Deployment Guide

6. Enable SmartFabric Services on the new switch and define the ICL ports. You can use the smartfabric l3fabric enable

role command to enable SmartFabric Services. Example:

OS10# smartfabric l3fabric enable role LEAF vlti ethernet 1/1/29-1/1/30

For more information about enabling SmartFabric Services, see Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 User Guide Release 10.5.0.

7. The new switch reboots and is placed in SmartFabric Services mode.

NOTE: During reboot, the configurations are synchronized in the new switch and it takes several minutes.

8. Connect VxRail server ports to the new switch one-by-one to bring up the switch ports and advertise LLDP.

9. Review the command outputs on both switches for same configurations. Use the following commands to validate the configurations:

• OS10# show vlan

NOTE: The command displays if the switch is a primary or secondary peer.

• OS10# show vlt 255

• OS10# show lldp neighbor

10. After ensuring all the configurations are up and running, go to OMNI > Summary > Replace Switch to clean up the old switch and

complete the switch replacement workflow.

11. Select the switch to replace from the list, select the new switch, and click REPLACE. The system displays replace success message.

Network fabric management