Dell PowerEdge C6220-II, R620 Cloud Platform System, MD 3060e Storage, S 4810, S 55 Networking Technical Guide

Microsoft Cloud Platform System

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Technical Guide

November 2014

Ready-to-run, validated, highly available Microsoft Azure-consistent cloud in your data center with the speed, ease, assurance and efficiency of a Dell appliance

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Table of contents

1 Introducing Microsoft Cloud Platform System Powered by Dell ...................................................................................... 4

2 Optimized infrastructure ............................................................................................................................................................. 6

2.1

Dell PowerEdge C6220-II servers .................................................................................................................................. 6

2.1.1

Technology overview ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 6

2.1.2

Technical details ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6

2.2

Dell PowerEdge R620 server ............................................................................................................................................ 7

2.2.1


2.2.2

Technical details ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8

2.3

Dell Storage MD3060e dense enclosure ...................................................................................................................... 9

2.3.1


2.3.2

Technical details .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 10

2.4

Dell Networking S4810 switch ....................................................................................................................................... 11

2.4.1

Technology overview ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 11

2.4.2


2.5

Dell Networking S55 switch ............................................................................................................................................ 17

2.5.1


2.5.2


3 Simplified management software ............................................................................................................................................ 24

3.1

Dell OpenManage systems management ................................................................................................................... 24

3.1.1

Technology overview .................................................................................................................................................................................... 24

3.2

Dell Active Fabric Manager network management ................................................................................................... 25

3.2.1


4 Additional integrated systems .................................................................................................................................................. 28

4.1

F5 .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 28

4.2

Avocent ............................................................................................................................................................................... 28


1

Introducing Microsoft Cloud Platform System

Powered by Dell

Put Microsoft Azure-consistent cloud to work in your data center with the speed, ease, assurance and efficiency of a Dell appliance with Microsoft Cloud Platform System (CPS) Powered by Dell. This validated, ready-to-run solution features Microsoft software strategically coupled with Dell hardware platforms.

• Streamline, simplify and automate IT operations for unparalleled value

• Enhance business responsiveness

• Empower users and customers with reliable service levels

Organizations need a faster path to scalable cloud

A mobile workforce, the data deluge, rising demand for IT projects to advance the business: All of these are presenting opportunities for enterprises, managed service providers and cloud hosters alike, to consider a quicker journey to cloud and faster delivery of value. However the process of building cloud infrastructure—whether public, private or hybrid—can be complex, time-consuming and risky. With mounting pressures from short timelines, limited staff and shrinking budgets, tolerance for complexity and delays is narrowing.

Microsoft Azure-consistent cloud at your fingertips

With Microsoft Cloud Platform System (CPS) Powered by Dell, you can benefit from the cloud expertise of both Microsoft and Dell while experiencing the speed, ease and assurance of a jointly engineered, fully integrated, highly efficient solution.

Dell is Microsoft’s only CPS hardware partner for the design, engineering and validation of this new cloud appliance. The solution combines time-tested, best-of-breed Dell PowerEdge servers, Dell Storage dense enclosures, Dell Networking switches, and Dell management software, along with Microsoft’s proven software stack of Window Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2 and Windows Azure Pack, to deliver a turnkey, Azure-consistent cloud experience directly to your data center. CPS is pre-configured at the factory for optimal performance and reliability, validated by both Microsoft and Dell, and delivered to your data center ready to run in a matter of weeks—not months.

Streamline, simplify and automate IT operations for optimal TCO

CPS gives you the ability to optimize application delivery using time-tested, cloud-proven platforms engineered for high density and energy efficiency. With deep expertise in cloud data center technology, born of powering some of the world’s largest and most demanding clouds, Dell innovation is inspired by real customer needs when it comes to powering the cloud data center. The infrastructure foundation of

CPS is likewise shaped by this emphasis on performance, energy efficiency, smart resource utilization, and automation so your investment can go further.

In fact, according to Value Prisms Consulting, “CPS has the lowest price-per-VM for a standard VM profile.

The CPS full rack is also better or comparable to the competition in the rest of the price-performance


metrics, thus demonstrating that it is a high-performing and economical converged infrastructure offering.” (Read the white paper here .)

Scale with ease, maximize agility

Organizations often struggle with standing up their clouds fast, and then scaling out quickly, especially when data centers are scattered across several locations. In service-centric organizations, complexity and delays diminish productivity and can lead to lost revenue.

CPS can help you enhance business responsiveness now and into the future. CPS is pre-integrated and fully validated from the ground up by Microsoft and Dell, and deployed onsite by Dell experts, so you can quickly roll out new productivity and revenue-generating capabilities with assurance that everything will simply work—no need for time-consuming application testing, manual configuring, or customization.

Furthermore, with CPS, you can benefit from this assurance at a massive scale while leveraging a standardized infrastructure and automation model that helps you streamline, simplify and accelerate operations.

Increase productivity, protect revenue

CPS is not just an infrastructure solution; it’s an experience solution, designed to meet your needs for cloud. With CPS, you can empower users with the right service levels, and satisfy customers with consistent, dependable service uptime.

First, CPS is built with cloud-proven, time-tested Dell technology. The same infrastructure that powers

CPS powers some of the world’s largest and most demanding clouds. Second, CPS infrastructure is built to mitigate risk. CPS servers feature Fault Resilient Memory, which ensures greater stability for virtual machines, reducing likelihood of failures. They also feature automatic hypervisor failover to maximize uptime. The fabric architecture delivers better resiliency than a centralized core approach, since failure of a single node within the network cannot bring down the entire switching fabric.

