Dell Technologies SmartFabric ESXi Brownfield Deployment - Migrating ESXi Workloads to SmartFabric Services

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  Introduction
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  Purpose of this guide
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  Dell Technologies vision
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  SmartFabric Services
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  SFS UI
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  OpenManage Network Integration
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  Dell PowerEdge servers
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  Typographical conventions

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  Hardware overview
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  Introduction
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  Dell PowerSwitch S5248F-ON
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  Dell PowerSwitch S5232F-ON
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  Dell PowerSwitch N3248TE-ON
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  Dell PowerEdge rack servers

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  Topology
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  Introduction
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  Existing production topology without SFS
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  Existing production topology connection details
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  OOB management network
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  OOB management network connection details

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  Environment preparation
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  Minimum requirements
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  Unsupported environments
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  Unsupported features
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  Uplink options
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  External switches
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  Existing VLANs
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  SFS reserved IP addresses and ASNs
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  NIC teaming considerations

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  Shut down ESXi hosts and VMs
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  Introduction
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  Determine the MAC addresses
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  Shut down the VMs
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  Place the ESXi hosts in maintenance mode
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  Shut down the hosts

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  Deploy SFS
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  Introduction
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  Prepare the switches
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  Enable SmartFabric Services
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  Connect to the SFS UI
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  Configure fabric and switch names
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  Set spine switches as preferred leaders
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  Create the networks
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  Create server interface profiles
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  Configure L2 uplinks to the external switches
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  Power on the ESXi hosts and VMs
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  Test the environment

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  Deploy and configure OMNI
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  Introduction
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  Deploy OMNI
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  Configure the OMNI console
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  Configure the OMNI web UI
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  Register the vCenter with OMNI
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  OMNI vCenter automation

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  Validated components
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  Introduction
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  Switches and operating systems
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  VMware software
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  OMNI software
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  ESXi hosts

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  Technical resources
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  Dell Networking resources
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  VMware resources

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  Fabric Design Center

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  Support and feedback
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  Contacting technical support
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