Dell PowerEdge Modular System Switches
A family of MX7000 Ethernet and Fibre Channel switching modules, interconnects, and FN IO modules
Maximize the demanding connectivity needs of today’s data center workloads
Lower overall costs and network management complexity
Next-generation modular switches in an array of hardware platforms, operating systems and management services, designed to reduce network management complexity and grow with business needs.
Multi-chassis scalable fabric architecture that can grow with your specific needs
Fabric expansion capability using up to 100GbE connectivity across multiple chassis
Single networking domain across the fabric providing a single-pane-of-glass view
SmartFabric Services provides a robust fabric-level automation framework
Dell EMC MX5108n Ethernet Switch
Transceiver, 100GbE, SR4 QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, LR4 QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, ESR4 QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, PSM4 500m QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, CWDM4 2Km QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, SWDM4 100m QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, BIDI optic QSFP28
Transceiver, 40GbE, SR4 optic QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, eSR4 optic QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, LR4 optic QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, BIDI optic QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, PSM4 10Km QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, LM4 Duplex QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, SM4 Duplex QSFP+
100GbE, QSFP28 to QSFP28, active optical, passive DAC
100GbE, QSFP28 to 4xSFP28 (4×10/25GbE), active optical, passive DAC
100GbE, MTP to MTP optical
100GbE, MTP to 4xLC optical breakout
40GbE, QSFP+ to QSFP+, active optical & passive DAC
40GbE, QSFP+ to 4xSFP+ (4x10GbE), active optical & passive DAC
SmartFabric OS10
Select third-party operating system offerings (future)
DELL EMC MX7116N Fabric expander module
Transceiver, 2×100/2x80GbE Multi-rate, 2SR4 QSFP28-DD
Transceiver, 2x100GbE, 2SR4 QSFP28-DD
Transceiver, 2x40GbE, 2SR4 QSFP28-DD
2x 100GbE, QSFP28-DD to QSFP28-DD, active optical, passive DAC
2x 100GbE, QSFP28-DD to 2xQSFP28, active optical, passive DAC
2x 100GbE, QSFP28-DD to 8xSFP28 (8×10/25GbE), active optical, passive DAC
2x 100GbE, MPO12-DD to MPO12-DD optical
2x 100GbE, MPO12DD to 2xMPO12 optical breakout
2x 100GbE, MPO12DD to 8xLC optical breakout
2x 40GbE, QSFP28-DD to 2xQSFP+, active optical, passive DAC
2x 40GbE, QSFP28-DD to 8xSFP+ (8×10/10GbE), active optical, passive DAC
Dell EMC MX9116n Fabric Switching Engine
Transceiver, 2×100/2x80GbE Multi-rate, 2SR4 QSFP28-DD
Transceiver, 2x100GbE, 2SR4 QSFP28-DD
Transceiver, 2x40GbE, 2SR4 QSFP28-DD
Transceiver, 100GbE, SR4 QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, LR4 QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, ESR4 QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, PSM4 500m QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, CWDM4 2Km QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, SWDM4 100m QSFP28
Transceiver, 100GbE, BIDI optic QSFP28
Transceiver, 40GbE, SR4 optic QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, eSR4 optic QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, LR4 optic QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, BIDI optic QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, PSM4 10Km QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, LM4 Duplex QSFP+
Transceiver, 40GbE, SM4 Duplex QSFP+
Transceiver, 4x32G FC SW optic QSFP28
Transceiver, 4x16G FC SW optic QSFP+
2x 100GbE, QSFP28-DD to QSFP28-DD, active optical, passive DAC
2x 100GbE, QSFP28-DD to 2xQSFP28, active optical, passive DAC
2x 100GbE, QSFP28-DD to 8xSFP28 (8×10/25GbE), active optical, passive DAC
2x 100GbE, MPO12-DD to MPO12-DD optical
2x 100GbE, MPO12DD to 2xMPO12 optical breakout
2x 100GbE, MPO12DD to 8xLC optical breakout
2x 40GbE, QSFP28-DD to 2xQSFP+, active optical, passive DAC
2x 40GbE, QSFP28-DD to 8xSFP+ (8×10/10GbE), active optical, passive DAC
100GbE, QSFP28 to QSFP28, active optical, passive DAC
100GbE, QSFP28 to 4xSFP28 (4×10/25GbE), active optical, passive DAC
100GbE, MTP to MTP optical
100GbE, MTP to 4xLC optical breakout
40GbE, QSFP+ to QSFP+, active optical & passive DAC
40GbE, QSFP+ to 4xSFP+ (4x10GbE), active optical & passive DAC
SmartFabric OS10
Select third-party operating system offerings (future)
DELL MXG610S fiber channel switch
Up to 16 internal server facing and up to 16 external fabric facing ports (8-port increments through dynamic
Ports on Demand (POD) license.
The 16 internal server facing ports operate at either 16 Gbps or 32 Gbps speed depending on the
minimezzanine
adapter, and do not require any optical transceivers.
