Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking SmartFabric Deployment How to Define VLANs

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:
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:

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