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NOTE: Reboot the switch after changing the cam-acl and cam-acl-vlan values. If you do 
not reboot the switch, the configuration changes do not take effect.
If you enable BMP 3.0, use the reload conditional nvram-cfg-change command. You 
must reload the chassis to upgrade any configuration changes when you have changed the 
NVRAM content.

Step 2 — Enabling the Fabric 

1.

Start the fabric nodes and configure BMP on the IOMs to connect to the network DHCP server. 

2.

Download the latest version of Dell Networking OS that supports active fabric (9.4 or later). 

3.

NOTE: Steps 3 and 4 do not apply if you are using BMP for installation.

Enable OpenFlow on all interfaces on the fabric node IOMs.

4.

Enable OpenFlow on all fabric node internal links.

Step 3 — Enabling the Controllers

1.

Start the controller and the fabric discovery process. 

2.

Assign controllers as active or standby.

3.

Create or update the logical network database of connectivity by connecting the active controller(s) 

to all fabric nodes. 

Step 4 — Configuring the Provider Networks 

1.

Configure the uplink interfaces that connect the switches to the core network. 

2.

If there is more than one provider, create multiple provider networks. 

Step 5 — Enabling the Tenant Workload Configuration using OpenStack

1.

Enable tenants to specify workloads, including network requirements. 

2.

Associate a provider with each workload created by the tenant. 

Step 6 — Enabling Server High Availability

1.

Configure NIC teaming on server interfaces with appropriate Bond mode to operate in Active-Active 

or Active-Standby modes. 

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