Setup Guide

13 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide
• Automatically detects fabric misconfigurations or link level failure conditions
• Automatically heals the fabric on failure condition removal
NOTE: In SmartFabric mode, MX series switches operate entirely as a Layer 2 network fabric. Layer 3 protocols
are not supported.
When operating in SmartFabric mode, access to certain CLI commands is restricted to OS10EE show
commands and the following subset of CLI configuration commands:
•
clock – Configure clock parameters
•
end – Exit to the EXEC mode
•
exit – Exit from the current mode
•
help – Display available commands
•
hostname – Set the system hostname
•
interface – Configure or select an interface
•
ip nameserver – Configure nameserver
•
logging – Configure system logging
•
management route – Configure the IPV4/IPv6 management route
•
no – Delete or disable commands in configuration mode
•
ntp – Configure the network time protocol
•
snmp-server – Configure the SNMP server
•
username – Create or modify user credentials
• spanning-tree commands:
-
disable – Disable spanning tree globally
-
mac-flush-timer – Set the time used to flush MAC address entries
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mode – Enable a spanning-tree mode, such as RSTP or MST
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mst – Configure multiple spanning-tree (MST) mode
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rstp – Configure rapid spanning-tree protocol (RSTP) mode
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vlan – Configure spanning-tree on a VLAN range
Table 2 outlines the differences between the two operating modes and apply to both the MX9116n FSE and
the MX5108n switches.
IOM operating mode differences
Full Switch mode
SmartFabric mode
Configuration changes are persistent during power
cycle events.
Only the configuration changes made using the
OS10 commands below are persistent across power
cycle events. All other CLI configuration commands
are disabled.
clock
hostname
interface
ip nameserver
logging
management route
ntp
snmp-server