Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking SmartFabric Deployment How to Define VLANs
Summary: How to create and configure VLANs in the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking SmartFabric infrastructure.
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Contents
1. Define VLANs
2. Define VLANs for FCoE
Define VLANs
Prerequisites
Before creating the SmartFabric, the initial set of VLANs should be created. The first VLAN should be the default, or native VLAN, typically VLAN 1. The default VLAN must be created for any untagged traffic to cross the fabric.
NOTE: VLAN 1 is created as a Default VLAN when the first fabric is created.
Steps
1. Open the OME-M console.
2. From the navigation menu, click Configuration > VLANs.
NOTE: In OME-M 1.10.20 and earlier, the VLANs screen is titled Networks.
3. In the VLANs pane, click Define.
4. In the Define Network window, complete the following:
a. Enter a name for the VLAN in the Name box. In this example, Printers was used.
b. Optionally, enter a description in the Description box. In this example, the description Company A General Purpose was used.
c. Enter the VLAN number in the VLAN ID box. In this example, 1001 was entered.
d. From the Network Type list, select the wanted network type. In this example, General Purpose (Bronze) was used.
e. Click Finish.
Results
The following figure shows VLAN 1 and VLAN 10 after being created using the previous steps.
Define VLANs for FCoE
NOTE: Define VLANs for FCoE if implementing Fibre Channel configurations. Skip this section if not required.
A standard Ethernet uplink carries assigned VLANs on all physical uplinks. When implementing FCoE, traffic for SAN path A and SAN path B must be kept separate. The storage arrays have two separate controllers which create two paths, SAN path A and SAN path B, connected to the MX9116n FSE. For storage traffic to be redundant, two separate VLANs are created for that traffic.
Using the same process that is described in Define VLANs, create two additional VLANs for FCoE traffic.
NOTE: To create VLANs for FCoE, from the Network Type list, select Storage - FCoE, and then click Finish. VLANs used for FCoE must be configured as the Storage - FCoE network type.
NOTE: In OME-M 1.10.20 and earlier, the VLANs screen is titled Networks.
Related Content
For more details, see the Define VLANs and Define VLANs for FCoE section of our Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking Deployment Guide
See this list below of related articles in this series with embedded how to videos:
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking SmartFabric Deployment How to Create the SmartFabric
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking SmartFabric Deployment How to Define VLANs
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking SmartFabric Deployment How to Configure Port Breakout
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking SmartFabric Deployment How to Create an Uplink
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking SmartFabric Deployment How to Create Identity Pools
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking SmartFabric Deployment How to Deploy a Template
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking SmartFabric Deployment How to Create Fibre Channel Uplinks
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Affected Products
MX Series, Dell EMC Networking MX5108n, Dell EMC Networking MX7116n, Dell EMC Networking MX9116nArticle Properties
Article Number: 000192276
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 30 Nov 2021
Version: 2
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