Modernize & transform your network
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The document discusses Dell networking solutions for modernizing networks. It introduces Dell's portfolio of switches, wireless access points, and software-defined fabric solutions. These solutions provide high performance networking optimized for virtualized environments through features like automation, programmability, and SDN support. The document also provides an overview of Dell's reference architectures and solutions for wiring campus and data center networks.
Modernize & transform your network
- 1. Modernize & transform your network Gareth McComb | Networking Systems Engineer #DellST14
- 2. 2 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Who am I ??? Gareth McComb CCIE#2780
- 3. 3 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Modernize & transform your network
- 4. 4 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential New solutions for a new era Modernize & transform on your terms Transform your data center with high performance 10/40GbE Ethernet platforms In-rack solutions for the data center Fabric solutions for the data center Wired/wireless solutions for the campus Optimize architectures for east-west traffic & SDN initiatives Enable more devices and multimedia, less presence, and more remote capabilities Dell Networking
- 5. 5 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Controllers & Access Points Outdoor Indoor Guest access and BYOD W-series ClearPass Blade I/O M8428-k Z9000 E600/E1200i Modular M6220 M6348 M8024-k MXL Campus & Data Center Chassis Switches Instant access Points w/ built- in controller S4810 / S4820T Dell Networking product portfolio Wireless & BYOD S5000 S6000 Fabric & Access Switches C7004/7008 1G 10GbE 10GbE/FC 10/40GbE 1G 10GbE 10GbE/FC 10/40GbE S55/S60 N2000 N3000 N4000
- 6. 6 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Reference architectures for any network End-user networking SOHO CAMPUS 10s End-users 100-1000s End-users ROBO EXTRA LARGE SMALL/ MEDIUM LARGE Data center networking 1000s+ End-users 10s-100s Server/VMs 1000s Server/VMs 1000s+ Server/VMs
- 7. 7 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Data center In-rack Solutions
- 8. 8 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Challenges in the new data center Changing physical and virtual networks Physical Server Footprint Virtual Server Footprint GAP Changing infrastructure • Less physical • More virtual • More interfaces • How do you address the gap? New workloads • More east-west traffic • More physical consolidation • More network bottlenecks • How do you optimize?
- 9. 9 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Z-Series Core and Fabric S-Series Fabric & ToR M-Series Blades Award-winning platforms across the data center Automation, SDN & simplified management combine with highest performance • Purpose-built fabric switches for modern data centers • Integrated automation and management built in • Unique hybrid OpenFlow agent for SDN environments • 1/10/40GbE & 8G FC options • Designed for virtualized & cloud environments • Fresh Air™-capable models lets you run hotter and save costs • First 10/40GbE switch for blade environments • Local switching for highest performance • Support for Dell Active Fabric™ solutions and today’s east-west traffic
- 10. 10 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Z9500 Fabric switch the Data Center super spine Introducing 2x Power consumption vs Cisco Nexus 6K Density per RU vs Cisco Nexus 9K 12 Scale performance easily and cost- effectively Customer friendly ‘pay-as-you-grow’ licensing enables performance on demand today and for the future More performance and density, less space and less power 10 Tbps of blazing performance with up to 528 10GbE or 132 40GbE ports all in in 3RU! Simplify with integrated automation & programmability OpenFlow, embedded automation tools, and REST APIs for a complete software- defined experience
- 11. 11 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Simplified Data Center Infrastructure Simplify data center infrastructure • High port densities consolidate networking functions at end-of-row with blade server systems • Reduction in number of switches simplifies management Accelerate data center infrastructure • Active Fabric configuration for high-performance, low-latency fabric switching • Accelerate East-West traffic, optimize application performance Active Fabric leaf and spine node Active Fabric 40GbE Z9500 leaf Z9500 spine 10/40GbE EoR and Core switching Z9500 Z9500 40GbE M1000ewith MXL & M420/ M620 Dell Servers S4810 Dell Servers & Storage 2. Middle-of-Row 3. Top-of-Rack 1. End-of-Row Dell Servers & Storage S6000
