Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- OpenManage Network Integration for SmartFabric Services User Guide Release 2.1
- Contents
- About this guide
- Change history
- Overview of OMNI, SFS, VxRail, and PowerEdge MX
- OpenManage Network Integration
- OMNI vCenter integration
- Access the OMNI stand-alone portal
- Access the OMNI Fabric Management Portal
- OMNI Appliance Management user interface
- SmartFabric management with OMNI
- OMNI feature support matrix
- View SmartFabric instance overview
- View fabric topology
- Manage switches in a fabric
- SmartFabric bulk configuration
- Configure server interface profile
- Configure and manage uplinks
- Configure networks and routing configuration
- Configure global settings for SmartFabric
- View fabric events and compliance status
- OMNI automation support for PowerEdge MX SmartFabric
- OMNI automation support for NSX-T
- Lifecycle management
- Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting tools
- 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
SmartFabric management with OMNI
This chapter explains how to manage SmartFabric components or entities using OMNI. The OMNI VM displays the list of
manually created service instances, and the OMNI autodiscovered SmartFabric instances. For more information about the
SmartFabric instances, see OMNI Fabric Management Portal.
After you log in to the OMNI Fabric Management Portal, click the SmartFabric instance added to the OMNI Home left page to
access and manage the SFS entities that are configured in a SmartFabric.
NOTE: The features that are listed in this chapter are not supported on OME-Modular instance. For more information, see
OMNI feature support matrix .
For each SmartFabric instance, you can:
● View the overview of the fabric.
● View fabric topology design.
● Manage switches in a SmartFabric instance.
● Configure networks, server profiles, server interface profiles, and routing policies in bulk.
● Manage server interface configuration.
● Manage uplinks.
● Manage network configuration.
● Configure SmartFabric switch services settings.
● View latest fabric event and compliance errors.
● Manage fabric lifecycle such as OS10 image upgrade, backup and restore, and switch replacement.
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