Install Guide
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Introduction
This document provides basic information about installing the S5000 switch.
For information about how to congure and monitor switch features, refer to the Dell Networking OS Conguration Guide for the
S5000 Switch
, which is available on the Dell Support website at www.dell.com/support
This document contains the following sections:
• Product Description
• Unpacking the Switch
• Hardware Overview
• Site Preparations
• Installation
• Technical Specications
• Agency Compliance
• Technical Support
Product Description
The S5000 is part of Dell Networking's S-Series switches for Data Center Top of Rack (ToR) switches.
The S5000 is purpose-built to provide architectural exibility for unied and virtualized environments. It is a 10G ToR solution that
enables converged local area networks (LAN) and storage area networks (SAN) in the same box. The S5000 delivers Fibre Channel
over Ethernet (FCoE) and Fibre Channel (FC) capability in a one rack unit (RU) ToR switch form factor.
The S5000 supports Data Center Bridging (ETS/PFC/DCBX), FCoE Transit (FIP Snooping), NPIV Proxy Gateway (NPG), FC Fabric
services (zoning, name server, login server, FSPF, and so on), and Internet small computer system interface (iSCSI) storage trac.
The S5000 also provides aggregation and convergence functionality using pluggable modules for exible conguration.
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