Beyond infrastructure, CPS also comes with integrated security, disaster recovery, automation and patching features, as well as an Azure-consistent self-service portal (Windows Azure Pack) for tenants— features which make the process of operating cloud easier and less risky. With enablement for PaaS services such as “websites” and database-as-a-service, there are no additional components required to deploy a complete cloud solution.

Now with CPS, you can have a large-scale, validated cloud platform at your fingertips. Shift focus from infrastructure configuration and coordination to advancing your business—CPS makes it easier than ever.


2

Optimized infrastructure

2.1

Dell PowerEdge C6220-II servers

This scale-out building block is a true workhorse with up to four 2-socket server nodes in a highly-flexible

2U shared infrastructure chassis.

2.1.1 Technology overview

Designed with your needs in mind

High-performance workloads rely heavily on compute performance, memory bandwidth, and overall efficiency to drive time and cost savings that impact a server’s total cost of ownership (TCO).

The Dell™ PowerEdge C6220 II servers provide an ideal solution for such demanding environments delivering flexibility and improved performance and efficiency.

Computationally-intense workloads demand performance, from processors to memory to connected devices. The PowerEdge C6220 II features Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 processors and up to 256 GB of memory per server node—with up to four nodes per chassis—for a total of 1TB of memory in a highly-dense, 2U solution.

2.1.2 Technical details

Processor

Up to four 2-socket servers, 8 cores per processor

Intel Xeon processor E5-2650 v2 product family with up to 20MB L3 cache

Operating System

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

Datacenter Edition

Chipset

Intel C602 chipset

Memory

16GB LV (1.35V) DDR3 RDIMM (1600MT/s)

Storage

Intel S3700 SATA SSD

Slots

1U-node version: 1 x8 mezzanine, 1 x 16 half-height (low profile), half-length slot

Power

Dual hot-plug redundant high-efficiency

1400W power supplies

Video Card

Integrated AST2300 with up to 16MB video

RAM

Chassis

2U rack mount

Rack compatibility

Static rails support tool-less installation in

19” EIA-310-E compliant square or


unthreaded round hole 4-post racks, including Dell PowerEdge 2420, 4220 and

4820 racks

Management

Remote Management

Embedded BMC with IPMI 2.0 support with 1 x 10/100 Mbps RJ45 connector

Intel Node Manager 2.0 compliant

Systems Management

IPMI 2.0 compliant

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator

Dell OpenManage Server Management

Pack Suite

Dell Open Manage DTK system configurator

Dell BMC Utility

Dell Active Fabric Manager

Dell Storage Enclosure CLI

Dimensions

Height: 8.68 cm (3.42 in.)

Width: 44.8 cm (17.6 in.)

Depth: 79.0 cm (31.1 in.)

Connectivity

LOM: Intel Ethernet Controller i350 - 2 x

1Gb Ethernet

Data Center Network: Chelsio CR T520 dual port 10GbE NIC

Tenant network: Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro dual port 10GbE Mezz card

2.2

Dell PowerEdge R620 server

A two-socket, 1U rack server, the Dell PowerEdge R620 server has a large memory footprint and impressive I/O options that make it an exceptional platform for CPS storage sub-system environments.


Designed for outstanding performance on a wide range of applications, the Dell PowerEdge R620 rack server is an impressive general purpose platform that is perfect for data centers with space constraints.

With its dense memory and Intel® Xeon® E5-2650 v2 processors, the R620 is perfect fit for CPS storage sub-system.

Accomplish more

With a large memory footprint combined with balanced, scalable I/O capabilities, including integrated PCI

Express® (PCIe) 3.0-capable expansion slots, the R620 packs more computing power into your spacechallenged data center. With reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) features like hot-pluggable fans, disks, power-supply units, the R620 keeps CPS running with rock-steady reliability.



Processor

Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2650 v2

Processor Socket

2

Internal Interconnect

2 x Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI); 6.4

GT/s; 7.2 GT/s; 8.0 GT/s

Cache

20MB L3 per socket

Operating System

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

Datacenter Edition

Chipset

Intel C602

Memory

128GB memory 8x16GB RDIMM 1600MT/s

LV Dual Rank Performance Optimized

Storage

Maximum internal storage: Up to 10TB

Disk Drive

Intel S3700 SATA SSD

Slots

3 PCIe slots:

Two x16 slots with x16 bandwidth, halfheight, half-length

One x16 slot with x8 bandwidth, halfheight, half-length


RAID Controllers

Internal controllers:

PERC H310

External HBAs (Pass-Through mode):

LSI 9207-8e X 2

Communications

Intel I350 quad-port 1GbE Base-T (no TOE or iSCSI offload)

Intel X540 dual-port 10GbE NIC

Chelsio CR T520 dual-port 10GbE NIC

Power

Titanium efficiency, hot-plug redundant

750W power supply

Auto-ranging power supplies

Availability

High-efficiency, hot-plug, redundant power supplies; DC power supplies; hotplug hard drives; TPM; dual internal SD support; hot-plug redundant fans; optional bezel; luggage-tag; ECC memory; interactive LCD screen; extended thermal support; ENERGY STAR® compliant; extended power range; Switch Agnostic

Partitioning (SWAP)

Management

Remote Management iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle

Controller

Systems Management

IPMI 2.0 compliant

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator

Dell OpenManage Server Management

Pack Suite

Dell Open Manage DTK system configurator

Dell BMC Utility

Dell Active Fabric Manager


Rack Support

ReadyRails II sliding rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded hole racks, with support for optional tool-less cable management arm

ReadyRails static rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded and 2-post

(Telco) racks

ENERGY STAR®

The Dell PowerEdge R620 has earned the

ENERGY STAR® Enterprise Server designation.

