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MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration Guide Abstract This document provides the steps for integrating Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking switches in SmartFabric mode with the Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) environment. It also includes steps to configure the Cisco Application - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 2
of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners. Dell believes the information in this document is accurate as of its publication date. The information is subject to change without notice. 2 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 3
and Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) Domain Integration 35 4.2.18 Create a Contract Filter ...39 4.2.19 Create a Contract ...40 4.2.20 Apply the contract to the VRF ...41 3 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 4
servers...46 4.4.1 Create Server Templates ...46 4.4.2 Add VLANs to the server templates ...46 4.4.3 Deploy the Server show class-map...59 5.3 SmartFabric Services - Troubleshooting commands 60 5.3.1 show smartfabric ...62 4 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 5
Nexus C9336-PQ ...70 B Validated components ...71 B.1 Dell EMC PowerSwitch...71 B.2 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 chassis and components 71 B.3 Cisco ACI components ...72 C Technical resources ...73 D Support and feedback ...74 5 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 6
Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 network operating system includes SmartFabric Services. SmartFabric Services is a network automation and orchestration solution that is fully integrated with the MX Platform. Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 chassis 6 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 7
understanding of the PowerEdge MX platform. SmartFabric mode, SmartFabric Services (SFS), Full Switch mode, and Scalable Fabric are each defined in the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide. Note: For an overview of hardware components supported in this document - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 8
from a closed, proprietary stack to open hardware supporting various operating systems. Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 is designed to allow multi-layered -specific policy management • Network availability and QoS • Network automation 8 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 9
Monospace Text Commands entered at the CLI prompt, or to highlight information in CLI output Bold text UI elements and information entered in the GUI 9 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 10
coverage of all instructions in the guide. Note: While some steps can be performed in a different order than shown in the table, this guide was validated using MX Chassis and upstream switches Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide, section 3.2 Hardware ☐ 2 - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 11
Server Templates Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide, section 4.3 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide, section 4.5 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide, section 5.2 Dell EMC PowerEdge - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 12
all of the server, network, and Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide. For more information about cabling the PowerEdge MX, see the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking Architecture Guide and the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 13
with the corresponding bridge domain and application EPG names used in APIC configuration in this guide. Network information VLAN ID VLAN name Gateway IP address/mask 1611 ESXi_Mgmt 172.16.11 appBD1 appEPG1 dbBD1 dbEPG1 13 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 14
to FEM (200GbE) PowerEdge MX connected to Cisco ACI leaf switches Note: For information about supported cable types for this example, such as QSFP+ and QSFP28DD, see the PowerEdge MX I/O Guide and Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Network Architecture Guide. 14 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 15
39-40 1 5 71/1 71/3 37-38 39-40 MX9116n-2 71/1 71/3 15 MX740c-1-1 MX740c-1-3 MX840c-2-1 MX740c-2-3 APIC-1 R730xd-03 mgmt vc01 VMs app-03 web-03 app-04 web-04 db-01 db- 4 as they are transparent to the topology. 15 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 16
are running VMware ESXi 6.7.0. To install ESXI on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers, follow the instructions on Installation of VMware ESXi on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers. VMs named "web," "app," and "db 172.16.15.1-4 172.16.16.1-4 16 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 17
configuration The Cisco APIC configuration includes the ports connected to the R730xd rack servers and the vPC that connects to the MX9116n FSE VLT port channel. This as a static path binding for an EPG for use with servers. 17 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 18
