Before creating a Fibre Channel uplink, make sure you have configured the universal ports as FC ports using the steps in the previous Configure Fibre Channel universal ports section.
To create uplinks, perform the following steps.
- Open the OME-M console.
- From the navigation menu click Devices, then click Fabric.
- Click the SmartFabric fabric name.
- In the Fabric Details panel, click Uplinks, then click the Add Uplinks button.
- From the Add Uplinks window, use the information in the following table to enter an uplink name in the Name box.
- Optionally, enter a description in the Description box.
- From the Uplink Type list, select Type, then click Next. In this example, FCoE is selected as Uplink type. Choose Uplink type as per your configuration from FC Gateway, FC Direct Attach, or FCoE options.
- From the Switch Ports list, select the FC ports as defined in the following table. Select the appropriate port for the connected uplink.
- From the Tagged Networks list, select VLAN defined in the following table, then click Finish. SmartFabric creates the uplink object, and the status for the fabric changes to OK.
spanning-tree {vlan vlan-id priority priority-value}
. Set the external switch to the lowest priority-value to force its assignment as the STP root bridge. For additional details on using STP with OS10 switches, see the Dell OS10 SmartFabric User Guide. For the examples shown in Scenario 5: Connect MX9116n FSE to Fibre Channel storage - NPIV Proxy Gateway mode and Scenario 6: Connect MX9116n FSE to Fibre Channel storage - FC Direct Attach, the uplink attributes are defined in the following table.
Uplink name | Description | Ports | VLAN (tagged) |
FCoE A1 | FC Uplink for switch in Slot A1 | Switch model dependent | 30 |
FCoE A2 | FC Uplink for switch in Slot A2 | Switch model dependent | 40 |