To deploy SmartFabric mode on an external FSE, follow the steps mentioned below:
Deploy SmartFabric mode on Z9432F-ON: Access the SmartFabric OS10 CLI deployed on Z9432F-ON and run the following command:
OS10(config)# smartfabric l3fabric enable role LEAF vlti ethernet 1/1/31-1/1/32
CAUTION: The Dell PowerSwitches or MX I/O modules move to the factory default setting after changing the switch operation mode from Full switch to SmartFabric mode.
To connect to the SFS UI:
From a workstation with access to the OOB management network, use a browser to connect to the management IP address of either leaf switch by going to https://switch_mgmt_ip_address.
Log in as admin. The default password is admin.
Note: After reloading the switches, it takes a few minutes for SFS to come up, and for the UI to be fully functional.
Note: The SFS UI supports the Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge browsers. Languages other than English are not currently supported.
All SFS UI configuration is performed on the SFS leader switch. If you connect to an SFS switch that is not the leader, a link to the leader is provided.
Access SmartFabric GUI dashboard, as shown in the figure below.
SFS Nodes Global Setting:
Click the Global Settings tab and select Set Fabric & Switch Name.
Click Set Fabric and Switch Name, leave the default Fab name and description in the Network Fabric page and Click Next.
Change or update rack name, switches are automatically added. Verify the nodes and click Next.
Switches service tag, role, model, and hostname are populated automatically. The description is optional.
Click Finish.
Under the Global Setting tab, select DNS option and click +Add to configure DNS server settings for nodes.
Click Add to assign DNS server IP to SFS nodes.
Note: If you have more than one DNS server in your infrastructure, click + button to add multiple DNS server IPs.
Ports breakout for upstream switches:
By default, Z9432F-ON ports are set to 400GE. If the upstream switch ports run at a slower speed, you must breakout the connected Z9432F-ON ports. This example shows how to change two Z9432F-ON ports from 1x400GE to 1x100GE.
Breakout port-groups of the ports that are connected to upstream switches.
In the example of this guide, the Z9432F-ON external FSE ports 1/1/7 and 1/1/8 are connected to upstream ports 1/1/9 and 1/1/10.
Click Switches and then click Leaf-1 to expand the ports menu.
Click the Breakout Ports & Jump Port option to expand the port-group menu.
Expand desire port-group for port breakout. In this example port-group1/1/4 is selected for port 1/1/7.
Select the port and click BREAKOUT PORT.
Select the 1x100GE option from the breakout Mode drop-down menu.
Click Submit.
Repeat the above steps from point-f to point-h for the other upstream port, port-1/1/8.
Repeat the steps from point-c to point-i for the other leaf switch ports to upstream switches.
VLAN Network configuration:
Configure an internal MGMT VLAN for vCenter and vSphere ESXi clients.
Assign internal MGMT VLAN-ID in Network ID and in Vlan options.
Provide valid Network Name and (optional) proper Description.
Click Create.
Note: If more networks are desired for other services in vCenter vDS, create those VLANs as General Purpose Networks and associate them with the Uplink and Server Interface Profile.
Create Uplinks to upstream switches:
Click the Uplink tab.
Select Uplink and click +CREATE.
Keep Uplink Port Type as L2.
Provide the uplink Name and Description (optional).
Click Next.
Select rack from the drop-down menu.
Select uplink ports on both SFS nodes from the Interface Selection drop-down menu.
Select LACP as a Port Channel protocol.
Click Next.
Leave UnTagged Network unassign.
Select Internal-MGMT-VLAN (VLAN-1811) as a Tagged Networks. Created VLAN Network configuration
Leave the rest of the options as default.
Click Finish.
Create Server Interface Profile:
Click the Server Interface tab.
Select Server Interface and click +CREATE.
Provide name in Server Interface Id.
If creating a server interface profile for the first time. Select New Server Profile in the Server Profile option.
Note: This server profile is not the same as OME-M server template or server profile.
Provide Server Profile Id. In this example, the same name is used for profile id as interface id.
Select LACP as a Server Profile Bonding Type.
Select VLAN-1811 as a Tagged Networks.
Select Client_Management_Network (VLAN-4091) as an Untagged Network.
Leave the rest of the setting as default.
Click CREATE.
Port breakout for downstream compute ports:
To breakout ports connected to compute sled NIC ports.
In the example of this guide, the Z9432F-ON external FSE ports 1/1/9 and 1/1/13 are connected to the downstream compute sled NIC ports B1-1/B1-2 on each sled through MX8116n FEM port 2.
Port 1/1/9 is connected to a 100 GbE dual port NIC and port 1/1/13 is connected to a 25GbE NIC.
Click Switches, then click Leaf-1 to expand the ports menu.
Click the Breakout Ports & Jump Port option to expand the port-group menu.
Expand the desired port-group for port breakout. In this example, port-group1/1/5 is selected for port 1/1/9 to breakout for 100 GbE NIC.
Select the port and click BREAKOUT PORT.
Select the 4x100GE option from the breakout Mode drop-down menu.
Click Submit.
Repeat the above steps from point-d to point-i for the other downstream NIC port from Leaf-2 port 1/1/9.
Port-group1/1/7 is selected for port 1/1/13 to breakout for 25 GbE NIC port.
Repeat the steps from point-c to point-i for the other leaf switch port to downstream compute sled NIC port.
Discovering Server Interfaces:
To discover server interfaces by nodes, click Server Interface > click +IMPORT FROM FABRIC.
To add networks to NIC ports, Select discovered NIC ports and click +ADD NETWORKS.
From the drop-down menu, select one of the following:
For tagged networks, select Internal-MGMT-VLAN (VLAN-1811).
For untagged networks select Client_Management_Network (VLAN-4091).
Click Add.
To add the server profile to the NIC ports, select NIC ports and click +ADD TO SERVER PROFILE.
Select Existing Server Profile.
Select the server profile from the Server Profile Id drop-down menu. (Created in Create Server Interface Profile )
Click ASSOCIATE to deploy the selected server profile.
Select all applicable discovered NIC ports and click CREATE to deploy all network updates.