Dell EMC SmartFabric Services User Guide Release 1.0 March 2021 Rev. A00 Notes, cautions, and warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your product. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2020 -2021 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners. Contents Chapter 1: About this guide........................................................................................................... 5 Text and Syntax Conventions.......................................................................................................................................... 5 Related Documents.............................................................................................................................................................5 Documentation Feedback..................................................................................................................................................6 Acronyms...............................................................................................................................................................................6 Chapter 2: SFS fundamentals........................................................................................................ 7 SFS overview........................................................................................................................................................................7 SFS GUI............................................................................................................................................................................8 Supported network topologies......................................................................................................................................... 8 SFS supported platforms...................................................................................................................................................8 Creating a network fabric..................................................................................................................................................8 Server discovery and onboarding.................................................................................................................................... 8 Dynamic server onboarding.........................................................................................................................................9 Static server onboarding..............................................................................................................................................9 Server profile and server interface profile.............................................................................................................10 Fabric back up and restore..............................................................................................................................................10 Chapter 3: Setting up SFS............................................................................................................11 Prerequisites........................................................................................................................................................................ 11 SFS configuration notes....................................................................................................................................................11 Configure SFS.....................................................................................................................................................................12 Enable SFS on PowerSwitches.................................................................................................................................12 Verify the switch operating mode............................................................................................................................15 Disable SFS using CLI..................................................................................................................................................16 Complete the fabric setup......................................................................................................................................... 16 Chapter 4: Deploying and managing a fabric.................................................................................17 Access fabric setup options............................................................................................................................................ 17 Update default fabric, switch names, and descriptions......................................................................................18 Create uplink for external network connectivity.................................................................................................. 19 Breakout switch ports................................................................................................................................................26 Configure jump host....................................................................................................................................................27 Update network configuration..................................................................................................................................27 Onboard a server onto the fabric............................................................................................................................29 Edit default fabric settings........................................................................................................................................33 Restore fabric configuration.....................................................................................................................................33 Manage network profiles........................................................................................................................................... 34 Manage routing profiles............................................................................................................................................. 35 Chapter 5: SFS with VxRail..........................................................................................................37 Supported network topologies.......................................................................................................................................37 Hardware and software requirements..........................................................................................................................37 Supported switches.................................................................................................................................................... 38 Contents 3 SFS personalities............................................................................................................................................................... 38 Support matrix................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Fabric operations and life cycle management............................................................................................................ 39 Chapter 6: SFS with PowerEdge MX............................................................................................40 Chapter 7: SFS for Isilon/PowerScale back-end fabric.................................................................41 Supported network topologies........................................................................................................................................41 Hardware and software requirements.......................................................................................................................... 41 Supported switches.....................................................................................................................................................41 PowerScale requirements............................................................................................................................................... 42 Support matrix................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Chapter 8: SFS commands.......................................................................................................... 43 smartfabric l3fabric enable............................................................................................................................................. 43 smartfabric vlti...................................................................................................................................................................43 show logging smartfabric ...............................................................................................................................................44 show smartfabric cluster.................................................................................................................................................44