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Dell SmartFabric Services User Guide Release 10.5.3

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Breakout switch ports

You can configure breakouts for the Ethernet ports or port-group only on the leaf switches to connect to the external device or jump host. Use the following procedure to breakout switch ports:

NOTE By default, the auto breakout feature is enabled in SmartFabric spine switches. SFS GUI does not provide an option to breakout ports in spine switches.
  1. From Switches tab, click Leaf Switches.
  2. Select a leaf switch from the list for which you want to breakout.
  3. Click Breakout Port & Jump Port category.
  4. Select a port that you want to breakout and click Breakout Port.
    NOTE The existing configuration of the port is reset to default when you configure a breakout port.
  5. Select the appropriate breakout option for the port from the list.
  6. Click Submit. To view the details of the breakout ports, select a port to view the properties of the port.

    The system displays breakout port configured successful or failure message.

When configuring breakout on any switch port that is already onboarded with server interface profile and associated with networks, follow the procedure:

Table 1. Breakout procedureBreakout procedure
Steps Action How to
1 Delete the server interface profile from the fabric to delete the networks associated with the service interface profile.
  1. Click the Server Interface tab, and select the server interface profile from the list.
  2. Click Delete.
2 Disable admin status of all the ports associated with the switch port-group.
  1. From Switches tab, select the respective leaf switch > Unused Ports.
  2. Select all the ports associated with the port-group and click Disable Admin Status.
3 Configure breakout mode for the port.
  1. From Switches tab, select respective leaf switch > Breakout Port & Jump Port.
  2. Select the interface and click Breakout Port.
  3. Select the breakout mode and click Submit.

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