Before you begin
Users with SystemAdmin and FabricAdmin
roles can create, edit, and delete tenants.
About this task
You can create both Shared and
Private tenants.
Procedure
-
In the Navigation menu, select
Tenants.
-
In the Tenants page, select
Create
Tenant.
-
Enter the Tenant
Details:
- In the Name
field, enter a name for the tenant.
- In the Type
field, select the tenant type, Shared or
Tenant.
- Configure L2
Service properties:
- Activate or deactivate Bridge
Domain.
- Enter the
VLAN Range.
- Enter the
L2
VNI Range.
- Configure L3
Service properties:
- Enter the
VRF Count.
- Enter the
L3
VNI Range
Note
L2 VNI
Range and L3 VNI
Range are required only for Map VNI
Auto disabled fabrics.
-
Select Next - Device &
Ports.
-
In the Select Devices
page, do the following:
- (Optional) Select the
required fabric from the Select
Fabric drop-down menu.
- Select the check boxes of
the required devices in the fabric to span the tenant.
- Use Topology View (
) and
List
view (
) to
switch the view between topology and list.
- To enlarge the topology to the width of
the interface, select Expand (
).
- To zoom in and out on the topology screen,
use the Zoom (
)
icons.
- To scroll through the topology screen,
use the Scroll (
)
icon.
-
Select Allocate
Port(s).
- Optional:
Activate Enable Port Selection
Rule to auto select the available ports based on the port
selection rule.
You can create port selection
rule to select uniform number of ports across all devices. Proceed to the next
step to create a port selection rule. Else, go to step 9.
- Optional:
In the Port Selection
Rule section, configure the ports allocation for each
device.
-
Select the required
number of Data
Port(s) for auto allocation.
-
Select the required
number of Mirror Destination Port(s).
-
Select Apply to all
Devices.
If the available ports do
not meet the requirement input in the Port Selection Rule,
an error message is displayed. Correct the port selection rule to proceed to the
next step.
-
Select the required port in the
rack to allocate and change the port type: Data Port,
Mirror Destination
Port, or Breakout
Port.
- You can manually update the ports allocated
using the Port
Selection Rule, if required.
- XCO
supports breakout ports. The breakout ports are indicated as four
sub-ports within a single port. The breakout ports are suffixed with
:1-4.
- The ports that are
allocated to other tenants or fabrics are marked as Unavailable
Ports.
-
Select Next - Summary to
verify tenant details.
-
In the Tenant Summary
page, select
to modify tenant details as required.
-
Select Create
Tenant.
The tenant is
created.
