N1500 Specification Sheet

Dell EMC PowerSwitch

N1500 Series Switches
Extending enterprise features to small and mid-sized businesses

The N1500 switch series offers a power-efficient Deploy with confidence at any scale
Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) network-access switching
solution with integrated 10GbE uplinks. With high- N1500 series switches help create performance
performance capabilities and wire-speed performance, assurance with a data rate up to 176Gbps (full duplex)
utilizing a non-blocking architecture to easily handle and a forwarding rate up to 164Mpps. Scale easily by
unexpected traffic loads, the switches offer simple stacking with 10GbE ports. Switch stacks of up to 200
management and scalability via an 40Gbps (full- 1GbE ports can be managed from a single screen using
duplex) high availability stacking architecture that allows the highly available stacking architecture for high-density
management of up to four switches from a single IP aggregation with seamless redundant availability. N-Series
address. An integrated 80PLUS-certified power supply and switches help provide certainty with a lifetime warranty that
features such as Energy-Efficient Ethernet and short cable covers software upgrades, hardware repair or replacement,
detection provide energy efficiency to help decrease power and optics and cables purchased with the switch.*
and cooling costs. Hardware, performance and efficiency
Modernize campus network architectures • Up to 48 line-rate GbE RJ-45 ports and four integrated
Modernize campus network architectures with a power- 10GbE SFP+ ports.
efficient and resilient 1/10GbE switching solution with • Up to 48 ports of PoE+ with an optional external power
Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+). Select N1500 models supply.
offer 24 or 48 ports of PoE+ to deliver clean power to
network devices such as wireless access points • Up to 200 1GbE ports in a 4-unit stack for high-density,
(APs), Voice-over-IP (VoIP) handsets, video conferencing high-availability in IDFs, MDFs and wiring closets.
systems and security cameras. • Non-stop forwarding and fast failover in stack
Leverage familiar tools and practices configurations.

All N-Series switches include Dell EMC Networking • Energy-Efficient Ethernet and lower power PHYs
OS6, designed for easier deployment, greater reduce power to inactive ports and idle links, providing
interoperability and a lower learning curve for network energy savings from the power cord to the port.
administrators. OS6 common command line interface • Fresh Air compliance for operation in environments
(CLI) and graphic user interface (GUI) using a well-known up to 113°F (45°C) helps reduce cooling costs in
command language gets skilled network administrators temperature-constrained deployments.
productive quickly. With USB auto-configuration, network
administrators can rapidly deploy mirrored configurations to
numerous devices by simply inserting a USB key.

*Select Networking products carry a Lifetime Limited Warranty with Basic Hardware Service (repair or replacement) for life. Repair or replacement does not include troubleshooting, configuration, or other advanced service provided by Dell EMC
ProSupport. For details, visit https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/networkingwarranty/cp/networkingwarranty.

Dell EMC Networking N1500 Spec Sheet

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Deploying, configuring and managing
• USB auto-configuration rapidly deploys the switch without setting up complex TFTP configurations or sending
technical staff to remote offices.
• Management via an intuitive and familiar CLI, embedded web server (GUI), SNMP-based management console
application (including Dell EMC OpenManage Network Manager), Telnet or serial connection.
• Private VLAN extensions and Private VLAN Edge support.

Product Description
N1524: 24x RJ45 10/100/1000Mb auto-sensing ports, 4x SFP+ ports, 1 integrated 40W PSU
N1524P: 24x RJ45 10/100/1000Mb PoE+ (up to 30.8w) auto-sensing ports, 4x SFP+ ports, 1
integrated 600W PSU (requires C15 plug)
N1500 series
N1548: 48x RJ45 10/100/1000Mb auto-sensing ports, 4x SFP+ ports, 1 integrated 100W PSU
N1548P: 48x RJ45 10/100/1000Mb PoE+ (up to 30.8w) auto- sensing ports, 4x SFP+ ports, 1
integrated 600W PSU (requires C15 plug)
C13 to NEMA 5-15, 3M
Power cords C13 to C14, 2M
C15 to NEMA 5-15, 2M (C15 for POE N-Series only)
RPS720 external power supply for N1500 non-POE (720 watts): N1524 and N1548 (sold separately)
Power supplies (optional) MPS1000 external power supply for N1500 PoE+ switches (1000 watts): N1524P and N1548P (sold
separately)
Transceiver, SFP, 1000BASE-T
Transceiver, SFP, 1000BASE-SX, 850nm wavelength, up to 550m reach
Transceiver, SFP, 1000BASE-LX, 1310nm wavelength, up to 10km reach
Optics (optional) Transceiver, SFP, 1000BASE-ZX, 1550nm wavelength, up to 80km reach
Transceiver, SFP+, 10GbE, SR, 850nm wavelength, up to 300m reach
Transceiver, SFP+, 10GbE, LR, 1310nm wavelength, up to 10km reach
Transceiver, SFP+, 10GbE, ER, 1550nm wavelength, up to 40km reach

