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
86 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide
BZTQPK2 fde1:53ba:e9a0:de14:2204:fff:fe00:19e5 ONLINE BACKUP
MX5108n SKY002Z B1
6L59XM2 fde1:53ba:e9a0:de14:2204:fff:fe00:3de5 ONLINE BACKUP
MX5108n SKY002Z B2
F13RPK2 fde1:53ba:e9a0:de14:2204:fff:fe00:a267 ONLINE BACKUP
MX5108n SKY003Z A2
9.7.4 show smartfabric details
show smartfabric details command is used to see the all configured fabric details. This displays
which nodes are part of the fabric, status of the fabric, and design type associated with the fabric.
OS10# show smartfabric details
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Name : Fabric 1
Description :
ID : 74b3d3a4-7804-4c15-b6d3-5e4e7c364f82
DesignType : 2xMX9116n_Fabric_Switching_Engines_in_different_chassis
Validation Status: VALID
VLTi Status : VALID
Placement Status : VALID
Nodes : CBJXLN2, F13RPK2
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9.7.5 show smartfabric uplinks
show smartfabric uplinks command is used to verify the uplinks configured across the nodes in the
fabric. This displays name, description, id, media type, native vlan, configured interfaces and network profile
associated with fabric.
OS10# show smartfabric uplinks
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Name : FCoE Path A
Description :
ID : 1b328dc2-b99c-466e-b87c-b84c9c342225
Media Type : FC
Native Vlan : 0
Untagged-network :
Networks : 6a161bae-788f-4d65-8b0c-69b404c477dc
Configured-Interfaces : CBJXLN2:fibrechannel1/1/44:1,
CBJXLN2:fibrechannel1/1/44:2
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Name : Uplink1
Description :
ID : d493fee2-9680-41c7-989d-cf0347aab4fd
Media Type : ETHERNET
Native Vlan : 1