Dell SmartFabric Services User Guide Release 10.5.3

SFS and supported solutions

SFS has different levels of integration with the following qualified solutions. See the Solutions Support Matrix for the latest supported versions for all the qualified solutions.

Dynamic Discovery—Devices that support dynamic discovery send an LLDP TLV. Devices that do not send the LLDP TLV must be manually added to the fabric.

Onboarding—Onboarding is the process of adding devices to the fabric through the server interface profiles creation. Supported devices are automatically populated in the SFS GUI and OMNI by MAC address, switch, and switch port number for onboarding to the fabric. For VxRail, the SFS and VxRail Manager automates the onboarding process. You can also manually onboard the VxRail using Import from Fabric option. PowerStore systems support dynamic discovery and you can onboard the server using the Import from Fabric feature in SFS and OMNI, see Import SmartFabric discovered server interfaces. Hosts running ESXi may be onboarded using the Import from fabric option only if the hosts are already connected to vCenter. Other devices are manually onboarded by specifying the switch and switch port number for each interface, see Create server interface profile.