Cables (optional) Dell Technologies Networking cable, SFP+ to SFP+, 10GbE, copper twinax direct

Technical specifications
Hardware specifications Environmental Protocol-based VLANs: Supported
Physical Power supply efficiency: 80% or better in all ARP entries: 2,048 (IPv4)/512 (IPv6)
4 integrated front 10GbE SFP+ dedicated ports, operating modes NDP entries: 400
2 10GbE can be used as stacking ports Max. thermal output (BTU/hr): 103.1 (N1524), Access control lists (ACL): Supported
USB (Type A) port for configuration via USB 2972 (N1524P), 152.2 (N1548), MAC and IP-based ACLs: Supported
flash drive 5824.3 (N1548P) Time-controlled ACLs: Supported
Auto-negotiation for speed and flow control Power consumption max (watts): 30.2 (N1524), Max number of ACLs: 100
Auto MDI/MDIX, port mirroring 871 (N1524P), 44.6 (N1548), 1704 (N1548P) Max ACL rules system-wide: 2,048
Flow-based port mirroring Operating temperature: 32° to 113°F (0° to Max rules per ACL: 1,023
Broadcast storm control 45°C) Max ACL rules per interface (IPv4): 1,023
Energy-Efficient Ethernet per port settings Operating humidity: 95% (ingress), 1,023 (egress)
Redundant variable speed fans Storage temperature: –40° to 149°F Max ACL rules per interface (IPv6): 512
Air flow: I/O to power supply (–40° to 65°C) (ingress), 509 (egress)
Integrated power supply: 40W AC (N1524), Storage relative humidity: 85% Max VLAN interfaces with ACLs applied: 24
100W AC (N1548), 600W AC (N1524P,
N1548P) Performance IEEE compliance
RJ45 console port with RS232 signaling MAC addresses: 16K 802.1AB LLDP
(RJ-45 to female DB-9 connector Static routes: 256 (IPv4)/128 (IPv6) Dell Voice VLAN
cable included) Dynamic routes: 256 (IPv4) Dell ISDP (inter-operates with devices running
Dual firmware images on-board Switch fabric capacity: 128Gbps (N1524 and CDP)
Switching engine model: Store and forward N1524P) (full duplex); 176Gbps (N1548 and 802.1D Bridging, Spanning Tree
N1548P) 802.1p Ethernet Priority (User Provisioning
Chassis Forwarding rate: 128Mpps (86 Gbps) N1524 and Mapping)
Size (1RU, H x W x D): and N1524P Dell Adjustable WRR and Strict Queue
N1524 and N1548: 1.7 in x 17.3 in x 10.1 in 164Mpps (110 Gbps) N1548 and N1548PLink Scheduling
(43.2 mm x 440.0 mm x 257.0 mm) aggregation: 64 LAG groups, 144 dynamic 802.1Q VLAN Tagging, Double VLAN
N1524P and N1548P: 1.7 in x 17.3 in x 15.2 ports per stack, 8 member ports per LAG Tagging, GVRP
in (43.2 mm x 440.0 mm x 387.0 mm) Priority queues per port: 8 802.1S Multiple Spanning Tree (MSTP)
Approximate weight: 6.6lbs/3kg (N1524), Line-rate Layer 2 switching: All (non-blocking) 802.1v Protocol-based VLANs
12.8lbs/5.8kg (N1524P), 8.8lbs/4kg (N1548), Line-rate Layer 3 routing: All (non-blocking) 802.1W Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP)
15.4lbs/7kg (N1548P) Flash memory: 256MB Dell RSTP-Per VLAN (compatible with
Rack mounting kit with 2 mounting brackets, Packet buffer memory: 1.5MB Cisco’s RPVST+)
bolts and cage nuts CPU memory: 1GB Dell Spanning tree optional features:
RIP routing interfaces: 128 STP root guard, BPDU guard, BPDU
VLAN routing interfaces: 128 filtering
VLANs supported: 512 802.1X Network Access Control, Auto VLAN
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 Technical specifications
802.2 Logical Link Control 1213 MIB-II 4521 LDAP Extensions
802.3 10BASE-T 1215 SNMP Traps 4716 SECSH Public Key File Format
802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T) 1286 Bridge MIB 5246 TLS v1.2
802.3ac Frame Extensions for VLAN Tagging 1442 SMIv2 6101 SSL
802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP 1451 Manager-to-Manager MIB Dell Enterprise MIB supporting routing
802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBASE-X) 1492 TACACS+ features draft-ietf-hubmib-etherif- mib-v3-00.txt
802.3at PoE+ (N1524P and N1548P) 1493 Managed Objects for Bridges MIB (Obsoletes RFC 2665)
