Dell PowerSwitch S6000 User Manual

Dell Networking S6000

Installation Guide

Publication Date: April 2014

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

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April 2014

1 About this Guide

Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 The S6000 Switch

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Physical Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Switch Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Determine Switch Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

LED Displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Basic Installation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Orderable S6000 Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3 Site Location and Preparation

Site Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Cabinet Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Rack Mount. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Fans and Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Storing Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

4 Install the S6000

Unpack the S6000 Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Unpacking Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Install Rack or Cabinet Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Rack Mount Safety Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Installing the Dell ReadyRails Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Configuring a Two-Post Flush-Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Configuring a Two-Post Center-Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Configure a Four-Post Thread. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Installing the S6000 Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Installing a 1U Front-Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Attaching the Ground Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Installing an AC or DC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Installing QSFP+ Optics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Remove QSFP+ Optics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Split QSFP+ Ports to SFP+ Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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Important Points to Know: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Power Up the S6000 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Power Up Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

5 Power Supplies

Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Installing an AC or DC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Replacing an AC or DC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Connecting a DC Power Supply to the Power Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Removing Power Connector from an S6000 DC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Installing a Fan Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Replacing a Fan Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

7 Management Ports

Accessing the RS-232 Console Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Accessing the USB-B Console Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

8 Specifications

Switch Physical Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Environmental Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Power Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

AC Input Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

DC Input Specification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

IEEE Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Agency Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Network Equipment Building Switch (NEBS) Compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

USA Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Canadian Department of Communication Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

European Union EMC Directive Conformance Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Japan: VCCI Compliance for Class A Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Korean Certification of Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Safety Standards and Compliance Agency Certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Product Recycling and Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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9 Technical Support

The iSupport Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Accessing iSupport Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Contacting the Technical Assistance Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Requesting a Hardware Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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About this Guide

This guide provides site preparation recommendations, step-by-step procedures for rack mounting and

desk mounting, and connecting to a power source.

After you have completed the hardware installation and power-up of the S6000, for software

configuration information, refer to the Dell Networking OS Configuration Guide for the S6000 Switch
and for Command line interface (CLI) information, refer to the Dell Networking OS Command Line

Reference Guide for the S6000 Switch.

NOTE: For information about upgrading the S6000 switch, refer to the Dell Networking OS Release Notes for the

S6000 switch. If you have any questions regarding Dell Networking OS versions and switch upgrades, contact

Dell Technical Support.

CAUTION: To avoid electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage, wear grounding wrist straps when handling this

equipment.

WARNING: Only trained and qualified personnel can install this equipment. Read this guide before you install

and power up this equipment. This equipment contains two power cords. Disconnect both power cords before
servicing.

WARNING: This equipment contains optical transceivers, which comply with the limits of Class 1 laser

radiation.

WARNING: When no cable is connected, visible and invisible laser radiation may be emitted from the

aperture of the optical transceiver ports. Avoid exposure to laser radiation and do not stare into open
apertures.

Related Publications

For more information about the S6000 switch, refer to the following documents:

• Dell Networking OS Configuration Guide for the S6000 Switch

• Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide for the S6000 Switch

•

Dell Networking OS

NOTE: For the most recent documentation and software, visit iSupport (registration for access to some

sections is required):

Release Notes for the S6000 Switch

http://www.dell.com/support/manuals

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The S6000 Switch

This chapter contains general features, capabilities, and physical configurations the S6000 supports.

Introduction

The S6000 is a fully featured switch/router one rack unit (RU) switch that you can deploy as a spine, leaf,

or top of rack (T oR) device where you require 10Gb and/or 40Gb connections. It contains 32 ports of 40G
that you can use to create a configuration of 104 ports of 10G small form-factor pluggable plus (SFP+)
(using breakout cables). The S6000 power supply unit (PSU) side (
modules.

