DELL EMC NETWORKING S4048T-ON

SWITCH
Energy-efficient 10GBASE-T top-of-rack switch optimized for data center efficiency

The Dell EMC Networking S4048T-ON switch is the industry’s latest data • The S4048T-ON also supports Dell EMC Networking’s Embedded
center networking solution, empowering organizations to deploy modern Open Automation Framework, which provides enhanced network
workloads and applications designed for the open networking era. automation and virtualization capabilities for virtual data center
environments.
Businesses who have made the transition away from monolithic
proprietary mainframe systems to industry standard server platforms • The Open Automation Framework comprises a suite of interre-
can now enjoy even greater benefits from Dell EMC open networking lated network management tools that can be used together or
platforms. By using industry-leading hardware and a choice of leading independently to provide a network that is flexible, available and
network operating systems to simplify data center fabric orchestration manageable while helping to reduce operational expenses.
and automation, organizations can tailor their network to their unique
requirements and accelerate innovation. Key applications
These new offerings provide the needed flexibility to transform data Dynamic data centers ready to make the transition to software-defined
centers. High-capacity network fabrics are cost-effective and easy to environments
deploy, providing a clear path to the software-defined data center of the
• High-density 10Gbase-T ToR server access in high-performance data
future with no vendor lock-in.
center environments
The S4048T-ON supports the open source Open Network Install
Environment (ONIE) for zero-touch installation of alternate network • Lossless iSCSI storage deployments that can benefit from innovative
operating systems, including feature rich Dell Networking OS. iSCSI & DCB optimizations that are unique only to Dell Networking
switches

High density 1/10G BASE-T switch When running the Dell Networking OS9, Active Fabric™ implementation
for large deployments in conjunction with the Dell EMC Z-Series,
The Dell EMC Networking S-Series S4048T-ON is a high-density creating a flat, two-tier, nonblocking 10/40GbE data center network
100M/1G/10G/40GbE top-of-rack (ToR) switch purpose-built design:
for applications in high-performance data center and computing
environments. Leveraging a non-blocking switching architecture, the • High-performance SDN/OpenFlow 1.3 enabled with ability to inter-
S4048T-ON delivers line-rate L2 and L3 forwarding capacity within a operate with industry standard OpenFlow controllers
conservative power budget. The compact S4048T-ON design provides
• As a high speed VXLAN Layer 2 Gateway that connects the
industry-leading density of 48 dual-speed 1/10G BASE-T (RJ45) ports,
hypervisor based ovelray networks with nonvirtualized infrastructure
as well as six 40GbE QSFP+ up-links to conserve valuable rack space
and simplify the migration to 40Gbps in the data center core. Each Key features - general
40GbE QSFP+ up-link can also support four 10GbE (SFP+) ports with • 48 dual-speed 1/10GbE (SFP+) ports and six 40GbE (QSFP+)
a breakout cable. In addition, the S4048T-ON incorporates multiple uplinks (totaling 72 10GbE ports with breakout cables) with OS
architectural features that optimize data center network flexibility, support
efficiency and availability, including I/O panel to PSU airflow or PSU to
I/O panel airflow for hot/cold aisle environments, and redundant, hot- • 1.44Tbps (full-duplex) non-blocking switching fabric delivers line-rate
swappable power supplies and fans. S4048T-ON supports feature-rich performance under full load with sub 600ns latency
Dell Networking OS, VLT, network virtualization features such as VRF-
• I/O panel to PSU airflow or PSU to I/O panel airflow
lite, VXLAN Gateway and support for Dell Embedded Open Automation
Framework. • Supports the open source ONIE for zero-touch

• The S4048T-ON is the only switch in the industry that supports • installation of alternate network operating systems
traditional network-centric virtualization (VRF) and hypervisor • Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and fans
centric virtualization (VXLAN). The switch fully supports L2 VX-
LAN gateway function and has hardware support for L3 VXLAN • Low power consumption
routing.
• Support for multi-tenancy lilke VXLAN and NVGRE in hardware
Key features with Dell EMC Networking OS9 • Remote Port Mirroring (RPM), and Encapsulated Remote Port
Mirroring (ERPM). Rate shaping combined with flow based mirroring
Scalable L2 and L3 Ethernet switching with QoS and a full complement of
enables the user to analyze fine grained flows
standards-based IPv4 and IPv6 features, including OSPF, BGP and PBR
(Policy Based Routing) support • Jumbo frame support for large data transfers
• Scalable L2 and L3 Ethernet switching with QoS and a full complement • 128 link aggregation groups with up to 16 members per group, using
of standards-based IPv4 and IPv6 features, including OSPF, BGP and enhanced hashing
PBR (Policy Based Routing) support
• Converged network support for DCB, with priority flow control
• VRF-lite enables sharing of networking infrastructure and provides L3 (802.1Qbb), ETS (802.1Qaz), DCBx and iSCSI TLV
traffic isolation across tenants
• S4048T-ON supports RoCE and Routable RoCE to enable convergence
• Increase VM Mobility region by stretching L2 VLAN within or across two of compute and storage on Active Fabric
DCs with unique VLT capabilities like Routed VLT, VLT Proxy Gateway
User port stacking support for up to six units and unique mixed mode
• VXLAN gateway functionality support for bridging the nonvirtualized stacking that allows stacking of S4048-ON with S4048T-ON to provide
and the virtualized overlay networks with line rate performance. combination of 10G SFP+ and RJ45 ports in a stack.
• Embedded Open Automation Framework adding automated
1/10G BASE-T cabling distances
configuration and provisioning capabilities to simplify the management
of network environments. Supports Puppet agent for DevOps Cable Type 1G BASE-T 10G BASE-T