- 12. 12 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Dell Z9000 fabric switch High-density 10/40G in a rack-optimized fixed form factor Scaling the data center core up, down and out Dell Networking Z9000 Read the report Distributed Core Architecture www.marketing.dell.com/force10-tolly- core-fabric-wp-f10 Product of the year award Internet Telephony • 2.5Tbps in 2RU footprint • High-density networking • 32 line rate 40GbE or • 128 line rate 10GbE • Low power consumption • 800 Watts Max (6.25W per 10GbE) • 600 Watts Typical (4.68W per 10GbE)
- 13. 13 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Dell Networking S4810/20T switch 1/10/40GbE top-of-rack switch Dell S4810 Works with: + Great with Dell servers & storage Accelerate 1G to 10GbE migration Dell 4820T • Dell Networking Operating System 9 powered Top of Rack switch • 48 x 1/10G • 4 x 40G fabric uplinks (or 16 x 10G) • Built-in virtualization support (VMware, Citrix) • DCB support for SAN/LAN convergence (iSCSI, FCoE) • Integrated Open Automation, scripting and programmatic management
- 14. 14 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Dell Networking S5000 unified switch Dell’s first fully modular 1RU top-of-rack and fabric switch Dell Networking S5000 Up to 1.3X higher port density/RU than Cisco Nexus 5548 Up to 2.6X higher port density/RU than Brocade VDX 6720-24 or 6730-32 • Pay-as-you-grow, customizable modular unified switch − 10GbE; 40GbE − 2, 4, 8G Fibre Channel • Future-ready, multi-stage design for next- gen I/O without rip & replace • Unified storage networking, with complete support for iSCSI, RoCE, and FCoE with FC fabric services • Reduced management complexity, Integrated automation, scripting and software programmability • Easy integration, strong interoperability with major adapter, switch, & storage solutions
- 15. 15 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Dell Networking S6000 high-density switch Purpose-built for the Virtual Era Dell Networking S6000 • 2.56Tbps throughput • DCB-enabled & SDN ready • 32 x 40GbE or 96 x 10GbE + 8 x 40GbE, in breakout mode • Designed for end-of-row; middle-of-row; top-of-rack; fabric switching • High-throughput low-latency performance for demanding workloads • Built-in virtualization features to scale virtual machine deployment • Integrated automation, scripting and programmatic management with Open Automation Framework • Energy-efficient, low power solution, Fresh Air capable for chiller-less operation * * *Winner: • 2013 Innovative Products & Solutions’ award – China Network World • 2013 Product of the Year’ award - It168.com
- 16. 16 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential • 10/40GbE switching in the chassis – 32 x 10Gb internal ports – Up to 6 x 40Gb external ports/uplinks – FlexIO modules provides flexible “pay as you grow” capability • Integrated automation, scripting and programmatic management Designed for end-to-end converged networks 30-40% CapEx savings Dell MXL 10/40GbE blade switch High performance full-featured 1/10/40GbE Layer 2/3 switch blade
- 17. 17 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Data center Software Defined Fabric Solutions
- 18. 18 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Dell Active Fabric solutions Simple SDN-enabled fabrics optimized for performance & cost savings • Traditional chassis-based architectures drive power, cooling and cost up • Traffic is forced into a multi- tier pattern, adding latency Download the report at Dell.com **Rightsizing the Enterprise Data Center Network, 3/20/13 http://www.dell.com/Learn/us/en/uscorp1/secure/gartner-enterprise-data-center-network Conventional Core Dell Active Fabric recommends fixed- form-factor switches “as an alternative to chassis-based switch architectures”* • Reduce capital costs up to 70%, operational expense by up to 30% • 77% less power consumption than traditional networks • 59% average savings with Active Fabric™ • 86% less time to design & deploy over manual installation
- 19. 19 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Active Fabric Manager Featuring software-defined fabrics Network Virtualization 2013 Product of the Year APIs for OMNM, VMware & OpenStack 86% Less time to deploy over manual installation Lower costs utilizing fixed form- factor fabric switches Reduce costs up to 59% using fixed form factor switches versus expensive large chassis legacy switches Scale out performance to address growing inter-rack traffic Plan for the future with fabric solutions SDN-ready out of the box with flexible options based on your needs Automate deployments and simplify management Take advantage of over 100 pre-defined layer 2/3 fabric designs quick-and-easy configuration and deployment
