Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- OpenManage Network Integration for SmartFabric Services User Guide Release 2.0
- Change history
- Overview of OMNI, SFS, VxRail, and PowerEdge MX
- SmartFabric Services
- OpenManage Network Integration
- OMNI vCenter integration
- Access the OMNI stand-alone portal
- Access the OMNI Fabric Management Portal
- OMNI Appliance Management user interface
- OMNI automation support for PowerEdge MX SmartFabric
- OMNI automation support for NSX-T
- OMNI support for SmartFabric instances
- Lifecycle management
- Troubleshooting
- Logs and support data for troubleshooting
- Verify OMNI VM connectivity
- Unable to add SmartFabric instance in OMNI
- Missing networks on server interfaces
- Unable to launch OMNI UI
- OMNI plug-in does not show service instance
- Unable to register the vCenter in OMNI
- OMNI is unable to communicate with other devices
- Timestamp not synchronized in OMNI
- Reset OMNI VM password
OMNI vCenter integration
This information describes the OMNI vCenter integration to automate vCenter PortGroup VLANs.
vCenter VSS and DVS PortGroups
When you configure PortGroups of a virtual standard switch (VSS) with VLANs and distributed virtual switch (DVS) with
VLANs on the OMNI registered vCenter, the respective active and standby physical adapter interfaces are automatically
configured by OMNI on the SmartFabric ServerInterfaces. This is shown as tasks on the registered vCenter tasks pane.
CAUTION: If you remove all port groups from the host, OMNI discovers that no port group is assigned to the
host and deletes all the networks.
DVS provides an option to change the VLAN of uplink PortGroups. OMNI ignores PortGroup configuration if the VLAN type
PortGroup is set to VLAN trunking or private VLAN.
Dell Technologies recommends keeping the DVS uplink in Trunking mode and configures the virtual PortGroups with VLANs
for each network. OMNI configures the respective VLANs on the ToRs and SmartFabric uplinks.
OMNI automates the vCenter PortGroup VLAN and manages the registered vCenter by identifying the relation between the
SmartFabric ServerInterface and the ESXi host PNIC MAC.
Identification of vCenter ESXi Host by OMNI
OMNI collects the PNIC MACs of all ESXi hosts in registered vCenters. If OMNI identifies the ServerInterface ID as a
collected PNIC MAC (Id=MAC without ':') of the host, OMNI identifies that host to belong to an OMNI registered SmartFabric
instance.
Table 9. vCenter
PortGroup VLAN automation of identified ESXi host
vCenter action SmartFabric action by OMNI
Add or update PortGroup: VLAN of VSS or DVS.
● Create network of PortGroup VLAN and set Network
Originator to Auto.
● Add network to SmartFabric ServerInterface.
Remove PortGroup from VSS or DVS. Remove unused networks from SmartFabric
ServerInterface .
NOTE: OMNI automation is not designed to delete unused ServerInterfaces of SmartFabric. If you remove ESXi
host from vCenter, OMNI does not remove the networks that are associated with the server interfaces. Dell Technologies
recommends removing the network that is associated with the server interface profile manually.
SmartFabric networks consolidation by OMNI
As part of automation, OMNI:
1. Collects all networks of registered SmartFabric.
2. Collects networks of ServerInterface of registered SmartFabric.
3. Identifies SmartFabric networks that are created by the OMNI UI, and SmartFabric networks that are not created by the
OMNI UI.
OMNI distinguishes the origin of the network that is configured through vCenter or OMNI user by setting the Network
Originator parameter.
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