Users Guide
SmartFabric network configuration
The PowerEdge MX9002m management module hosts the OpenManage Enterprise Modular (OME-M) console. Creation and deployment
of SmartFabric topologies is facilitated using the OME-Modular console in conjunction with the MX9116n switch operating system.
SmartFabric is a web-based mechanism to create a reusable networking template that can be applied to a PowerEdge MX7000 chassis,
the IO modules (switches) and the compute sleds.
SmartFabric creates and configures the switches based on networking best practices. By selecting the topology, SmartFabric creates the
VLT domain and VLTi connections and creates the uplink LACP enabled link aggregations. It assigns VLANs to ports as either tagged or
untagged based on the networks that are created by the administrator through the SmartFabric interface.
NOTE: For detailed instructions to deploy a SmartFabric, see www.dell.com/networking.
To deploy a SmartFabric, complete the following steps using the OME-Modular console:
1. Create chassis groups.
2. Create the networks to be used in the fabric.
3. Select IOMs and create the fabric that are based on the required physical topology.
4. Create uplinks from the fabric to the existing network and assign networks to those uplinks.
5. Deploy the appropriate server templates to the compute sleds.
Topics:
• Create chassis groups
• Define networks
• Create SmartFabric
• Configure uplinks
• Configure jumbo frames
• Server templates
Create chassis groups
About this task
CAUTION:
The firmware version of the PowerEdge MX9002m management module is critical to the creation of a chassis
group. Ensure that the latest version of the Management Module firmware is used. It is available on www.dell.com/
support. All MX9002m modules in a chassis group must run the same firmware.
Chassis groups are defined in the PowerEdge MX9002m management modules in the PowerEdge MX7000 chassis. Before a chassis
group can be created, the chassis PowerEdge MX9002m modules must be cabled together as shown in the following figure.
Figure 22. Chassis PowerEdge MX9002m cabling
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