Assign a Role to a Device
After you have completed the steps provided in the Discover a Device topic, you can assign roles to the devices from the Assign the Roles page.
Contrail Networking uses tags to identify functions that various devices in a DC fabric can provide. Contrail Networking uses the following roles to tag devices:
Physical roles | A physical role determines whether a device can act as a leaf, spine, or physical network function (PNF). |
Routing-bridging roles | These roles are specific to a set of capabilities that a device can deliver in a data center fabric with EVPN-VXLAN. |
![Sample Data Center Topology](../../images/g300578.png)
For more information on supported hardware platforms, associated node profiles and roles, see Contrail Networking Supported Hardware Platforms and Associated Roles And Node Profiles.
![Supported Physical Roles and Routing-Bridging Roles](../../images/g300579.png)
Steps to Assign Roles to Devices
You can assign roles to a device, or assign roles to multiple devices of the same node profile.
The Autoconfigure progress bar on the Discovered devices page displays the progress of the auto-configuration job. Once the auto-configuration job is completed, click Next. The Assign Telemetry Profiles page is displayed.
For more information on assigning telemetry profiles, see Assign Telemetry Profiles.