The S5448F-ON 100/400GbE fixed switch comprises Dell Technologies’ latest disaggregated hardware and software data center networking solutions, providing state-of-theart, high-density 100/400 GbE ports and a broad range of functionality to meet the growing demands of today’s data center environment. This innovative, next-generation open networking high-density aggregation switch offers optimum flexibility and cost-effectiveness for the web 2.0, enterprise, mid-market and cloud service providers with demanding compute and storage traffic environments.
The compact PowerSwitch S5448F-ON provides industryleading density of up to 48 ports of 100GbE (SFP56-DD) and 8 ports of 400GbE(QSFP56-DD), in a 1RU design
Using industry-leading hardware and a choice of Dell SmartFabric OS10 or select 3rd party network operating systems and tools, the S5448F-ON switch incorporates multiple architectural features that optimize data center network flexibility, efficiency and availability, including IO panel to PSU airflow or PSU to IO panel airflow* for hot/ cold aisle environments, redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and fans, and delivers non-blocking performance for workloads sensitive to packet loss.** The compact S5448F-ON provides multi-rate speed, enabling denser footprints and simplifying migration to 100 and 400Gbps.
Priority-based flow control (PFC), data center bridge exchange (DCBX) and enhanced transmission selection (ETS) make the S5448F-ON ideally suited for DCB environments
The Dell PowerSwitch S5448F-ON switch supports the open source Open Network Install Environment (ONIE) for zero touch installation of Dell SmartFabric OS10 networking operating system, as well as of 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 multi-rate 100/400GbE ToR server aggregation in high-performance data center environments at the desired fabric speed
Small-scale fabric implementation via the S5448FON switch in leaf and spine along with S-series 10/25/40/50/100GbE ToR switches enabling costeffective aggregation of 100/400 uplinks
High-density 10/25/40/50/100GbE ToR server access in high-performance data center environments
Multi-functional 10/25/40/50/100/200/400GbE switching in High Performance Computing clusters or other business-sensitive deployments requiring the highest bandwidth
iSCSI and FCOE deployment, including DCB converged lossless transactions
Key features
1RU high-density 100/400GbE aggregation switch with up to 48 ports of 100GbE (SFP56-DD) and up to 8 ports of 400GbE (QSFP56-DD)
Multi-rate 100GbE ports support 10/25/50/100GbE. Multi-rate 400GbE ports support 10/25/40/50/100/200/400GbE
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
16Tbps non-blocking (full duplex), switching fabric delivers line-rate performance** under full load on S5448F-ON
• L2 multipath support via Virtual Link Trunking (VLT) and Routed VLT support
Key features with Dell SmartFabric OS10
•Support for Dell SmartFabric OS10
• Converged network support for DCB, with priority flow control (802.1Qbb), ETS (802.1Qaz), DCBx and iSCSI TLV support
• S5448F-ON supports Routable RoCE to enable convergence of compute and storage on Active Fabric
• IO panel to PSU airflow or PSU to IO panel airflow • Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and fans
• Supports the open source Open Network Install Environment (ONIE) for zero touch installation of alternate network operating systems
• Accelerated mounting kits reducing time and resources for switch rack installation
• Power-efficient operation up to 45°C helping reduce cooling costs in temperature-constrained deployments
• 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 SmartFabric OS10 software enables Dell Technologies’ Layer 2 and 3 switching and routing protocols with integrated IP services, quality of service, manageability and automation features
• 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
