Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Series - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

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Networking Architecture Guide
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Chapter 1 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Platform Overview 4
PowerEdge MX models and components .............................................................. 5
PowerEdge MX7000 (front) ................................................................................... 5
PowerEdge MX7000 (rear) .................................................................... 9
PowerEdge MX7000 chassis fabric slots ............................................................. 16
Chapter 2 OpenManage Enterprise - Modular Console 18
Introduction ......................................................................................................... 19
PowerEdge MX7000 initial deployment ............................................................... 19
PowerEdge MX7000 Multi-Chassis Management groups .................................... 19
PowerEdge MX7000 OME-M component management ...................................... 22
Chapter 3 PowerEdge MX Scalable Fabric Architecture 25
Scalable Fabric architecture ................................................................................ 26
QSFP28 double density connectors .................................................................... 28
Interfaces and port groups .................................................................................. 29
Embedded Top of Rack switching ....................................................................... 33
Scalable Fabric OS10EE CLI Commands ........................................................... 35
Chapter 4 PowerEdge MX Ethernet Switch Operating Modes 36
Operating modes description .............................................................................. 37
PowerEdge MX7000 SmartFabric topologies ...................................................... 39
SmartFabric uplink topologies ............................................................................. 41
Deploying a SmartFabric ..................................................................................... 46
Appendix A Additional Guidelines and Equipment Details 49
Scalable Fabric restrictions and guidelines ......................................................... 50
Supported cables and optical connectors ............................................................ 57
Rate limited 32 Gb Fibre Channel ....................................................................... 64
Spanning Tree Protocol recommendations ......................................................... 65
NIC teaming restrictions ...................................................................................... 66
PowerEdge MX IOM slot support matrix .............................................................. 67
PTM port mapping............................................................................................... 69
Examples of unsupported Scalable Fabric topologies ......................................... 71
Appendix B Additional Information 74
Documentation and Support ................................................................................ 75