Concept Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC SmartFabric Services User Guide Release 1.0
- About this guide
- SFS fundamentals
- Setting up SFS
- Deploying and managing a fabric
- Access fabric setup options
- Update default fabric, switch names, and descriptions
- Create uplink for external network connectivity
- Breakout switch ports
- Configure jump host
- Update network configuration
- Onboard a server onto the fabric
- Edit default fabric settings
- Restore fabric configuration
- Manage network profiles
- Manage routing profiles
- Access fabric setup options
- SFS with VxRail
- SFS with PowerEdge MX
- SFS for Isilon/PowerScale back-end fabric
- SFS commands
- smartfabric l3fabric enable
- smartfabric vlti
- show logging smartfabric
- show smartfabric cluster
- show smartfabric cluster member
- show smartfabric configured-server
- show smartfabric configured-server configured-server-interface
- show smartfabric details
- show smartfabric discovered-server
- show smartfabric discovered-server discovered-server-interface
- show smartfabric networks
- show smartfabric nodes
- show smartfabric personality
- show smartfabric uplinks
- show smartfabric upgrade-status
- show smartfabric validation-errors
- show switch-operating-mode
- Appendix
SFS personalities............................................................................................................................................................... 38
Support matrix................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Fabric operations and life cycle management............................................................................................................ 39
Chapter 6: SFS with PowerEdge MX............................................................................................40
Chapter 7: SFS for Isilon/PowerScale back-end fabric................................................................. 41
Supported network topologies........................................................................................................................................41
Hardware and software requirements.......................................................................................................................... 41
Supported switches.....................................................................................................................................................41
PowerScale requirements............................................................................................................................................... 42
Support matrix................................................................................................................................................................... 42
Chapter 8: SFS commands.......................................................................................................... 43
smartfabric l3fabric enable............................................................................................................................................. 43
smartfabric vlti................................................................................................................................................................... 43
show logging smartfabric ............................................................................................................................................... 44
show smartfabric cluster.................................................................................................................................................44
show smartfabric cluster member................................................................................................................................ 45
show smartfabric configured-server............................................................................................................................ 46
show smartfabric configured-server configured-server-interface....................................................................... 47
show smartfabric details................................................................................................................................................. 48
show smartfabric discovered-server............................................................................................................................48
show smartfabric discovered-server discovered-server-interface...................................................................... 49
show smartfabric networks............................................................................................................................................ 49
show smartfabric nodes.................................................................................................................................................. 50
show smartfabric personality.......................................................................................................................................... 51
show smartfabric uplinks.................................................................................................................................................52
show smartfabric upgrade-status................................................................................................................................. 53
show smartfabric validation-errors...............................................................................................................................54
show switch-operating-mode........................................................................................................................................ 55
Chapter 9: Appendix....................................................................................................................56
Internal fabric components and networks.................................................................................................................. 56
MSTP Support on L3 personality.................................................................................................................................. 57
Networks.............................................................................................................................................................................58
Uplinks..................................................................................................................................................................................59
Routing profiles............................................................................................................................................................59
Uplink bonding options...............................................................................................................................................60
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