SLX Device Prerequisites for Fabric Service

• Management IP addresses must be configured on all switches.
• SLX devices must have the appropriate firmware version. Refer to the Supported Platform Matrix.
• SLX 9850: Fabric links must be enabled manually , through no shut.
• SLX 9540: The appropriate TCAM profile must be set and the switch rebooted.
  

  device# conf
  Entering configuration mode terminal
  device(config)# hardware
  device(config-hardware)# profile tcam vxlan-ext 
  %Warning: To activate the new profile config, please run 'copy running-config startup-config' followed by 'reload system'.
  device(config-hardware)#

• Any breakout ports on SLX devices must be configured manually.
• Refer to the release specific SLX-OS Management Configuration Guide for configuration steps for each platform.

For information about Small Data Center topology (non-Clos support), see Introduction to Fabric Service.