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Dell Networking SmartFabric Services Deployment with VxRail 7.0.400
Introduction Hardware used in this guide Topology Deployment Planning
Deployment Planning
Minimum requirements
Unsupported environments
Unsupported features
Production topology deployment options
Uplink options
External switches
VLANs and IP addresses
VxRail deployment settings - first cluster
VxRail deployment settings - second cluster
DNS server records - first cluster
DNS server records - second cluster
Configure the First Leaf Switch Pair Deploy First VxRail Cluster Expand to Multirack Add a second VxRail cluster Deploy and Configure OMNI Validated Components CLI Commands Cisco Nexus External Switch Configuration Example Support and Feedback

External switches

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External switches

  • External switches must have available ports for connections from the existing network to the SFS border leafs (or spines if applicable). For redundancy, Dell Technologies recommends two external switches with at least two links per switch to the SmartFabric. Use enough connections to provide sufficient bandwidth for the traffic anticipated across these links. If using Dell PowerSwitch systems as external switches, Dell Technologies recommends configuring them as VLT peers, as shown in the examples in this guide.

    Note: This guide provides external switch configuration examples for Dell PowerSwitch systems. Cisco Nexus external switch configuration examples are also provided in Cisco Nexus External Switch Configuration Example.