2.3

Dell Storage MD3060e dense enclosure

The MD3060e dense enclosure makes storage expansion affordable. It increases capacity and efficiency behind CPS workloads. The tiered SSD and HDD option supports more performance and capacity than ever, allowing CPS to save space within your data center, and decrease power and cooling expenses.

Administrators can non-disruptively add CPS racks to scale to meet application demands and easily manage data through the host server.


Affordable high performance and density

As data needs continue to grow, there is a delicate balance of expanding capacity with additional storage and the finite space within a data center. The MD3060e dense enclosure or JBOD (just-abunch-of-disks) offers CPS an affordable storage option that can also lower power and cooling expenses because of its smaller footprint. The 4U high-density enclosures take up less space than if you purchase the smaller form factor enclosures with the same number of hard drives.

Reduce the effort required to store and manage your data. The MD3060e dense enclosure holds up to 60

3.5” drives. There are 4 MD3060e per CPS rack. Each MD3060e is configured with 12 X 800GB SSD and

48 X 4TB HDDs.

Established reliability

The MD3060e dense enclosure is selected by CPS team to maximize storage capacity, without requiring an expansion of the footprint of the data center. This server capacity solution is designed for the Dell

PowerEdge C6220-II server. The MD3060e supports 6Gbps SAS connectivity with dual LSI 9207-8e host


bus adaptor (HBA), so that administrators can easily manage data through the host server to meet application demands without disruption.

The Dell Storage MD Series has an established track record of being a reliable storage enclosure.

The simple design lets you hot-swap drives, fans, EMMs and power supplies as needed. This capability offers peace-of-mind, knowing that your business will not be impacted as you manage the day-to-day operations of your data center.

Capacity based on your design

The Dell Storage MD3060e dense enclosure is configured to support the storage needs from CPS private clous solution.

Simple data management

The MD3060e is a server storage solution designed to provide density, tiered performance and capacity.

CPS efficiently managed MD3060e through Storage Spaces and Dell SECLI tool.


Storage

Drives

60 (12 SSD plus 48 HDD)

Controllers

Dual Enclosure Management Modules

(EMMs)

HBA

2 dual-port LSI 9207-8E 6Gb SAS host bus adaptor (HBA).

Performance

Drive type

3.5" and 2.5" SAS, NL-SAS and SSD

Maximum host

4

Maximum HA host

2

Maximum Usable Capacity

3.5”drive capacity

SSDs: 800GB read-intensive

HDDs: 4TB 7.2K RPM NL-SAS

Connectivity

6Gb SAS

Chassis

Form factor

4U rack enclosure

Physical dimensions

(height x width x depth)177.8mm (7.0”) x 482.6mm (19.0”) x 825.5mm (32.5”)

Maximum weight

105.20 kg (232.0 lb)

Power


AC: 1755W

Management


Environmental

Heat dissipation (max)

5988 BTU/hr

Voltage

220V AC, auto ranging

Frequency range 50/60Hz

Temperature

Operating: 10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F) with a maximum temperature gradation of 10°C per hour

Relative humidity

Operating: 10% to 80% (non-condensing) with a maximum humidity gradation of 10% per hour

Altitude

Operating: -30.5m to 3000m (-100 ft to

9,840 ft)

NOTE: For altitudes above 2950 ft, the maximum operating temperature is derated 1.8°F/1000 ft.

2.4

Dell Networking S4810 switch

High-density, 1RU 48-port 10GbE switch with four 40GbE uplinks and ultra-low-latency, non-blocking performance to ensure line-rate performance; complete with feature-rich Dell Networking OS and storage optimization for iSCSI, FCoE transit and DCB.


Ultra-low-latency, data center optimized

The Dell Networking S-Series S4810 is an ultra-low-latency 10/40GbE top-of-rack (ToR) switch purposebuilt for applications in high-performance data center and computing environments. Leveraging a nonblocking, cut-through switching architecture, the S4810 delivers line-rate L2 and L3 forwarding capacity with ultra-low latency to maximize network performance. The compact S4810 design provides 48 dualspeed 1/10GbE (SFP+) ports as well as four 40GbE QSFP+ uplinks to conserve valuable rack space and simplify the migration to 40Gbps in the data center core. Priority-based flow control (PFC), data center bridge exchange (DCBX) and enhance transmission selection (ETS), coupled with ultra-low latency and line rate throughput, make the S4810 ideally suited for iSCSI storage, FCoE transit and DCB environments.

In addition, the S4810 incorporates multiple architectural features that optimize data center network flexibility, efficiency and availability, including I/O panel to PSU airflow or PSU to I/O panel airflow for hot/cold aisle environments, and redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and fans.

The S4810 also supports Dell Networking’s Embedded Open Automation Framework, which provides advanced network automation and virtualization capabilities for virtual data center environments.

An Active Fabric™ design with S4810 switches can be built out to create scalable, high-performance

10/40GbE data center networks. The resiliency of an Active Fabric is superior to legacy, centralized core


architectures, since the failure of a single node within a CLOS network cannot bring down the entire switching fabric.

