The Dell PowerEdge MX9116n Fabric Switching Engine (FSE) operates 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 deployment example in this guide.