This section provides instructions on how to configure SmartFabric with Advanced NPAR enabled on the mezzanine cards. This example uses the same quad port mezzanine card shown in the previous section. Before configuring the SmartFabric, make sure the environment meets the following requirements:
- Quad port NIC is physically installed in the MX compute sled.
- All physical connections from MX IOMs to upstream switches are in place.
- All required VLAN are defined, and SFS is created in OME-M.
- VMware ESXi has been deployed and configured.
For information about physical component installation and connections, see PowerEdge Scalable Fabric Architecture.
For additional instructions on configuring VLANs and creating a SmartFabric, see SmartFabric Creation.
The VMware ESXi server MGMT IP, VLAN, In-Band IP, and DNS configurations are beyond the scope of this deployment guide.