Key applications

• High-density 10GbE ToR server aggregation in high-performance data center environments

• Enterprise iSCSI (iSCSI over DCB)

Key features

• 1RU high-density 10/40GbE ToR switch with 48 dual-speed 1/10GbE (SFP+) ports and four 40GbE

(QSFP+) uplinks (totaling 64 10GbE ports with breakout cables)

• 1.28Tbps (full-duplex) non-blocking, cut-through switching fabric delivers line-rate performance under full load with 800ns latency

• Scalable L2 and L3 Ethernet switching with QoS and a full complement of standards-based IPv4 and

IPv6 features, including OSPF, BGP and Policy Based Routing (PBR) support • Increase VM Mobility region by stretching L2 VLAN within or across two DCs with unique VLT capabilities like Routed VLT,

VLT Proxy Gateway

• User port stacking support for up to six units

• Embedded Open Automation Framework adds VM awareness as well as automated configuration and provisioning capabilities to simplify the management of virtual network environments

• Modular Dell Networking OS software delivers inherent stability as well as advanced monitoring and serviceability functions

• Enhanced mirroring capabilities including 1:4 local mirroring, Remote Port Mirroring (RPM) and

Encapsulated Remote Port Mirroring (ERPM). Rate shaping combined with flow based mirroring enables the user to analyze fine grained flows

• Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and fans

• Hardware support for DCB, FIPS operation


Physical

48 line-rate 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ ports

4 line-rate 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ ports

1 RJ45 console/management port with

RS232 signaling

Size: 1 RU, 1.73 x 17.32 x 18.11” (4.4 x 44 x

46 cm) (H x W x D)

Weight: 14.39 lbs (6.54 kg)

ISO 7779 A-weighted sound pressure level:

59.6 dBA at 73.4°F (23°C)

Power supply: 100–240V AC 50/60Hz

Max. thermal output: 1194 BTU/h

Max. current draw per system:

4A at 100/120V AC 2A at 200/240V AC

10A at 36V DC 5A at 72V DC

Max. power consumption: 350 Watts (AC),

300 Watts (DC)

Typ. power consumption: 220 Watts


Max. operating specifications:

Operating temperature: 32°F to 104°F (0°C to 40°C)

Operating humidity: 10 to 85% (RH), noncondensing

Max. non-operating specifications:

Storage temperature: –40°F to 158°F (–

40°C to 70°C)

Storage humidity: 5 to 95% (RH), noncondensing

Redundancy

Hot swappable redundant power

Hot swappable redundant fans

Performance

MAC addresses: 128K

IPv4 routes: 16K

IPv6 routes: 8K (shared CAM space with

IPv4)

Switch fabric capacity: 1.28Tbps (fullduplex)

640Gbps (half-duplex)

Forwarding capacity: 960Mpps

Link aggregation: 8 links per group, 128 groups per stack

Queues per port: 4 queues

Layer 2 VLANs: 4K

MSTP : 64 instances

VRF-lite: 64 instances


Line-rate layer 2 switching: All protocols, including IPv4 and IPv6

Line-rate layer 3 routing: IPv4 and IPv6

IPv4 host table size 8K

IPv6 host table size 4K

IPv4 multicast table size 4K

LAG load balancing: Based on Layer 2, IPv4 or IPv6 headers

Latency: 800ns

Packet buffer memory: 9MB

CPU memory: 2GB

IEEE compliance

802.1AB LLDP

802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management

802.1D Bridging, STP

802.1p L2 Prioritization

802.1Q VLAN Tagging, Double VLAN

Tagging, GVRP

802.1s MSTP

802.1w RSTP

802.1X Network Access Control

802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T)

802.3ac Frame Extensions for VLAN

Tagging

802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP

802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBASE-X)

802.3ba 40 Gigabit Ethernet (40GBase-

SR4, 40GBase-CR4) on Optical Ports

802.3u Fast Ethernet (100BASE-TX) on

Management Ports

802.3x Flow Control

802.3z Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-X)

ANSI/TIA-1057 LLDP-MED

Force10 PVST+

MTU 12,000 bytes

RFC and I-D compliance

General Internet protocols

768 UDP

1350 TFTP

793 TCP

2474 Differentiated

854 Telnet Services

959 FTP

3164 Syslog

1321 MD5

5880 BFD

General IPv4 protocols

791 IPv4

1812 Routers

792 ICMP

1858 IP Fragment Filtering

826 ARP

2131 DHCP (relay)

1027 Proxy ARP


2338 VRRP

1035 DNS (client)

3021 31-bit Prefixes

1042 Ethernet Transmission

3046 DHCP Option 82

1305 NTPv3

3069 Private VLAN

1519 CIDR

3128 Tiny Fragment Attack Protection

1542 BOOTP (relay)

4364 VRF-lite (IPv4 VRFs with support for OSPF and BGP)


2460 IPv6


2461 Neighbor Discovery (partial)

2675 Jumbograms

3587 Global Unicast Address Format

2462 Stateless Address

Autoconfiguration (partial)

4291 Addressing

2463 ICMPv6

RIP

1058 RIPv1

2453 RIPv2

OSPF

2154 MD5

3623 Graceful Restart

1587 NSSA

4222 Prioritization and

2328 OSPFv2 Congestion

2370 Opaque LSA Avoidance

BGP

1997 Communities

2385 MD5

RFC 2545 BGP-4 Multiprotocol

Extensions for IPv6 Inter-Domain

Routing

2439 Route Flap Damping

2796 Route Reflection

2842 Capabilities

2858 Multiprotocol Extensions

2918 Route Refresh

3065 Confederations

4360 Extended Communities

4893 4-byte ASN

5396 4-byte ASN representations draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-20 BGPv4 draft-ietf-idr-restart-06 Graceful

Restart draft-michaelson-4byte-asrepresentation-05 4-byte ASN

Representation (partial)

