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