802.3AX LAG Load Balancing 1573 Evolution of Interfaces Dell LAG MIB Support for 802.3ad Functionality
802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) 1612 DNS Resolver MIB Extensions Dell sflow version 1.3 draft 5
802.3u Fast Ethernet (100BASE-TX) on 1643 Ethernet-like MIB Dell 802.1x Monitor Mode
Management Ports 1757 RMON MIB Dell Custom Login Banners
802.3x Flow Control 1867 HTML/2.0 Forms with File Upload Dell Dynamic ARP Inspection
802.3z Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-X) Extensions Dell IP Address Filtering
ANSI LLDP-MED (TIA-1057) 1901 Community-based SNMPv2 Dell Tiered Authentication
MTU 9,216 bytes 1907 SNMPv2 MIB Dell RSPAN
1908 Coexistence Between SNMPv1/v2 Dell OpenFlow 1.3
General Internet protocols 2011 IP MIB Dell Python Scripting
General Internet protocols are supported. 2012 TCP MIB Dell Support Assist
For a detailed list, please contact your Dell 2013 UDP MIB HiveManager NG
Technologies representative. 2068 HTTP/1.1
2096 IP Forwarding Table MIB Regulatory, environment and other
General IPv4 protocols 2233 Interfaces Group using SMIv2 compliance
General IPv4 protocols are supported. For 2246 TLS v1 Safety and emissions
a detailed list, please contact your Dell 2271 SNMP Framework MIB Australia/New Zealand: ACMA RCM Class A
Technologies representative. 2295 Transport Content Negotiation Canada: ICES Class A; cUL
2296 Remote Variant Selection China: CCC Class A; NAL
General IPv6 protocols 2576 Coexistence Between SNMPv1/v2/v3 Europe: CE Class A
General IPv6 protocols are supported. For 2578 SMIv2 Japan: VCCI Class A
a detailed list, please contact your Dell 2579 Textual Conventions for SMIv2 USA: FCC Class A; NRTL UL; FDA 21 CFR
Technologies representative. 2580 Conformance Statements for SMIv2 1040.10 and 1040.11
2613 RMON MIB Eurasia Customs Union: EAC
Layer 3 functionality 2618 RADIUS Authentication MIB Germany: GS mark
1058 RIPv1 2620 RADIUS Accounting MIB Product meets EMC and safety standards in
2082 RIP-2 MD5 Auth 2665 Ethernet-like Interfaces MIB many countries inclusive of USA, Canada, EU,
1724 RIPv2 MIB Extension 2674 Extended Bridge MIB Japan, China.
2453 RIPv2 2737 ENTITY MIB For more country-specific regulatory
2818 HTTP over TLS information and approvals, please see your Dell
Multicast 2819 RMON MIB (groups 1, 2, 3, 9) Technologies representative.
2932 IPv4 MIB 2863 Interfaces MIB
4541 IGMP v1/v2/v3 2865 RADIUS RoHS
Snooping and Querier 2866 RADIUS Accounting Product meets RoHS compliance standards in
IEEE 802.1ag draft 8.1– 2868 RADIUS Attributes for Tunnel Prot. many countries inclusive of USA, EU, China,
Connectivity Fault Management 2869 RADIUS Extensions and India. For more country-specific RoHS
3410 Internet Standard Mgmt. Framework compliance information, please see your Dell
Quality of service 3411 SNMP Management Framework Technologies representative.
2474 DiffServ Field 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching EU WEEE
Dell Flow Based QoS 3413 SNMP Applications EU Battery Directive
2475 DiffServ Architecture 3414 User-based security model REACH
Services Mode 3415 View-based control model
2597 Assured Fwd PHB 3416 SNMPv2 Energy
(IPv4/IPv6) 3418 SNMP MIB Japan: JEL
Dell L4 Trusted Mode 3577 RMON MIB Certifications (available or coming soon)
Dell Port Based QoS (TCP/UDP) 3580 802.1X with RADIUS Available with US Trade Agreements Act (TAA)
Services Mode 3737 Registry of RMOM MIB compliance.
Dell UDLD 4086 Randomness Requirements N-Series products have the necessary features
4113 UDP MIB to support a PCI-compliant network topology.
4251 SSHv2 Protocol
Network Management and Security 4252 SSHv2 Authentication
1155 SMIv1 4253 SSHv2 Transport
1157 SNMPv1 4254 SSHv2 Connection Protocol
1212 Concise MIB Definitions 4419 SSHv2 Transport Layer Protocol

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