IS-IS

RFC 1195 Routing IPv4 with IS-IS


RFC 5308 Routing IPv6 with IS-IS

Multicast

1112 IGMPv1

3569 SSM for IPv4

2236 IGMPv2

4541 IGMPv1/v2

3376 IGMPv3 Snooping draft-ietf-pim-sm-v2-new-05 PIM-SM

Network management

1155 SMIv1

1156 Internet MIB

1157 SNMPv1

1212 Concise MIB Definitions

1215 SNMP Traps

1493 Bridges MIB

1850 OSPFv2 MIB

1901 Community-based SNMPv2

2011 IP MIB

2012 TCP MIB

2013 UDP MIB

2096 IP Forwarding Table MIB

2570 SNMPv3

2571 Management Frameworks

2572 Message Processing and

Dispatching

2576 Coexistence Between

SNMPv1/v2/v3

2578 SMIv2

2579 Textual Conventions for SMIv2

2580 Conformance Statements for

SMIv2

2618 RADIUS Authentication MIB

2665 Ethernet-like Interfaces MIB

2674 Extended Bridge MIB

2787 VRRP MIB

2819 RMON MIB (groups 1, 2, 3, 9)

2863 Interfaces MIB

2865 RADIUS

3273 RMON High Capacity MIB

3416 SNMPv2

3418 SNMP MIB

3434 RMON High Capacity Alarm MIB

3580 802.1X with RADIUS

5060 PIM MIB

ANSI/TIA-1057 LLDP-MED MIB draft-grant-tacacs-02 TACACS+ draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-mib-06 BGP MIBv1

IEEE 802.1AB LLDP MIB

IEEE 802.1AB LLDP DOT1 MIB

IEEE 802.1AB LLDP DOT3 MIB ruzin-mstp-mib-02 MSTP MIB (traps) sFlow.org sFlowv5 sFlow.org sFlowv5 MIB (version 1.3)


FORCE10-BGP4-V2-MIB Force10 BGP

MIB (draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-mibv2-05)

FORCE10-IF-EXTENSION-MIB

FORCE10-LINKAGG-MIB

FORCE10-COPY-CONFIG-MIB

FORCE10-MON-MIB

FORCE10-PRODUCTS-MIB

FORCE10-SS-CHASSIS-MIB

FORCE10-SMI

FORCE10-SYSTEM-COMPONENT-MIB

FORCE10-TC-MIB

FORCE10-TRAP-ALARM-MIB

FORCE10-FORWARDINGPLANE-

STATS-MIB

Regulatory compliance

Safety

UL/CSA 60950-1, Second Edition

EN 60950-1, Second Edition

IEC 60950-1, Second Edition Including

All National

Deviations and Group Differences

EN 60825-1 Safety of Laser Products

Part 1: Equipment

Classification Requirements and User’s

Guide


Part 2: Safety of

Optical Fibre Communication Systems

FDA Regulation 21 CFR 1040.10 and

1040.11

Emissions

Australia/New Zealand: AS/NZS CISPR

22: 2009, Class A

Canada: ICES-003, Issue-4, Class A

Europe: EN 55022: 2006+A1:2007

(CISPR 22: 2006), Class A

Japan: VCCI V3/2009 Class A

USA: FCC CFR 47 Part 15, Subpart

B:2009, Class A

Immunity

EN 300 386 V1.4.1:2008 EMC for

Network Equipment

EN 55024: 1998 + A1: 2001 + A2: 2003

EN 61000-3-2: Harmonic Current

Emissions

EN 61000-3-3: Voltage Fluctuations and Flicker

EN 61000-4-2: ESD

EN 61000-4-3: Radiated Immunity

EN 61000-4-4: EFT

EN 61000-4-5: Surge

EN 61000-4-6: Low Frequency

Conducted Immunity

RoHS

All S-Series components are EU RoHS compliant.

Certifications

TAA (Trade Agreement Act) compliant models also available

2.5

Dell Networking S55 switch

48-port GbE switch with up to four modular 10GbE ports or stacking interfaces in just 1RU, non-blocking architecture supports low-latency switching and routing, integrated network automation and virtualization technology with Networking’s Open Automation Framework, reliable, data center optimized design supports I/O-to-PSU and PSU-to-I/O airflows and redundant, hot-swappable power.


Data center optimized 1/10GbE switch

The Dell Networking S Series S55 1/10GbE top-of-rack (ToR) switch is optimized for lowering operational costs while increasing scalability and improving manageability at the network edge. Optimized for highperformance data center applications, the S55 leverages a non-blocking architecture that delivers lowlatency L2 and L3 switching to eliminate network bottlenecks. The high-density S55 design provides 48

GbE access ports with up to four modular 10GbE uplinks in just 1RU to conserve valuable rack space. The

S55 incorporates multiple architectural features that optimize data center network efficiency and reliability, including I/O-to-PSU panel airflow or PSU-to-I/O panel airflow for hot/cold aisle environments.

Redundant hot-swappable power supplies and dual hot-swappable fans help provide resiliency. Simple to


deploy and manage, up to 12 S55 switches can be stacked to create a a single logical switch by utilizing

Dell Networking’s stacking technology and high-speed stacking modules.

The S55 provides support for Dell Networking’s Open Automation Framework, which leverages capabilities of the modular Dell FTOS software to bring network automation into virtual data center environments, making them more responsive and able to adapt to changes in application requirements. The Open

Automation Framework is comprised of a suite of inter-related network management tools that can be used together or independently to provide a network that is more flexible, available and manageable while reducing operational expenses.

