The Dell EMC Networking MX9116n Fabric Switching Engine (FSE) operate in one of two modes:
- Full Switch mode (Default) - All switch-specific SmartFabric OS10 capabilities are available
- SmartFabric mode - Switches operate as a Layer 2 I/O aggregation fabric and are managed through the Open Manage Enterprise-Modular (OME-M) console
This section describes the full switch mode configuration for the scenarios in this guide.
Full switch mode
In Full Switch mode, all SmartFabric OS10 features and functions supported by the hardware are available to the user. The MX switch operates the same way as any other SmartFabric OS10 switch. Configuration is primarily done through the CLI, however, the following items can be configured or managed using the OME-M GUI:
- Initial switch deployment which includes configuration of the hostname, password, SNMP, NTP.
- Set ports administratively up or down, configure MTU.
- Monitor health, logs, alerts, and events.
- Update the SmartFabric OS10 software
- View physical topology .
- Switch power management
Full Switch mode is typically used when a desired feature or function is not available when operating in SmartFabric Services mode. For more information about Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 operations, find the appropriate version of the SmartFabric OS10 User Guide in the OME-M and OS10 compatibility and documentation table.
Ethernet switch configuration
The following section outlines example configuration commands issued to the Dell EMC Networking MX9116n switches. The switches start at their factory default setting. Find the appropriate version of the SmartFabric OS10 User Guide in the OME-M and OS10 compatibility and documentation table for more information.
Below are the steps to configure the MX9116n switches:
- Set the switch hostname and management IP address.
- Configure the VLT between the switches.
- Configure the VLANs.
- Configure the port channels to connect to the upstream switches.
- Configure the ports connected to the upstream switches.
Use the following commands to set the hostname, and to configure the OOB management interface and default gateway.
configure terminal
hostname MX9116n-A1
interface mgmt 1/1/1
no ip address dhcp
no shutdown
ip address 100.67.XX.XX/24
management route 0.0.0.0/0 100.67.XX.XX |
configure terminal
hostname MX9116n-A2
interface mgmt 1/1/1
no ip address dhcp
no shutdown
ip address 100.67.YY.YY/24
management route 0.0.0.0/0 100.67.YY.YY |
Configure the VLT between switches using the following commands. VLT configuration involves setting a discovery interface range and discovering the VLT peer in the VLTi.
Note: The default speed of port-groups 1/1/10 through 1/1/12 is 100g-2x (QSFP28-DD 200 GbE connection) which means all the ports from 1/1/35 through 1/1/40 are all 100 GbE ports. Only port-groups 1/1/11 and 1/1/12 (ports 1/1/37 through 1/1/40) are used in this example.
interface range ethernet1/1/37-1/1/40
description VLTi
no shutdown
no switchport
vlt-domain 1
backup destination 100.67.YY.YY
discovery-interface ethernet 1/1/37-1/1/40 |
interface range ethernet1/1/37-1/1/40
description VLTi
no shutdown
no switchport
vlt-domain 1
backup destination 100.67.XX.XX
discovery-interface ethernet 1/1/37-1/1/40 |
Configure the required VLANs on each switch. In this example, VLAN 10 is used.
interface vlan10
description To-Leaf_1
no shutdown
mtu 9216 |
interface vlan10
description To-Leaf_2
no shutdown
mtu 9216 |
Configure the port channels that connect to the upstream switches. The LACP protocol is used to create the dynamic LAG. Trunk ports allow tagged VLANs to traverse the trunk link. In this example, the trunk is configured allow VLAN 10.
interface port-channel1
description To-Leaf_1
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 10
vlt-port-channel 1
interface ethernet1/1/41
description To-Leaf_1
no shutdown
no switchport
channel-group 1 mode active
interface ethernet1/1/42
description To-Leaf_2
no shutdown
no switchport
channel-group 1 mode active
end
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interface port-channel1
description To-Leaf_2
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 10
vlt-port-channel 1
interface ethernet1/1/41
description To-Leaf_1
no shutdown
no switchport
channel-group 1 mode active
interface ethernet1/1/42
description To-Leaf_2
no shutdown
no switchport
channel-group 1 mode active
end
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FCoE switch configuration
The following section outlines the Fibre Channel configuration commands issued to the Dell EMC Networking MX9116n switches. The initial configuration of the switch included host name, management interface IP address, VLAN and VLT configuration described in Ethernet Switch Configuration section of this chapter. Find the appropriate version of the SmartFabric OS10 User Guide in the OME-M and OS10 compatibility and documentation table for more information.
