Deployment Guide

6 VxRail Networking Guide with Dell EMC S4148-ON Switches | version 1.0
1.1 Networking switches overview
Dell EMC Networking has introduced a new networking OS, OS10 Enterprise Edition. OS10 is a
disaggregated native Linux-based network operating system that has a wholly disaggregated software
architecture. OS10 decouples the base software from the Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocol stack and services,
which brings forth the ability for open programmability and portability. However, Dell EMC Networking's
legacy OS9 is still very relevant in the industry and supported on the majority of Dell EMC Networking
devices. This document utilizes OS10 enterprise edition running on the S4148-ON switches.
1.1.1 S4100-ON switch series (S4148U, S4148F, S4148FE, S4148T)
The Dell EMC Networking S4148-ON switch is a 1RU (Rack-Unit) high-density 1/10/25/40/50/100GbE, top of
rack switch. S4148-ON switches are leaf switches running OS10 in this deployment guide. The S4148-ON
switch operates with up to 48 dual-speed, 1/10GbE SFP+ (S4148T-ON with BaseT) ports, and 4 ports of
100GbE QSFP28 ports. This switch uses a non-blocking and cut-through switching architecture to provide
ultra-low-latency performance for applications.
This deployment guide walks you through the steps to add a single cluster of VxRail nodes to either one or
two S4148-ON, Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches.
Most customers install unique VxRail clusters in separate racks. If you are adding more than one cluster in
the same rack, print out copies of Appendix B and fill them out separately for each cluster. For the additional
clusters, refer to the S4148-ON port assignments shown in Table 2 and use the next available ports for each
additional cluster.
Note: Switch-port profiles determine available interfaces
S4148-ON front view
S4148-ON rear view