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Introduction
This document provides basic information about installing the S5000 switch.
For information about how to configure and monitor switch features, refer to the
Switch , which is available on the Dell Support website at http://support.dell.com/manuals.
This document contains the following sections:
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Product Description
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Unpacking the Switch
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Hardware Overview
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Site Preparations
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Installation
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Technical Specifications
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Agency Compliance
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Technical Support
Product Description
The S5000 is part of Dell Networking's S-Series switches for Data Center Top of Rack (ToR) switches.
The S5000 is purpose-built to provide architectural flexibility for unified and virtualized environments. It is a 10G ToR
solution that enables converged local area networks (LAN) and storage area networks (SAN) in the same box. The S5000
delivers Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and Fibre Channel (FC) capability in a one rack unit (RU) ToR switch form
factor.
The S5000 supports Data Center Bridging (ETS/PFC/DCBX), FCoE Transit (FIP Snooping), NPIV Proxy Gateway (NPG), and
Internet small computer system interface (iSCSI) storage traffic. The S5000 also provides aggregation and convergence
functionality using pluggable modules for flexible configuration.
FTOS Configuration Guide for the S5000
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