Setup Guide

8 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide
1 Introduction
The Dell EMC PowerEdge MX is a unified, high-performance data center infrastructure. The PowerEdge MX
provides the agility, resiliency, and efficiency to optimize a wide variety of traditional and new, emerging data
center workloads and applications. With its kinetic architecture and agile management, PowerEdge MX
dynamically configures compute, storage, and fabric, increases team effectiveness, and accelerates
operations. The responsive design delivers the innovation and longevity that customers need for their IT and
digital business transformations.
As part of the PowerEdge MX platform, Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition includes SmartFabric
Services. SmartFabric Services is a network automation and orchestration solution that is fully integrated with
the MX Platform.
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 chassis
This document provides information about OS10 Enterprise Edition SmartFabric Services running on the
PowerEdge MX platform. This document also provides examples for the deployment of two PowerEdge
MX7000 chassis and the setup and configuration of the SmartFabric. In SmartFabric mode, switches operate
as Layer 2 I/O aggregation fabric and are managed through the Open Manage Enterprise Modular (OME-M)
console.
This guide also demonstrates connectivity with different upstream switch options, including:
• Dell EMC PowerSwitch Z9100-ON
• Cisco Nexus 3232C
• Cisco Nexus C93180YC-EX in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode