The PowerSwitch S5200-ON 25/100GbE fixed switches comprise Dell
Technologies’ latest disaggregated hardware and software data
center networking solutions, providing state-of-the-art,
high-density 25/100GbE ports and a broad range of functionality to
meet the growing demands of today’s data center environment. These
innovative, next-generation open networking switches offer optimum
flexibility and cost-effectiveness for web 2.0, enterprise and
cloud service providers with demanding compute and storage traffic
environments.
The S5200-ON is a complete family of switches:12-port, 24-port, and
48-port 25GbE/100GbE ToR switches, 96- port 25GbE/100GbE Middle of
Row (MoR)/End of Row (EoR) switch, and a 32-port 100GbE Multi-Rate
Spine/ Leaf switch. From the compact half-rack width S5212FON
providing an ideal form factor for hyper-converged deployments, to
the high density S5296F-ON for Middle of Row deployments, the
S5200-ON series offers performance and flexibility for a variety of
network designs.
In addition to 100GbE Spine/Leaf deployments, the S5232F-ON can
also be used in high density deployments using breakout cables to
achieve up to 128 10GbE or 128 25GbE ports.
Using industry-leading hardware and a choice of Dell EMC
SmartFabric OS10 or select 3rd party network operating systems and
tools, the S5200-ON switches incorporate multiple architectural
features that optimize data center network flexibility, efficiency
and availability, including IO panel to PSU or PSU to IO panel
airflow for hot/cold aisle environments, redundant, hot-swappable
power supplies and fans and deliver non-blocking performance for
workloads sensitive to packet loss.
Priority-based flow control (PFC), data center bridge exchange
(DCBX) and enhanced transmission selection (ETS) make the S5200-ON
family ideally suited for DCB environments.
Dell EMC PowerSwitch S5200-ON switches support the open source Open
Network Install Environment (ONIE) for zero touch installation of
Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 networking operating system, as well as
alternative network operating systems.
Key applications
• Organizations looking to enter the softwaredefined data center
era with a choice of networking technologies designed to maximize
flexibility
• High-density 10/25GbE ToR server aggregation in high-performance
data center environments at the desired fabric speed with the
S5248F-ON or S5296FON
• Low-density 10/25GbE server and storage aggregation with the
S5212F-ON and S5224F-ON
• Small-scale Fabric implementation via the S5232FON switch in leaf
and spine along with S5248F-ON 1/10/25GbE ToR switches enabling
cost-effective aggregation of 10/25/40/50/100 uplinks
• Multi-functional 10/25/40/50/100GbE switching in High Performance
Computing Clusters or other businesssensitive deployments requiring
the highest bandwidth.
iSCSI deployments, including DCB converged lossless transactions
• Single-pass VXLAN routing
Key features
• 1 or 2RU high-density ToR switches with up to 48 or 96 ports of
25GbE or 32 ports of 100GbE • Multi-rate 100GbE ports support
10/25/40/50/100GbE • Scalable L2 and L3 Ethernet switching with QoS
and a full complement of standards-based IPv4 and IPv6 features,
including OSPF and BGP routing support • Line-rate performance via
non-blocking switch fabrics: 3.2Tbps (6.4Tbps full-duplex) on
S5296F-ON and S5232F-ON, 2.0Tbps (4.0Tbps full-duplex) on S5248FON,
and 1.08Tbps (2.16Tbps full-duplex) on S5224FON and S5212F-ON • L2
multipath support via Virtual Link Trunking (VLT) and Routed VLT
support • VXLAN gateway functionality support for bridging and
routing the non-virtualized and the virtualized overlay networks
with line rate performance • Support for Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10
• Converged network support for DCB, with priority flow control
(802.1Qbb), ETS (802.1Qaz), DCBx and iSCSI TLV support • Routable
RoCE to enable convergence of compute and storage on Leaf/Spine
Fabric • IO panel to PSU airflow or PSU to IO panel airflow
Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and fans on most models •
Supports the open source Open Network Install Environment (ONIE)
for zero touch installation of alternate network operating systems
• Tool-less enterprise ReadyRails™ mounting kits for most models
reducing time and resources for switch rack installation (S5212F-ON
will utilize a tandem tray for mounting) • Power-efficient
operation and Dell Fresh Air 2.0 compliant up to 45ºC helps reduce
cooling costs in temperature constrained deployments
Key features with Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10
•Consistent DevOps framework across compute, storage and networking
elements • Standard networking features, interfaces and scripting
functions for legacy network operations integration •
Standards-based switching hardware abstraction via Switch
Abstraction Interface (SAI) • Pervasive, unrestricted developer
environment via Control Plane Services (CPS) • Dell EMC SmartFabric
OS10 software enables Dell EMC layer 2 and 3 switching and routing
protocols with integrated IP services, quality of service,
manageability and automation features • OS10 supports Precision
Time Protocol (PTP, IEEE 1588v2) to synchronize clocks on network
devices • Increase VM Mobility region by stretching L2 VLAN within
or across two DCs with unique VLT capabilities • Scalable L2 and L3
Ethernet Switching with QoS, ACL and a full complement of standards
based IPv4 and IPv6 features including OSPF, BGP and PBR • Enhanced
mirroring capabilities including local mirroring, Remote Port
Mirroring (RPM), and Encapsulated Remote Port Mirroring (ERPM) •
Converged network support for Data Center Bridging, with priority
flow control (802.1Qbb), ETS (802.1Qaz), DCBx and iSCSI TLV • BGP
EVPN with Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB) in both Asymmetric
and Symmetric modes, enabling controller less NVO