- 20. 20 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Introducing Zero Touch Virtual Fabric deployments Secure SonicWALL firewall integration Active Fabric Manager for OpenStack Dell Active Fabric Fabric Manager for OpenStack Deliver adaptive security customized for each application Inherent VM awareness & real-time policy changes ensure persistent security Simplify network virtualization with automated setup Automated topology design, bare-metal provisioning & configuration simplifies deployment and scaling Transform IT service delivery with lower cost and greater agility OpenStack-adopted application & policy processes eliminates complex, redundant & error prone manual configurations ** Embargo until March 25, 2014 **
- 21. 21 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Built-in Manageability and Programmability Streamline network operations with Open Automation Built-in management, automation, energy-efficiency features Bare metal provisioning Virtual server networking Smart scripting Fabric management Programmatic management Element management Built-in automation features • Deploy systems faster; automate VM mobility/VLAN configuration Integrated DevOps features • Leverage common scripting environments and tools across compute and networking Energy Efficient • Fresh Air® Advanced power and thermal characteristics to operate at higher temperatures, lowering CAPEX and OPEX Dell Networking
- 22. 22 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Dell Networking Operating System 9 Reliable Operation Industry hardened modular design • VLT multi-path • Advanced switching & Routing • Multi-tier authentication • Industry standard command syntax Automation Integrated orchestration & automation • Bare metal provisioning • Automation of repetitive tasks with scripts Scalable Performance Tested and verified from cloud to enterprise • Architected for feature-rich operation at scale • Proven in the largest most-demanding environments Software Defined Networking OpenFlow & Industry standard APIs • Industry standards • OpenFlow support • RESTful APIs for programming the forwarding plane
- 23. 23 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Comprehensive SDN strategy Hypervisor-based, controller-based, programmatic management Hypervisor-based • Hypervisor-agnostic solutions for network virtualization and network function virtualization Controller-based • OpenFlow solutions based on open standards and open source innovations Programmatic management • Legacy programmability using standard management interfaces and scripting languages NVO VMware/Microsoft/OpenStack Network Function Virtualization Open Automation TCL, Perl & Python scripting REST-API, XML, OMI, Puppet, Chef Programmatic Management Hypervisor-based SDI, SDN, Open SDN Controllers, Open Standards: OMG Open Protocol: Open Flow Software-Defined Networking Controller-based Active Fabric
- 24. 24 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Unified command line configurations Tools for network virtualization Active Fabric Manager Integration for VMware vDS VMware vDS support in AFM 2.0 • Enables common design templates and command line syntax between physical and virtual fabric switches • Provide familiar CLI interface to manage virtual switches Common management • Provide a single view into data center fabric design, configuration, and monitoring across physical and virtual switches • Leverage to simplify operations and optimize performance Common practices • Leverage industry-standard command line syntax across physical and virtual switches • Establish common procedures, save time Admins VDS Key Components Server Network NSX vCenter Mgmt CMS – Cloud Mgmt Suite (VCD or Openstack) OVS S6000 VXLAN gateway Active Fabric CLI for VDS Visibility & Management Network Virtualization & Automation Active Fabric 40GbE
- 25. 25 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Accelerate the design and deployment of network fabrics • NEW! Manage multiple fabric environments through a single pane of glass –One console to Design, Build and Monitor a fabric •Reduce the time required for designing and deploying fabric installations by 86% –1/8 the time for deploying a fabric –New! Discover existing installed fabrics –New! Northbound API’s for integration with OMNM, VMware vSphere and OpenStack Neutron •NEW! Take advantage of 100+ pre-defined, validated templates for layer 2 and layer 3 fabric designs Layer 3 Fabrics –Layer 2 Fabrics – VLT –NEW! Layer 2/3 Fabrics – Routed VLT –NEW! LAN/SAN Fabrics Dell Active Fabric™ Manager Network Virtualization Product of the Year Award Industry Leading Power, Cooling & Density: • 77% Less Power* •79% Less Heat Output* •59% Less Racks Units* *Versus comparable Cisco Nexus 7k/5k solutions
- 26. 26 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Dell Networking solutions
