Dell N4000 User Manual

DELL EMC NETWORKING N4000 SERIES
SWITCHES

Energy-ecient, cost-eective 10GbE switches for modernizing and scaling
network infrastructure

The N4000 switch series oers a power-ecient and resilient 10 Gigabit
Ethernet (10GbE) switching solution with support for 40GbE uplinks
for advanced Layer 3 distribution for oces and campus networks.
The N4000 switch series has high-performance capabilities and wire­speed performance utilizing a non-blocking architecture to easily handle
unexpected trac loads. The N4000 series includes dual internal hot­swappable 80PLUS-certied power supplies for high availability and
power eciency. The switches oer simple management and scalability
via exible user port stacking at 10Gbps or 40Gbps. The high-availability
stacking architecture allows management of up to 12 switches from a
single IP address.

Modernize campus network architectures

Modernize campus network architectures with a power-ecient and
resilient 10/40GbE switching solution for environments requiring high
throughput and availability at the aggregation or core. For greater
interoperability in multivendor networks, N4000 series switches oer the
latest open-standard protocols and include technology to interface with
Cisco protocol RPVST+* and devices using CDP.

Achieve high availability and full bandwidth utilization with Multi-chassis
Link Aggregation (MLAG). N4000 series switches support MLAG to
create active/active loop-free redundancy without spanning tree. Server
rooms can deliver reliable server and storage connectivity with features
to help save time and avoid conguration errors. These high density
24-port or 48-port 10GbE switches are ready for converged fabric
requirements for SAN and LAN networks with loss-less operation for
iSCSI environments with Data Center Bridging (DCB). N4000 supports
VRF-lite, allowing it to be partitioned into multiple virtual routers with
isolated control and data planes on the same physical switch. The N4000
series is also fully tested and validated to work with Dell EqualLogic™ PS­Series storage arrays.**

Leverage familiar tools and practices

All N-Series switches include Dell Networking OS 6, designed for easier
deployment, greater interoperability and a lower learning curve for
network administrators. One common command line interface (CLI)
and GUI using a well-known command language gets skilled network
administrators productive quickly. With USB auto-conguration, network
administrators can rapidly deploy mirrored congurations to numerous
devices by simply inserting a USB key.

*Available starting with Dell Networking OS 6.1 release
**Contact your Dell EMC representative for a full list of validated storage arrays.
***Select Networking products carry a Lifetime Limited Warranty with Basic Hardware Service (repair or replacement) for life.
Repair or replacement does not include troubleshooting, conguration, or other advanced service provided by Dell ProSupport.

Deploy with condence at any scale

N4000 series switches help create performance assurance with a data
rate up to 1.28Tbps (full duplex) and a forwarding rate up to 952Mpps.
Scale easily with 10/40Gbps user port stacking supporting distances up
to 100 meters. Switch stacks of up to 672 10GbE ports can be managed
from a single screen using the highly-available stacking architecture
for high-density aggregation with seamless redundant availability.
N-Series switches help provide certainty with a lifetime warranty that
covers software upgrades, hardware repair or replacement as well
as optics and cables purchased with the switch. Details at Dell.com/
LifetimeWarranty.***

Hardware, performance and eciency

• Up to 32 10GbE ports (N4032 and N4032F) and up to 64 10GbE
ports (N4064 and N4064F) using breakout cables.

• Converged network support for DCB with Priority Flow Control
(802.1Qbb), ETS (802.1Qaz), DCBx, iSCSI TLV Support.

• Up to 672 10GbE ports in a 12-unit stack for high-density, high-avail­ability aggregation and distribution in wiring closets/MDFs. Non-stop
forwarding and fast failover in stack congurations.

• Hot swappable expansion module supporting dual-port QSFP+ (8x
10GbE), quad-port 10GBaseT and quad-port SFP+.

• Dual 80PLUS-certied ecient hot swappable power supplies and
redundant variable speed fan operation help decrease cooling and
power costs.

• Energy-Ecient Ethernet and lower power PHYs reduce power to
inactive ports and idle links, providing energy savings from the power
cord to the port.

• Dell Fresh Air compliance for operation in environments up to 113°F
(45°C) helps reduce cooling costs in temperature constrained
deployments.

Deploying, conguring and managing

• Tool-less ReadyRails™ signicantly reduces rack installation time.

• USB auto-conguration rapidly deploys the switches without complex
TFTP congurations or sending technical sta to remote oces.

• Plug-and-Play conguration with Dell EqualLogic iSCSI storage
arrays** and one-command iSCSI setup alleviates multiple step con­guration and potential conguration errors.

