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
6. (Optional) Select Yes for the Static Onboarding Option, select Leaf Node and Interface (where the server
interface is connected), select Static Route, enter the Network Address and Next-Hop Address, then click Create.
NOTE: You cannot delete any created server profile.
7. The system displays server profile and server interface creation successful messages.
Create server interface with new server profile
To create a server interface with new server profile:
1. From SmartFabric instance, select Server Interface.
2. Click Create to create a server interface profile and provide server interface ID, then select New Server Profile.
NOTE:
You cannot configure duplicate server interface ID. When using MAC address to onboard server interface, enter
MAC Address without ":", for example, f8f21e2d78e0. For onboarding ESXi host interfaces for zero touch automation,
use the ESXi host VM NIC physical adapter MAC address without ":".
84 SmartFabric management with OMNI