Range 9. Click OK and then Submit. 4.2.2 Create a Physical Domain A physical domain acts as a link between the VLAN pool and the Access Entity Profile (AEP). 18 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 19
field, click Add(+) icon. 5. Select physDomain1 (created above in step 4.2.2) and then click Update. 6. Click Next and then Finish. Create Attachable Access Entity Profile 19 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 20
Profile drop-down, select AEP1 (created above in step 4.2.3). 5. From the Port Channel Policy drop-down, select LACPPol1 (created above in step 4.2.4). 6. Click Submit. 20 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 21
Port Policy Group. 3. In the Name field, enter LeafHostPortGrp1. 4. From the Attached Entity Profile drop-down, select AEP1 (created above in step 4.2.3). 5. Click Submit. 21 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 22
interface profile is created, and access port selectors connect the interfaces to the policy groups. 1. Go to Fabric > Access Policies > Interfaces > Leaf Interfaces > Profiles. 22 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 23
b. From the Interface IDs, enter 1/1-3. These ports are connected directly to the R730xd servers. c. From the Interface Policy Group drop-down, select LeafHostPortGrp1 (created above in step above in step 4.2.5) and click OK. 23 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 24
, enter 101. 6. From the VPC Domain Policy drop-down, select vPCDom1 (created above in step 4.2.8). 7. For Switch 1, select the first leaf switch, 101/Leaf1. 24 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 25
Leaf Selectors, click the Add(+) to create a Leaf Selector: a. In the Name field, enter LeafSel1. b. Blocks - select switches 101 and 102 and click Update. 25 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 26
Create Leaf Profile c. Click Next. d. From the Interface Selector Profiles, select LeafIntProf1 (created above in step 4.2.7), then click Finish. e. Leaf 101 and 102 display in the Leaf Profile shown in Figure 17. 26 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 27
Choose Interface selector profile 4.2.11 Create a Tenant To create a Tenant: 1. Go to Tenants > Add Tenant. 2. In the Name field, enter Customer-TN1. 3. Click Submit. 27 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 28
on VRFs and select Create VRF. 3. In the Name field, enter VRF1. 4. Click to deselect the Create a Bridge Domain option and then click Finish. 28 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 29
, enter the name of the first bridge domain, webBD1. 4. From the VRF drop-down, select VRF1 (created above in step 4.2.12), and click Next. 29 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 30
field, enter 172.16.14.254/24 for the address and mask for the bridge domain. Leave the remaining values at their defaults settings. 30 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 31
to Tenants > Customer-TN1 > Application Profiles. 2. Right-click on Application Profiles and select Create Application Profile. 3. In the Name field, enter ap1. 4. Click Submit. 31 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 32
Create Application EPGs End point groups (EPGs) are logically grouped hosts or servers that share similar policies and perform similar functions within the fabric. Note: Domain drop-down, select webBD1. 5. Click Finish. 32 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 33
the necessary information. 1. Go to Fabric > Access policies > Policies > Global > Attachable Access Entity Profiles. 2. Form the profiles listed, select AEP1 (created above in step 4.2.3). 33 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 34
menu, select webEPG1. d. In the Encap field, enter vlan-1614. e. Leave the Primary Encap field blank. f. From the Mode menu, select Trunk. g. Click Update. 34 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 35
Attachable Entity Profile menu, select AEP-1. 6. Select VLAN Pool. In this example VLANPool1 is selected. A new VLAN pool can also be created and attached. 35 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 36
Credentials listing, click the Add(+) icon. a. In the Name field, enter vCenter-Credentials. b. In the Username field, enter [email protected]. c. In the fields provided, enter and confirm Password, then click OK. 36 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 37
Management EPG field is optional. New Management EPG can also be created and associated by choosing Create EPG under Tenant mgmt from this menu. 37 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 38
Create vCenter Controller 9. Select the Port Channel Mode, vSwitch Policy and NetFlow Exporter Policy as per configuration. For this example, these options are not required. 10. Click Submit. 38 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 39
