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● 2xMX9116n Fabric Switching Engines in different chassis Based on the design type selected, the options to select the chassis and the switches-A and B, are displayed. 5. Select the chassis and switches. The cabling image is displayed. 6. Click Next to view the summary of the fabric. You can print to print a hard copy of the fabric details or save the details as a PDF on your system. After the fabric is created, the switch is placed in the SmartFabric mode and the IOM reboots. NOTE: After a fabric is created, the health status of the fabric is critical until uplinks are created. NOTE: The fabric health alerts are displayed on all chassis in the MCM group. Adding uplinks To add uplinks: 1. From the Devices drop-down, select Fabric. The Fabric page is displayed. 2. From the fabrics table, select the fabric and click View Details. The Fabric Details page is displayed. 3. From the Uplinks section, click Add Uplink. The Add Uplink window is displayed. 4. Enter Name, Description, select the Uplink Type. The available options are: ● Ethernet - No Spanning Tree- You must pick at least one Ethernet port from each switch to form a LAG. Any Ethernet traffic can be passed on this uplink type. This uplink type does not require Spanning Tree Protocol to be configured on the upstream Ethernet switch. For more information about how to configure the upstream Ethernet switch, see Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide at https:// infohub.delltechnologies.com/. Before you can create an Ethernet - No STP uplink, all legacy Ethernet uplinks that use STP must be deleted. There are additional steps that must be completed before creating an Ethernet - No STP uplink on an existing fabric that was not running the RSTP protocol. For more information, see the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide at https://infohub.delltechnologies.com/ ● FCoE-You can pick one port from an IOM and associate a single network of FCoE type. This is for FCoE connectivity that connects to another switch that connects to the FC network. For single fabric, you can have two FCoE uplink, one from each IOM. Both IOMs must have different network that is, different FCoE VLANs. In FCoE mode, untagged VLAN on the server port and FCoE uplink must be the same. This condition ensures that the untagged FIP VLAN discovery (L2 frame) packets are switched to the untagged VLAN. The FCoE uplink is used to identify FIP Snooping Bridge (FSB) mode at the switch. For the FCoE sessions to come up, configure the same untagged VLAN on FCoE uplinks and server ports. NOTE: On the uplink FCoE switch, use the default fc-map (0efc00) only. ● FC Gateway-You can pick one or more ports from the same IOM and associate a single network of FCoE type. This type of uplink is for connectivity to a SAN switch. For single Fabric, you can have two FC gateway uplinks one from each IOM. Both IOMs must have different network that is, different FCoE VLANs. For a given fabric, you can have at least one uplink of type FC (either of FCoE, FCDirectAttach, FC Gateway). In Fabric mode, you can assign any untagged VLAN to Ethernet server ports that belong to a FCoE VLAN that has one or more FC Gateway uplinks. The FC Gateway uplink is used to identify NPG (N Port Proxy Gateway) mode at the switch. ● FC Direct Attach-You can pick one or more ports from same IOM and associate a single network of FCoE type. This type of uplink is for direct FC storage connectivity. For single fabric, user can have two FC DirectAttach uplink, one from each IOM. Both IOMs must have different networks that is, different FCoE VLANs. In Fabric mode, you can assign any untagged VLAN to Ethernet server ports that belong to a FCoE VLAN that has one or more FC Direct attach uplinks. The FC Direct attach uplink is used to identify F-Port mode at the switch. ● Ethernet-You can pick one or more Ethernet ports across switches to form a LAG. The network can be of any type. Also, you must configure Spanning Tree on the upstream network switch. 5. Select Include in Uplink Failure Detection Group. and click Next. SmartFabric Services 89

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●
2xMX9116n Fabric Switching Engines in different chassis
Based on the design type selected, the options to select the chassis and the switches—A and B, are displayed.
5.
Select the chassis and switches.
The cabling image is displayed.
6.
Click
Next
to view the summary of the fabric.
You can print to print a hard copy of the fabric details or save the details as a PDF on your system.
After the fabric is created, the switch is placed in the SmartFabric mode and the IOM reboots.
NOTE:
After a fabric is created, the health status of the fabric is critical until uplinks are created.
NOTE:
The fabric health alerts are displayed on all chassis in the MCM group.
Adding uplinks
To add uplinks:
1.
From the
Devices
drop-down, select
Fabric
.
The
Fabric
page is displayed.
2.
From the fabrics table, select the fabric and click
View Details
.
The
Fabric Details
page is displayed.
3.
From the
Uplinks
section, click
Add Uplink
.
The
Add Uplink
window is displayed.
4.
Enter
Name
,
Description
, select the
Uplink Type
.
The available options are:
●
Ethernet - No Spanning Tree
— You must pick at least one Ethernet port from each switch to form a LAG. Any
Ethernet traffic can be passed on this uplink type. This uplink type does not require Spanning Tree Protocol to be
configured on the upstream Ethernet switch. For more information about how to configure the upstream Ethernet
switch, see
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide
at
https://
infohub.delltechnologies.com/
. Before you can create an
Ethernet - No STP
uplink, all legacy Ethernet uplinks that use
STP must be deleted. There are additional steps that must be completed before creating an
Ethernet - No STP
uplink
on an existing fabric that was not running the RSTP protocol. For more information, see the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX
SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide at
●
FCoE
—You can pick one port from an IOM and associate a single network of FCoE type. This is for FCoE connectivity
that connects to another switch that connects to the FC network. For single fabric, you can have two FCoE uplink, one
from each IOM. Both IOMs must have different network that is, different FCoE VLANs.
In FCoE mode, untagged VLAN on the server port and FCoE uplink must be the same. This condition ensures that the
untagged FIP VLAN discovery (L2 frame) packets are switched to the untagged VLAN. The FCoE uplink is used to
identify FIP Snooping Bridge (FSB) mode at the switch. For the FCoE sessions to come up, configure the same untagged
VLAN on FCoE uplinks and server ports.
NOTE:
On the uplink FCoE switch, use the default fc-map (0efc00) only.
●
FC Gateway
—You can pick one or more ports from the same IOM and associate a single network of FCoE type. This
type of uplink is for connectivity to a SAN switch. For single Fabric, you can have two FC gateway uplinks one from each
IOM. Both IOMs must have different network that is, different FCoE VLANs. For a given fabric, you can have at least one
uplink of type FC (either of FCoE, FCDirectAttach, FC Gateway).
In Fabric mode, you can assign any untagged VLAN to Ethernet server ports that belong to a FCoE VLAN that has one or
more FC Gateway uplinks. The FC Gateway uplink is used to identify NPG (N Port Proxy Gateway) mode at the switch.
●
FC Direct Attach
—You can pick one or more ports from same IOM and associate a single network of FCoE type. This
type of uplink is for direct FC storage connectivity. For single fabric, user can have two FC DirectAttach uplink, one from
each IOM. Both IOMs must have different networks that is, different FCoE VLANs.
In Fabric mode, you can assign any untagged VLAN to Ethernet server ports that belong to a FCoE VLAN that has one or
more FC Direct attach uplinks. The FC Direct attach uplink is used to identify F-Port mode at the switch.
●
Ethernet
—You can pick one or more Ethernet ports across switches to form a LAG. The network can be of any type.
Also, you must configure
Spanning Tree
on the upstream network switch.
5.
Select
Include in Uplink Failure Detection Group
. and click
Next
.
SmartFabric Services
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