Figure 2-1. S6000 PSU-Side View

Figure 2-1

) contains the PSU and fan

1 - PSU 0
2 - Fan Modules 0-2

3 - PSU 1

The S6000 input/output (I/O) side (

• Thirty-two fixed QSFP+ ports

• One USB 2.0 port

• One USB-B serial console port

• One RS-232 serial console port

• One 10/100/1000BaseT (RJ-45) Ethernet management port

Figure 2-2

) includes:

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Figure 2-2. S6000 I/O-Side View

1 - System LED

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2 - 32 QSFP+ Ports
3 - Serial Console
4 - Reset
5 - Stack ID
6 - USB-A
7 - USB-B Console
8 - Management

NOTE: For more information about LEDs, refer the Determine Switch Status section.

NOTE: The system light emitting diodes (LEDs) are on the I/O side. The fan tray power indicators are on the
PSU side.

The S6000 switch runs the Dell Networking operating system, providing switching, bridging, and routing

functionality for transmitting data, storage, and server traffic.
In a data center network, the S6000 switch provides converged network support and inter-operates with

Dell and third-party network devices. The switch supports
optimizes

connectivity between servers using Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and internet small

data center bridging (DCB) features and

computer system interface (iSCSI) links.
By providing increased 40GbE bandwidth for device interconnection in a shared network storage

environment (with the possibility of splitting 40GbE QSFP+ uplinks into four 10GbE SFP+ connections),
the S6000 switch is perfectly positioned to help transition a data center with multiple speed requirements.

Features

The S6000 has the following features:

• One universal serial bus (USB-A) port

• One USB-B console port

• Thirty-two 40Gbps QSFP ports for 40Gbps transceivers

• On-board high-performance central processing unit (CPU) system with large memory

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• Temperature monitoring

• Software-readable thermal monitor

• Real time clock (RTC) support

• Hot-plugging redundant power supply

• Current monitoring for power management

• Removable fan that you can manage

• Standard 1U switch high

Physical Dimensions

The S6000 has the following physical dimensions:

• 434 x 460 x 43.5 mm (W x D x H)

• 17.09 x 18.11 x 1.71 inches (W x D x H)

Switch Ports

The following is a list of the standard ports located on each S6000 switch:

• Serial RS-232 port (RJ-45 type)

• Out of band (OOB) Ethernet management port (RJ-45 type)

• Thirty-two 40Gbps QSFP+ ports

• One universal serial bus port (USB Type-A)

Determine Switch Status

You can view S6000 status information in several ways, including LEDs and boot menu options. Also,

you can view status information through the CLI show commands and with simple network management
protocol (SNMP) traps. For more information about these options, refer to the Dell Networking OS

Command Line Reference Guide for the S6000 Switch and the Dell Networking OS Configuration Guide
for the S6000 Switch.

LED Displays

As shown in

Table 2-1

and fan status.

Figure 2-3

through

, the S6000 includes LED displays on both the I/O and PSU side of the switch.

Table 2-3

list the LED definitions for the S6000 switch. This includes the system, PSU,

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Figure 2-3. PSU and Fan Tray LEDs

1- Fan Tray 0-2 LEDs

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2 - PSU 0-1 LEDs

1 - Serial Console
2 - Master LED
3 - Power LED
4 - Fan Status LED
5 - Locator LED
6 - Stack ID
7 - USB-A
8 - USB-B Console
9 - Management

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Table 2-1. System LED Displays

Feature Detailed Description Comment
System LED • Solid green — Normal operation. The CLI prompt is available.

• Blinking green — Boot-up in progress.

• Solid yellow — Major Fault. Displays summary of all major faults
within the system; the faults affect traffic.

• Blinking yellow — Minor Fault. Displays summary of all minor
faults within the system; the faults do not affect traffic.

Power LED • Off — No power.

• Solid Yellow — POST in progress.

• Solid green — Normal operation (dual or single supply).

• Blinking yellow — One of the power supplies has failed.

FAN LED • Solid green — Fan powered and running at the expected rpm.

• Solid yellow — Fan failed including incompatible airflow direction
when PSU or fan trays of differing airflows are inserted in the same
switch.

MASTER LED • Solid green — System in stacking Master mode.

• Off — Switch in Slave mode.

LOCATOR LED • Off — No power.

• Blinking blue — Locator function is enabled.

• Off — Locator function is disabled.

