Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 SmartFabric Services for PowerEdge MX: An overview
- 3 SmartFabric mode requirements, guidelines, and restrictions
- 3.1 Create multi-chassis management group
- 3.2 Upstream network requirements
- 3.3 VLAN scaling guidelines
- 3.4 Configuring port speed and breakout
- 3.5 Switch slot placement for SmartFabric mode
- 3.6 Switch-to-Switch cabling
- 3.7 NIC teaming guidelines
- 3.8 Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) behavior
- 3.9 Other restrictions and guidelines
- 4 Creating a SmartFabric
- 4.1 Physically cable MX chassis and upstream switches
- 4.2 Define VLANs
- 4.3 Create the SmartFabric
- 4.4 Configure uplink port speed or breakout, if needed
- 4.5 Create Ethernet uplink
- 4.6 Configure Fibre Channel universal ports
- 4.7 Create Fibre Channel uplinks
- 4.8 Configuring the upstream switch and connect uplink cables
- 5 Deploying a server
- 6 SmartFabric operations
- 7 Switch operations
- 8 Validating the SmartFabric deployment
- 9 SmartFabric troubleshooting
- 9.1 Troubleshooting errors encountered for port group breakout
- 9.2 Troubleshooting Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
- 9.3 Verify VLT/vPC configuration on upstream switches
- 9.4 Discovery of FEM and compute sleds
- 9.5 Troubleshooting uplink errors
- 9.6 Troubleshooting FC/FCoE
- 9.7 SmartFabric Services – Troubleshooting commands
- 10 Uplink configuration scenarios
- 10.1 Scenario 1 - SmartFabric deployment with Dell EMC PowerSwitch Z9100-ON upstream switches
- 10.2 Scenario 2 - SmartFabric connected to Cisco Nexus 3232C switches
- 10.3 Scenario 3: Connect MX9116n FSE to Fibre Channel storage - NPIV Proxy Gateway mode
- 10.4 Scenario 4: Connect MX9116n FSE to Fibre Channel storage - FC Direct Attach
- 10.5 Scenario 5: Connect MX5108n to Fibre Channel storage - FSB
- 10.6 Scenario 6: Configure Boot from SAN
- A Hardware used in this document
- B Dell EMC Unity information
- C Additional information
- D Validated components
- E Technical resources
- F Support and feedback
125 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide
E Technical resources
Dell EMC Networking Guides
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX IO Guide
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Network Architecture Guide
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Deployment Video
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Deployment with Cisco ACI Video
MX Port-Group Configuration Errors Video
MX Port-Group Configuration Video
Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise-Modular Edition User's Guide v1.00.01
OS10 Enterprise Edition User Guide for PowerEdge MX IO Modules Release 10.4.0E R3S
Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 User Guide
Manuals and documents for Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000
Manuals and documents for Dell EMC PowerSwitch MX9116n
Manuals and documents for Dell EMC PowerSwitch S3048-ON
Manuals and documents for Dell EMC PowerSwitch Z9100-ON
Dell EMC OME-M v1.00.01 for PowerEdge MX7000 Chassis User's Guide
Dell EMC Networking Layer 3 Leaf-Spine Deployment and Best Practices with OS10
FCoE-to-Fibre Channel Deployment with S4148U-ON in F_port Mode
Fibre Channel Deployment with S4148U-ON in F_port Mode
Manuals and documentation for Dell EMC Networking S4148U-ON