Setup Guide

6 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide
12.2.1 Verify if STP is enabled on upstream switches ............................................................................................ 95
12.2.2 Verify if type of STP is the same on MX and upstream switches ................................................................ 95
12.3 Verify VLT/vPC configuration on upstream switches ....................................................................................... 96
12.4 Discovery of FEM and compute sleds .............................................................................................................. 96
12.5 Troubleshooting uplink errors ........................................................................................................................... 97
12.5.1 Toggle auto negotiation ................................................................................................................................ 97
12.5.2 Set uplink ports to administratively up.......................................................................................................... 98
12.5.3 Verify MTU size ............................................................................................................................................ 98
12.5.4 Verify auto negotiation settings on upstream switches ................................................................................ 98
12.5.5 Verify LACP .................................................................................................................................................. 99
12.6 Troubleshooting FC/FCoE .............................................................................................................................. 101
A Hardware overview ................................................................................................................................................... 102
A.1 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 chassis ......................................................................................................... 102
A.2 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX740c compute sled ................................................................................................ 104
A.3 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX840c compute sled ................................................................................................ 105
A.4 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX9002m module ...................................................................................................... 106
A.5 Dell EMC Networking MX9116n Fabric Switching Engine ............................................................................. 107
A.6 Dell EMC Networking MX7116n Fabric Expander Module............................................................................. 108
A.7 Dell EMC Networking MX5108n Ethernet switch ........................................................................................... 108
A.8 PowerEdge MX7000 Fabrics I/O slots............................................................................................................ 109
A.9 Scalable fabric architecture overview ............................................................................................................. 110
A.10 QSFP28 double density connectors ............................................................................................................... 113
A.11 OOB management network ............................................................................................................................ 113
B OpenManage Enterprise Modular console ............................................................................................................... 115
B.1 PowerEdge MX9002m module cabling .......................................................................................................... 115
B.2 PowerEdge MX7000 initial deployment .......................................................................................................... 115
B.3 PowerEdge MX Ethernet I/O Module initial deployment ................................................................................ 117
C Rack-mounted switches ........................................................................................................................................... 119
C.1 Dell EMC PowerSwitch S3048-ON................................................................................................................. 119
C.2 Dell EMC PowerSwitch Z9100-ON ................................................................................................................. 119
C.3 Cisco Nexus 3232C ........................................................................................................................................ 119
C.4 Cisco Nexus C93180YC-EX ........................................................................................................................... 119
C.5 Cisco Nexus C9336-PQ ................................................................................................................................. 119
D Additional information ............................................................................................................................................... 120
D.1 Delete a SmartFabric ...................................................................................................................................... 120
D.2 Delete an MCM group .................................................................................................................................... 120