7-DIGIT Stack LED • Indicates a number for stacking. I/O side

I/O side

I/O side

I/O side

I/O side

I/O side

NOTE: When one of the FAN LEDs on the utility side indicates failure, the fan LED on the I/O panel displays yellow.

The S6000 supports splitting a single 40G QSFP+ port into four 10G SFP+ ports using one of the

supported breakout cables. A maximum of 13 ports can be made fanout in each of the ranges from 0 to 63
and from 64 to 127, thereby making the other three ports disabled after reload. You can enable the fanout
feature by using the stack-unit port mode command in CONFIGURATION mode.

Starting with Dell Networking OS version 9.4(0.0), you can configure up to a maximum of one-hundred

four10G ports on an S6000.

QSFP+ ports have eight LEDs associated with each stack of two ports; four for the top and four for the
bottom ports. You can configure each port as a single 40G port or four 10G ports. When configured as a
40G port, only the first of the four LEDs is used. When configured as four 10G ports, all four LEDs are
used to indicate the status.

Table 2-2

lists the LED status and

Table 2-3

lists the management port LED

status.

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Table 2-2. 40G QSFP+/ 4x10G SFP+ Ethernet Port LEDs

Feature Detailed Description
Link/Activity LED • Off — No Link.

• Blinking green — Transmit/Receive is active.

• Solid green — Link up at 40Gbps/10Gbps speed.

Table 2-3. Management Ethernet Port LEDs

Feature Detailed Description
Link LED • Off

Activity LED • Off

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—

No Link.

• Solid green

—

• Blinking green

—

No Link.

Link on 10/100M/1G speed.

—

Transmit/Receive is active.

Basic Installation Requirements

Detailed installation instructions for the S6000 are provided in

Chapter 4, Install the S6000

and

. However, here is an initial list of components required for a successful

Chapter 3, Site Location and Preparation

installation of the S6000:

• S6000 switch

• If you ordered AC units, cables to connect the AC power source to each of the switch's AC power
supplies (country/regional configured)

• If you ordered DC units, cables to connect the DC power source to each of the switch's DC power
supplies

• Mounting brackets for rack installation (included)

• Screws for rack installation and #1 and #2 Phillips screwdrivers (not included)

• Ground cable (not included)

• Ground cable screws (included)

• Copper/fiber cables

Optional components for installation:

• Additional power supply units

• Additional fan modules

• Additional mounting brackets (if installing in a 4-post rack or cabinet)

Orderable S6000 Components

You can order the S6000 switch in several different configurations. Also, you can order optional modules

and optics separately.

The following is a list of different configurations and modules:

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• S6000 AC Normal Airflow: Thirty two 40Gbps QSFP+ ports, Two AC power supply and Three fan
subsystems (airflow from the I/O side to the PSU side)

• S6000 AC Reverse Airflow: Thirty two 40Gbps QSFP+ ports, Two AC power supply and Three fan
subsystems (airflow from the PSU side to the I/O side)

• S6000 AC Normal Airflow: Thirty two 40Gbps QSFP+ ports, Two AC power supply and Three fan
subsystems (airflow from the I/O side to the PSU side)

• S6000 AC Reverse Airflow: Thirty two 40Gbps QSFP+ ports, Two AC power supply and Three fan
subsystems (airflow from the PSU side to the I/O side)

• Fan with airflow from the I/O side to the PSU side

• Fan with airflow from the PSU side to the I/O side

• AC Power supply with airflow from the I/O side to the PSU side

• AC Power supply with airflow from the PSU side to the I/O side

• DC Power supply with airflow from the I/O side to the PSU side

• DC Power supply with airflow from the PSU side to the I/O side

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Site Location and Preparation

The S6000 is suitable for installation as part of a common bond network (CBN). It can be installed in:

• Network telecommunication facilities

• Data centers

• Other locations where the national electric code (NEC) applies

This chapter contains the following sections regarding where and how you can install the S6000:

• Site Selection

• Cabinet Placement

• Rack Mount

• Ground

• Fans and Airflow

• Power

• Storing Components

NOTE: Install the S6000 switch into a rack or cabinet before installing any optional components.

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