Dell Force10 S-Series

S4810 High-Performance 10/40 GbE Top-of-Rack Switch

High-density, 1RU 48-port 10 GbE switch with four 40GbE uplinks and ultra-low-latency, non-blocking
performance to ensure line-rate performance; feature-rich Dell Force10 Operating System (FTOS); and
storage optimization for iSCSI, FCoE Transit, and DCB.

Ultra-low-latency, data center optimized Key features

The Dell Force10 S-Series S4810 is an ultra low-latency 10/40 • 1RU high-density 10/40 GbE ToR switch with 48 dual-speed
GbE Top-of-Rack (ToR) switch purpose-built for applications in 1/10 GbE (SFP+) ports and four 40 GbE (QSFP+) uplinks
high-performance data center and computing environments. (totaling 64 10 GbE ports with breakout cables)
Leveraging a non-blocking, cut-through switching architecture, • 1.28 Tbps (full-duplex) non-blocking, cut-through switching
the S4810 delivers line-rate L2 and L3 forwarding capacity with fabric delivers line-rate performance under full load with
ultra low-latency to maximize network performance. The compact 800ns latency
S4810 design provides industry-leading density of 48 dual-speed • Scalable L2 and L3 Ethernet switching with QoS and a full
1/10 GbE (SFP+) ports as well as four 40 GbE QSFP+ uplinks complement of standards-based IPv4 and IPv6 features
to conserve valuable rack space and simplify the migration to
40 Gbps in the data center core (Each 40 GbE QSFP+ uplink • IO panel to PSU airflow or PSU to IO panel airflow
can support four 10 GbE ports with a breakout cable). Priority- • Open Automation Framework adds VM-awareness as well as
based Flow Control (PFC), Data Center Bridge Exchange (DCBX), automated configuration and provisioning capabilities to
Enhance Transmission Selection (ETS), coupled with ultra low simplify the management of virtual network environments
latency and line rate throughput, make the S4810 ideally suited for • Modular Dell Force10 Operating System (FTOS) software
iSCSI storage, FCoE Transit & DCB environments. In addition, the delivers inherent stability as well as advanced monitoring
S4810 incorporates multiple architectural features that optimize and serviceability functions
data center network flexibility, efficiency, and availability, including • Supports jumbo frames for high-end server connectivity
IO panel to PSU airflow or PSU to IO panel airflow for hot/cold
aisle environments, and redundant, hot-swappable power supplies • 128 link aggregation groups with up to 8 members per group,
and fans. using advanced hashing
• Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and fans
The S4810 also supports Dell Force10’s Open Automation
Framework, which provides advanced network automation and • Hardware support for DCB
virtualization capabilities for virtual data center environments. The • Low power consumption
Open Automation Framework is comprised of a suite of inter- • VLT & eVLT:mulit-chassis link to enable up to 576 10GE
related network management tools that can be used together or (3:1 over subscription)
independently to provide a network that is more flexible, available
• User Port stacking support for up to 6 units
and manageable while reducing operational expenses.
• Support IPv6 Layer 2 and FIPS certification

Key applications
• Ultra-low-latency 10 GbE switching in HPCC, high-speed trading,
or other business-sensitive deployments that require the highest

