Create a Cable Plan

 1. From the menu bar, select Config>Power-On Auto Provisioning (POAP)>Cable Plan.

 2. Click Create Cable Plan.

In the Create Cable Plan pop-up, use the radio button to select the options.

 3. If you select:

a. Generate Cable Plan from POAP definition: You can use the switches defined in the POAP flow and produce a port-to-port cable plan to be used when wiring the physical devices.

b. Capture from existing deployment: You can ascertain he Inter-Switch Links between existing switches managed by DCNM and “lock down” the cable plan based on the existing wiring.

c. Import Cable Plan File: You decide how to wire the switches (or how they are already wired) and select an XML file for import into DCNM.