Name field, enter Allow. b. Select the IP as EtherType. c. Leave remaining items at their defaults and click Update and then Submit. Create contract Filter 39 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 40
. 5. In the Name field, enter AllowAllSub1. 6. In the Filters field, click the Add(+) icon. 7. Under filter Name, select AllowAllFilter1 (created above in step 4.2.18). 40 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 41
). b. Click Update. 4. Next to Consumed Contracts listing, click the Add(+) icon: a. In the Name field, select AllowAllContract1 (created above in step 4.2.19). b. Click Update. 41 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 42
vMotion BD VLAN 1612 External devices vSAN EPG vSAN BD VLAN 1613 ... Bridge domains are associated with EPGs, which are mapped to external VLANs. 42 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 43
Purpose (Silver) Tagged Tagged Tagged Tagged Tagged Note: For instructions on Defining VLANs for the SmartFabric on OME-M console, see Section 4.2 - Define VLANs of the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide. Note: For information about network type and QoS group - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 44
a SmartFabric using the OME-M console, perform the following steps in Section 4.3 - Create the SmartFabric of the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide. The SmartFabric deployment takes several minutes to complete. During this time, the related IOMs reload, the - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 45
: To change the port speed or breakout configuration, see Section 4.4 - Configure uplink port speed or breakout of the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide and make those changes before creating the uplinks. No port breakout was used in this example. To create an - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 46
NIC • MX740c with Intel XXV710 NIC • MX840c with QLogic QL41232HMKR NIC Note: To create a server template, follow the steps in Section 5.2 - Create a server template of the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide. The templates created for this example are shown - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 47
added to server template Deploy the Server Templates To deploy the server templates, complete the steps in Section 5.6 - Deploy a server template of the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide. 47 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 48
related to configure vCenter. The MX compute sleds can now communicate with the rack servers and the vCenter, mgmtvc01. The MX compute sleds are joined to the vSphere cluster Networking with vSphere Distributed Switches. 48 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 49
Validated Design Documentation. Detailed vCenter configuration is beyond the scope of this document. For more information on vCenter configuration, see the VMware vSphere Documentation. 49 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 50
group (MLAG). The MLAG is called a vPC on the Cisco ACI side and a VLT on the PowerEdge MX side. The environment is depicted in Figure 44. Spine1 C9336-PQ 1 2 100GbE vPC peer environment using MX5108n Ethernet switches 50 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 51
as mentioned in Sections 4.2 through 4.5. Refer to these sections to deploy the ACI infrastructure on the MX7000 Chassis in SmartFabric mode using MX5108n switches. 51 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 52
. 3. Click the lead chassis image and then click Show Cabling. 4. Click the icons to view cable connections as shown in Figure 45. SmartFabric cabling 52 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 53
Uplinks, Switches, Servers, and ISL Links. Click the Switches link to view the switch health status as shown in Figure 47. SmartFabric switch status Click the Servers link to view the server health status as shown in Figure 48. 53 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 54
SmartFabric server status Select the Topology tab to view uplinks and fabric connections. Figure 49 shows the VLT port channel connection details display in the table at the bottom of the Topology page as shown in Figure 50. 54 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 55
, for example, IOM-A1. The IOM Overview page for that device displays. 4. On the IOM Overview page, click Hardware, and then click Port Information. 55 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 56
MX7116n FEMs service tag attached to the MX9116n FSEs and the associated port-group and virtual slot. MX9116n-1# show discovered-expanders Service Model Type Chassis Chassis-slot Port-group Virtual tag service-tag Slot-Id 56 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 57
255 vlt-port-detail vlt-port-channel ID : 1 VLT Unit ID Port-Channel Status Configured ports Active ports * 1 port-channel1 up 2 2 2 port-channel1 up 2 2 57 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 58
f4:e9:d4:f2:6f:da f4:e9:d4:f2:6f:da ethernet1/71/1 MX840c-2-1-idrac ST00000 NIC.Mezzanine.1A-1-1 d0:94:66:2d:b5:2c ethernet1/71/3 Not useful to verify the service policy created automatically by the SmartFabric deployment. 58 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 59