Product Description

N4032: 24x 10GbE RJ45 auto-sensing (10Gb/1Gb/100Mb) xed ports, 1x hot swap expansion module bay, 2x

redundant 460W PSU included

N4032F: 24x 10GbE SFP+ auto-sensing (10Gb/1Gb) xed ports, 1x hot swap expansion module bay, 2x

N4000 series

Power cords

Modules (optional)

Optics (optional)

Cables (optional)

redundant 460W PSU included

N4064: 48x 10GbE RJ45 auto-sensing (10Gb/1Gb/100Mb) xed ports, 2x 40GbE QSFP+ xed ports, 1x hot

swap expansion module bay, 2x redundant 460W PSU included

N4064F: 48x 10GbE SFP+ auto-sensing (10Gb/1Gb) xed ports, 2x 40GbE QSFP+ xed ports, 1x hot swap

expansion module bay, 2x redundant 460W PSU included

125V, 15A, 10 feet, NEMA 5-15/C13
250V, 12A, 2 meters, C13/C14
Country- and region-specic power cord options available

4-port 10 Gigabit SFP+ hot swappable module
4-port 10 Gigabit Base-T RJ-45 hot swappable module
2-port 40 Gigabit QSFP+ hot swappable module

Transceiver, SFP, 1000BASE-T
Transceiver, SFP, 1000BASE-SX, 850nm wavelength, up to 550m reach
Transceiver, SFP, 1000BASE-LX, 1310nm wavelength, up to 10km reach
Transceiver, SFP+, 10GbE, LRM, 1310nm wavelength, up to 220m reach
Transceiver, SFP+, 10GbE, SR, 850nm wavelength, up to 300m reach
Transceiver, SFP+, 10GbE, LR, 1310nm wavelength, up to 10km reach
Transceiver, QSFP+, 40GbE, SR4, 850nm wavelength, up to 150m reach
Transceiver, QSFP+, 40GbE, ESR, 850nm wavelength, up to 300m reach
Transceiver, QSFP+, 40GbE, LR4, 1310nm wavelength, up to 10km reach
Transceiver, QSFP+, 40GbE, PSM4 with 1m, 5m or 15m pigtail to MPO

Dell Networking cable, SFP+ to SFP+, 10GbE, copper twinax direct attach cable, 0.5m, 1m, 3m, 5m, 7m
Dell Networking cable, QSFP+ to 4x SFP+, 40GbE to 4x10GbE, passive copper breakout cable, 0.5m, 1m, 3m,
5m, 7m
Dell Networking cable, QSFP+ to QSFP+, 40GbE, passive copper direct attach cable, 0.5m, 1m, 3m, 5m, 7m
OM3 MTP ber cable, QSFP+ to QSFP+, 40GbE, requires QSFP+ optics, 1m, 3m, 5m, 7m, 10m, 25m, 50m, 75m,
100m
Fiber breakout cable, QSFP+ to 4x SFP+, 40GbE MTP to 4x 10GbE LC, requires 1x QSFP+ and 4x SFP+ optics,
1m, 3m, 5m, 7m

Technical specications

Physical

User port stacking up to 100m using 10Gb or
40Gb supporting up to 160Gbps on N4032 and
320Gbps on N4064 (full duplex)
Rear out-of-band management port
(10/100/1000BASE-T)
USB (Type A) port for conguration via USB ash
drive
Auto-negotiation for speed and ow control
Auto-MDI/MDIX, port mirroring
Flow-based port mirroring
Broadcast storm control
Energy-Ecient Ethernet per port settings
Redundant variable speed fans
Air ow: I/O to power supply
Dual redundant hot swappable power supplies
included: 460W
RJ45 console/management port with RS232
signaling (RJ-45 to female DB-9 connector
cable included)
Dual rmware images on-board

Chassis

Size (1RU, H x W x D): 1.71 in x 17.08 in x 18.11 in
(43.43 mm x 433.83 mm x 459.99 mm)
(Power supply handle adds 1.13 in or 28.7 mm)

Approximate weight: 21.67lbs/9.83kg (N4032),

21.14lbs/9.59kg (N4032F), 24.07lbs/10.92kg
(N4064), 23.28lbs/10.56kg (N4064F)
ReadyRails rack mounting system, no tools
required

Environmental

Power supply eciency: 80% or better in all
operating modes
Max. thermal output (BTU/hr): 823.44 (N4032),

603.86 (N4032F), 1353.53 (N4064), 754.82
(N4064F)
Power consumption max (watts):
240 (N4032), 176 (N4032F), 395 (N4064),
220 (N4064F)
Operating temperature: 32° to 113°F (0° to 45°C)
Operating relative humidity: 90%
Storage temperature: –4° to 158°F
(–20° to 70°C)
Storage relative humidity: 95%

