This section covers the rack-mounted networking switches used in the examples in this guide.
Hardware | Role |
Dell PowerSwitch S3048-ON | One S3048-ON switch supports out-of-band (OOB) management traffic for all examples. |
Dell PowerSwitch S5232F-ON | A pair of S5232F-ON switches are used as leaf switches in Scenario 1: SmartFabric deployment with S5232F-ON upstream switches with Ethernet - No Spanning Tree uplink. |
Dell PowerSwitch S4148U-ON | Two S4148U-ON switches support storage traffic, and are the first of two leaf switch options. |
Dell PowerSwitch Z9432F-ON | The Z-Series switches may be used as a leaf or spine switches in a Leaf-Spine topology. In this guide Z9432F-ON is used as external FSE for 100 GbE solution. |
Dell PowerSwitch Z9264F-ON | This switch may be used as a leaf or spine switch in a Leaf-spine topology. It is optimized for nonblocking 100 GbE leaf/spine fabrics and high-density 25/50 GbE in-rack server and storage connections. It provides up to 64 ports of 100 GbE QSFP28 or up to 128 ports of 1/10/25/40/50 GbE ports using breakout cables. |
Dell PowerSwitch Z9664F-ON | The Z-Series switches may be used as a leaf or spine switches in a Leaf-Spine topology. In this guide Z9664F-ON is used as external FSE for 100 GbE and 25 GbE solution in full switch mode. |
Dell PowerStore 1000T storage array | This array is used for the FC connections. Additional 2U Disk Array Enclosures (DAEs) may be added, providing twenty-five additional drives each. |
Cisco Nexus 3232C | A pair of Cisco Nexus 3232C switches are used as leaf switches in Scenario 2: SmartFabric connected to Cisco Nexus 3232C switches with Ethernet - No Spanning Tree uplink. |
More detail about each of these devices is provided in the following sections.
For detailed information about hardware components related to the MX platform, see Software and firmware versions used.