Datasheet

Feature Dell
™
PowerConnect
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M6348
Port attributes
48 auto-sensing 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet switching ports; 32 internal server ports; 16 external RJ45
Ethernet ports; Two 10GE SFP+ uplink ports; Two CX4 / 32Gbps Stacking ports (each port can be configured as
either CX4 or 32Gbps stacking. 16Gbps in each direction); Auto-negotiation for speed; duplex mode and flow
control; Auto MDI/MDIX; Port mirroring; Flow-based port mirroring; Broadcast storm control
Performance
Switch Fabric Capacity up to 184 Gb/s; Forwarding Rate up to 160 Mpps; Up to 32K MAC Addresses; 512MB of
CPU SDRAM;
64MB of Flash Memory
Availability
Spanning Tree (IEEE 802.1D) and Rapid Spanning Tree (IEEE 802.1w) with Fast Link Support; Multiple
spanning trees (IEEE 802.1s); Supports Virtual Redundant Routing Protocol (VRRP); Cable diagnostics; Optical
transceiver diagnostics
Layer 3 routing protocols
Static routes; Routing Information Protocol (RIP) v1/v2; Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v1/v2/v3; Classless
Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR); Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP); ICMP Router Discover Protocol
(IRDP); Virtual Redundant Routing Protocol (VRRP); Address Resolution Protocol (ARP); Internet Group
Management Protocol (IGMP) v2; Distance-Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP); DHCP – Helper/Relay;
Support IGMP v3
Layer 3 routing performance
Up to 6K IPv4 Routes; Up to 3K IPv6 Routes; Up to 224 RIP Routing Interfaces; Maximum OSPF V2 LSAs is
18K; Maximum OSPF V3 LSAs is 9K; Up to 32 routes for ECMP Routing; up to 4 next hops per ECMP; Up to 128
VLAN Routing Interfaces; Up to 2K Multicast Forwarding Entries; Up to 400 NDP entries; Up to 4K IPv4 ARP
Entries; Up to 2K IPv6 ARP Entries
VLAN
VLAN support for tagging and port-based as per IEEE 802.1Q; Double VLAN tagging (QinQ); Up to 1024 VLANs
supported; Dynamic VLAN with GVRP upport; Voice VLAN support
Quality of service
Layer 2 Trusted Mode (IEEE 802.1p tagging); Layer 3 Trusted Mode (DSCP); Layer 4 Trusted Mode (TCP/UDP);
Advanced Mode using Layer 2/3/4 flow-based Policies; including metering/rate limiting; marking and bandwidth
guarantees; up to 100 ACLs can be used for QoS flow identification via Class-maps; 8 Priority Queues per Port;
Adjustable Weighted-Round-Robin (WRR) and Strict Queue Scheduling; Port-based QoS Services Mode;
Flow-based QoS Services Mode
Layer 2 multicast
Static IP Multicast; Dynamic Multicast Support – 256 Multicast groups supported in IGMP Snooping; IGMP and
MLD snooping for IP multicast support ; IGMP and MLD snooping Querier; Protocol Independent Multicast
(PIM-DM; PIM-SM)
Security options
IEEE 802.1x based edge authentication—supports single and multiple host access; guest access; and voice
authorization; Switch access password protection; User-definable settings for enabling or disabling Web; SSH;
Telnet; SSL management access; IP Address filtering for management access via Telnet; HTTP; HTTPS/SSL; SSH
and SNMP; RADIUS and TACACS+ remote authentication for switch management access; Up to 100 Access
Control Lists (ACLs) supported; up to 12 Access Control Entries (ACEs) per ACL; SSLv3 and SSHv2 encryption for
switch management trac; Management access filtering via Management Access Profiles
Other switching features
Link Aggregation with support for up to 48 LAGs total; up to 18 of which can be dynamic; aggregated links;
8 dynamic aggregated links per switch and up to 8 member ports per aggregated link; LACP support (IEEE
802.3ad); LLDP-MED
Management
Supports a simple switch mode to allow auto configuration of complex network settings; Web-based
management interface; Industry-standard CLI accessible via Telnet; SSH or Local Serial Port; SNMPv1; SNMP
v2c and SNMPv3 supported; 4 RMON groups supported (history; statistics; alarms and events); FTP; HTTP; FTP;
SFTP and SCP transfers of firmware and configuration files; Dual Firmware images on-board; Multiple Configu-
ration file upload/download supported; Statistics for error monitoring and performance optimization including
port summary tables; BootP/DHCP IP address and configuration management supported; Syslog remote
logging capabilities; Temperature sensors for environmental monitoring
Peripherals
Transceivers:
10Gb SFP+ Optical Transceiver, SR, LC Connector
10Gb SFP+ Optical Transceiver, LR, LC Connector
10Gb SFP+ Optical Transceiver, LRM, LC Connector
Cables:
SFP+ Direct Connect Cables
CX4 Cables and Stacking Cables
Standards supported
IEEE 802.3 – 10 Base-T; IEEE 802.3u – 100 Base-T; IEEE 802.3ab – 1000 Base-T; IEEE 802.3ac – VLAN Tagging;
IEEE 802.3ad – Link Aggregation; IEEE 802.1D – Spanning Tree 1; IEEE 802.1S – Multiple Spanning Tree; IEEE
802.1W – Rapid Spanning Tree 1; GARP – Generic Attribute Registration Protocol; GMRP – Dynamic L2 Multicast
Registration; GVRP – Dynamic VLAN Registration; IEEE 802.1v – Protocol-based VLANs; IEEE 802.1p – Ether-
net Priority with User Provisioning and Mapping; IEEE 802.1X – Port-based Authentication; IEEE 802.3x – Flow
Control; XMODEM; RFC 768 – UDP; RFC 783 – TFTP; RFC 791 – IP; RFC 792 – ICMP; RFC 793 – TCP; RFC 826
– ARP; RFC 951 – BootP; RFC 1321 – Message Digest Algorithm; RFC 1534 – Interoperation between BootP and
DHCP; RFC 2030 – Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) Version 4 for IPv4; IPv6 and OSI; RFC 2131 – DHCP
Client/Server; RFC 2132 – DHCP Options and BootP Vendor Extensions; RFC 2865 – RADIUS Client
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™
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