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
Import SmartFabric discovered server interfaces
Automate onboarding of server interface profile by importing profiles that are discovered by SFS. Starting from 2.0 release, you
can onboard unknown servers using OMNI.
When known servers are connected to the fabric, SFS discovers the servers automatically, and OMNI onboards the discovered
servers as part of this workflow. SFS discovers the hosts or servers as known using the originator field in the Dell custom LLDP
TLVs sent by the servers. Starting from OS10.5.2.2 release, SFS discovers unknown servers and you can onboard the unknown
servers through OMNI using the Import from Fabric option. Onboarding unknown servers is applicable for the SFS L3 leaf and
spine personality. Use this feature to onboard a new known and unknown server.
● Known server—A known server is a host that sends a valid originator in Dell-specific (custom) TLVs in LLDP frame that is
recognized by SFS. Following are the list of known servers that are discovered by SFS:
○ VxRail
○ PowerStore-X
○ PowerStore-T
● Unknown server—An unknown server is a host that sends LLDP frames that do not include the Dell-specific TLV.
1. From SmartFabric instance, select Server Interface.
2. Click Import from Fabric. Discovered Server Interface window appears with the list of discovered interfaces.
NOTE: The interface that is already associated with a server interface profile is not listed in the discovery table.
3. Edit the server profile information of each interface using the Edit option available at the end of each row.
Edit the NIC Bonding configuration and Static Onboarding. If the static onboarding is No, select an Untagged Network
and one or more Tagged Networks and click Update.
NOTE: You cannot select same network for tagged and untagged network.
(Optional) If static onboarding is Yes, select Leaf Node and Interface (where the server interface is connected), select the
Routing Protocol.
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SmartFabric management with OMNI