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Page 1: Dell FTOS 01 Product Overview

Dell Force10 Product Overview

Module 1

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Dell Force10 Product Overview

• Explain the technical features of: – Dell Force10 Z9000 – Dell Force10 E-Series – Dell Force10 C-Series – Dell Force10 S-Series – Dell Force10 MXL

• Hardware Overview • Hardware Architecture • Capacities & Scalability • Recognize the capacity

capabilities and constraints of the different platforms

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Campus, branch, mobility

Our Framework for the Network Virtual Network Architecture (VNA)

Open networking framework for efficient IT infrastructure and

workload intelligence

• Converged infrastructure • Scalable fabrics • Automation and orchestration

• Anywhere, anytime access • BYOD, desktop virtualization • Ease-of-use manageability

Virtual Network Architecture

Data center

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Virtual Network Architecture Viewed physically and logically

Any Hypervisor OpenStack

Physical & Virtual Networking Resources

Automation, Orchestration

& Policy Control

Virtual Network & Fabric Management

SDN Controller

Connection Abstraction Layer

Enterprise IT Services

Network services

Security (Firewall, IDS/IPS)

WAN Optimization

Load Balancer

Custom Application

SDN Data Plane

WAN/Core

Aggregation/TOR

Access/Wireless

Virtual Switch

Blade Infrastructure

Rack Infrastructure

Physical View Logical View

Network Fabric

Data Center Software

Converged Infrastructure

Campus Networking

Public Cloud

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Management

Access, aggregation, core

6200

8100 8024

7000

5500

2800

Wireless controller and access point

W-600 Series W-3000 Series W-6000/M3

Outdoor

Indoor

Wireless guest access

and BYOD

W-series ClearPass

C150/300

Blade I/O

Core

M8428-k

Z9000

E600/E1200i

S4820T

S55

S60 S25N/S50N S25V/S50V

S25P

M6220 M6348 M8024-k

Force10 MXL

3500

Campus

Top-of-rack

Data center

Wireless instant access

points w/ built-in controller

S4810

VNA Product Elements Dell Networking product portfolio

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Z-Series Product Overview

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AFTER (DISTRIBUTED)*

New Paradigm for Scalable Fabric

INTERNET

Search

E1200 Switch / Routers

S-Series Switch / Routers

BEFORE (CENTRALIZED)

Z9000 as 40GE Active Fabric Data Center Switch

Z9000 Spine Nodes or

S4810

Z9000 Leaf Nodes or S4810

Up to 16

Up to 32

32 x 40GbE Links

16 x

40GbE Uplinks

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Product Introduction

• Z9000 is a product optimized for high density 40GE and 10GE data center core application

• Key Differentiators

– Highest switching capacity (2.5Tbps) in a compact form factor (2RU)

– Highest density 10/40GE aggregation switch for Core application

– Compact product for End of Row aggregation application

– Plug and Play Core – restart or replace a switching node in distributed

core without losing entire switching fabric

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Product Overview Feature Overview

Chassis Compact (2RU)

Hardware Based on 640Gbps NPU and Intel Architecture

Dimensions 3.48” h x 17.32” w x 24" d

Ports (1) 32x40GE or (2) 128x10GE

Switching Capacity 2.5Tbps non blocking

Redundancy Fully redundant system – Power and Fan

Power AC and DC power

Hot Swap Hot swappable power supply and fans

Air Flow Front to back and back to Front

Buffering 54MB

Latency <3us (64 byte)

CPU 4 Core x86 CPU. 8GB DRAM

Power ~800W

FTOS L2, L3, Automation, Virtualization, VLT and EVB Ready

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Z9000 core system Peak performance, rock-bottom economics

Scaling the data center core up, down and out

• 2.5Tbps in 2RU footprint

• High-density networking

− 32 line rate 40GbE or − 128 line rate 10GbE

• Low power consumption

– 800 Watts Max (6.25W per 10GbE) – 600 Watts Typical (4.68W per

10GbE)

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Dell Force10 Z9000 High-density 10/40G fabric switch

