Specifications: Dell Networking MXL blade switch
Port attributes
Up to 32 line-rate 10GbE KR ports
2 line-rate fixed 40GbE QSFP+ ports
2 optional FlexIO plug-in modules with flexible media
choices:
- 2-port QSFP+ 40GbE module
- 4-port SFP+ 10GbE module
- 4-port 10GBase-T 10GbE copper module (1/10Gb,
only 1 module per MXL is supported)
- 4-port 2/4/8Gb FC FlexIO module
1 USB (Type A) port for storage
1 USB (Type A) port for console/management
Performance
MAC addresses:
128K
IPv4 routes:
16K
Switch fabric capacity:
1.28Tbps (full-duplex)
Forwarding capacity:
960Mpps
Link aggregation:
Up to 16 members
per group, 128 LAG groups
Queues per port:
4 queues
VLANs:
4094
Line-rate Layer 2 switching: All protocols, including IPv4
Line-rate Layer 3 routing:
IPv4 and IPv6
ACLs:
2K ingress, 1K egress
Packet buffer memory:
9MB
CPU memory:
2GB
Stacking
Stacked units: Up to 6 MXLs (using 40GbE ports only)
Stacking bandwidth: Up to 320Gbps (using 2 x 40GbE ring)
Stacking topology: Ring and daisy chain
Virtual Link Trunking (VLT): mVLT and L2/L3 over VLT
IEEE compliance
802.1AB
LLDP
802.1p
L2 Prioritization
802.3ab
Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-T)
802.3ad
Link Aggregation with LACP
802.3ae
10GbE (10GBase-X)
802.3ba
40GbE (40GBase-SR4, 40GBase-CR4) on
optical ports
802.3u
Fast Ethernet (100Base-TX)
802.3x
Flow Control
802.3z
Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-X)
ANSI/TIA-1057
LLDP-MED
MTU
12KB
Availability
802.1D Bridging, STP
802.1s MSTP
802.1w RSTP
2338 VRRP
Layer 3 routing
1058 RIPv1
2453 RIPv2
2154 MD5 (OSPF)
1587 NSSA (OSPF)
2328 OSPFv2
2740 OSPFv3
4222 Prioritization and congestion avoidance
4552 OSPFv3 IPsec authentication
BGP
1997 BGP Communities
2385 BGP MD5
2439 BGP Route Flap Damping
2796 BGP Route Reflection
2918 BGP Route Refresh
3065 BGP Confederations
4360 BGP Extended Communities
4893 BGP 4-byte ASN
5396 BGP 4-byte ASN representations
draft-ietf-idr-restart-06 BG P Graceful Restart
1195 Routing IPv4 with IS-IS
5308 Routing IPv6 with IS-IS
VLAN
802.1Q VLAN Tagging, Double VLAN Tagging, GVRP
802.3ac Frame Extensions for VLAN Tagging
Force10 PVST+
Native VLAN
Data center bridging
IEEE 802.1Qbb Priority-Based Flow Contrl (PFC)
IEEE 802.1Qaz Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS)
Data Center Bridging eXchange (DCBx)
DCBx Application TLV (iSCSI, FCoE)
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Fiber channel
NPIV Proxy Gateway (NPG)
Fiber Channel port types : N
Bridging to FC SAN
Up to 8 FCoE_Maps per switch
FCoE features
Native FCoE forwarding
FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) v1
FCoE Transit (FIP Snooping Bridge)
FCoE to FC Forwarding
Dynamic FCoE to FC Load Balancing
Open automation
Bare metal provisioning
Virtual server networking
Smart scripting
Security options
854 Telnet
959 FTP
1321 MD5
1350 TFTP
2474 Differentiated Services
2856 RADIUS
3164 Syslog
4254 SSHv2
draft-grant-tacacs-02
TACACS+
4807 IPSec SPD MIB
4301 IPSec
General IPv4 protocols
768 UDP
791 IPv4
792 ICMP
793 TCP
826 ARP
1027 Proxy ARP
1035 DNS (client)
1042 Ethernet Transmission
1191 Path MTU Discovery
1305 NTPv3
1519 CIDR
1542 BOOTP (relay)
1812 Routers
1858 IP Fragment Filtering
2131 DHCP (relay, client, server)
3021 31-bit Prefixes
3046 DHCP Option 82
3069 Private VLAN
3128 Tiny Fragment Attack Protection
General IPv6 protocols
2460 IPv6
1858 IP Fragment Filtering
2461 Neighbor Discovery
2675 Jumbograms (partial)
3587 Global Unicast Address Format
2462 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (partial)
4291 Addressing
2463 ICMPv6
4861 IPv6 Host for management port
1981 IPv6 Path MTU discovery
Multicast
1112 IGMPv1
3569 SSM for IPv4
2236 IGMPv2
4541 IGMPv1/v2 Snooping
3376 IGMPv3
draft-ietf-pim-sm-v2-new-05 PIM-SM
SDN/Openflow
Openflow standard 1.0 with extensions
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
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
2787 VRRP MIB
2819 RMON MIB (groups 1, 2, 3, 9)
2863 Interfaces MIB
3273 RMON High Capacity MIB
3416 SNMPv2
3418 SNMP MIB
3434 RMON High Capacity Alarm MIB
ANSI/TIA-1057 LLDP-MED MIB
IEEE 802.1AB LLDP MIB
IEEE 802.1AB LLDP DOT1 MIB
IEEE 802.1AB LLDP DOT3 MIB
sFlow.org sFlowv5
FORCE10-IF-EXTENSION-MIB
FORCE10-LINKAGG-MIB
FORCE10-COPY-CONFIG-MIB
FORCE10-MON-MIB
FORCE10-PRODUCTS-MIB
FORCE10-MS-CHASSIS-MIB
FORCE10-SMI
FORCE10-SYSTEM-COMPONEN-MIB
FORCE10-TC-MIB
FORCE10-TRAP-ALARM-MIB
FORCE10-FIPSNOOPING-MIB
FORCE10-DCB-MIB
LLDP-EXT-DOT1-DCBX-MIB
IEEE8021-PFC-MIB
DELLl_ITA.REV_1_1.MIB
F10-JUMPSTART-MIB
FORCE10-MSTP-MIB
Chassis
Single-wide I/O module for M1000e blade enclosure
Environmental
Power supply: 100–240V AC 50/60Hz
Max. thermal output: 955.36 BTU/h
Max. current draw per system: 2A at 100/120V AC, 1A
at 200/240V AC
Max. power consumption: 123 Watts
ISO 7779 A-weighted sound pressure level: 59.6dBA at
73.4°F (23°C)
Operating temperature: 32° to 104°F (0° to 40°C)
Operating humidity: 10 to 85% (RH), non-condensing
Max. non-operating specifications:
- Storage temperature: –40° to 158°F
(–40° to 70°C)
- Storage humidity: 5 to 95% (RH),
non-condensing
Regulatory and environment compliance
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 Optical Fibre Communication Systems
FDA Regulation 21 CFR 1040.10 and 1040.11
Emissions
Australia/New Zealand: AS/NZS CISPR 22: 2006,
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
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
All components are RoHS compliant