Product specifications

Qualified and Approved ISIS Switches
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• Dell Networking S25N switch (qualified in the ISIS | 5500 environment) containing 24 1 Gb ports on the
front, and two slots on the back for 10 Gb XFP modules or 12 Gb stacking modules. The 12 Gb stacking
modules allow for interconnecting two S25N switches when more than 24 1 Gb or two 10 Gb connections are
in use.
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If using either version of the Dell Networking S25 switch for 10 Gb client connections, you must enable flow
control on the 10 Gb ports of the switch. For instructions, see “Turning on Flow Control in the Dell Networking
S25 Switch” on page 63. Flow control is disabled in the Avid default Dell Networking S25 switch configuration.
• Dell Networking S25P switch (qualified in the ISIS | 5500 environment) containing 24 optical 1 Gb ports on
the front, and two slots on the back for 10 Gb XFP modules or 12 Gb stacking modules. The 12 Gb stacking
modules allow for interconnecting two S25P switches when more than 24 1 Gb or two 10 Gb client
connections are in use.
• Dell Networking S60 switch (qualified in the ISIS | 7500 and ISIS | 5500 environments) contains 48 1 Gb
ports and two slots for 10 Gb Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP+) modules or 24 Gb stacking modules.
(One slot is on the front of the switch and the other is on the back.) The 24 Gb stacking modules allow for
interconnecting two S60 switches when more than 48 1 Gb or two 10 Gb client connections are in use.
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The Dell Networking S60 switch is only supported in the ISIS | 7500 environment when clients are using ISIS
Client v3.5 or later software.
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There are Dell Networking S25 switch configuration files in the ISIS v4.0 software kit but that switch is not
supported in the ISIS | 7500 environment.
• Dell Networking S4810 switch (qualified in the ISIS | 7500, 5500, and 2500 environments) containing 48
dual-speed 1/10 Gb (SFP+) ports (as well as four 40 Gb QSFP+ uplinks not supported in an Avid
environment).
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The Avid ISIS | 5500 Setup Guide includes information on the Dell Networking Networks S4810 switch. The
S4810 ships from Avid preconfigured for an Avid ISIS | 5500 environment. If you need to reload the Avid S4810
switch configuration file it is available in the Avid ISIS software kit.
• Dell Networking S4820T 10Gb Base-T switch (qualified in the ISIS | 5500) is supported along with the Intel
and Small Tree Network adapters that are required for client connectivity
- Windows/Linux: Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540-T1
- Mac: Small Tree petg1-cat6a
• Dell Networking S4820T 10Gb Base-T switch (qualified in the ISIS | 5500) is supported along with the 40Gb
to 4 x 10Gb optical cable for connecting the ISIS | 5500 Engines to this switch
- Dell Networking, Transceiver, 40GE QSFP+ Short Reach Optics, 850nm Wavelength, 100-150m Reach
on OM3/OM4 (430-4543)
- Dell Networking, Cable, 40GbE MTP (QSFP+) to 4xLC Optical Connctrs, 5M(QSFP+, SFP+ Optics
REQ, not incl) (331-5323)