Scaling the data center core up, down and out

• 2.5Tbps in 2RU footprint

• High-density networking – 32 line rate 40GbE or

– 128 line rate 10GbE

• Low power consumption – 800 Watts Max

(6.25W per 10GbE)

– 600 Watts Typical (4.68W per 10GbE)

Dell Force10 Z9000

Read the report Fabric Solutions www.force10networks.com/tollyreport

Product of the year award Internet Telephony

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E-Series Product Overview

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E1200i E1200 E600i Backplane Capacity 5 Tbps 5 Tbps 2.7 Tbps

Switching Capacity &

Full Mesh Forwarding

3.75 Tbps 2 BPPS

1.7 Tbps 1 BPPS

900 Gbps 500 MPPS

Size 2 Units/Rack DC = 36” (21 RU)AC = 42” (24 RU)

2 Units/Rack DC = 36” (21 RU)

3 Units/Rack 28” (16 RU)

RPMs Slots 2 2 2

Linecard Slots 14 14 7

SFM Slots 10 SFM3 (8 req’d) 9 SFM/SFM3 (8 req’d) 5 SFM3 (4 req’d)

Slot Capacity 112.5 Gbps/slot (FDX) 144 MPPS/slot

56.25 Gbps/slot (FDX) 72 MPPS/slot

112.5 Gbps/slot (FDX) 144 MPPS/slot

GigE Cu Linerate:Total 1260 : 1260 672 : 1260 630 : 630

GigE Fiber Linerate:Total 700 : 700 672 : 672 350 : 350

10 GigE Linerate:Total 140 : 560 56 : 224 70:70

Power Entry Modules DC: 1 + 1 AC: 3 (same row) + 3

DC: 1 + 1 DC: 1+1 AC: 3+1 (low line) 2+2 (high line)

Min FTOS Version EtherScale: n/a TeraScale: 7.5.1.0 ExaScale: 8.1.1.0

EtherScale: 5.1.1.0 TeraScale: 6.1.1.0 ExaScale: n/a

EtherScale: n/a TeraScale: 6.5.1.0 ExaScale: 8.1.1.0

Resiliency & Redundancy

Modular FTOS using a 3-CPU Architecture - Active/Standby RPMs, Switch Fabric, Passive Copper Backplane, ECC Memory, Redundant Power, Hot Swap, Designed for NEBS (1200/i), L2/L3 Hitless Failover

E-Series Switch Router Chassis

1-14 Confidential

The E-Series is Comprised of Different Chassis and I/O Cards

• Two Types of Chassis – 1st generation

– E600, E1200 – 2nd generation

– E600i, E1200i

• Third generation of RPMs and Line-cards – TeraScale (2nd generation)

– ExaScale (3rd generation)

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E1200 Chassis Current Support: TeraScale

Front

Rear

Linecards

Cable Management

Air Filter

Route Processing

Modules (RPM)

Switch Fabric

Modules (SFM)

Power Entry

Modules (PEM)

Fan Tray

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E1200i Front Side Physical Differences

E1200i-DC

(21 RU)

10 SFM Slots

9 SFM Slots

Cover Plates

AC Power Supply Bay

E1200i-AC

(24 RU)

E1200

(21 RU)

Cover Plates

10 SFM Slots

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RPMs Differences

RPM Type *Linecard Support

Flash Type

Mgt Port

USB Port

E600 E1200 600i 1200i

TeraScale (EF) (2nd Generation)

EF EG

CF 10/ 100

ExaScale (EH) (3rd Generation)

EH EJ

CF 10/ 100

A/B

*NOTE: EF/EG & EH/EJ are part of the software image naming convention.

