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Dell Networking MXL blade switch
For Dell M1000e blade enclosures
Expand the value of your blade investment. The Dell Networking MXL blade switch delivers
performance and scalability in a exible package to meet the shifting demands of your business and
data center as it transitions to 1/10/40GbE.
The Dell Networking MXL blade switch provides 1/10GbE
connectivity on server-facing ports for up to 32 M-Series
blade servers equipped with the latest KR-based 10GbE
network daughter or mezzanine cards. The MXL switch
oers 1/10/40GbE connectivity on the uplinks to interface
with a top of rack switch, directly to the core, or directly to
an Ethernet-based SAN. The MXL switch also has enhanced
bandwidth, performance and exibility to satisfy the
changing demands of data centers embracing virtualization,
network convergence and other I/O-intensive applications
or workloads.
Flexibility and pay as you grow
The Dell Networking MXL blade switch provides rich
functionality using 1/10/40GbE, addressing the diverse
needs of environments ranging from data centers, large
enterprises, government networks, education/research and
high-performance computing. The MXL switch supports 32
internal 1/10GbE ports as well as two xed 40GbE QSFP+
ports and oers two bays for optional FlexIO modules.
Uplinks via the FlexIO modules can be added or swapped as
needed to ensure your business has room to grow. Choose
from 2-port QSFP+, 4-port SFP+, 4-port 10GBase-T FlexIO
or 4-port FC modules. The MXL switch provides the exibility
to mix and match the FlexIO module types.
The MXL blade switch is an
industry-rst, 40GbE-capable,
modular and stackable blade
switch for the M1000e chassis.
High-performing architecture and
Ethernet stacking
The MXL switch is an industry-rst, 40GbE-capable,
modular and stackable blade switch for the M1000e chassis.
Ethernet stacking using two 40GbE ports enables scalable
network switch growth for up to six interconnected blade
switches that are managed as one logical device. Both
stacking across chassis and local switching of trac within
the chassis oer high performance, eciency and lower
TCO.
Powerful and robust OS
Dell Networking Operating System 9 (OS9) is a robust and
scalable operating system comprised of feature-rich Layer 2
and Layer 3 switching and routing functionality using industry
standard command line interface. Deployed by some of the
most demanding data center customers, the MXL switch
brings this high-performing and resilient OS9 to the M1000e
chassis.
Built-in convergence capabilities
The MXL switch is fully IEEE data center bridging (DCB)
compliant, supporting iSCSI, NAS and FCoE transit. With the
optional FC FlexIO module, the MXL switch is transformed
into an NPIV Proxy Gateway capable of bridging Ethernet
and Fibre Channel. Converged networking lowers costs
by immediately reducing infrastructure requirements for
blade servers and interconnects. In addition to infrastructure
savings, convergence reduces complexity, simplies
management and increases eciency in data center
operations.
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Model
4-port FC module 4-port SFP+ module 4-port 10GBASE-T module 2-port QSFP+ module
Provides 2 ports of QSFP+
connectivity for 2 40Gb
connections.
When the ports are in
breakout mode, it provides
8 ports of 10Gb Ethernet
while only using 2 cables.
Module dierentiator
Designed to deliver four
ports of 8Gb Fibre Channel
bandwidth (NPG mode
only).
NPIV Proxy Gateway*
(NPG) oering gateway
capabilities to existing SAN
fabrics.
Provides 4 ports of SFP+
10Gb connectivity. Supports
optical and DAC cable
media.
Provides 4 ports of
10GBASE-T connectivity.
Supports copper media
over relatively longer
distance.
Maximum of one
10GBASE-T module per
MXL (other module bay can
be populated).
Port speed
2/4/8/Gb 10Gb/1Gb 100Mb/1Gb/10Gb (supports
auto negotiation)
10Gb/40Gb
Protocol support Native Fibre Channel Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet
RJ45/Cat6a Copper QSFP+ to 4xSFP+ Breakout
Cables 5m Passive Copper
QSFP+ to QSFP+ Direct
Attach 1m and 5m, Passive
Copper
Optical Transceivers SFP+
40Gb: SR only
QSFP+ to QSFP+ Fiber
Media types
2/4/8Gb FC SFP+ Optics Optical Tranceivers SFP+
10Gb: SR, LR
SFP 1 GBE: SX, LX
SFP to RJ45 converter
10000Base-T (only capable
of 1Gbps)
SFP+ Direct Attach Cable
(Twinax)
Cables
QSFP+ to 4xSFP+ Fiber
Breakout Cables
*The Dell FC FlexIO module uses NPIV Proxy Gateway (NPG) technology, which provides the capability to use converged FCoE inside
the M1000e chassis while maintaining traditional unconverged Ethernet and native Fibre Channel outside of the M1000e. With the FC
FlexIO module, the MXL provides bridging capabilities between Ethernet and Fibre Channel via FCoE. The MXL manages the following
items when the FC FlexIO module is installed:
1. DCB (PFC, ETS and DCBx)
2. FIP discovery and initialization
3. FLOGI and FDISC conversion process
4. FIP keep alives
For communication outside the chassis, the MXL directs all Ethernet trac out the external Ethernet ports (these ports can be in DCB or
non-DCB mode) and convert all FCoE packets to native FC packets and directs them out the native Fibre Channel ports of the FC FlexIO
module(s). The MXL acts as an NPG connecting the converged network adapters (CNAs) in the servers to the external Fibre Channel
fabric. When the FC FlexIO module is installed, the MXL appears as an FCF to the CNAs while the FC FlexIO ports appear as NPIV N_
ports (i.e. HBA ports) to the external Fibre Channel Fabric.
