Overview of Universal Switch Deployment in ExtremeCloud IQ

The Universal hardware platform is a family of high-performance, feature-rich edge, and aggregation switches designed for the next generation digital enterprise. It comes with a dual-persona capability for user choice of the switch Network Operating System (NOS).

All Universal switches have Switch Engine and Fabric Engine pre-installed and ready to run. After onboarding a switch to ExtremeCloud IQ, you can change the NOS from Switch Engine (the default) to Fabric Engine.
Support starts from Switch Engine 31.6 and Fabric Engine 8.6.
A one-year Pilot-level subscription is offered with every Universal device purchase.

This document provides instructions for using ExtremeCloud IQ to configure and monitor the Extreme Networks Universal Switch series. For any CLI information, see the following guides:

Fabric Engine: Fabric Engine CLI Commands Reference
Switch Engine: Switch Engine CLI Commands Reference

For IQ Agent and other Universal Switch operating system information, see the following guides:

Fabric Engine: Fabric Engine User Guide
Switch Engine: Switch Engine User Guide

To become familiar with the ExtremeCloud IQ deployment process steps, see Deploy Universal Switches.

Note

To use this guide for non-Universal switches:

EXOS Devices: Refer to information geared towards Switch Engine devices.
VOSS Devices: Refer to information geared towards Fabric Engine devices.
Disregard the Change the Network Operating System task as that does not pertain to non-Universal switches.
Ensure all devices operate with the latest firmware and operating system.