Deployment Guide

13 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI
5 OOB Management network
Network topological designs are not complete without a layer for management traffic. The OOB management
network is a separate network for management traffic only. Administrators use the OOB management network
to configure, manage, and monitor devices such as servers and switches. Payload traffic that is initiated by
network end users does not traverse the OOB management network. Switches used for management are
1GbE. Figure 7 demonstrates how the Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON switch may be used for this purpose.
Management network example for a single rack
Figure 7 shows an OOB management network for a single rack. More racks can be added to the same
management network. A Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON may be used to manage up to 48 devices on the
network, typically enough for a single rack of equipment. The switch may then be connected to other adjacent
management switches, or upstream to a management core.