Dell SmartFabric Services User Guide Release 10.5.5

Static server onboarding

SFS supports static onboarding of server on assigned ports instead of LLDP-based discovery. This option is used for onboarding servers that are not discovered by SFS.

To statically onboard a server, you must assign an interface of the leaf switch to which the server is onboarded. See Onboard nondiscovered server interfaces section in Onboard a Server for more information about static onboarding using SFS UI.

Configuration notes:

• STP is disabled on the server-connected ports.
• The bonding can be static or LACP.
• All existing bonding modes are supported on a statically onboarded server.
• VXLAN does not support STP on access ports and it is not applicable for L3 Fabric. For the VXLAN type of network, you cannot configure STP; the network topology must remain loop free.
• All existing network types are allowed to be onboarded on statically onboarded servers.
• Since onboarding is static, when server is moved there is no support for moving the configurations along with the server.
• The port-role for the statically onboarded server is EndHost or GenericEndHost.
• When the server profile or server interface profile is deleted, all the impacted interfaces are brought to default configuration.