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C Rack-mounted switches
This section covers the rack-mounted networking switches used in the examples in this guide.
C.1 Dell EMC PowerSwitch S3048-ON
The Dell EMC PowerSwitch S3048-ON is a 1-Rack Unit (RU) switch with forty-eight 1GbE BASE-T ports and
four 10GbE SFP+ ports. In this document, one S3048-ON supports out-of-band (OOB) management traffic for
all examples.
Dell EMC PowerSwitch S3048-ON
C.2 Dell EMC PowerSwitch Z9100-ON
The Dell EMC PowerSwitch Z9100-ON is a 1-RU multilayer switch with thirty-two QSFP28 ports supporting
10/25/40/50/100GbE and two 10GbE SFP+ ports. A pair of Z9100-ON switches is used as leaf switches in
Scenario 1
in this guide.
Dell EMC PowerSwitch Z9100-ON
C.3 Cisco Nexus 3232C
The Cisco Nexus 3232C is a 1-RU fixed form-factor 100GbE switch with thirty-two QSFP28 ports supporting
10/25/40/50/100GbE. A pair of Cisco Nexus 3232C switches is used as leaf switches in Scenario 2
in this
guide.
C.4 Cisco Nexus C93180YC-EX
The Cisco Nexus C93180YC-EX switch is a 1-RU switch with forty-eight 1/10/25GbE ports and six
40/100GbE ports. A pair of Cisco Nexus C93180YC-EX switches is used as Cisco ACI leaf switches in
Scenario 3
in this guide.
C.5 Cisco Nexus C9336-PQ
The Cisco Nexus C9336-PQ switch is a 2-RU switch with thirty-six 40GbE QSFP+ ports. One Cisco Nexus
C9336-PQ switch is used as a Cisco ACI spine switch in Scenario 3
in this guide.