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30 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Deployment Guide
7.2 Deploy a SmartFabric
SmartFabric deployment consists of four broad steps all completed using the OME-M console:
1. Create the VLANs to be used in the fabric.
2. Select switches and create the fabric based on the physical topology desired.
3. Create uplinks from the fabric to the existing network and assign VLANs to those uplinks.
4. Deploy the appropriate server templates to the compute sleds.
7.2.1 Define VLANs
To define VLANs using the OME-M console, perform the following steps:
1. Open the OME-M console.
2. From the navigation menu, click Configuration > Networks.
3. In the Network pane, click Define.
4. In the Define Network window, complete the following:
a. Enter VLAN0010 in the Name box.
b. Optionally, enter a description in the Description box.
c. Enter 10 in the VLAN ID box.
d. From the Network Type list, select General Purpose (Bronze).
e. Click Finish.
Note: For information on Network Types, see Appendix A.6
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In a SmartFabric deployment , there is not a default VLAN, such as VLAN 1. The default VLAN must be
created for any untagged traffic to cross the fabric. Figure 20 shows the two VLANs after being created using
the steps above.
Defined VLAN list
7.2.2 Create the SmartFabric
To create a SmartFabric using the OME-M console, perform the following steps:
1. Open the OME-M console.
2. From the navigation menu, click Devices > Fabric.
3. In the Fabric pane, click Add Fabric.
4. In the Create Fabric window, complete the following:
a. Enter SmartFabric in the Name box.
b. Optionally, enter a description in the Description box.