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Line-card Models Types

• Both chassis types have Line Rate and High Density (HD) Cards – HD cards are oversubscribed

Chassis Type* CAM Description

TeraScale EF 18 Mb Single CAM

TeraScale EG 36 Mb Dual CAM

ExaScale EH 10 Mb Switch Line-card

ExaScale EJ 40 Mb Router Line-card - offers full IPv4 Internet Route

capability - dedicated IPv6 Route capability - MPLS support

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Switch Fabric Modules (SFM)

• SFM – E300/E600/E1200

– 8:1 redundant (E600 & E1200) – 112.5 Gbps per slot for TeraScale cards with 3.125

Gbps clocking

• SFM3

– E1200i/E600i as well as non-”i” chassis – Provides 225 Gbps per slot for 3rd generation line

cards with 6.25 Gbps clocking

– 25W less power consumption than SFMs at 3.125 Gbps clocking

• A chassis (non-”i”) can not use both SFM and SFM3 at the same time

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C-Series Product Overview

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C150 Chassis Details

• 9 RU chassis • 768 Gbps fabric switching capacity • 6 modular slots

– 2 slots for RPMs with integrated switching fabrics – 4 line card slots

• Fan tray with redundant fans – Side to side chassis airflow

• 6 load sharing power AC supplies – 1200 W AC each – Front to back PSM airflow – Supports PoE(future)

• 2 load sharing power DC supplies – 1400 W DC each – Front to back PEM airflow – No PoE support

• Hot insertion and removal of all components • RPMs, line cards and PSMs are shared common components for the C-

Series product line – C150 and C300 chassis and fan trays are different

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C300 Chassis Details

• 13 RU chassis • 1.536 Tbps fabric switching capacity • 10 modular slots

– 2 slots for RPMs with integrated switching fabrics – 8 line card slots

• Fan tray with redundant fans – Side to side chassis airflow

• 8 load sharing AC power supplies – 1200 W AC each – Front to back PSM airflow – Supports PoE (future)

• 2 load sharing power DC supplies – 1400 W DC each – Front to back PEM airflow – No PoE support

• Hot insertion and removal of all components • RPMs, line cards and PSMs are shared common components for the C-Series

product line – C150 and C300 chassis and fan trays are different

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C-Series RPM Details

• CPU – IBM 640 MHz PowerPC

750FX

• Memory

– 1 GB RAM – 128 KB NVRAM

– 512 MB internal CompactFlash (flash:)

– External CompactFlash slot (slot0:)

Console Pinout

Pin 1 Not Used

Pin 2 DTR

Pin 3 TxD

Pin 4 GND

Pin 5 GND

Pin 6 RxD

Pin 7 DSR

Pin 8 Not Used

• Console – RJ45 RS232 port (DTE) – Same as the E-Series – Requires

– DB9 to RJ45 adaptor (included)

– Rollover RJ45 cable (not included)

• Management Ethernet

– 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 – Auto-sensing, auto-MDIX

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High Availability Features

• Redundant RPMs

• Hitless failover when traffic is on the same line card

• Functional with a single RPM

• Installing a 2nd RPM comes on-line as the standby RPM, but can handle half of the traffic, if needed

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C-Series Line Cards 48-port Line-rate 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45

Auto-negotiation, auto-MDI/MDIX

48-port Line-rate 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 with PoE

Auto-negotiation, auto-MDI/MDIX

Up to 15.4 W per port

48-port Line-rate 100M/GbE SFP

100Base-FX, 1000Base-SX, 1000Base-LX, 1000Base-ZX and 1000Base-T SFP modules

4-port Line-rate 10 GbE XFP

SR, LR, ER, ZR, DWDM and CX4 XFP modules

8-port Line-rate 10 GbE XFP

SR, LR, ER, ZR, DWDM and CX4 XFP modules

46-port FlexMedia (36 x 10/100/1000Base-T, 8 x 100M/GbE SFP, 2 x 10 GbE SFP+)

Auto-negotiation, auto-MDI/MDIX (standard, or with PoE up to 15.4 W per port)

100Base-FX, 1000Base-SX, 1000Base-LX, 1000Base-ZX and 1000Base-T SFP modules

SR and LR SFP+ modules

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FlexMedia Line Card Overview

8 ports SFP

24 + 12 ports 10/100/1000Base-T (standard or with PoE)

