Users Guide

6 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide
9.7 SmartFabric Services – Troubleshooting commands ....................................................................................... 85
9.7.1 show smartfabric personality ............................................................................................................................ 85
9.7.2 show smartfabric cluster ................................................................................................................................... 85
9.7.3 show smartfabric cluster member ..................................................................................................................... 85
9.7.4 show smartfabric details ................................................................................................................................... 86
9.7.5 show smartfabric uplinks .................................................................................................................................. 86
9.7.6 show smartfabric networks ............................................................................................................................... 87
9.7.7 show smartfabric validation-error ..................................................................................................................... 87
9.7.8 show smartfabric nodes .................................................................................................................................... 87
10 Uplink configuration scenarios ................................................................................................................................... 89
10.1 Scenario 1 - SmartFabric deployment with Dell EMC PowerSwitch Z9100-ON upstream switches ............... 89
10.1.1 Dell EMC PowerSwitch Z9100-ON switch configuration .............................................................................. 90
10.1.2 Dell EMC PowerSwitch Z9100-ON validation .............................................................................................. 92
10.2 Scenario 2 - SmartFabric connected to Cisco Nexus 3232C switches ............................................................ 94
10.2.1 Cisco Nexus 3232C switch configuration ..................................................................................................... 95
10.2.2 Configuration validation ................................................................................................................................ 97
10.3 Scenario 3: Connect MX9116n FSE to Fibre Channel storage - NPIV Proxy Gateway mode ..................... 100
10.3.1 Configuration validation .............................................................................................................................. 101
10.4 Scenario 4: Connect MX9116n FSE to Fibre Channel storage - FC Direct Attach ....................................... 104
10.4.1 Configuration validation .............................................................................................................................. 105
10.5 Scenario 5: Connect MX5108n to Fibre Channel storage - FSB ................................................................... 107
10.5.1 SmartFabric configuration steps ................................................................................................................ 108
10.6 Scenario 6: Configure Boot from SAN ............................................................................................................ 109
10.6.1 Configure NIC Boot Device ........................................................................................................................ 109
10.6.2 Configure BIOS settings ............................................................................................................................. 111
10.6.3 Connect FCoE LUN .................................................................................................................................... 112
10.6.4 Set up install media connection ................................................................................................................. 112
10.6.5 Set up OS driver install media using Lifecycle Controller .......................................................................... 112
A Hardware used in this document .............................................................................................................................. 114
A.1 Dell EMC PowerSwitch S3048-ON................................................................................................................. 114
A.2 Dell EMC PowerSwitch Z9100-ON ................................................................................................................. 114
A.3 Dell EMC PowerSwitch S4148U-ON .............................................................................................................. 114
A.4 Dell EMC PowerSwitch Z9264F-ON............................................................................................................... 114
A.5 Dell EMC Unity 500F storage array ................................................................................................................ 115
A.6 Cisco Nexus 3232C ........................................................................................................................................ 115
B Dell EMC Unity information ...................................................................................................................................... 116