Users Guide

Manual switch configuration
This section describes the configuration of the MX9116n FSEs (Fabric Switching Engines) switches. Each PowerEdge MX7000 has one
MX9116n and one MX7116n in the A fabric. The MX9116n in chassis 1 should be placed in the A1 slot and the MX9116n in chassis 2 should
be placed in the A2 slot. This distributes the fabric's switching engines across both chassis. In the event of a loss of one of the MX9116n,
only one half of the fabric is impacted. The two MX7116n expanders are installed in the remaining A fabric slots. The IP address of each
switch module is assigned using the chassis management interface (MSM).
Topics:
• Switch operating mode
• VLANs and subnets for manual switch configuration
• NSX Switch Specific VLANs
• Uplink and VLTi ports
• Configure the ports for VLTi
• Configure VLT domain
• Configure the Link Aggregation Control Protocol
• Configure the host facing ports
• Verify switch configuration
Switch operating mode
The MX9116n switches operate either in Full Switch or SmartFabric mode. The switch should be operating in Full Switch mode for this
example.
MX7K-IOM-A2# show switch-operating-mode
MX7K-IOM-A2# Switch-Operating-Mode : Full Switch Mode
VLANs and subnets for manual switch
configuration
Here are the VLANs created on the MX9116N switch that is required for Cloud Foundation. These VLANs and subnets are created on both
switches.
interface vlan1711
description 1711-Mgmt
no shutdown
mtu 9216
interface vlan1712
description 1712-VMotion
no shutdown
mtu 9216
interface vlan1713
description 1713-VSAN
no shutdown
mtu 9216
interface vlan1714
description 1714-VXLAN
no shutdown
mtu 9216
interface vlan1715
description Log_Insight
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