2 ports 10 GbE SFP+

The first 24 10/100/1000Base-T ports are always line-rate

The ports on the right side of the card can be oversubscribed

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S-Series Overview

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Dell Force10 S-Series 4810 High Density 1RU ToR Switch • Up to 64 ports 10GbE in 1RU

– 48-port 10GbE switch

– Plus 4 x 40GbE ports

– Ultra low latency (<700ns)

– 9 MB packet buffer

– 1.25 Tbps switching capacity

– Low power consumption <800watts

• Mature Layer 2, Layer 3 FTOS operating system

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S4810 I/O Ports

S4810 40GbE QSFP+ ports can be “split” into four 10GbE SFP+ ports

S4810 Chassis – I/O side (Back)

RJ45/Console

48 x 10GbE Ports

4 x 40GbE

40GbE QSFP+ Port

10GbE

40GbE

40GbE QSFP+ connectors

“split”

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Ideal Applications for the S4810

Top-of-Rack Switch for servers with 10GbE NICs

End-of-Row Switch

Core Switch for Small Network

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Dell Force10 S4820T switch

• 1/10/40G 10GBase-T top-of-rack switch

• Fully-featured FTOS-powered top-of-rack switch

• Supports 1G and 10G copper interfaces (up to 64 ports)

• 40G fabric uplinks (max 4 ports)

• Built-in automation support for (bare metal provisioning, scripting, programmatic management)

• Built-in virtualization support (VMware, Citrix)

Accelerate 1G to 10G migration

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Dell Force10 S4820T switch

• High-density, 1RU 48-port 1/10G

BASE-T switch

• 4 X 40GbE uplinks with non-blocking

line-rate performance

• Dell Force10 Operating System

(FTOS)

• Optimized for iSCSI, DCB and ToR

applications

– Dell 12G rack servers

– Blade servers with Force10 MXL

– Storage solutions.

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S4820T I/O Ports

• 48 fixed 10Gbps ports • 4 fixed QSFP+ ports • 1 USB-B 2.0 port

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• 44 port 10/100/1000Base-T fixed ports (ports 0-43)

• 4 SFP fixed ports (ports 44-47)

• 2 Optional Slots – 1 on I/O Side & 1 on PSU Side

– 2 port 10GbE, SFP+ Module

– 2 port 12G Stacking Module

– 1 port 24G Stacking Module

S60 – I/O Ports

44 x 10/100/1000Base-T ports 4 SFP ports Front Optional Module

Slot

Stack Unit display

Management

Console

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Dell Force10 S-Series S60: Ideal for Virtualized Data Centers

• 1 RU, 48 Port 10/100/1000Base-T & 2 Optional Slots

• Ultra Large, Tunable 1.25GB buffer

• Stack up to 8 units – 192Gbps switching capacity

• Mature FTOS operating system

• NEBs Level 3 certified – important to service providers

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• 48-port GbE switch

– 44 ports 10/100/1000Base-T

– 4 ports SFP

• Optional module slots – hot-swappable – 2x12G stacking

– 2x10G SFP+

• 192Gbps switching capacity

• Low latency < 5us

• 1 + 1 Redundant, Hot Swappable Power Supplies with Integrated Fans – Providing I/O to PSU Side or Reversed

Airflow

– AC or DC Power

• Mature FTOS operating system

• Stack up to 8 units

Force10 S-Series S55 High Performance/Price Data Center Switch

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S55 View

Chassis – Utility side

Removable Power Supply

Removable Fan Removable Fan Removable Power Supply

2 Optional Module Slot s

44 x 10/100/1000Base-T ports

Chassis – I/O side ports

4 SFP ports

USB Type B RJ45 (console) console

Stack Unit display System

LEDs

USB Type A (storage)

10/100/1000 Management

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• 24 or 48 10/100/1000 ports in 1RU – 20 or 44 ports

10/100/1000Base-T – 4 ports 10/100/1000Base-T

shared with SFP ports

• Optional Modules – 2-port 10 GbE LAN PHY

(pluggable XFP modules) – 2-port 10 GbE (CX4) – 2-port 12 Gbps stacking – 1-port 24 Gbps stacking

