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Flowchart for Designing and Deploying a Distributed Core, Prepare the Core for Deployment

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Flowchart for Designing and Deploying a Distributed Core How to Design and Deploy a Distributed Core To design and deploy a distributed core: 1. Gather Useful Information. 2. Design a Distributed Core 3. Build the physical network. 4. Configure the TFTP, SNMP, and CLI Credentials settings. 5. Prepare the Core for Deployment. 6. Deploy and Validate the Core. 7. Validate the deployed core against the core design . 8. Monitor the core health and performance. For more information, see the Cores > Cores and Home > Dashboard online help. NOTE: To provision the distributed core, you must also enter the FTOS CLI user's credential and enable configuration credential for all the switches in the distributed core. For information about this topic, see CLI Credentials. CAUTION: If you are using a switch that has already been deployed, you must reset its factory settings to use it in the distributed core. The switch must be in BMP mode. 18

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Flowchart for Designing and Deploying a Distributed Core
How to Design and Deploy a Distributed Core
To design and deploy a distributed core:
1.
Gather Useful Information
.
2.
Design a Distributed Core
3. Build the physical network.
4. Configure the
TFTP
,
SNMP
, and
CLI Credentials
settings.
5.
Prepare the Core for Deployment
.
6.
Deploy and Validate the Core
.
7. Validate the deployed core against the core design .
8. Monitor the core health and performance. For more information, see the
Cores > Cores
and
Home > Dashboard
online help.
NOTE:
To provision the distributed core, you must also enter the FTOS CLI user’s credential and enable
configuration credential for all the switches in the distributed core.
For information about this topic, see
CLI
Credentials
.
CAUTION: If you are using a switch that has already been deployed, you must reset its factory settings to use it in
the distributed core. The switch must be in BMP mode.
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