Dell EMC SmartFabric Services with PowerEdge Servers, PowerStore Storage Appliance, and Isilon Storage

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  Notes, cautions, and warnings

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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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  OpenManage Network Integration
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  Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
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  Dell EMC Isilon
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  Dell EMC PowerStore
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  Typographical conventions

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  Supported switches
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  Hardware used in this guide

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  Topology
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  Production topology with SmartFabric
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  Production topology connection details
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  OOB management topology
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  OOB management connection details
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  Isilon back-end network topology

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  Minimum requirements
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  Unsupported environments
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  Unsupported features
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  Production topology deployment options
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  Uplink options
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  External switches
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  Networks and IP addresses
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  DNS server records

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  Cabling
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  Configure leaf switch OOB management interfaces
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  Enable SmartFabric
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  Connect to the SmartFabric UI
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  Update fabric and switch names

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  Expand SmartFabric to multirack
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  Configure management settings for new switches
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  Add switches to the SmartFabric
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  Connect to the SmartFabric UI in multirack
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  Configure additional rack and switch names

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  Configure L2 uplinks to the external network
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  Configure L2 uplinks in SFS
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  Configure external switches for L2 connections
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  Validation of L2 connections
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  Configure L3 routed uplinks to external network
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  BGP example
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  Static route example
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  Configure external switches for L3 connections
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  Validation of BGP example
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  Validation of static route example
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  Configure L3 VLAN with static routes
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  L3 uplink verification
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  Configure external switches for L3 VLAN connections
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  Validation of static route example for L3 VLAN uplinks

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  Onboard the first ESXi server onto the fabric
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  Onboard ESXi server interfaces
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  Additional configuration steps for L3 uplinks
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  Configure the first ESXi server
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  Configure the ESXi VM_Network
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  Deploy vCenter
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  Virtual distributed switch

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  Deploy and Configure OMNI
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  Deploy the OMNI VM
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  Configure OMNI
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  Add a SmartFabric service instance
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  Register OMNI with a vCenter instance

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  Topology
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  Prerequisites
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  Onboard ESXi server – ESXi node 2
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  Verify the virtual network on Leaf-1A and Leaf-1B
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  Verify networks using OMNI

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  Topology
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  Prerequisites
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  Onboard a Windows Server
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  Verify the virtual networks on Leaf-1A and Leaf-1B for the Windows server
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  Ping the host from the onboarded server

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  Topology
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  Prerequisites
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  Onboard PowerStore X interfaces onto the fabric
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  Deploy PowerStore X
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  Validate the PowerStore X cluster

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  Topology
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  Prerequisites
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  Onboard PowerStore T interfaces onto the fabric
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  Deploy PowerStore T
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  iSCSI configuration on hosts
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  iSCSI configuration on PowerStore manager
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  Create datastore for the ESXi host

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  Topology
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  Prerequisites
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  Onboard Isilon nodes using OMNI
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  Isilon interface verification
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  Map drive in VM

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  Add a new port group to the SmartFabric
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  Validation of the virtual network
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  Moving L3 uplinks to spine switches
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  BGP ASNs and router IDs
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  Point-to-point IP networks
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  Configure L3 uplinks in OMNI
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  Configuration of external switches
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  Validation
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  Remove uplinks from leafs

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  Validated Components

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  Breakout Interface
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  Determine the port group
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  Change the port group speed in the SFS UI
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  Change the port group speed in the OMNI UI

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  Overview
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  Build the cluster
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  Add subsequent Isilon nodes
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  Configure LACP to each node
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  Configure SMB share
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  Set up DNS for SmartConnect
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  SmartConnect load balancing

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  Additional Configuration for L3 VLAN Uplink

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  Configure General Purpose Networks Using OMNI
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  Alternate method to create general-purpose networks using port group in vDS
  • Alternate method to create general-purpose networks using port group in vDS

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  Configure VxLAN Networks Using OMNI
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  Update L3 networks using OMNI

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  OMNI Plug-in Upgrade

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  Set MTU in Dell EMC PowerStore Manager

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  Switch Validation Commands

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  Verify Preferred Leader Setting Before Fabric Expansion

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  Technical resources
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  Fabric Design Center
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  Support and feedback