Below are the steps of FCoE configuration on the MX9116n switches in F-Port mode and NPG mode:
- Enable the FC and DCBx feature.
- Configure the Class and Policy maps.
- Configure the FC Alias, FC Zone, and the FC Zoneset.
- Configure the vFabric, interfaces facing downstream switches, if any, and the Fibre Channel interfaces that face the FC switch.
Use the following commands to enable FC and DCBx feature on the switch
feature fc {NPG, domain-id 100}
dcbx enable |
feature fc {NPG, domain-id 100}
dcbx enable |
Note: The FC feature has two options, NPG mode and F-Port mode.
Use the following commands to configure Class map and Policy map.
class-map type network-qos class_Dot1p_3
match qos-group 3
trust dot1p-map map_Dot1pToGroups
qos-group 3 dot1p 3
qos-map traffic-class map_GroupsToQueues
queue 3 qos-group 3
policy-map type network-qos policy_Input_PFC
class class_Dot1p_3
pause
pfc-cos 3
policy-map type queuing policy_Output_BandwidthPercent
class map_ETSQueue_3
bandwidth percent 98
system qos
trust-map dot1p map_Dot1pToGroups
qos-map traffic-class map_GroupsToQueues |
class-map type network-qos class_Dot1p_3
match qos-group 3
trust dot1p-map map_Dot1pToGroups
qos-group 3 dot1p 3
qos-map traffic-class map_GroupsToQueues
queue 3 qos-group 3
policy-map type network-qos policy_Input_PFC
class class_Dot1p_3
pause
pfc-cos 3
policy-map type queuing policy_Output_BandwidthPercent
class map_ETSQueue_3
bandwidth percent 98
system qos
trust-map dot1p map_Dot1pToGroups
qos-map traffic-class map_GroupsToQueues |
The following commands are used to configure FC Alias, FC Zone and FC Zoneset on the switch for the Initiator (Server NIC/CNA) and target (Unity).
fc alias A1
member wwn 20:01:06:3c:f9:a5:cd:00
fc alias SPA0
member wwn 50:06:01:66:47:e0:1b:19
fc alias SPB0
member wwn 50:06:01:6e:47:e0:1b:19
fc zone Zone-A1
member alias-name A1
member alias-name SPA0
member alias-name SPB0
fc zoneset ZSA1
member Zone-A1 |
fc alias A2
member wwn 20:01:06:3c:f9:a5:cd:01
fc alias SPA1
member wwn 50:06:01:67:47:e0:1b:19
fc alias SPB1
member wwn 50:06:01:6f:47:e0:1b:19
fc zone Zone-A2
member alias-name A2
member alias-name SPA1
member alias-name SPB1
fc zoneset ZSA2
member Zone-A2 |
The following commands are used to configure vFabric, and the FCoE and FC interfaces.
vfabric 101
vlan 40
fcoe fcmap 0xEFC00
zoneset activate ZSA1
interface ethernet1/1/41
no shutdown
switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off
priority-flow-control mode on
service-policy input type network-qos policy_Input_PFC
service-policy output type queuing policy_Output_BandwidthPercent
ets mode on
vfabric 101
!
interface ethernet1/1/42
no shutdown
switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off
priority-flow-control mode on
service-policy input type network-qos policy_Input_PFC
service-policy output type queuing policy_Output_BandwidthPercent
ets mode on
vfabric 101
interface fibrechannel1/1/44:1
no shutdown
vfabric 101
!
interface fibrechannel1/1/44:2
no shutdown
vfabric 101 |
vfabric 102
vlan 30
fcoe fcmap 0xEFC01
zoneset activate ZSA2
interface ethernet1/1/41
no shutdown
switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off
priority-flow-control mode on
service-policy input type network-qos policy_Input_PFC
service-policy output type queuing policy_Output_BandwidthPercent
ets mode on
vfabric 102
!
interface ethernet1/1/42
no shutdown
switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off
priority-flow-control mode on
service-policy input type network-qos policy_Input_PFC
service-policy output type queuing policy_Output_BandwidthPercent
ets mode on
vfabric 102
interface fibrechannel1/1/44:1
no shutdown
vfabric 102
!
interface fibrechannel1/1/44:2
no shutdown
vfabric 102 |