those configured for each VLAN. See Section 2.7 in the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide for more information on QoS groups. MX9116n-1# show policy-map Service-policy (application) input: policy-iscsi Service-policy (qos) input: PM_VLAN Class-map (qos): CM1611 - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 60
allow user to view various SmartFabric Services configuration information. These commands can also be used as troubleshooting purpose on SmartFabric OS10. These : VALID Placement Status : VALID Nodes : 87QLMR2, 87QMMR2 60 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 61
node that it belongs to. MX9116n-1# show smartfabric nodes Service-Tag Type Status Mode Chassis-Service Chassis-Slot Tag CBJWLN2 MX7116n NOT-APPLICABLE CF54XM2 A1 87QLMR2 PLATINUM 1613 61 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 62
5.4.1 Verify vPC configuration Verify the vPC connection from the Cisco ACI fabric to the Dell MX SmartFabric VLT, as shown in Figure 52, that it is up and properly shows as Up. Cisco ACI vPC port channel and interfaces 62 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 63
the servers are up and properly configured to allow designated VLANs and EPGs. To verify the configuration, perform the following steps: 1. In the APIC GUI, go to Fabric > Inventory > Pod 1 > Leaf name > Interfaces > Physical Interfaces as shown in Figure 54. 63 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 64
in the left navigational panel, click the VLANs tab in the navigation window as shown in Figure 55. Cisco ACI interface VLANs and EPGs 64 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 65
In the APIC GUI, Go to Virtual Networking > VMM Domains > VMware > VDS-ACI, click the Operational option on the top right corner. The vCenter-server and its details such as number of hypervisors and virtual machines, displays. 65 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 66
about vCenter server and its associated credentials, go to Virtual Networking > VMM Domains > VMware > VDS-ACI > Controllers > vCenter-Server. This shows the Datacenter, Management EPG, and Associated Credential details. 66 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 67
vCenter-Server Detail 4. Choose vCenter-Server, then DVS-VDS-ACI to see the details about Distributed Virtual Switch. Distributed Virtual Switch (DVS) details 67 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 68
ping all other VMs in the topology. Figure 61 shows the VM named app-01, located in a rack server, successfully pinging the VMs named web03 and db-04, which are located on MX compute sleds. Verifying connectivity between VMs 68 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 69
rack-mounted networking switches supported by the examples in this guide. For detailed information about the hardware components related to the MX platform, see the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking Architecture Guide. Dell EMC PowerSwitch S3048-ON management switch The Dell EMC PowerSwitch S3048-ON - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 70
example in this guide. Cisco Nexus C9336-PQ The Cisco Nexus C9336-PQ switch is a 2-RU switch with thirty-six 40GbE QSFP+ ports. One Cisco Nexus C9336-PQ switch is used as a Cisco ACI spine switch in the example in this guide. 70 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 71
card or QLogic 2x25GbE QL41232HMKR mezzanine card - BIOS - iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller VMware ESXi (Dell EMC Customized) Version 2.6.13.3011 25.5.5.0005 18.5.17 (Intel) or 14.07.07 (QLogic) 1.6.11 3.22.22.22 6.7.0 71 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 72
B.3 Cisco ACI components Cisco ACI components Qty Item 1 Cisco APIC 1 Cisco Nexus C9336-PQ spine switch 2 Cisco Nexus C93180YC-EX leaf switches Version 4.0(3d) n9000-14.0(3d) n9000-14.0(3d) 72 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration Guide with Cisco ACI - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 73
C Technical resources Dell EMC Networking Guides Dell EMC PowerEdge MX IO Guide Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Network Architecture Guide Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Deployment Video Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Deployment with Cisco ACI Video MX Port-Group Configuration Errors Video MX Port-Group - Dell PowerEdge MX840c | EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco ACI Integration G - Page 74
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Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric and Cisco
ACI Integration Guide
Abstract
This document provides the steps for integrating Dell EMC PowerEdge
MX Networking switches in SmartFabric mode with the Cisco Application
Centric Infrastructure (ACI) environment. It also includes steps to
configure the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC).
October 2019