• Support jumbo frames • Stack up to 8 units • Mature FTOS Layer 2, Layer 3

Force10 S-Series S50N/V S25N/V

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S50N and S50V

• 48 x RJ45 10/100/1000Base-T auto-sensing, auto-MDIX

• 4 x SFP GbE ports shared with last 4 RJ45 ports

• 2 x expansion slots in rear for uplinks or stacking

• S50V supports PoE, everything else is the same

Stack ID LED

Indicator

Shared 4 RJ45 and 4 SFP 48 x 10/100/1000Base-T ports

Status LEDs

Console

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S25N and S25V

• 24 x RJ45 10/100/1000Base-T auto-sensing, auto-MDIX

• 4 x SFP GbE ports shared with last 4 RJ45 ports

• 2 x expansion slots in rear for uplinks or stacking

• S25V supports PoE, everything else is the same

Stack ID Indicator LED

Ethernet Ports (10/100/1000) RJ-45

Console

Shared 10/100/1000 Ports (21-24)

SFP Ports (21-24)

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S25P • 24 x GbE or 100Base-FX SFP ports

• 4 x SFP GbE ports shared with last 4 RJ45 ports

• 2 x expansion slots in rear for uplinks or stacking

SHARED 4 port Copper/Fiber

1-42 Confidential

S-Series Stacking 8 or 12 units

• 8 Units – S50N/V, S25N/V/P

– Can stack together – S55

• 12 Units

– S60

• Optional modules and stacking cables – Stacking links are

bi-directional

– Use a ring or daisy chain configuration for resiliency

Note: Stacking is covered in Module 10

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Stack Management

• A stack management protocol is used to exchange information between switches – There is one master switch per stack that

handles all management for the stack, and one standby switch

– Master election, switch ID numbering – Control and configuration information

• Switches can be inserted into a running stack

– Pre-provisioning is supported in the CLI configuration

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MXL-Series Technical Overview

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Dell Force10 MXL 10/40GbE Blade Switch High performance full-featured 1/10/40GbE Layer 2 & Layer 3 switch blade

• High-density 1/10/40GbE blade • Powerful and robust Force10 operating system (FTOS) • Industry standard CLI • Architected & optimized for performance & efficiency

– High-density, non-blocking performance – Low latency – Stacking & local switching

• Modularity flexibility & scalability – FlexIO modules provides copper/fiber connectivity – Designed for end-to-end converged network – Consolidates Ethernet and FCoE transit into single 10GbE

connection

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Dell Force10 MXL 10/40GbE Blade Switch

Internal server facing ports

Max 32 x GbE/10GbE

External ports - 2x40GbE fixed ports - Two optional Flex

I/O modules

Stacking 40GbE ports

OS FTOS

• Robust and scalable I/O performance, low latency and high bandwidth

• Support for native 40GbE ports

• Supports stacking up to six units

• Open standards-based feature rich Enterprise FTOS

• Converged Ethernet and FCoE transit support

• 4-port SFP+ module

– 1GbE & 10GbE ports

– 10GbE optical & DAC copper twin-ax

• 4-port 10GBASE-T module

– 2X more than M8024-k

– 1GbE & 10GbE ports

• 2-port QSFP+ module

– 2 x 40GbE ports

– 10GbE support using breakout cables

Dell Force10 MXL 10/40GbE Blade Switch High performance full-featured 1/10/40GbE Layer 2 & Layer 3 switch blade

• 40GbE QSFP+ transceivers

• 40GbE QSFP+ to 4xSFP+ direct attach breakout cable

• 40GbE QSFP+ direct attach cable

Flex I/O

40GbE QSFP+ Transceiver & Cables

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Dell Force10 MXL 10/40GbE Switch Features Enterprise class FTOS Layer 2 & 3 features and industry standard CLI

