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The flexibility of ECS allows for variations of network hardware and configurations which should meet the Dell standards like ECS_Appliance_Features_RPQ customer-provided switches configuration support.
Note: ECS_Appliance_Features_RPQ customer-provided switches configuration support is an internal-only authenticated reference. Customers must ask for presales or sales assistance to read this reference.
Regarding customer provided switches, configuration and support are the responsibility of the customer. These switches should be dedicated to ECS and not shared with other applications. Dell assistance is advisory for customer-provided switches.
The private network switches for an ECS appliance cannot be replaced since these are solely for administration, installation, diagnosing, and management of ECS nodes and switches. The private network switches need to remain under control of Dell personnel.