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bandwidth and lowest latency
High-density 10 GbE ToR server aggregation in high-performance Ultra low latency
data center environments
• Design with the E-Series or Z-Series core switch/router
to create a flat, two-tier, non-blocking 1/10/40 GbE data
10GbE Top-of-Rack
•
center network design
Design a distributed core Clos fabric with S4810 switch in
switch optimized for
leaf and spine with the S-Series 1/10GbE ToR switches for
cost-effective aggregation of 10 GbE uplinks data center efficiency
• Regular iSCSI Storage deployment
• Enterprise iSCSI (iSCSI over DCB)
• FIP Snooping Bridge as part of storage solution
Specifications: S4810 High-Performance 10/40 GbE Top-of-Rack Switch
Forwarding capacity: 960 Mpps 2236 IGMPv2 4541 IGMPv1/v2
Dell SKU description Link aggregation: 8 links per group, 128 groups per Snooping
stack 3376 IGMPv3
S4810 Queues per port: 4 queues draft-ietf-pim-sm-v2-new-05 PIM-SM
S4810, 48 x 10GbE SFP+, 4 x QSFP+, 1 x AC PSU, 2 x Fans, Layer 2 VLANs: 4K
IO Panel to PSU Airflow MSTP : 64 instances Network Management
S4810, 48 x 10GbE SFP+, 4 x QSFP+, 1 x AC PSU, 2 x Fans, PSU to Line-rate Layer 2 switching: all protocols, including IPv4 and 1155 SMIv1
IO Panel Airflow IPv6 1156 Internet MIB
S4810, 48 x 10GbE SFP+, 4 x QSFP+, 1 x AC PSU, 2 x Fans, PSU to Line-rate Layer 3 routing: IPv4 and IPv6 1157 SNMPv1
IO Panel Airflow, Rear Mnt Bracket IPv4 host table size 8K 1212 Concise MIB Definitions
S4810, 48 x 10GbE SFP+, 4 x QSFP+, 1 x DC PSU, 2 x Fans, IPv6 host table size 4K 1215 SNMP Traps
IO Panel to PSU Airflow IPv4 Multicast table size 4K 1493 Bridges MIB
S4810, 48 x 10GbE SFP+, 4 x QSFP+, 1 x DC PSU, 2 x Fans, PSU to LAG load balancing: based on Layer 2, IPv4 or IPv6 headers 1850 OSPFv2 MIB
IO Panel Airflow Latency sub 700ns 1901 Community-based SNMPv2
S4810, 48 x 10GbE SFP+, 4 x QSFP+, 1 x AC PSU, 2 x Fans, IO Packet buffer memory: 9MB 2011 IP MIB
panel to PSU Airflow (Normal), TAA/FIPS/USGv6-L2 CPU memory: 2GB 2012 TCP MIB
S4810, 48 x 10GbE SFP+, 4 x QSFP+, 1 x AC PSU, 2 x Fans, PSU to 2013 UDP MIB
IO Panel Airflow (Reverse), TAA/FIPS/USGv6-L2 IEEE Compliance 2096 IP Forwarding Table MIB
S4810, 48 x 10GbE SFP+, 4 x QSFP+, 1 x AC PSU, 2 x Fans, IO 802.1AB LLDP 2570 SNMPv3
Panel to PSU (Normal) Airflow, TAA/FIPS/USGv6-L2 802.1ag Connectivity fault Management 2571 Management Frameworks
S4810, 48 x 10GbE SFP+, 4 x QSFP+, 1 x AC PSU, 2 x Fans, PSU to 802.1D Bridging, STP 2572 Message Processing and Dispatching
802.1p L2 Prioritization 2576 Coexistence Between SNMPv1/v2/v3
IO Panel (Reverse) Airflow, TAA/FIPS/USGv6-L2
2578 SMIv2
Redundant power supplies 802.1Q VLAN Tagging, Double VLAN Tagging, GVRP 2579 Textual Conventions for SMIv2
S4810, AC Power Supply, IO Panel to PSU Airflow 802.1s MSTP 2580 Conformance Statements for SMIv2
S4810, AC Power Supply, PSU to IO Panel Airflow 802.1w RSTP 2618 RADIUS Authentication MIB
S4810, DC Power Supply, IO Panel to PSU Airflow 802.1X Network Access Control 2665 Ethernet-like Interfaces MIB
S4810, DC Power Supply, PSU to IO Panel Airflow 802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T) 2674 Extended Bridge MIB
