Setup Guide
5 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide
8.4.6 show policy-map ............................................................................................................................................... 61
8.4.7 show class-map ................................................................................................................................................ 61
8.4.8 show vlt domain-id ............................................................................................................................................ 61
8.4.9 show vlt domain-id vlt-port-detail ...................................................................................................................... 62
8.4.10 show interface port channel summary ......................................................................................................... 62
9 Scenario 1 - SmartFabric deployment with Dell EMC PowerSwitch Z9100-ON upstream switches ......................... 63
9.1 Dell EMC PowerSwitch Z9100-ON switch configuration .................................................................................. 64
9.2 Dell EMC PowerSwitch Z9100-ON validation .................................................................................................. 66
9.2.1 show vlt ............................................................................................................................................................. 66
9.2.2 show lldp neighbors .......................................................................................................................................... 66
9.2.3 show spanning-tree brief .................................................................................................................................. 66
10 Scenario 2 - SmartFabric connected to Cisco Nexus 3232C switches ...................................................................... 68
10.1 Cisco Nexus 3232C switch configuration ......................................................................................................... 69
10.2 Configuration validation .................................................................................................................................... 71
10.2.1 show vpc ...................................................................................................................................................... 71
10.2.2 show vpc consistency-parameters ............................................................................................................... 72
10.2.3 show lldp neighbors...................................................................................................................................... 73
10.2.4 show spanning-tree summary ...................................................................................................................... 73
11 Scenario 3 - SmartFabric connected to Cisco ACI leaf switches ............................................................................... 74
11.1 Validated environment ...................................................................................................................................... 75
11.2 Cisco APIC configuration .................................................................................................................................. 77
11.3 Deploy a SmartFabric ....................................................................................................................................... 78
11.3.1 Define VLANs ............................................................................................................................................... 78
11.3.2 Create the SmartFabric ................................................................................................................................ 79
11.3.3 Define uplinks ............................................................................................................................................... 81
11.4 Deploy servers .................................................................................................................................................. 83
11.4.1 Create server templates ............................................................................................................................... 83
11.4.2 Add VLANs to the server templates ............................................................................................................. 83
11.4.3 Deploy the server templates ........................................................................................................................ 84
11.5 vCenter configuration overview ........................................................................................................................ 85
11.6 Verify configuration ........................................................................................................................................... 87
11.6.1 Cisco ACI validation ..................................................................................................................................... 87
11.6.2 Verify connectivity between VMs ................................................................................................................. 92
12 SmartFabric troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................................... 93
12.1 Troubleshooting errors encountered for port group breakout .......................................................................... 93
12.2 Troubleshooting Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) .............................................................................................. 95