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Dell Networking SmartFabric Services with VxRail vSAN Stretched Cluster Reference Architecture
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Initial SmartFabric and DCI switch configuration
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Initial SmartFabric and DCI switch configuration

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Initial SmartFabric and DCI switch configuration

  • SmartFabric and DCI switch configuration for the topology in Figure 1 is covered in Chapters 5 through 7 of theSmartFabric Services with Multisite vSAN Stretched Cluster Deployment Guide. While the vSAN stretched cluster guide was written for an ESXi deployment, it uses the same topology and switch configuration is the same for this VxRail deployment. Configure the switches as shown in the following chapters:

    Note: If you have any SmartFabric spine switches in your topology, configure them as designated leaders for best performance. See the SmartFabric Services User Guide for more information.

    Dell Technologies recommends using jumbo frames for best performance. To have an impact, jumbo frames must be configured end-to-end. The MTU size is set to 9216 bytes by default on all SFS switches. It is set to 9216 bytes on the DCI switches as shown in Configure DCI switches. If jumbo frames are used, set the MTU to 9000 bytes on the VxRail cluster components as shown in your VxRail documentation.