Guided Setup

After the Aruba CX-OS switching hardware and Aruba Fabric Composer software are installed, use the Aruba Fabric Composer UI to configure a new leaf-spine fabric. The Aruba Fabric Composer UI Guided Setup displays two configuration elements: Network Setup and Distributed Services Setup

In the Network Setup UI, the following steps are available:

• Switches
• Fabric
• Assign Switch to Fabric
• NTP Configuration
• DNS Domain Name System. A DNS server functions as a phone book for the intranet and Internet users. It converts human-readable computer host names into IP addresses and IP addresses into host names. It stores several records for a domain name such as an address 'A' record, the name server (NS), and mail exchanger (MX) records. The Address 'A' record is the most important record that is stored in a DNS server because it provides the required IP address for a network peripheral or element.  Configuration
• VSX Configuration
• L3 Leaf-Spine Configuration
• L2 Leaf-Spine Configuration
• Leaf Spine Configuration
• Underlays An Underlay is the actual physical topology doing the routing.
• Overlays An overlay is the virtual network interconnecting the end devices between which the overlay protocol is configured.
• EVPN Ethernet Virtual Private Network Configuration

In the Distributed Services Setup UI, the following steps are available:

• Pensando PSM 3rd party software solution. Pensando Policy and Services Manager. Copyright of AMD Pensando.
• Configure VRFs
• Configure Networks
• Configure Policy
• Configure Microsegmentation Microsegmentation is a network security technique that enables security architects to logically divide the data center into distinct security segments down to the individual workload level, and then define security controls and deliver services for each unique segment.

Color Codes

Configurations that cannot be repeated have a green check mark and the Close button becomes active after you complete the required configurations. As you complete a configuration, its status icon changes to a white on green background.

• The entire area containing the icon, header, and description text is clickable. This area is highlighted when hovered over.
• Disabled options have a tool tip to explain why it is disabled (for example, All discovered switches have been assigned).

• Completed steps that can continue to be configured (for example, Discover new Switches) have the same icons with same green color.

• Color codes for Required, Completed, and Incomplete

Using Guided Setup

To open Guided Setup, click the Guided Setup icon located in the Aruba Fabric Composer header menu bar. Select a setting in Guided Setup and perform the configuration as needed.

To close Guided Setup, click Close.

Guided Setup Configuration Options

Action	Description	Also See
Switches	Perform manual switch discovery.	Discover Switches
Fabric	Add single or multiple Leaf-Spine fabrics.	Fabrics & Switches
Assign Switch To Fabric	Assign discovered switches to a fabric and assign a role (spine, leaf, or border leaf) to each switch.
NTP Configuration	Configure access to an NTP server.	Adding an NTP Configuration
DNS Configuration	Configure DNS settings.	DNS
VSX Configuration	Configure VSX Switch Pairing.	VSX
L3 Leaf-Spine Configuration	Configure L3 Leaf-Spine connections.	Leaf-Spine Configuration
L2 Leaf-Spine Configuration	Configure L2 Leaf-Spine connections	Leaf-Spine Configuration
Underlay/Overlay Configuration	Configure Underlay/Overlay.	Adding an Overlay
EVPN Configuration	Configure EVPN instances.	EVPN