 command to the uplink interface.
• Ensure that your underlay configuration is set up.
• Configure control-plane devices and border devices in your fabric domain. Cisco Catalyst 4500-E
series switches cannot be configured as control-plane or border devices. For more information on
configuring control-plane and border devices, see the How to Configure Fabric Overlay section in
Software Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3.x (Catalyst 3850 Switches)
Command Purpose
Step 1
Switch# configure terminal
Enters global configuration mode.
Step 2
Switch(config)# fabric auto
Enables automatic fabric provisioning and enters automatic fabric
configuration mode.
Step 3
Switch(config-fabric-auto)# domain
{default | name fabric domain
name}
Configures the default fabric domain and enters domain configuration
mode. The name keyword allows you to add a new fabric domain. The no
version of this command deletes the fabric domain.
You can configure either the default domain, or create a new fabric
domain and not both.
Step 4
Switch(config-fabric-auto-domain)#
control-plane ipv4 address
auth_key key
Specifies the control-plane device IP address and the authentication key,
to allow the fabric edge device to communicate with the control-plane
device. The no control-plane ipv4 address auth_key key command
deletes the control-plane device from the fabric domain.
You can specify up to 3 control-plane IP addresses for the edge device.

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Specifications

General

Series	Catalyst 4500 Series
Category	Switch
Layer Support	Layer 2, Layer 3
Form Factor	Modular chassis
Stackable	No
Chassis Slots	3, 6, 7, 10
Power Supply Options	AC, DC
Redundancy	Power supply, Supervisor engine
Network Management	Cisco IOS Software CLI, SNMP, Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Features	Security, QoS
Port Density	Up to 384 ports per chassis
Security Features	802.1X, ACLs, DHCP Snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection, IP Source Guard
Supervisor Engine	8-E