Applications

• 1/10GbE server aggregation at the ToR in highperformance data center environments

• With the S4810 virtualized switch/router to create a flat, two-tier, non-blocking 1/10GbE data center network design

Key features

• The 1RU S55 switch delivers 48 GbE access interfaces:

– 44 10/100/1000Base-T copper ports (fixed RJ45)

– 4 GbE ports that can be configured for copper or fiber (SFP) o

In addition, the S55 provides two optional high-speed slots that support the following uplink modules:

– 2-port 10GbE SFP+ modules

– 2-port 12Gbps stacking module

• 176Gbps switching capacity delivers, non-blocking switching with less than 5 microseconds of latency

• Scalable layer 2 and layer 3 switching with a full complement of standards-based features in FTOS

• I/O-to-PSU panel airflow or PSU-to-I/O panel airflow

• Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies (AC or DC) and dual hot-swappable fans

• Stacking technology enables up to 12 S55 switches to be managed as a single unit

• Open Automation Framework adds VM awareness as well as automated configuration and provisioning capabilities to simplify the management of virtual network environments

• Modular Dell FTOS software delivers inherent stability as well as advanced monitoring and serviceability functions

• Supports 9,252 byte jumbo frames

• Low power consumption of 130W for a fully-configured unit


Physical

44 10/100/1000Base-T ports

4 GbE SFP ports

1 RJ45 console management port with

RS232 signaling

1 RJ45 Ethernet management port

1 USB-B management port


2 USB 2.0 ports (1 USB A, 1 USB B)

2 module bays

Size: 1 RU, 1.75 x 17.42 x 18.75 (in), 4.44 x

44.25 x 47.62 (cm)

Weight: 14.41 lbs (6.54 kg)

ISO 7779 A-weighted sound pressure level:63.9 dBA at 73.4°F (23°C)

Power supply: 100–240V AC 50/60 Hz, –

44 to -60V DC

Max. thermal output: 443 BTU/h

Max. current draw per system:

2A at 100/120V AC, 1A at 200/240V AC,

3.6A at -48V DC

Max. power consumption: 130W

Max. operating specifications:

Operating temperature: 32°F to 122°F (0°C to 50°C)

Operating humidity: 10 to 85% (RH), noncondensing

Max. non-operating specifications:

Storage temperature: –40°F to 158°F (–

40°F to 70°C)

Storage humidity: 5 to 95% (RH), noncondensing

Reliability: MTBF 169,315 hours

Redundancy

Ring stacking topology with dynamic master election

Dual modular slots with up to four 10GbE ports


Link aggregation across stack members

Hot swappable redundant AC or DC power

Dual hot-swappable fans

Performance

MAC addresses: 32K

IPv4 routes: 16K

IPv6 routes: 8K

Switching capacity 176Gbps

Forwarding capacity: 131Mpps

Link aggregation: 8 links per group, 128 groups per stack

Stacking capacity: 96Gbps per stack member

Queues per port: 4 queues

VLANs: 4096

Layer 2 switching: All protocols, including

IPv4 and

IPv6

Layer 3 routing: IPv4 and IPv6

LAG load balancing: Based on layer 2, IPv4 or IPv6 headers

Switching latency: <5 μs for 64 byte frames

Packet buffer memory: 4MB

CPU memory: 2GB

SD card: 8GB

IEEE compliance

802.1AB LLDP

802.1ag Connectivity fault Management

802.1D Bridging, STP

802.1p L2 Prioritization

802.1Q VLAN Tagging, Double VLAN

Tagging, GVRP

802.1s MSTP

802.1w RSTP

802.1X Network Access Control

802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-T)

802.3ac Frame Extensions for VLAN

Tagging

802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP

802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBase-X)

802.3ak 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBase-

CX4)

802.3i Ethernet (10Base-T)

802.3u Fast Ethernet (100Base-TX)

802.3x Flow Control

802.3z Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-X)

ANSI/TIA-1057 LLDP-MED

Force10 FRRP (Force10 Redundant Ring

Protocol)

Force10 PVST+

MTU 9,252 bytes

RFC and I-D compliance

General Internet protocols

768 UDP


1321 MD5

793 TCP

1350 TFTP

854 Telnet

2474 Differentiated Services

959 FTP

3164 Syslog


791 IPv4

1812 Routers

792 ICMP


826 ARP

2131 DHCP (server & relay)

1027 Proxy ARP

2338 VRRP

1035 DNS (client)

3021 31-bit Prefixes

1042 Ethernet Transmission

3046 DHCP Option 82

1191 Path MTU Discovery

3069 Private VLAN

1305 NTPv3

3128 Tiny Fragment Attack Protection

1519 CIDR

1542 BOOTP (relay)


1981 Path MTU Discovery

2463 ICMPv6

2460 IPv6 Transmission

2461 Neighbor Discovery (partial)

2675 Jumbograms

3587 Global Unicast Address Format

2462 Stateless Address

Autoconfiguration (partial)

