Users Guide
SmartFabric Services
SmartFabric Services (SFS) is an application suite that provides network fabric automation and API-based programmability. A
network fabric consists of physical resources, such as servers, switches, logical resources-networks, templates, and uplinks.
SFS, which is an OS10 feature, has different personalities that can be used in multiple architectures and environments.
In OS10, SFS provides:
● Network fabric infrastructure automation including discovery of devices such as switches and servers, and automation of
configuration on all the switches in the fabric.
● Workload automation for server, storage, or hyperconverged devices using APIs.
● Single pane of glass for monitoring the fabric.
● Upgrade and replace switches using APIs.
SmartFabric Services personalities
Dell EMC supports:
● SmartFabric Services for Leaf and Spine
● SmartFabric Services for PowerEdge MX
SmartFabric Services for leaf and spine
In leaf and spine architecture, SFS enables discovery, automation, and provision of network devices connected in a Layer 3 (L3)
fabric topology.
In a leaf and spine topology, SFS:
● Allocates all the necessary internal IP addresses for leaf and spine configurations.
● Autoconfigures necessary BGP for all the relevant leaf and spine switches.
● Enables leaf and spine for underlay and overlay.
● Provides the following APIs for workload orchestration of:
○ Layer 2 (L2) VLAN, L3 VLAN, L3 Routed, multirack L3 VLAN, and IP VXLAN networks
○ Fabric uplink with networks from L2 VLAN, L3 VLAN, L3 Routed, multirack L3 VLAN, and IP VXLAN networks
○ BGP Policies for external connectivity
○ Route policies for static routing
○ Static and dynamic server template binding server discovery to networks from L2 VLAN, L3 VLAN, L3 Routed, multirack
L3 VLAN, and IP VXLAN networks. For more information, see Static onboarding and Dynamic onboarding.
8
SmartFabric Services 127