Datasheet

Collapsed leaf/spine
Scalable Active Fabrics
Simplify data center infrastructure
The Z9500 allows spine and leaf to be compressed into a highly dense fabric option.
High port density enables the consolidation of end-of-row networking functions (such as
attach) connected to the highly available fabric rather than a single end-of-row device.
Management is simplied through the reduction of devices while maintaining full HA
redundant performance.
Although pictured, Dell switching/routing support is not restricted to Dell Server products.
Small scale data center in pay-
as-you-go model
Aggregation
ToR
10/40GbE
High-performance
centralized core
10/40GbE
Z9500 Core and
Aggregation
Leaf
ToR
Spine
Large scale
distributed core fabric
40GbE
Z9500 Core and
Aggregation
Micro scale fabric
The Z9500’s pay-as-you-go* licensing
model (36, 84 pork SKU) allows you to build
fabrics for small data centers and increase
fabric capacity as demand grows.
Macro scale fabric
The high port density of the Z9500
enables you to build large L2 domans for
high-performance computing, enabling
more dense, energy-ecient, low-
latency deployment.
Hyperscale fabric
The high port density of the Z9500 also
allows the consolidation of networking
functions at the end-of-row, enabling
massible scalable architectures with 40GbE
interconnects inside the fabric.
* Post RTS SW release
10/40GbE EoR aggregation and core switching
Z9500
40GbE or
10GbE
M1000e with MXL
and M420/M620
Dell Rack Servers
Dell Servers and
Storage
End-of-Row
Aggregation
VLT (L2 or L3)