4291 Addressing

RIP

1058 RIPv1

2453 RIPv2

OSPF

1587 NSSA


2154 MD5

4222 Prioritization and

2328 OSPFv2 Congestion voidance

2370 Opaque LSA

BGP

1997 Communities

3065 Confederations

2385 MD5

4360 Extended

2439 Route Flap Damping

Communities


2796 Route Reflection

4893 4-byte ASN

2842 Capabilities

5396 4-byte ASN

2858 Multiprotocol Extensions

4271 BGPv4

2918 Route Refresh


Multicast

1112 IGMPv1

4541 IGMP v1/v2/v3

2236 IGMPv2 Snooping

3376 IGMPv3

4601 PIM-SM for IPv4

3569 SSM for IPv4

Network management

1155 SMIv1

1156 Internet MIB

1157 SNMPv1

1212 Concise MIB Definitions

1215 SNMP Traps

1493 Bridges MIB

1850 OSPFv2 MIB

1901 Community-based SNMPv2

1905 SNMPv2

1907 SNMP MIB

2011 IP MIB

2012 TCP MIB

2013 UDP MIB

2024 DLSw MIB

2096 IP Forwarding Table MIB

2233 Interfaces MIB

2570 SNMPv3

2571 Management Frameworks

2572 Message Processing and

Dispatching

2574 SNMPv3 USM

2575 SNMPv3 VACM

2576 Coexistence Between

SNMPv1/v2/v3

2578 SMIv2

2579 Textual Conventions for SMIv2

2580 Conformance Statements for

SMIv2

2618 RADIUS Authentication MIB

2665 Ethernet-like Interfaces MIB

2674 Extended Bridge MIB

2787 VRRP MIB

2819 RMON MIB (groups 1, 2, 3, 9)

2863 Interfaces MIB

2865 RADIUS

3273 RMON High Capacity MIB

3416 SNMPv2


3418 SNMP MIB

3434 RMON High Capacity Alarm MIB

3580 802.1X with RADIUS

4273 BGP MIBv1

4293 IPv6 MIB

5060 PIM MIB

ANSI/TIA-1057 LLDP-MED MIB draft-grant TACACS+ -tacacs-02

IEEE 802.1AB LLDP MIB

IEEE 802.1AB LLDP DOT1 MIB

IEEE 802.1AB LLDP DOT3 MIB sFlow.org sFlow v5 sFlow.org sFlow v5 MIB (version 1.3)

MIBs

F10-CHASSIS-MIB

F10-IF-EXTENSION-MIB

F10-LINK-AGGREGATION-MIB

F10-PRODUCTS-MIB

F10-S-SERIES-CHASSIS-MIB

FORCE10-BGP4-V2-MIB draft-ietf-idrbgp4-mibv2-05

FORCE10-COPY-CONFIG-MIB

FORCE10-MSTP-MIB ruzin-mstp-mib-

02 (traps only)

FORCE10-SYSTEM-COMPONENT-MIB

FORCE10-TRAP-EVENT-MIB

Regulatory Compliance

Safety

UL/CSA 60950-1, 2nd Edition

EN 60950-1, 2nd Edition

IEC 60950-1, 2nd Edition Including all

National Deviations and

Group Differences


Part 1: Equipment

Classification Requirements and User’s

Guide


Part 2: Safety of Optical

Fibre Communication Systems

FDA Regulation 21 CFR 1040.10 and

1040.11

China CCC

Emissions

Australia/New Zealand: AS/NZS CISPR

22: Class A

Canada: ICES-003, Issue-4, Class A

Europe: EN 55022: (CISPR 22), Class A

Japan: VCCI Class A

USA: FCC CFR 47 Part 15, Subpart B,

Class A

Brazil: Anatel

Immunity

EN 300 386 EMC for Network

Equipment

EN 55024

EN 61000-3-2: Harmonic Current

Emissions

EN 61000-3-3: Voltage Fluctuations and Flicker

EN 61000-4-2: ESD

EN 61000-4-3: Radiated Immunity

EN 61000-4-4: EFT

EN 61000-4-5: Surge

EN 61000-4-6: Low Frequency

Conducted Immunity

RoHS

All S Series components are EU RoHS compliant.


3

Simplified management software

3.1

Dell OpenManage systems management

OpenManage simplifies and enhances deployment, monitoring and updates of Dell servers and storage in physical and virtual environments managed by Microsoft System Center.


Streamline and simplify IT management tasks

Achieve greater visibility and agility in managing Dell hardware in your IT environment. The OpenManage

Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center helps you further streamline, automate and simplify your most essential IT management tasks, so you can:

Reduce complexity and save time

• Use fewer tools to manage your infrastructure

• Streamline operations with low-touch processes

Achieve efficiency and control costs

• Improve asset manageability

• Optimize utilization of IT resources

• Protect your existing investments in System Center solutions

Increase productivity

• Eliminate time-consuming tasks

• Automate tasks to reduce downtime and human error

Attain rich, unified and comprehensive management

The OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center comprises a rich feature set that includes:

• Monitoring tools—Dell Server and Storage, for use with System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)

• Deployment, configuration and update tools—Dell Server and Client Deployment Packs and Update

Catalogs for use with System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)

• Tools for optimizing virtual environments—Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration and Dell Server Pro-

Management Pack for use with System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) and System Center

Operations Manager (SCOM)

The combination of Dell OpenManage Integration Suite plug-ins and Microsoft System Center give you an unmatched level of integration and efficiency when managing Dell hardware in your CPS System Center environment.


3.2

Dell Active Fabric Manager network management

Automate the design, deployment and operation of data center fabrics with software-defined networking features.


Through a single console, Active Fabric Manager (AFM) reduces the design and deployment tasks associated with manually designing, building and operating data center fabrics by 86% through the use of customizable design templates and a high level of automation.

AFM is a direct answer to the rapidly changing dynamics that challenge today’s enterprise and offers compelling benefits to empower enterprise IT to deliver powerful new capabilities that drive the business bottom line. Dell’s AFM enables enterprises to immediately deliver a highly-automated SDN-enabled

Ethernet fabric with ease. By leveraging the latest innovations in SDN and network programmability, AFM can automate the design, deployment and day-to-day operations of data center fabrics, reducing fabric deployment time by up to 86% compared to manual configurations while eliminating costly configuration errors that account for the majority of outages today.

While enterprise IT needs to adopt new technologies quickly, complexity and significant training requirements make adopting and mastering the latest technologies a daunting challenge. AFM’s powerful software tools empower IT staff to masterfully design and deploy nextgeneration Layer 2 and Layer 3 fabrics within a matter of minutes. Unlike traditional network management tools that primarily focus on performance monitoring of various network elements, AFM has been purpose-built to leverage SDN technology and deliver a new operational model where automation is the baseline.

Simplify next-generation fabric design

AFM includes many innovations that eliminate manual tasks associated with fabric design and deployment.

