Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- OpenManage Network Integration for SmartFabric Services User Guide Release 2.1
- Contents
- About this guide
- Change history
- Overview of OMNI, SFS, VxRail, and PowerEdge MX
- OpenManage Network Integration
- OMNI vCenter integration
- Access the OMNI stand-alone portal
- Access the OMNI Fabric Management Portal
- OMNI Appliance Management user interface
- SmartFabric management with OMNI
- OMNI feature support matrix
- View SmartFabric instance overview
- View fabric topology
- Manage switches in a fabric
- SmartFabric bulk configuration
- Configure server interface profile
- Configure and manage uplinks
- Configure networks and routing configuration
- Configure global settings for SmartFabric
- View fabric events and compliance status
- OMNI automation support for PowerEdge MX SmartFabric
- OMNI automation support for NSX-T
- Lifecycle management
- Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting tools
- Unable to add SmartFabric instance in OMNI
- Missing networks on server interfaces
- Unable to launch OMNI UI
- OMNI plug-in does not show service instance
- Unable to register the vCenter in OMNI
- OMNI is unable to communicate with other devices
- Timestamp not synchronized in OMNI
- Reset OMNI VM password
OMNI vCenter integration
This section explains connections between the physical switch in SmartFabric mode and the servers (ESXi hosts) in the
vCenter. It also explains how OMNI automates the configuration on the physical switches in SmartFabric mode based on the
virtual networking on hosts.
vSS and vDS port groups
Leaf switches (in SmartFabric mode) that are part of a fabric are connected to server ports (VMNICs) physically.
The physical NICs of the server are configured as the uplink ports of the virtual switches; vSphere Standard
Switch (vSS) of host or vSphere Distributed switches (vDS) of vCenter. You can create port groups on a vSS
or vDS to provide connectivity and common network configuration. You can associate VLANs to the uplink port
groups of vDS. For more information regarding vCenter port groups, vSS, and vDS, see VMware documentation.
NOTE: Dell Technologies recommends keeping the vDS uplink in Trunking mode and configures the virtual port groups with
VLANs for each network. OMNI configures the respective VLANs on the switch ports and uplinks.
OMNI automation
After you register the vCenter in OMNI, OMNI handles the port group automation from the virtual switches (vDS or vSS) to
physical switches.
Server interface profile
SFS represents the server NIC ports that are connected to the leaf switches as a server interface profile. For a server interface
profile, a server interface ID must be configured using the MAC address of the server NIC port. When you connect a server to
a port of a leaf switch, SFS identifies the NIC using the server interface ID and matches the server-facing port with the server
interface profile. For the traffic to flow from a host to the server, the switch ports to which the server is connected must be
configured with the same VLANs as that of server VMNICs.
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