- 27. 27 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Modern campus solutions for a modern enterprise Unlock the network and empower productivity your way Wireless W-Series Ultimate mobility Wireless access utilizing 802.11ac gigabit wireless for unprecedented performance and scale 802.11ac wireless Access N-Series Ultimate efficiency Energy-efficient 1/10GbE switches designed for modernizing and scaling campus networks 1/10GbE switches Chassis C-Series Ultimate versatility Fully redundant, fully modular 1/10/40GbE switching system for high availability and resiliency Space-optimized chassis Scalable Simple Flexible Up to 30% more performance* TCO lowered by up to 60%** *compared to Cisco Catalyst 6500-E series ** www.miercom.com/2013//05/dell-networking-7000-8100-switch-series/ Familiar tools and practices for easier deployment & management
- 28. 28 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Dell W-Series Wireless platform Pervasive mobility across the enterprise Home / Remote Enterprise Wireless network complexity Controller-Based • Centralized Management • Maximum Security Virtual or Controller-Based • Maximum Flexibility • Controlled Scalability Virtual Controllers • Rapid Deployment • Easily Scalable Guest Access & BYOD – ClearPass • Centralized Visitor & Employee Management • Automated BYOD • Multi-vendor Branch Office Wireless network scale
- 29. 29 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Dell Networking N2000 Series 1 Gigabit Ethernet with Layer 2+ capabilities Energy efficient and cost effective A powerful and economical 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet switching solution for efficient Layer 2+ access for end user devices, entry-level servers, and network devices. Up to twelve switches can be stacked and managed with a single IP address to deliver reliable network performance. Key features and innovations Model Port configuration N2024 24x RJ45 10/100/1000 Mb ports, 2x SFP+ ports, 2 stacking ports N2024P 24x RJ45 10/100/1000 Mb PoE+ ports, 2x SFP+ ports, 2x stacking ports N2048 48x RJ45 10/100/1000 Mb ports, 2x SFP+ ports, 2 stacking ports N2048P 48x RJ45 10/100/1000 Mb PoE+ ports, 2x SFP+ ports, 2x stacking ports Products • Up to 220 Gbps switch fabric capacity. • Supports up to 48 line-rate 1GbE ports per switch and up to 600 1GbE ports in a twelve-unit stack • Standard N-Series stacking cables and built-in ports for cost-effective high- performance stacking at up to 84 Gbps • Advanced Layer 2+ functionality with up to 256 static routes and Routing Information Protocol (RIP) included supporting up to 256 interfaces • Advanced network security including highly configurable ACLs • USB Rapid deployment expedites switch configuration • Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) and lower power PHYs reduce power to inactive ports and idle links • Fresh Air® compliant for higher temperature environments
- 30. 30 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Dell Networking N3000 Series 1 Gigabit Ethernet with advanced Layer 3 capabilities Power efficient density for campus or small-scale data center deployments A power efficient and resilient 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet switching solution for advanced Layer 3 distribution and dense PoE+. Dual hot-swappable 80Plus-certified power supplies add resiliency and the capacity to provide up to 48 ports of PoE+ (up to 30.8 watts) in a 1RU footprint. Key features and innovations Model Port configuration N3024 24x RJ45 10/100/1000 Mb ports, 2x SFP+ ports, 2 combo media ports, 2x stacking ports, 1x hot swap expansion module bay N3024F 24x SFP 1000 Mb ports, 2x SFP+ ports, 2x combo media ports, 2x stacking ports, 1x hot swap expansion module bay N3024P 24x RJ45 10/100/1000 Mb PoE+ ports, 2x SFP+ ports, 2x combo media ports, 2x stacking ports, 1x hot swap expansion module bay N3048 48x RJ45 10/100/1000 Mb ports, 2x SFP+ ports, 2x combo media ports, 2x stacking ports, 1x hot swap expansion module bay N3048P 48x RJ45 10/100/1000 Mb PoE+ ports, 2x SFP+ ports, 2x combo media ports, 2x stacking ports, 1x hot swap expansion module bay Products • Up to 260 Gbps switch fabric capacity • Supports up to 48 line-rate 1GbE ports per switch and up to 624 1GbE ports in a twelve-unit stack • Hot swap expansion module supporting dual SFP+ and dual 10GBaseT • Standard N-Series stacking cables and built-in ports for cost-effective high-performance stacking at up to 84 Gbps. • Advanced Layer 3 functionality included • Dual 80PLUS-certified hot swappable power supplies, Energy Efficient Ethernet & lower power PHYs reduce power to inactive ports and idle links • Tool-less ReadyRails™ significantly reduce rack installation time