Note: The MXL NPIV Proxy Gateway does not currently provide fabric services.
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Specifications: Dell Networking MXL blade switch
Port attributes
Up to 32 line-rate 10GbE KR ports
2 line-rate fixed 40GbE QSFP+ ports
2 optional FlexIO plug-in modules with flexible media
choices:
- 2-port QSFP+ 40GbE module
- 4-port SFP+ 10GbE module
- 4-port 10GBase-T 10GbE copper module (1/10Gb,
only 1 module per MXL is supported)
- 4-port 2/4/8Gb FC FlexIO module
1 USB (Type A) port for storage
1 USB (Type A) port for console/management
Performance
MAC addresses: 128K
IPv4 routes: 16K
Switch fabric capacity: 1.28Tbps (full-duplex)
Forwarding capacity: 960Mpps
Link aggregation: Up to 16 members
per group, 128 LAG groups
Queues per port: 4 queues
VLANs: 4094
Line-rate Layer 2 switching: All protocols, including IPv4
Line-rate Layer 3 routing: IPv4 and IPv6
ACLs: 2K ingress, 1K egress
Packet buer memory: 9MB
CPU memory: 2GB
Stacking
Stacked units: Up to 6 MXLs (using 40GbE ports only)
Stacking bandwidth: Up to 320Gbps (using 2 x 40GbE ring)
Stacking topology: Ring and daisy chain
Virtual Link Trunking (VLT): mVLT and L2/L3 over VLT
IEEE compliance
802.1AB LLDP
802.1p L2 Prioritization
802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-T)
802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP
802.3ae 10GbE (10GBase-X)
802.3ba 40GbE (40GBase-SR4, 40GBase-CR4) on
optical ports
802.3u Fast Ethernet (100Base-TX)
802.3x Flow Control
802.3z Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-X)
ANSI/TIA-1057 LLDP-MED
MTU 12KB
Availability
802.1D Bridging, STP
802.1s MSTP
802.1w RSTP
2338 VRRP
Layer 3 routing
1058 RIPv1
2453 RIPv2
2154 MD5 (OSPF)
1587 NSSA (OSPF)
2328 OSPFv2
2740 OSPFv3
4222 Prioritization and congestion avoidance
4552 OSPFv3 IPsec authentication
BGP
1997 BGP Communities
2385 BGP MD5
2439 BGP Route Flap Damping
2796 BGP Route Reflection
2918 BGP Route Refresh
3065 BGP Confederations
4360 BGP Extended Communities
4893 BGP 4-byte ASN
5396 BGP 4-byte ASN representations
draft-ietf-idr-restart-06 BG P Graceful Restart
1195 Routing IPv4 with IS-IS
5308 Routing IPv6 with IS-IS
VLAN
802.1Q VLAN Tagging, Double VLAN Tagging, GVRP
802.3ac Frame Extensions for VLAN Tagging
Force10 PVST+
Native VLAN
Data center bridging
IEEE 802.1Qbb Priority-Based Flow Contrl (PFC)
IEEE 802.1Qaz Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS)
Data Center Bridging eXchange (DCBx)
DCBx Application TLV (iSCSI, FCoE)
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Fiber channel
NPIV Proxy Gateway (NPG)
Fiber Channel port types: N
Bridging to FC SAN
Up to 8 FCoE_Maps per switch
FCoE features
Native FCoE forwarding
FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) v1
FCoE Transit (FIP Snooping Bridge)
FCoE to FC Forwarding
Dynamic FCoE to FC Load Balancing
Open automation
Bare metal provisioning
Virtual server networking
Smart scripting
Security options
854 Telnet
959 FTP
1321 MD5
1350 TFTP
2474 Dierentiated Services
2856 RADIUS
3164 Syslog
4254 SSHv2
draft-grant-tacacs-02
TACACS+
4807 IPSec SPD MIB
4301 IPSec
General IPv4 protocols
768 UDP
791 IPv4
792 ICMP
793 TCP
826 ARP
1027 Proxy ARP
1035 DNS (client)
1042 Ethernet Transmission
1191 Path MTU Discovery
1305 NTPv3
1519 CIDR
1542 BOOTP (relay)
1812 Routers
