Setup Guide

93 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide
12 SmartFabric troubleshooting
This section provides information on errors that might be encountered while working with a SmartFabric.
Troubleshooting and remediation actions are also included to assist in resolving errors.
12.1 Troubleshooting errors encountered for port group breakout
The creation of a SmartFabric involves executing specific steps in a recommended order. The 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. Create and deploy the appropriate server templates to the compute sleds.
For cases where breakout of port groups is required, the breakout must be configured after the SmartFabric
creation and before adding the uplinks.
CREATE VLANs
PORT BREAKOUT >
HARDWARE DEFAULT
PORT BREAKOUT >
SELECT DESIRED
BREAKOUT TYPE
CREATE FABRIC
ADD UPLINKS
CREATE AND DEPLOY
SERVER TEMPLATES
EXECUTE BASED ON BREAKOUT REQUIREMENT
EXECUTE WHEN BREAKOUT NOT REQUIRED
Recommended order of steps for port breakout while creating SmartFabric
You may encounter the following errors if the recommended order of steps is not followed:
1. Configuration of the breakout requires you to create the SmartFabric first. When attempting to
configure breakout before creating a SmartFabric, the following error displays: