Dell POWEREDGE M1000E - Manual (Page 300)

300 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
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Creating a logical fabric using XISLs
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Creating a logical fabric using XISLs
This procedure describes how to create a logical fabric using multiple chassis and XISLs and refers
to the configuration shown in
Figure 28 as an example.
FIGURE 28 Example of logical fabrics in multiple chassis and XISLs
Use the following procedure to create a logical fabric using XISLs:
1. Set up the base switches in each chassis:
a. Connect to the physical chassis and log in using an account with the chassis-role
permission.
b. Enable the Virtual Fabrics feature, if it is not already enabled. See “Enabling
Virtual Fabrics mode” on page 290 for instructions.
Enabling Virtual Fabrics automatically creates the default logical switch, with FID 128. All
ports in the chassis are assigned to the default logical switch.
c. Create a base switch and assign it a fabric ID that will become the FID of the base fabric.
See “Creating a logical switch or base switch” on page 292 for instructions on creating a
base switch.
For the example shown in Figure 28 , you would create a base switch with fabric ID 8.
d. Assign ports to the base switch, as described in “Adding and moving ports on a logical
switch” on page 295.
e. Repeat step a through step d in all chassis that are to participate in the logical fabric.
2. Physically connect ports in the base switches to form XISLs.
3. Enable all of the base switches. This forms the base fabric.