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
Chapter 1: About this guide........................................................................................................... 5
Text and Syntax Conventions.......................................................................................................................................... 5
Related Documents.............................................................................................................................................................5
Documentation Feedback..................................................................................................................................................6
Acronyms............................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Chapter 2: SFS fundamentals........................................................................................................ 7
SFS overview........................................................................................................................................................................ 7
SFS GUI............................................................................................................................................................................8
Supported network topologies......................................................................................................................................... 8
SFS supported platforms...................................................................................................................................................8
Creating a network fabric..................................................................................................................................................8
Server discovery and onboarding.................................................................................................................................... 8
Dynamic server onboarding.........................................................................................................................................9
Static server onboarding..............................................................................................................................................9
Server profile and server interface profile............................................................................................................. 10
Fabric back up and restore.............................................................................................................................................. 10
Chapter 3: Setting up SFS............................................................................................................11
Prerequisites........................................................................................................................................................................ 11
SFS configuration notes....................................................................................................................................................11
Configure SFS.....................................................................................................................................................................12
Enable SFS on PowerSwitches.................................................................................................................................12
Verify the switch operating mode............................................................................................................................15
Disable SFS using CLI..................................................................................................................................................16
Complete the fabric setup......................................................................................................................................... 16
Chapter 4: Deploying and managing a fabric.................................................................................17
Access fabric setup options............................................................................................................................................ 17
Update default fabric, switch names, and descriptions......................................................................................18
Create uplink for external network connectivity.................................................................................................. 19
Breakout switch ports................................................................................................................................................ 26
Configure jump host....................................................................................................................................................27
Update network configuration..................................................................................................................................27
Onboard a server onto the fabric............................................................................................................................29
Edit default fabric settings........................................................................................................................................33
Restore fabric configuration..................................................................................................................................... 33
Manage network profiles........................................................................................................................................... 34
Manage routing profiles............................................................................................................................................. 35
Chapter 5: SFS with VxRail..........................................................................................................37
Supported network topologies....................................................................................................................................... 37
Hardware and software requirements..........................................................................................................................37
Supported switches.................................................................................................................................................... 38
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