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Deployment Capacity and ports Model Line cards
Data center
core and
aggregation
3.5 Tbps, 560 ports 10 GbE (140*), 1,260 ports GbE E1200i 14
1.75 Tbps, 280 ports 10 GbE (70*), 630 ports GbE E600i 7
Data center or
campus LAN
aggregation
and access
1.536 Tbps, 64 ports 10 GbE, 384 ports GbE C7008 8
768 Gbps, 32 ports 10 GbE, 192 ports GbE C7004 4
Cost-eective fabrics for
cloud and virtualized
data centers of any size
Data Center and Campus Chassis Switches
Fibre Channel
Blade Interconnects
Active Fabric is family of high-performance, cost-eective networking
solutions to interconnect server, storage and software elements in
cloud and virtualized data centers. Active Fabric solutions comprise
low-power, high-throughput 10GbE and 40GbE switching platforms
equipped with fully-featured Layer 2/3 multi-path fabric technology,
DCB options for SAN/LAN convergence, and software-dened
networking programmability.
Active Fabric Solutions
(Two or four node congurations combined with top-of-rack and
blade I/O elements, and unied via Active Fabric Manager)
• 10G Active Fabric: DCB-enabled congurations using S4810 systems
• 10G Active Fabric (converged): DCB and FC using the S5000
• 40G Active Fabric: Congurations using Z9000 or S6000 systems
• Active Fabric Manager: Easy-to-use all-in-one software for
fabric conguration, deployment, management, and monitoring.
• Active Fabric Controller: Simple and secure network functionality
depoloyment in cloud/XaaS environments.
High-density 1, 10 and 40 Gigabit chassis
Leading connectivity
options for your SAN
Transforming your Dell M1000e
blade server enclosure
*Maximum ports at line-rate speed.
Find more blade interconnects, HBAs, and NICs on dell.com
Represents converged networking capability with iSCSI or FCoE.
More line card options for both E and C Series chassis available.
Capacity and ports* Model
8/16 Gbps, (48, 72 or 96 ports) Brocade 6520
8/16 Gbps, (24, 36 or 48 ports) Brocade 6510
8/16 Gbps, (12 or 24 ports) Brocade 6505
4/8 Gbps, (8, 16, or 24 ports) Brocade 300
Modular, 8 Gbps, (192 ports)
(supports DCB/FCoE) DCX 4S
Modular, 16 Gbps, (192 or 384 ports) DCX 8510
Capacity and ports Model
1/10/40 GbE with iSCSI/FCoE transit
(56 ports with two FlexIO modules)
MXL
1/10 GbE with iSCSI/FCoE transit
(48 ports with two FlexIO modules)
PowerEdge M
I/O aggregator
1/10 GbE with iSCSI/FCoE transit
(24 ports with one FlexIO module)
M8024-k
10 GbE (24 ports) and 8 Gbps FC (4 ports) M8428-k
1/10 GbE (48 ports) M6348
1/10 GbE (20 ports & two FlexIO modules) M6220
8/16 Gbps Fibre Channel (12 or 24 ports) M6505
The Dell C-Series and E-Series chassis
switches provide exible, high-density
1/10GbE connectivity for data centers and
enterprise LANs. The E-Series is ideal for
cost-eective, collapsed-core designs and
large-scale aggregation deployments. The
C-Series is well suited for resilient campus
LAN aggregation, wiring closet access and
data center connectivity. The C-Series also
supports 40GbE and Power-over-Ethernet+ for
high-power peripherals such as WLAN access
points, VoIP phones and security cameras.
C-Series E-Series
Dell Networking
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Dell Networking
Product Portfolio Guide
Redening fabric economics
Recent internal analysis demonstrated that Dell Active Fabric architectures are
more cost-eective and space-saving compared to the traditional modular Cisco
Nexus chassis. The Active Fabric design delivers the same throughput density,
saving up to 79% less power, up to 68% less space, and up to 59% less costs overall.
(Chart shows one Cisco Nexus 7010 chassis with ve F248XP line cards combined with eight Nexus 5596
switches for a total of 384 ports of 10GbE compared to eight Dell S4810 switches and two Dell Z9000 switches
providing the same exact throughput capacity.)
Kilowatts Space (Rack Units) Equipment cost ($K)
Active
Fabric
Best selling line cards (E-Series) Best selling line cards (C-Series)
10 GbE SFP+ (10 or 40 ports) 10 GbE SFP+ or XFP (8 ports)
1 GbE SFP (50 ports) 10/100/1000 Base-T with PoE (48 ports)
10/100/1000 Base-T
(90 ports)
FlexMedia card - 10/100/1000 Base-T with PoE
(36 ports), 1 GbE (8 ports) and 10 GbE (2 ports)
11
2.4
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
37
12
0
10
20
30
40
$869
$355
$0
$200
$400
$600
$800
59%
less
cost
79%
less
power
68%
less
space
Dell
Cisco
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Cisco
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Cisco
*All switches support multi-speeds. For example, 16Gb supports slower 2, 4, or 8Gbps as