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

35 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide
3. Click on the fabric name. In this example, SmartFabric is selected.
4. In the Fabric Details pane, click Uplinks.
5. Click on the Add Uplinks button.
6. In the Add Uplink window complete the following:
• Enter a name for the uplink in the Name box. In this example, Uplink01 is entered.
• Optionally, enter a description in the Description box.
• From the Uplink Type list, select the desired type of uplink. In this example,
Ethernet is selected.
• Click Next.
• From the Switch Ports list, select the uplink ports on both the Mx9116n FSEs. In
this example, ethernet 1/1/41 and ethernet 1/1/42 are selected for both MX9116n
FSEs.
• From the Tagged Networks list, select the desired tagged VLANs. In this example,
VLAN0010 is selected.
• From the Untagged Network list, select the untagged VLAN. In this example,
VLAN0001 is selected.
Create Ethernet uplink
7. Click Finish.
At this point, SmartFabric creates the uplink object and the status for the fabric changes to OK .