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Dell SmartFabric Services User Guide Release 10.5.3

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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:

  1. From Server Interface tab, click Create.
  2. 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 ":" .
  3. 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.
  4. Select one or multiple networks for tagged and untagged networks.
  5. Select No for static onboarding.
  6. Select Enable or Disable for NIC bonding.
  7. Click Create.

Onboard nondiscovered server interfaces

Use the following procedure to onboard the server statically for nondiscovered server interfaces:

  1. From Server Interface tab, click Create.
  2. 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 ":" .
  3. 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.
  4. Select one or multiple networks that needs be tagged and untagged.
  5. Select Enable or Disable for NIC bonding.
  6. Select Yes for static onboarding.
  7. Select the leaf switch and the interface on which the server is connected.
  8. 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).
  9. Click Create.

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