The 16 external fabric facing ports are available in two different port types:
8 external SFP+ ports operate at 8Gbps, 16Gbps, or 32Gbps speed
2 external QSFP+ ports offer 4 ports each operate at 16Gbps or 32Gbps speed
Transceiver, 16Gbps FC, SWL SFP
Transceiver, 16Gbps FC, LWL SFP
Transceiver, 32Gbps FC, SWL SFP
Transceiver, 32Gbps FC, LWL SFP
Transceiver, 16Gbps FC, SW4 QSFP (supports 1×4 Breakout)
Transceiver, 32Gbps FC, SW4 QSFP (supports 1×4 Breakout)
Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface standard (FC-PH)
Fibre Channel Class 2 and Class 3
Complies with FC-SW-3 Rev. 6.6
Full-fabric architecture with a maximum of 239 switches
6,000 active nodes, 56 switches, 19 hops in a Fabric OS® fabrics
Frame-based trunking with up to eight ports per ISL trunk for an up to 256 Gbps per ISL; supporting trunk
Exchange-based load balancing across ISLs with DPS included in Fabric OS®
1024 Gbps (32 * 32 Gbps) in Full Fabric Switch mode
512 Gbps (16 * 32 Gbps) in Access Gateway mode (default mode)
Latency for locally switched ports is ≤ 900 ns (including FEC)
2,112-byte payload
2,000 dynamically allocated
Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames)
F_Port, E_Port, M_Port, D_Port (ClearLink Diagnostic Port), N_Port
Fabric switch supporting unicast
Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS); Flow Vision; Brocade Adaptive Networking (Traffic Isolation,
QoS);
Fabric Performance Impact (FPI) Monitoring; Slow Drain Device Quarantine (SDDQ); Brocade Advanced
Zoning (default zoning, port/WWN zoning, broadcast zoning, peer zoning, target-driven zoning); Dynamic
Fabric Provisioning (DFP); Dynamic Path Selection (DPS); Brocade Extended Fabrics; Enhanced
BB credit recovery; FDMI; Frame Redirection; Frame-based Trunking; FSPF; Brocade ISL Trunking;
Management Server; NPIV; NTPv3; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); Reliable Commit
Service (RCS); Simple Name Server (SNS); Read Diagnostics Parameter (RDP), VM Insight
HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB), SSH; Auditing, Syslog; Brocade Advanced Web Tools;
Command Line Interface (CLI); SMI-S compliant; Administrative Domains; trial licenses for add-on
capabilities
DH-CHAP (between switches and end devices), FCAP switch authentication; HTTPS, IPsec, IP filtering,
LDAP with IPv6, OpenLDAP, Port Binding, RADIUS, TACACS+, User-defined Role-Based Access Control
(RBAC), Secure Copy (SCP), Secure RPC, Secure Syslog, SFTP, SSH v2, SSL, Switch Binding, Trusted
Switch
1 micro USB type B port for console/management
ClearLink optics and cable diagnostics, including electrical/optical loopback, link traffic/latency/distance; flow
mirroring; built-in flow generator; POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics, including environmental
monitoring, FCping and Pathinfo (FC traceroute), frame viewer, non-disruptive daemon restart, optics
health monitoring, power monitoring, RAStrace logging, and Rolling Reboot Detection (RRD)
DELL MX8116N fabric expander module
400GbE, Q56DD,SR4.2,GEN3,MPO,MMF,1x400G p2p,4x100G breakout to BIDI or SR1.2
2x100G/2x40GbE QSFP28-DD, Dual rate 2SR4, MPO12-DD, MMF
400G Q56DD Passive Copper Direct Attach Cable – 0.5, 1, 2 Meter
400GbE QSFP56-DD to QSFP56-DD, Active Copper Cable – 3, 5, 7 Meter
400GbE QSFP56-DD to 4xQSFP28 100GbE, Active Copper Cable, Breakout – 3, 5 Meter
400GbE QSFP56-DD to 4x100G PAM4 QSFP56 Passive Copper DAC, Breakout – 1, 2 Meter
400GbE Q56DD Passive Copper Direct Attach Cable – 0.5, 2 Meter
400GbE QSFP56-DD Passive Direct Attach Cable, No FEC, 1 Meter
400GbE Breakout, QSFP56-DD to 4xQSFP56 Depop SFF DAC 3 Meter
200GbE QSFP28-DD Passive Direct Attach Cable, No FEC – 0.5, 1 2 Meter
200GbE QSFP28-DD Active Optical Cable, No FEC – 5, 10, 20 Meter
200GbE QSFP28-DD to 2x100GbE QSFP28 Active Optical Cable, Breakout, No FEC – 5, 7, 15 Meter
200GbE QSFP28-DD to 8x25GbE SFP28 Active Optical Cable, Breakout, No FEC – 7, 10 Meter
2x100GbE, QSFP28-DD to 8xSFP28 10/25GbE, DAC Breakout, No FEC – 1, 2 Meter
2x100GbE QSFP28-DD to 2x100GbE QSFP28 Passive DAC, Breakout – 2, 3 Meter