Deployment Guide

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.

NOTE: You cannot delete PortGroups on a VSS/DVS, or delete the VSS/DSS entirely as it clears all unused networks

from the SmartFabric ServerInterfaces.

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.

We recommend keeping the DVS uplink in Trunking mode and configure 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.

NOTE:

When any server port is removed from an uplink on DVS/vDS, the VLAN association details stored on the

switches are not deleted. It is recommended to remove the network association configuration manually from the server

interface profile.

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 4. vCenter

PortGroup VLAN automation of identified ESXi host

vCenter action SmartFabric action by OMNI

Add/update PortGroup: VLAN of VSS/DVS • Create network of PortGroup VLAN

• Add network to SmartFabric ServerInterface

Remove PortGroup from VSS/DVS Remove unused networks from SmartFabric ServerInterface

NOTE: OMNI automation is not designed to delete unused ServerInterfaces of SmartFabric.

SmartFabric networks consolidation by OMNI

1. Collect all networks of registered SmartFabric.

2. Collect networks of ServerInterface of registered SmartFabric.

3. Identify SmartFabric networks created by the OMNI user interface, and SmartFabric networks that are not created by the OMNI user

interface.

4. Append networks that are not created by the OMNI user interface to SmartFabric uplink of 'Default'/'CreateOnly' type

5. Find unused networks; SmartFabric networks not created by the OMNI user interface, and not used by the SmartFabric

ServerInterface and SmartFabric uplinks.

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