Users Guide

4 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide
3.8 Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) behavior .................................................................................................. 28
3.9 Other restrictions and guidelines ...................................................................................................................... 28
4 Creating a SmartFabric .............................................................................................................................................. 30
4.1 Physically cable MX chassis and upstream switches ....................................................................................... 30
4.2 Define VLANs ................................................................................................................................................... 30
4.2.1 Define VLANs for FCoE .................................................................................................................................... 31
4.3 Create the SmartFabric .................................................................................................................................... 32
4.4 Configure uplink port speed or breakout, if needed ......................................................................................... 33
4.5 Create Ethernet uplink ...................................................................................................................................... 34
4.6 Configure Fibre Channel universal ports .......................................................................................................... 36
4.7 Create Fibre Channel uplinks .......................................................................................................................... 36
4.8 Configuring the upstream switch and connect uplink cables ........................................................................... 37
5 Deploying a server ..................................................................................................................................................... 38
5.1 Server preparation ............................................................................................................................................ 38
5.1.1 Reset server CNAs to factory defaults (if required) .......................................................................................... 38
5.1.2 Configure NIC partitioning on CNAs ................................................................................................................. 38
5.1.3 Configure other server settings ........................................................................................................................ 40
5.2 Create a server template .................................................................................................................................. 40
5.3 Create identity pools ......................................................................................................................................... 42
5.4 Associate server template with networks – no FCoE ....................................................................................... 42
5.5 Associate Server Template with networks - FCoE ........................................................................................... 43
5.6 Deploy a server template .................................................................................................................................. 44
6 SmartFabric operations .............................................................................................................................................. 46
6.1 Viewing the fabric ............................................................................................................................................. 46
6.2 Editing the fabric ............................................................................................................................................... 48
6.3 Editing uplinks ................................................................................................................................................... 49
6.4 Editing VLANs on a deployed server ................................................................................................................ 50
6.5 Managing Fibre Channel Zoning on the MX9116n FSE .................................................................................. 51
6.6 Connecting non-MX Ethernet Devices to the fabric ......................................................................................... 53
6.7 Delete SmartFabric ........................................................................................................................................... 53
6.8 Module replacement process in SmartFabric ................................................................................................... 54
6.8.1 Physically replace the IOM ............................................................................................................................... 54
6.8.2 Identify the master IOM in a fabric .................................................................................................................... 54
6.8.3 Execute process of Module Replacement with Linux command ...................................................................... 55
7 Switch operations ....................................................................................................................................................... 56
7.1 Switch management page overview ................................................................................................................. 56