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
5 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide
7.1.1 Switch overview ................................................................................................................................................ 56
7.1.2 Hardware tab .................................................................................................................................................... 58
7.1.3 Firmware tab ..................................................................................................................................................... 59
7.1.4 Alerts tab ........................................................................................................................................................... 59
7.1.5 Settings tab ....................................................................................................................................................... 60
7.2 Configuring Ethernet ports ................................................................................................................................ 62
7.3 Upgrade Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 ............................................................................................................. 64
8 Validating the SmartFabric deployment ..................................................................................................................... 67
8.1 View the MCM group topology ......................................................................................................................... 67
8.2 View the SmartFabric status ............................................................................................................................. 68
8.3 View port status ................................................................................................................................................ 70
8.4 CLI commands .................................................................................................................................................. 71
8.4.1 show switch-operating-mode ............................................................................................................................ 71
8.4.2 show discovered-expanders ............................................................................................................................. 71
8.4.3 show unit-provision ........................................................................................................................................... 71
8.4.4 show lldp neighbors .......................................................................................................................................... 71
8.4.5 show qos system .............................................................................................................................................. 73
8.4.6 show policy-map ............................................................................................................................................... 73
8.4.7 show class-map ................................................................................................................................................ 73
8.4.8 show vlt domain-id ............................................................................................................................................ 73
8.4.9 show vlt domain-id vlt-port-detail ...................................................................................................................... 74
8.4.10 show interface port channel summary ......................................................................................................... 74
9 SmartFabric troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................................... 75
9.1 Troubleshooting errors encountered for port group breakout .......................................................................... 75
9.2 Troubleshooting Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) .............................................................................................. 77
9.2.1 Verify if STP is enabled on upstream switches ................................................................................................ 77
9.2.2 Verify if type of STP is the same on MX and upstream switches ..................................................................... 77
9.3 Verify VLT/vPC configuration on upstream switches ....................................................................................... 78
9.4 Discovery of FEM and compute sleds .............................................................................................................. 78
9.5 Troubleshooting uplink errors ........................................................................................................................... 79
9.5.1 Toggle auto negotiation .................................................................................................................................... 79
9.5.2 Set uplink ports to administratively up .............................................................................................................. 80
9.5.3 Verify MTU size ................................................................................................................................................ 80
9.5.4 Verify auto negotiation settings on upstream switches .................................................................................... 80
9.5.5 Verify LACP ...................................................................................................................................................... 81
9.6 Troubleshooting FC/FCoE ................................................................................................................................ 83