Onboard a server onto the fabric
For more information about server onboarding types, see
Server discovery and onboarding. You can onboard a server statically or dynamically.
Onboard discovered interfaces
Use the following procedure to dynamically onboard a discovered server:
- From
Server Interface tab, click
Create.
- Enter the server interface ID.
NOTE The server interface ID must be unique. Dell Technologies recommends using the MAC address of the onboarded server interface without ":" .
- Select the server profile. The template changes based on the server profile selection.
- Existing server profile—Select the server profile ID from the list.
- New server profile—Create a profile ID. Enter the unique string for the server profile ID and the bonding type.
- Select one or multiple networks for tagged and untagged networks.
- Select
No for static onboarding.
- Select Enable or Disable for NIC bonding.
- Click
Create.
Onboard nondiscovered server interfaces
Use the following procedure to onboard the server statically for nondiscovered server interfaces:
- From
Server Interface tab, click
Create.
- Enter the server interface ID.
NOTE The server interface ID must be unique. Dell Technologies recommends using the MAC address of the onboarded server interface without ":" .
- Select the server profile. The template changes based on the server profile selection.
- Existing server profile—Select the server profile ID from the list.
- New server profile—Create a profile ID. Enter the unique string for the server profile ID and the bonding type.
- Select one or multiple networks that needs be tagged and untagged.
- Select Enable or Disable for NIC bonding.
- Select
Yes for static onboarding.
- Select the leaf switch and the interface on which the server is connected.
- Select the routing protocol. The template changes based on the routing protocol.
- None
- eBGP—Enter the routing policy name, peer interface IP address, peer ASN, description (optional), and BFD configuration.
- Static Route—Enter the routing policy name, network address, prefix length, next hop IP address, and description (optional).
- Click
Create.