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3 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Deployment Guide
Table of contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.1 Typographical conventions ................................................................................................................................. 7
1.2 Attachments ........................................................................................................................................................ 7
2 Hardware overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 8
2.1 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 chassis ............................................................................................................. 8
2.1.1 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX740c compute sled .................................................................................................. 10
2.1.2 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX840c compute sled .................................................................................................. 11
2.1.3 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX9002m module ........................................................................................................ 12
2.1.4 Dell EMC Networking MX9116n Fabric Switching Engine ............................................................................... 13
2.1.5 Dell EMC Networking MX7116n Fabric Expander Module............................................................................... 14
2.1.6 Dell EMC Networking MX5108n Ethernet switch ............................................................................................. 14
2.2 Rack-mounted networking switches ................................................................................................................. 15
2.2.1 Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON ..................................................................................................................... 15
2.2.2 Dell EMC Networking Z9100-ON ...................................................................................................................... 16
2.2.3 Cisco Nexus 3232C .......................................................................................................................................... 16
2.2.4 Cisco Nexus C93180YC-EX ............................................................................................................................. 16
2.2.5 Cisco Nexus C9336-PQ ................................................................................................................................... 16
3 PowerEdge MX7000 chassis fabrics .......................................................................................................................... 17
4 PowerEdge MX IOM overview ................................................................................................................................... 18
4.1 OS10 Enterprise Edition ................................................................................................................................... 18
4.2 Operating Modes .............................................................................................................................................. 18
4.3 SmartFabric mode details ................................................................................................................................. 19
5 Scalable Fabric Architecture overview ....................................................................................................................... 20
5.1 OOB Management network .............................................................................................................................. 21
5.2 Scalable Fabric Architecture network ............................................................................................................... 22
6 OpenManage Enterprise Modular console ................................................................................................................. 23
6.1 PowerEdge MX9002m module cabling ............................................................................................................ 23
6.2 PowerEdge MX7000 initial deployment ............................................................................................................ 24
6.3 PowerEdge MX7000 component management ................................................................................................ 26
7 Scenario 1 - SmartFabric deployment while connected to Z9100-ON switches ........................................................ 27
7.1 Dell EMC Networking Z9100-ON leaf switch configuration .............................................................................. 28
7.2 Deploy a SmartFabric ....................................................................................................................................... 30
7.2.1 Define VLANs ................................................................................................................................................... 30
7.2.2 Create the SmartFabric .................................................................................................................................... 30