Switching

4K VLANs

128K MAC

802.3ad Link Agg

802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol

802.1s MSTP

802.1w RSTP

PVST+

LLDP

PVLAN

IGMP Snooping/ Querier

QoS

Marking / Classification: Diffserv,

802.1p

Rate-limiting / Policing

WRED

DWRR

Mgmt/ Accounting

Industry standard CLI

Stacking

Ping, Traceroute

RADIUS, TACACS+

SSH, Telnet

SNMPv1, v2c, v3

RMON

FTP, TFTP client, NTP client

DNS client, BootP/DHCP relay

sFlow

Port mirroring / SPAN

DCB (Converged IO)

DCBx

FCoE transit

PFC

ETS

Open Automation

Bare Metal Provisioning

Routing

Inter VLAN Routing

ICMP/ARP

OSPF

RIP

Static/Default Routes

16K IPv4 routing table

VRRP

10K ACL entries

Full Ternary CAM based FIB

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First quarter height blade

(M420)

2X Compute Density

Industry Leading 40GbE

DCB blade switch (MXL)

Scalable & Converged

I/O

First enterprise-class storage

blade (PS-M4110)

Integrated Storage

Integrated chassis, Storage

& MXL Management

Simplified Management

+ + +

Dell Offers “Data Center in a Chassis” Integrated Server, Storage, Networking & Management

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16 16 32

1/1

0G

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1

0/1

0G

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10

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Gb

External Ports: (8) SFP+ 10GbE Ports

Plus (4) 8Gb Native FC

SAN Ports

M8428-k External Ports:

(4) SFP+ Gb/10GbE Ports

Optional FlexIO Module

(2) RJ45 10GBASE-T Ports or

(3) 10GbE CX4 Ports

or

(4) SFP+ 10GbE Ports

*up-to 6 M8024-k IOMs stackable

M8024-k

External Ports:

(2) 10/40GbE QSFP+ Ports

Optional FlexIO Module (4) Gb/10GbE RJ45 Ports

or

Two Optional FlexIO Modules

(4) Gb/10GbE SFP+ Ports

(2) 10/40GbE Ports *up-to 6 MXL IOMs stackable

Dell Force10 MXL

External Ports:

(4) RJ45 GbE Ports

Optional Twingig Modules

(2-4) RJ45 10GbE Ports

(2) SFP+ 10GbE Ports*

*10Gb w/3130X only

**up-to 9 3130G&X IOMs

stackable

Cisco 3032 / 3130G/X

External Ports:

(4) RJ45 GbE Ports

Two Optional FlexIO Modules

(2) SFP+ 10GbE Ports

(2) CX4 10GbE Ports

(2) RJ45 10GbE Ports

*up-to 12 M6220s

stackable

M6220

External Ports:

(16) RJ45 GbE Ports

(2) SFP+ 10GbE

(2) CX4 10GbE

*up-to 12 M6348

IOMs &/or PCT 7k

ToR switches

stackable

M6348

FCF FCoE Transit / FSB

IEEE 802.1Q DCB Ethernet

M-Series Ethernet Blade Switches • Product Portfolio Positioning

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MXL USB Ports

USB Console Port

USB Storage Port

• Upper USB port-External Storage

• Lower USB port- console management

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PowerEdge M1000e Redundant I/O Modules View

A total of 6 I/O bays per M1000e blade enclosure

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Stacking with Force10 MXL

Inter-Chassis Stacking with Force10 MXL Highly scalable solution managed as a one logical device

Key Features

• Stacking enables high availability and high throughput for up to six IOMs across multiple M1000e modular enclosures

• Stacking enables a single point of management and NIC teaming

• Stacking can use any 40GbE QSFP+ ports (fixed or FlexIO modules)

• Stacking is not supported on 10GbE ports

• Stacking can be achieved using direct attached cable in a ring or daisy chain topology

Force10 MXL Switch M1000e

Stacking at 40GbE

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Product Overview Summary

• You should now be familiar with the technical features of: – Dell Force10 Z9000 – Dell Force10 E-Series – Dell Force10 C-Series – Dell Force10 S-Series – Dell Force10 MXL

• Be able to identify the capacity, capabilities and constraints of the different Dell Force10 platforms