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
PowerScale requirements
Requirements specific to SFS with PowerScale deployment are as follows :
● By default, all PowerSwitches for PowerScale deployment are shipped with factory-loaded OS10.
NOTE: Dell EMC PowerSwitches must be running SmartFabric OS10.5.0.5 or later software releases that support the
PowerScale with SFS deployment.
● In SFS with PowerScale deployment, the leaf nodes are not connected as a VLT pair. On the leaf switch, no ICL
configuration is required while enabling SFS. For more information, see Enable SFS using CLI.
● You only have to enable SFS on the switches to setup a fabric. All other fabric operations are managed by Isilon OneFS.
● The switches are connected in a leaf and spine topology with BGP EVPN setup between the leaf switches.
● Leaf and spine switches belong to different autonomous systems (AS).
● PowerScale data traffic is forwarded on an untagged VXLAN network 4091.
● PowerScale appliances are detected through LLDP.
● All ports on which the PowerScale appliance is detected are added as untagged VXLAN access interfaces.
● All load balancing is achieved through BGP ECMP.
● By default, autobreakout feature is enabled on the leaf and spine switches.
Support matrix
See Networking Solutions Support Matrix regarding support matrices for SFS with PowerScale across various releases.
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