AFM includes a customizable design wizard that makes the process of designing an end-to-end network fabric simple. The wizard prompts the user to provide inputs required for the CPS fabric design in an intuitive fashion. In the background, AFM carries out all necessary calculations, eliminating guesswork and errors that are common in network design and implementation. The designs are derived from templates that have been tested and validated for CPS rack deployments. These include Layer 2 and Layer 3 spineleaf and underlying technologies such as Dell Open Automation and Virtual Link Trunking (VLT).

AFM even generates a Visio diagram for the purpose of documenting the fabric and also automatically updates the various identity elements like MAC and IP addresses.

Automate network deployments

AFM can simplify and accelerate the provisioning process by translating the fabric design to a completely functional deployment in a matter of minutes. Once the design phase is complete, AFM provides complete device configurations and powerful tools that enable the user to customize the deployment. Network administrators can complete all tasks from AFM’s web GUI without having to issue a single CLI command.


AFM generates unique configurations for all switches and automates the subsequent provisioning. The deployment process also validates the cabling and any mismatches are flagged with remedial actions. If there is a need to edit the AFM -generated configurations, it can be done easily from the AFM console.

Auto-generated configurations can be edited by the user and stored in the deployment template.

Streamline and accelerate IT operations

Once the fabric is fully functional, AFM provides a number of features that support day-to-day operations.

AFM includes a performance monitoring module that collects and displays real-time and historical statistics at multiple levels of visibility; network (comprising of multiple fabrics), fabric, device (networking switch) and port. AFM provides a wizard-based workflow to simplify and deliver high-availability during upgrades to device software. The upgrade image is downloaded and staged in a standby partition enabling seamless upgrade process. AFM constantly validates the physical cabling as well as the con figurations on all switches in the fabric. Any out-of-band changes are detected and flagged with the appropriate level of severity and the remedial actions needed to fix the issue.

Holistic lifecycle management

AFM also includes a number of maintenance features. The software includes a set of workflows to back up and restore configurations of one or more switches in a fabric. The workflows can be scheduled or executed in an ad hoc fashion. Similarly there are workflows to update the switch firmware. Node replacement help ensure that failing switches can be replaced proactively without impacting the fabric operations.

Ecosystem integration

AFM now provides northbound API integration with several higher-layer orchestration applications, including Dell’s OpenManage Network Manager.

Software-defined control—without the risk

AFM software operates outside of the data path—if the AFM server is shut down or becomes dysfunctional, the fabrics that are managed by AFM will continue to function without any interruption. However, AFM also includes a number of high-availability features to overcome any failure without the need for human intervention. AFM leverages off-the-shelf failover capabilities offered by the various hypervisor tools to recover from failure of the virtual appliance. The internal components of AFM (which includes a database server and an application server) are designed with no single point of failure.

AFM delivers a powerful yet simple software solution that can empower businesses to fully utilize the latest infrastructure technologies with ease, streamline IT operations and deliver the key capabilities to accelerate business initiatives and win in today’s business climate.


Feature

Automated provisioning, validation and configuration

Benefit

• Task and time compression associated with deployment of complex fabrics

• Near instant validation and rapid troubleshooting

Design templates for Layer 2 and Layer 3 fabric topologies

• Accelerates the deployment of CPS fabrics

• Provides a single tool to design, document, deploy and manage CPS switches

Visualization and Usability

Active Management link

Package and distribute AFM as a holistic virtual appliance

High availability for AFM Server

Northbound APIs for Ecosystem integration

(REST/JSON/XML)

• Provides a rich end user experience

• Establishes a simplistic way to design and deploy complex networks

• Redesigned fabric design wizards improves user experience while delivering several new customization options

• Active Management Link (AML) delivers out-of-the-box integration with Dell

OpenManage Network Manager and leading NMS suites

• AML enhances AFM’s single-pane-of-glass experience by delivering the most commonly needed NMS data from the AFM UI

• Reduces the number of pre-requisites to install and use AFM

• Simplifies end user experience

• Out-of-band design ensures no data loss in event of server failure

• No manual intervention to recover from AFM server failure

• Network abstraction for end users of higher level orchestration


4

Additional integrated systems

4.1

F5

Dell and F5 Networks® have partnered to help solve the network challenges associated with distributed and cloud- based environments. F5 Networks, a leader in Application Delivery Networking, helps increase business efficiency through the power of application acceleration and optimization. F5’s technology, a component of the Dell Networking solution portfolio, is designed to optimize the network, server, and storage environments to deliver optimal application performance, security, and availability.

Innovative solutions that deliver immediate impact

• Tested, validated and optimized comprehensive, end-to-end solutions

• Automation that frees talent for innovation

• Best in class collaborative solutions

Solutions that simply work through optimization and operations management

• Optimized, extensible distributed cores that lower capex

• Advanced Services for concept, design, deploy and manage lower opex

• Open Architectures that facilitate choice for best of breed solution mix

Open, flexible architectures that are architected for the business ahead

• Embedded expertise and seamless systems management

• Agile for Dynamic Environments with intelligent workload management

• Easily scaled to support new requirements

4.2

Avocent

Avocent’s KVM switches, serial console switches, and service processor management appliances, in conjunction with our management software, help data center administrators and CIO’s optimize their

CapEx and reduce their OpEx. Avocent solutions are built for heterogeneous data centers that use virtual and non-virtual servers, attached storage, and network switches to delivery on-demand computing. They provide reliable information about power consumption and the power chain, as well as that the available cooling to ensure that the physical infrastructure is able to respond to the needs of the business.

Avocent solutions are optimized to work with Dell infrastructure

All Avocent switches are tested rigorously against Dell storage and server platforms. This means fewer technical support issues.

Avocent’s involvement with the development of Dell’s DRAC cards ensures that they are able to leverage this technology to pull the most accurate and real-time information on server performance.

Avocent’s software GUIs frequently employ the Dell look and feel to give you a unified console.


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