Performance

MAC addresses: 131,072
Static routes: 1,024 (IPv4)/1,024 (IPv6)
Dynamic routes: 8,160 (IPv4)/4,096 (IPv6)
Switch fabric capacity: 640Gbps (N4032 and
N4032F) (full duplex)

1.28Tbps (N4064 and N4064F)
Forwarding rate: 476Mpps (N4032 and N4032F)
952Mpps (N4064 and N4064F)
Link aggregation: 128 LAG groups, 144 dynamic
ports per stack, 8 member ports per LAG
Queues per port: 8
Line-rate Layer 2 switching: All (non-blocking)
Line-rate Layer 3 routing: All (non-blocking)
Flash memory: 256MB
Packet buer memory: 9MB
CPU memory: 2GB
OSPF routing interfaces: 8,160
RIP routing interfaces: 512
ECMP next hops per route: 4
ECMP groups: 1,024
VLAN routing interfaces: 128
VLANs supported: 4,094
Protocol-based VLANs: Supported
Multicast forwarding entries: 512 (IPv4), 256
(IPv6)
ARP entries: 6,144
NDP entries: 1024
Access control lists (ACL): Supported

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MAC and IP-based ACLs: Supported
Time-controlled ACLs: Supported
Max number of ACLs: 100
Max ACL rules system-wide: 3,072
Max rules per ACL: 1,023
Max ACL rules per interface (IPv4):
2,047 (ingress), 1,023 (egress)
Max ACL rules per interface (IPv6):
1,021 (ingress), 512 (egress)
Max VLAN interfaces with
ACLs applied: 24

IEEE compliance

802.1AB LLDP
Dell Voice VLAN
Dell ISDP (inter-operates with devices running CDP)

802.1D Bridging, Spanning Tree

802.1p Ethernet Priority (User Provisioning and
Mapping)
Dell Adjustable WRR and Strict Queue Scheduling

802.1Q VLAN Tagging, Double VLAN Tagging,
GVRP

802.1Qaz DCBx, Enhanced Transmission Selection
(ETS)

802.1Qbb Priority-based Flow Control (PFC)

802.1S Multiple Spanning Tree (MSTP)

802.1v Protocol-based VLANs

802.1W Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP)
Dell RSTP-Per VLAN (compatible with Cisco’s
RPVST+)*
Dell Spanning tree optional features: STP root guard,
BPDU guard, BPDU ltering

802.1X Network Access Control, Auto VLAN

802.2 Logical Link Control

802.3 10BASE-T

802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T)

802.3ac Frame Extensions for VLAN Tagging

802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP

802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBASE-X)

802.3AX LAG Load Balancing
Dell Mutli-Chassis LAG (MLAG)
Dell Policy Based Forwarding

802.3az Energy-Ecient Ethernet (EEE)

802.3u Fast Ethernet (100BASE-TX) on
management ports

802.3x Flow Control

802.3z Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-X)
ANSI LLDP-MED (TIA-1057)
Dell EqualLogic iSCSI Auto-conguration
MTU 9,216 bytes
*Available starting with Dell Networking OS 6.1
release

RFC compliance and additional features

General Internet protocols

General Internet protocols are supported. For
a detailed list, please contact your Dell EMC
representative.

General IPv4 protocols

General IPv4 protocols are supported. For a
detailed list, please contact your Dell EMC
representative.

General IPv6 protocols

General IPv6 protocols are supported. For a
detailed list, please contact your Dell EMC
representative.

Layer 3 functionality

1058 RIPv1 2453 RIPv2
1724 RIPv2 MIB
Extension 2740 OSPFv3
1765 OSPF DB
overow 2787 VRRP MIB
1850 OSPF MIB 3101 NSSA
2082 RIP-2 MD5
Auth 3137 OSPF Stub Router
Advert
2328 OSPFv2 3623 Graceful Restart
2338 VRRP 3768 VRRP
2370 Opaque LSA Option 4271 BGP
Dell Policy Based Routing 5187 OSPFv3 Graceful
Restart

Multicast

1112 IGMPv1 3810 MLDv2
2236 IGMPv2 3973 PIM-DM
2365 Admin scoped IP Mcast 4541 IGMP v1/v2/
v3 Snooping
2710 MLDv1 and Querier
2932 IPv4 MIB 4601 PIM-SM
2933 IGMP MIB 5060 PIM MIB
3376 IGMPv3 Dell Static IP Multicast
Draft-ietf-pim-sm-bsr-05
Draft-ietf-idmr-dvmrp-v3-10 DVMRP
Draft-ietf-magma-igmp-proxy-06.txt IGMP/MLD
Proxying
Draft-ietf-magma-igmpv3-and-routing-05.txt
draft-ietf-idmr-dvmrp-mib-11
draft-ietf-magma-mgmd-mib-05
draft-ietf-pim-bsr-mib-06
IEEE 802.1ag draft 8.1 – Connectivity Fault
Management (CFM)
IEEE 802.1p GMRP Dynamic L2 Multicast
Registration