Fans 802.3ac Frame Extensions for VLAN Tagging 2787 VRRP MIB
S4810 fan module, IO Panel to PSU Airflow 802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP 2819 RMON MIB (groups 1, 2, 3, 9)
S4810 fan module, PSU to IO SR4 Panel Airflow 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBASE-X) 2863 Interfaces MIB
2865 RADIUS
Optics 802.3ba 40 Gigabit Ethernet (40GBase-SR4, 40GBase-CR4)
3273 RMON High Capacity MIB
Transceiver, QSFP+, 40GbE SR Optics, 850nm Wavelength, on optical ports 3416 SNMPv2
100-150m Reach on OM3/OM4 802.3u Fast Ethernet (100BASE-TX) on mgmt ports 3418 SNMP MIB
Transceiver, QSFP+, 40GbE eSR Optics, 850nm Wavelength, 300- 802.3x Flow Control 3434 RMON High Capacity Alarm MIB
400m Reach on OM3/OM4 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-X) 3580 802.1X with RADIUS
Transceiver, SFP+, 10GbE, SR, 850nm Wavelength, 300m Reach ANSI/TIA-1057 LLDP-MED 5060 PIM MIB
Transceiver, SFP+, 10GbE, LR, 1310nm Wavelength, 10km Reach Force10 PVST+ ANSI/TIA-1057 LLDP-MED MIB
Transceiver, SFP+, 10GbE, DWDM, ITU Channel 17-61, 40km Reach MTU 12,000 bytes draft-grant-tacacs-02 TACACS+
Transceiver, SFP, 1000BASE-SX, 850nm Wavelength, 550m Reach draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-mib-06 BGP MIBv1
Transceiver, SFP, 1000BASE-LX, 1310nm Wavelength, 10km Reach RFC and I-D Compliance IEEE 802.1AB LLDP MIB
Transceiver, SFP, 1000BASE-T IEEE 802.1AB LLDP DOT1 MIB
Transceiver, SFP+, 10GbE, ER, 1310nm Wavelength, 40km Reach General Internet Protocols IEEE 802.1AB LLDP DOT3 MIB
Transceiver, SFP+ LRM (Long Reach Multimode) Optic, 10GbE, 768 UDP 1350 TFTP ruzin-mstp-mib-02 MSTP MIB (traps)
1310nm Wavelength, 220m Reach on MMF 793 TCP 2474 Differentiated Services sFlow.org sFlowv5
Cables 854 Telnet 3164 Syslog sFlow.org sFlowv5 MIB (version 1.3)
Cable, 40GbE MTP to 4xLC 5M Optical Breakout Cable 959 FTP 5880 BFD FORCE10-BGP4-V2-MIB Force10 BGP MIB
(optics not included) (draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-mibv2-05)
1321 MD5
Cable, 40GbE QSFP+ to 4xSFP+ 5M Direct Attach Breakout Cable FORCE10-IF-EXTENSION-MIB
General IPv4 Protocols FORCE10-LINKAGG-MIB
Cable, 40GbE QSFP+, Active Fiber Optic, 10m 791 IPv4 1812 Routers
Cable, 40GbE QSFP+, Active Fiber Optic, 50m 792 ICMP 1858 IP Fragment Filtering FORCE10-COPY-CONFIG-MIB
Cable, 40GbE QSFP+,Direct Attach Cable, 1m 826 ARP 2131 DHCP (relay) FORCE10-MON-MIB
Cable, 40GbE QSFP+, Direct Attach Cable, 5m 1027 Proxy ARP 2338 VRRP FORCE10-PRODUCTS-MIB
Cable, SFP+, CU, 10GbE, Direct Attach Cable, 0.5m 1035 DNS (client) 3021 31-bit Prefixes FORCE10-SS-CHASSIS-MIB
Cable, SFP+, CU, 10GbE, Direct Attach Cable, 1m 1042 Ethernet Transmission 3046 DHCP Option 82 FORCE10-SMI
Cable, SFP+, CU, 10GbE, Direct Attach Cable, 2m 1305 NTPv3 3069 Private VLAN FORCE10-SYSTEM-COMPONENT-MIB
Cable, SFP+, CU, 10GbE, Direct Attach Cable, 5m 1519 CIDR 3128 Tiny Fragment Attack FORCE10-TC-MIB
Cable, SFP+, CU, 10GbE, Direct Attach Cable, 7m 1542 BOOTP (relay) Protection FORCE10-TRAP-ALARM-MIB
Software General IPv6 Protocols FORCE10-FORWARDINGPLANE-STATS-MIB
Software, FTOS – Force10 Operating System Software, S4810
2460 IPv6 1858 IP Fragment Filtering
Software, Force10, iSCSI-Optimized Configuration, S4810
