Concept Guide

Table Of Contents

About this guide

This guide provides information regarding the integration of SmartFabric Services (SFS) with Dell EMC VxRail, Dell EMC

PowerEdge MX, and Dell EMC Isilon/Dell EMC PowerScale devices. It covers the following details:

● SFS concepts and its components for leaf and spine deployment

● Description, configuration information, limitations, and restrictions of SFS for each solution

● Command reference for all the SFS commands

To use this guide, you must have a good knowledge of Layer 2 (L2) and Layer 3 (L3) networking technologies, and data center

deployments.

This document may contain language that is not consistent with current guidelines of Dell Technologies. There are plans to

update this document over subsequent releases to revise the language accordingly.

Text and Syntax Conventions

This guide uses the following conventions to describe text and command syntax.

Bold text

UI elements that you click or select

> (right angle

bracket)

Hierarchy of menu selections

Keyword

Keywords are in Courier (a monospaced font) and must be entered in the CLI as listed

parameter

Parameters are in italics and require a number or word to be entered in the CLI

{X} Keywords and parameters within braces must be entered in the CLI

[X] Keywords and parameters within brackets are optional

x|y Keywords and parameters separated by a bar require you to choose one option