Fabric Maps Prerequisites

To deploy fabric maps, you must complete the following prerequisites:

■   Designate inter-cluster connection ports as circuit ports. Refer to Configure Ports
■   Configure a regular circuit GigaStream with the required circuit ports. Refer to Configure Regular GigaStream.
■   Create links between clusters. Refer to Create Links between Clusters.
Note: Keep in mind the following notes about circuit-id tunnels when configuring circuit ports:

Circuit-ID tunnels support the following:

  • From Port in Regular Map
  • GigaStream
  • Tool port in regular map and collector map
  • Port filter
  • Port groups

Circuit-id tunnels does not support the following. However, you are not restricted from configuring these resources as circuit ports, but the functionality does not work as expected.

  • Ingress ports with VLAN tag
  • Port Pair
  • Tool Mirror
  • Inline Tool
  • Pass-all/collector with from port as circuit-port

For more information about circuit-id tunnels, refer to Circuit Tunnels.

Using GigaVUE‑FM, you can create connections between devices using manual topology links, or you can have the devices discovered through the Gigamon Discovery (GDP). After you create physical links between devices, the device configuration needs to be added into GigaVUE‑FM, so that Fabric Maps can use it. Once the circuit and GigaStream ports are created and connected to the devices, you can start creating Fabric Maps. See Enable Gigamon Discovery on Chassis for more information on GDP.