New open networking products help enterprise customers move to software-defined networking and prepare for the future of the data center. Open networking is inherent to Dell Networking's strategy. Dell is supporting this shift to a modern network by delivering network switches for all areas of the enterprise and providing leading-edge services to ensure businesses can support the growing demand for bandwidth and address the challenges associated with network scalability and management. The range of switching speeds (1-100GbE) offered provides customers with flexibility throughout the life of their technology investment.
Open Networking for Open Standards, Software-Defined Era:
Dell's latest switches reaffirm the company's commitment to moving beyond proprietary stacks for open, customer-centric architectures. These switches support the Open Network Installation Environment (ONIE) to enable zero-touch installation of all pre-qualified operating systems, including Dell Networking OS9 and third-party options.
Dell Networking Z9100
is a 100GbE switch in a fixed 1RU form factor for aggregation and access layers, offering multi-rate switching (10/25/40/50/100GbE). The Z9100 is designed for cloud, HPC, and Web 2.0 applications that require a range of switching rate options in high-density environments and excels in big data analytics and where high performance and low latency requirements exist.
Dell Networking S4048-ON
The Dell Networking S4048 is a low-latency 10/40GbE top-of-rack (ToR) switch designed for the software-defined data center. With advanced features for supporting large hardware arrays, VXLAN, and buffer storage expansion, it is designed for web and cloud service providers using Linux and heavy open-source environments. The S4048 delivers low-latency 10GbE switching for high-performance computing (HPC) and enterprise-critical applications that require the highest bandwidth and lowest latency.
Dell Networking S3048 -
The Dell Networking S3048 is built for efficiency and performance, and is useful for enterprise and mid-market customers with an existing 1GbE installed base. It is Dell's first foray into open 1GbE network switching. The S3048 is a Tested Retailer (TdR) equipped with next-generation 1GbE silicon, a full OS9 suite including VLT, OpenFlow, Open Automation, Cloud Stack integration with OpenStack, Microsoft, VMware, Docker, and others, while offering up to half the power consumption and up to 50 percent lower costs than the current generation of Dell 1GbE switches.
