Fabric Manager for XC Xpress User’s Guide Dell Engineering September 2017 A Dell User’s Guide
Revisions Date Description June 2017 Initial release September Updated most references to Fabric Manager naming conventions, and limiting guide to XC Xpress. The information in this publication is provided “as is.” Dell Inc. makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the information in this publication, and specifically disclaims implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
Table of contents Revisions .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 3 1 About Fabric Manager .................................................................................................................................................................. 4 2 Prerequisites ................................................................................
1 About Fabric Manager Fabric Manager is a network validation tool. Run the tool using your management workstation. This tool confirms if your network switch is on the recommended switch list and confirms network configuration settings are ready to begin deployment. Currently, this tool is only validated on a Windows workstation and for use with XC Xpress appliances. Note: If Fabric Manager does not validate your switch, this may not mean your switch is unsupported by XC solutions.
2 Prerequisites The following information is required before running Fabric Manager: Switch IP address User ID and password for the switch Enable SSH feature in the switch. (Refer to the Deployment Guide to enable/disable SSH) A Windows workstation Note: After running this validation tool, for security reasons disable SSH. 2.1 Supported network switch list Table 1 shows verified network switches that are easily validated by Fabric Manager. Table 1 2.
2.3 Launching Fabric Manager XC Xpress supports a list of validated switches. To validate the design of your switch and its configured switch settings, run Fabric Manager using your management workstation. 1. At the command prompt, navigate to the location where the tool is installed and run the executable. a. On windows the executable ptfmcli.exe is located at: C:\Dell_OEM\DellPowerToolsFabricManager Usage: Windows : ptfmcli.exe [OPTIONS] OPTIONS: Figure 1 2. 3. 4.
5. Figure 2 6. 7 The tool prompts your permission to configure a logical interface to verify the IPv4/IPv6 capability and remove the configured logical interface after the test. If you select “yes”, the tool continues with all the tests including verifying ipv4/v6 capabilities. Screen display if you select yes. If you select “no” for this option, the tool skips the two tests (IPv4 and IPv6 capability) and continue with the remaining steps.
If your switch is not a validated switch by Fabric Manager, you see the screen in Figure 3. Figure 3 7. 2.4 Fabric Manager output when the switch is not a validated switch. When you have completed and passed the test, Dell recommends that you disable SSH. SSH is only required to run the test. Viewing the Fabric Manager report After Fabric Manager runs all the tests, it updates the log file and creates a report file in the same directory location of where Fabric Manager is located.
Figure 4 Sample report message. Table 2 Report messages definition Term Definition Switch Model Displays the switch type, model and the current operating system version on the switch. If your switch is not a validated switch by Fabric Manager, manually verify you have the items in section 1.3. If that fails, contact your Dell sales representative to purchase the proper switch. Switch Type Specifies whether the switch is capable of 1 G, 10 G or 40 G. XC deployment requires a minimum of 1 G.
Term Definition IP routing Tool that reports the configured routes on the switch. Firewall Check This test only executes if the tool detects that it is running on Windows XC node. XC needs the following ports to be open for the foundation and discovery to work properly. The tool will open these ports on Windows firewall.