1858 IP Fragment Filtering
2131 DHCP (relay, client, server)
3021 31-bit Prefixes
3046 DHCP Option 82
3069 Private VLAN
3128 Tiny Fragment Attack Protection
General IPv6 protocols
2460 IPv6
1858 IP Fragment Filtering
2461 Neighbor Discovery
2675 Jumbograms (partial)
3587 Global Unicast Address Format
2462 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (partial)
4291 Addressing
2463 ICMPv6
4861 IPv6 Host for management port
1981 IPv6 Path MTU discovery
Multicast
1112 IGMPv1
3569 SSM for IPv4
2236 IGMPv2
4541 IGMPv1/v2 Snooping
3376 IGMPv3
draft-ietf-pim-sm-v2-new-05 PIM-SM
SDN/Openow
Openflow standard 1.0 with extensions
Network management
1155 SMIv1
1156 Internet MIB
1157 SNMPv1
1212 Concise MIB Definitions
1215 SNMP Traps
1493 Bridges MIB
1850 OSPFv2 MIB
1901 Community-based SNMPv2
2011 IP MIB
2012 TCP MIB
2013 UDP MIB
2096 IP Forwarding Table MIB
2570 SNMPv3
2571 Management Frameworks
2572 Message Processing and Dispatching
2575 SNMPv3 VACM
2576 Coexistence Between SNMPv1/v2/v3
2578 SMIv2
2579 Textual Conventions for SMIv2
2580 Conformance Statements for SMIv2
2618 RADIUS Authentication MIB
2665 Ethernet-like Interfaces MIB
2787 VRRP MIB
2819 RMON MIB (groups 1, 2, 3, 9)
2863 Interfaces MIB
3273 RMON High Capacity MIB
3416 SNMPv2
3418 SNMP MIB
3434 RMON High Capacity Alarm MIB
ANSI/TIA-1057 LLDP-MED MIB
IEEE 802.1AB LLDP MIB
IEEE 802.1AB LLDP DOT1 MIB
IEEE 802.1AB LLDP DOT3 MIB
sFlow.org sFlowv5
FORCE10-IF-EXTENSION-MIB
FORCE10-LINKAGG-MIB
FORCE10-COPY-CONFIG-MIB
FORCE10-MON-MIB
FORCE10-PRODUCTS-MIB
FORCE10-MS-CHASSIS-MIB
FORCE10-SMI
FORCE10-SYSTEM-COMPONEN-MIB
FORCE10-TC-MIB
FORCE10-TRAP-ALARM-MIB
FORCE10-FIPSNOOPING-MIB
FORCE10-DCB-MIB
LLDP-EXT-DOT1-DCBX-MIB
IEEE8021-PFC-MIB
DELLl_ITA.REV_1_1.MIB
F10-JUMPSTART-MIB
FORCE10-MSTP-MIB
Chassis
Single-wide I/O module for M1000e blade enclosure
Environmental
Power supply: 100–240V AC 50/60Hz
Max. thermal output: 955.36 BTU/h
Max. current draw per system: 2A at 100/120V AC, 1A
at 200/240V AC
Max. power consumption: 123 Watts
ISO 7779 A-weighted sound pressure level: 59.6dBA at
73.4°F (23°C)
Operating temperature: 32° to 104°F (0° to 40°C)
Operating humidity: 10 to 85% (RH), non-condensing
Max. non-operating specifications:
- Storage temperature: –40° to 158°F
(–40° to 70°C)
- Storage humidity: 5 to 95% (RH),
non-condensing
Regulatory and environment compliance
UL/CSA 60950-1, Second Edition
EN 60950-1, Second Edition
IEC 60950-1, Second Edition Including all National
Deviations and Group Dierences
EN 60825-1 Safety of Laser Products Part 1:
Equipment Classification Requirements and
User’s Guide Optical Fibre Communication Systems
FDA Regulation 21 CFR 1040.10 and 1040.11
Emissions
Australia/New Zealand: AS/NZS CISPR 22: 2006,
Class A
Canada: ICES-003, Issue-4, Class A
Europe: EN 55022: 2006+A1:2007 (CISPR 22: 2006),
Class A
Japan: VCCI V3/2009 Class A
USA: FCC CFR 47 Part 15, Subpart B:2009, Class A
EN 300 386 V1.4.1:2008 EMC for Network Equipment
EN 55024: 1998 + A1: 2001 + A2: 2003
EN 61000-3-2: Harmonic Current Emissions
EN 61000-3-3: Voltage Fluctuations and Flicker
EN 61000-4-2: ESD
EN 61000-4-3: Radiated Immunity
EN 61000-4-4: EFT
EN 61000-4-5: Surge
EN 61000-4-6: Low Frequency Conducted Immunity
All components are RoHS compliant
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