To use the SFS features that this guide describes, your switches must be running SmartFabric OS10.5.0.7P3 or later, as specified in the SmartFabric OS10 Solutions (HCI, Storage, MX) Support Matrix.
Only the Dell EMC PowerSwitch systems shown in the following table are supported with SFS in leaf or spine roles. SFS does not run on third-party switches or other PowerSwitch models.
Table 4. Supported switches
Typical role |
VxRail node connectivity options |
|
S4112F/T-ON, S4128F/T-ON, S4148F/T-ON |
Leaf |
10 GbE |
S5212F-ON, S5224F-ON, S5248F-ON, S5296F-ON |
Leaf |
10/25 GbE |
S5232F-ON, Z9264F-ON* |
Spine* |
* The roles shown are recommended, but Z9264F-ON is supported only as a spine. It is possible to use S5232F-ON as a leaf with ports connected to VxRail nodes that are broken out to 10 GbE or 25 GbE. VxRail nodes do not currently support 100 GbE NICs for VxRail system traffic.
While any combination of the leaf and spine switches shown in the preceding table is supported, leaf switches must be deployed in pairs. To meet VLT requirements, each leaf switch in the pair must be the same model.
SFS supports up to 20 switches in the fabric, scaling to nine racks if two spine switches and 18 leaf switches are used.