Quality of service

2474 DiServ Field 2697 srTCM
2475 DiServ Architecture 4115 trTCM
2597 Assured Fwd PHB Dell L4 Trusted Mode
Dell Port Based QoS Services (TCP/UDP)
Mode Dell Red/WRED
Dell Flow Based QoS Services Dell Audio Video

Network management and security

1155 SMIv1
1157 SNMPv1
1212 Concise MIB
Denitions
1213 MIB-II
1215 SNMP Traps
1286 Bridge MIB
1442 SMIv2
14 51 Manager-to-Manager
MIB
1492 TACACS+
1493 Managed objects
for Bridges MIB
1573 Evolution of
Interfaces
1612 DNS Resolver MIB
Extensions
1643 Ethernet-like MIB
1757 RMON MIB

1867 HTML/2.0 Forms
with le upload
extensions
190 1 Community-based
SNMPv2
1907 SNMPv2 MIB
1908 Coexistence
between
SNMPv1/v2
2011 IP MIB
2012 TCP MIB
2013 UDP MIB
2068 HTTP/1.1
2096 IP Forwarding Table
MIB
2233 Interfaces Group
using SMIv2
2246 TLS v1
2271 SNMP Framework
MIB

2295 Transport Content
Negotiation
2296 Remote Variant
Selection
2346 AES Ciphersuites
for TLS
2576 Coexistence
between
SNMPv1/v2/v3
2578 SMIv2
2579 Textual
Conventions
for SMIv2
2580 Conformance
Statements
for SMIv2
2613 RMON MIB
2618 RADIUS
Authentication
MIB
2620 RADIUS Accounting
MIB
2665 Ethernet-like
Interfaces
MIB
2666 Identication of
Ethernet chipsets
2674 Extended Bridge
MIB
2737 ENTITY MIB
2818 HTTP over TLS
2819 RMON MIB
(groups 1,
2, 3, 9)
2856 Text Conv. For
High Capacity
Data Types
2863 Interfaces MIB
2865 RADIUS
2866 RADIUS
Accounting
2868 RADIUS Attributes
for Tunnel Prot.
2869 RADIUS
Extensions
3410 Internet Standard
Mgmt. Framework
3411 SNMP
Management
Framework
3412 Message
Processing
and Dispatching
3413 SNMP
Applications
3414 User-based
security model

3415 View-based
control model
3416 SNMPv2
3417 Transport
Mappings
3418 SNMP MIB
3577 RMON MIB
3580 802.1X with
RADIUS

3737 Registry of RMON
MIB
4 08 6 Randomness
Requirements
4113 UDP MIB
4251 SSHv2 Protocol
4252 SSHv2
Authentication
4253 SSHv2 Transport
4254 SSHv2
Connection
Protocol
4419 SSHv2 Transport
Layer Protocol
4521 LDAP Extensions
4716 SECSH Public Key
File Format
6101 SSL
6398 IP Router Alert

Dell Enterprise MIB

supporting routing
features draft-ietf­hubmib-etherif­mib-v3-00.txt
(Obsoletes RFC

2665)

Dell LAG MIB Support

for 802.3ad
functionality

Dell sow version 1.3

draft 5
Dell 802.1x Monitor
Mode
Dell Custom Login
Banners
Dell Dynamic ARP
Inspection
Dell IP Address Filtering
Dell Tiered
Authentication
Dell RSPAN
Dell Change of
Authorization
Dell OpenFlow 1.3
Dell Python Scripting
Dell Support Assist
HiveManager NG

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Regulatory, environment and other compliance

Safety and emissions

Australia/New Zealand: ACMA RCA Class A
Canada: ICES Class A; cUL
China: CCC Class A; NAL
Europe: CE Class A
Japan: VCCI Class A
USA: FCC Class A; NRTL UL; FDA 21 CFR 1040.10 and

1040.11
Eurasia Customs Union: EAC
Germany: GS mark
Product meets EMC and safety standards in many countries
inclusive of USA, Canada, EU, Japan, China.
For more country-specic regulatory information, and
approvals, please see your Dell representative.

RoHS

Product meets RoHS compliance standards in many
countries inclusive of USA, EU, China, and India. For more
country-specic RoHS compliance information, please see
your Dell representative.
EU WEEE
EU Battery Directive
REACH

Energy

Japan: JEL

Certications (available or coming soon)

Available with US Trade Agreements Act (TAA) compliance.
N-Series products have the necessary features to
support a PCI compliant network topology.

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May 2017 | v3.1
Dell EMC Networking N4000 Series Spec Sheet