2461 Neighbor Discovery 2675 Jumbograms
Regulatory Compliance
Software, Force10, FCOE-Optimized Configuration, S4810
(partial) 3587 Global Unicast Safety
Note: In-field change of airflow direction not supported. 2462 Stateless Address Address Format
Autoconfiguration (partial) 4291 Addressing UL/CSA 60950-1, Second Edition
2463 ICMPv6 EN 60950-1, Second Edition
Physical IEC 60950-1, Second Edition Including all National
48 line-rate 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ ports RIP Deviations and Group Differences
4 line-rate 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ ports 1058 RIPv1 2453 RIPv2 EN 60825-1 Safety of Laser Products Part 1: Equipment
1 RJ45 console/management port with RS232 signaling Classification Requirements and User’s Guide
OSPF
Size: 1 RU, 1.73 h x 17.32 w x 18.11” d (4.4 h x 44 w x 46 cm d) EN 60825-2 Safety of Laser Products Part 2: Safety of
2154 MD5 3623 Graceful Restart Optical Fibre Communication Systems
Weight: 14.39 lbs (6.54 kg) 1587 NSSA 4222 Prioritization and
ISO 7779 A-weighted sound pressure level: 59.6 dBA at 73.4°F (23°C) FDA Regulation 21 CFR 1040.10 and 1040.11
2328 OSPFv2 Congestion Avoidance
Power supply: 100–240 VAC 50/60 Hz 2370 Opaque LSA Emissions
Max. thermal output: 1194 BTU/h
Max. current draw per system: BGP Australia/New Zealand: AS/NZS CISPR 22: 2009, Class A
4A at 100/120 VAC 2A at 200/240 VAC 1997 Communities Canada: ICES-003, Issue-4, Class A
10A at 36 VDC 5A at 72 VDC 2385 MD5 Europe: EN 55022: 2006+A1:2007 (CISPR 22: 2006), Class A
Max. power consumption: 350 Watts (AC), 300 Watts (DC) RFC 2545 BGP-4 Multiprotocol Extensions for IPv6 Inter-Domain Routing Japan: VCCI V3/2009 Class A
Typ. power consumption: 220 Watts 2439 Route Flap Damping USA: FCC CFR 47 Part 15, Subpart B:2009, Class A
Max. operating specifications: 2796 Route Reflection
2842 Capabilities Immunity
Operating temperature: 32° to 104°F (0° to 40°C) 2858 Multiprotocol Extensions
Operating humidity: 10 to 85% (RH), non-condensing EN 300 386 V1.4.1:2008 EMC for Network Equipment
2918 Route Refresh EN 55024: 1998 + A1: 2001 + A2: 2003
Max. non-operating specifications: 3065 Confederations
Storage temperature: –40° to 158°F (–40° to 70°C) EN 61000-3-2: Harmonic Current Emissions
4360 Extended Communities
4893 4-byte ASN EN 61000-3-3: Voltage Fluctuations and Flicker
Storage humidity: 5 to 95% (RH), non-condensing
5396 4-byte ASN representations EN 61000-4-2: ESD
Redundancy draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-20 BGPv4 EN 61000-4-3: Radiated Immunity
Hot swappable redundant power draft-ietf-idr-restart-06 Graceful Restart EN 61000-4-4: EFT
Hot swappable redundant fans draft-michaelson-4byte-as-representation-05 EN 61000-4-5: Surge
4-byte ASN Representation (partial) EN 61000-4-6: Low Frequency Conducted Immunity
Performance IS-IS RoHS
MAC addresses: 128K
IPv4 routes: 16K RFC 1195 Routing IPv4 with IS-IS All S-Series components are EU RoHS compliant.
IPv6 routes: 8K (shared CAM space with IPv4) RFC 5308 Routing IPv6 with IS-IS
Switch fabric capacity: 1.28 Tbps (full-duplex) Multicast
640 Gbps (half-duplex)
1112 IGMPv1 3569 SSM for IPv4

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