- 31. 31 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Dell Networking N4000 Series 10 Gigabit Ethernet with advanced Layer 3 capabilities Deliver more bandwidth in the campus core A high density, power efficient, and flexible 1/10/40 Gigabit Ethernet switching solution for simple scalability and high density. Resilient stacking architecture delivers reliable network performance and amazing density for demanding network environments. Helps future-proof investments as enterprises migrate from 10GbE core deployments to 40GbE. Key features and innovations Model Port configuration N4032 24x 10GBASE-T ports, 1x hot swap expansion module bay N4032F 24x SFP+ 1Gb/10Gb ports, 1x hot swap expansion module bay N4064 48x 10GBASE-T ports & 2x 40Gb QSFP, 1x hot swap expansion module bay N4064F 48x SFP+ 1Gb/10Gb ports & 2x 40Gb QSFP, 1x hot swap expansion module bay • Up to 1.2Tbps switch fabric capacity • Supports up to 64 line-rate 10GbE ports per switch and up to 672 10GbE ports in a twelve-unit stack with user port stacking at up to 320 Gbps • Hot swap expansion module supporting dual QSFP+ (8 x 10GbE), Quad 10GBaseT, and Quad SFP+ • Plug-and-Play configuration with Dell EqualLogic™ and validated with Dell Compellent™ iSCSI storage arrays • Dual 80PLUS-certified hot swappable power supplies • Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) and lower power PHYs reduce power to inactive ports and idle links • Tool-less rails significantly reduce rack installation time Products
- 32. 32 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential High density C-series managed chassis switches Fully redundant, modular 1/10/40GbE switching system for high availability and resiliency Flexibility of connectivity with line cards • 4, 8, 16 port 10GbE • 48 port GbE, PoE, PoE+ options • 36 port FlexMedia • 6 port 40GbE Scale the network easily •Resilient switches for Aggregation & Campus Core •192 to 384 ports GbE or, up to 64 10GbE or 48 40GbE ports •Fast Recovery, High Availability, cost- effective 10GbE trunking •TAA-ready for government installations Wire-speed Performance & Reliability •Switch Fabric capacity up to 1.536Tbps and up to 952Mpps L2/L3 packet forwarding capacity •High availability with 1+1 Route Processor Module design Optimized iSCSI operation •Plug-and-play configuration with iSCSI arrays such as Dell EqualLogic™ PS-Series Efficient operation •Intelligent power management features provide automatic sensing, provisioning and management of PoE power Model Port configuration C7008/ 300 13RU 8-slot chassis, up to 384 line-rate GbE or 64 line-rate 10GbE, PoE+ C7004/ 150 9RU, 4-slot chassis, up to 192 line-rate GbE or 32 line-rate 10GbE, PoE+
- 33. 33 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential New Dell Networking Campus software Operating Systems Advanced software with a familiar CLI for skilled administrators • L2 multi-path (VLT/MLAG) • Advanced switching & Routing L3 • Multi-tier authentication Automation Zero touch provisioning and automation for your campus network • OpenManage™ Network Manager • USB rapid deployment • Bare metal provisioning • Automation of repetitive tasks with scripts Reliability Assured traffic flow in campus networks • No traffic interruption during platform upgrades • Non-stop forwarding • Loop free networking • OS based on Linux kernel Software Defined Networking Unbiased & complete approach to software defined infrastructures. • Industry standards • OpenFlow support • APIs for programming the forwarding plane
- 34. 36 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Dell Networking ecosystem
- 35. 37 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential Hypervisors WAN Optimization Load Balancing SDN & Alternative OS Dell Networking: Driving greater value through partnership Partners, standards, open initiatives Founding member Chairman Board of Directors Chairperson high-speed working group
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- 37. 39 Networking Marketing Dell - Restricted - Confidential FY15 Key Networking Introductions* Active Fabric™ controller for OpenStack A complete virtualized & zero-touch deployment activated fabric for OpenStack environments Fibre Channel Flex IO Open Networking Dell leads the industry in offering industry standard Linux distribution support for select Dell switches X-series Revolutionary user design & actionable monitoring in a smart-managed family of Ethernet switches Stay Tuned… … There is more to come in FY15 from Dell Networking! Now available with over 100 customizable templates and automated deployment Dell Active Fabric™ Manager 2.5 Changes your m1000e chassis into a converged server solution, adding FCoE & Fibre Channel services Launched Z9500 fabric switch With over 10 Tbps & 132 x 40GbE or 528 x 10GbE, the Z9500 delivers unparalleled scalability & flexibility W-series 802.11ac Access Points Building out coverage and capacity for wired performance at the wireless edge Released *planned; schedules & plans subject to change Launched
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