• Modular Dell Networking OS software delivers inherent stability as well Cat 6 UTP 100m (330 ft) 55m (180 ft)
as enhanced monitoring and serviceability functions. Cat 6 STP 100m (330 ft) 100m (330 ft)
• Enhanced mirroring capabilities including 1:4 local mirroring, Cat 6A UTP 100m (330 ft) 100m (330 ft)
Cat 7 100m (330 ft) 100m (330 ft)

Product Description
S4048T, 48x 10GBASE-T, 6x QSFP+, 2x AC PSU, 2x fans, I/O Panel to PSU Airflow
S4048T
S4048T, 48x 10GBASE-T, 6x QSFP+, 2x AC PSU, 2x fans, PSU to I/O Panel Airflow

S4048T, AC Power Supply, I/O Panel to PSU Airflow

Redundant power supplies
S4048T, AC Power Supply, PSU to I/O Panel Airflow

S4048T Fan Module, I/O Panel to PSU Airflow

Fans
S4048T Fan Module, PSU to I/O Panel Airflow

Transceiver,40GE QSFP+ Short Reach Optic,850nm wavelength,100-150m reach on OM3/OM4

Transceiver, 40GbE QSFP+ ESR, 300m reach on OM3 / 400m on OM4
Transceiver, 40GbE QSFP+ PSM4 with 1m pigtail to male MPO SMF, 2km reach
Transceiver, 40GbE QSFP+ PSM4 with 5m pigtail to male MPO SMF, 2km reach
Transceiver, 40GbE QSFP+ PSM4 with 15m pigtail to male MPO SMF, 2km reach
Transceiver, 40GbE QSFP+ LR4, 10km reach on SMF
Transceiver, 40GbE QSFP+ to 1G Cu SFP adapter, QSA
1 meter QSFP+ to QSFP+ OM3 MTP Fiber Cable. Requires QSFP+ Optics
Optics
3 meter QSFP+ to QSFP+ OM3 MTP Fiber Cable. Requires QSFP+ Optics
5 meter QSFP+ to QSFP+ OM3 MTP Fiber Cable. Requires QSFP+ Optics
7 meter QSFP+ to QSFP+ OM3 MTP Fiber Cable. Requires QSFP+ Optics
10 meter QSFP+ to QSFP+ OM3 MTP Fiber Cable. Requires QSFP+ Optics
25 meter QSFP+ to QSFP+ OM3 MTP Fiber Cable. Requires QSFP+ Optics
50 meter QSFP+ to QSFP+ OM3 MTP Fiber Cable. Requires QSFP+ Optics
75 meter QSFP+ to QSFP+ OM3 MTP Fiber Cable. Requires QSFP+ Optics
100 meter QSFP+ to QSFP+ OM3 MTP Fiber Cable. Requires QSFP+ Optics

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 Product Description
Cable, QSFP+ to QSFP+, 40GbE Passive Copper Direct Attach Cable, 0.5 Meter
Cable, QSFP+ to QSFP+, 40GbE Passive Copper Direct Attach Cable, 1 Meter
Cable, QSFP+ to QSFP+, 40GbE Passive Copper Direct Attach Cable, 3 Meter
Cable, QSFP+ to QSFP+, 40GbE Passive Copper Direct Attach Cable, 5 Meter
Cable, QSFP+ to QSFP+, 40GbE Passive Copper Direct Attach Cable, 7 Meter
Cable, QSFP+, 40GbE, Active Fiber Optical Cable, 10 Meters (No optics required)
Cable, QSFP+, 40GbE, Active Fiber Optical Cable, 50 Meters (No optics required)
Cable, 40GbE QSFP+ to 4 x 10GbE SFP+, Active Optical Breakout Cable
Cables Cable, 40GbE (QSFP+) to 4 x 10GbE SFP+ Passive Copper Breakout Cable, 0.5 Meters
Cable, 40GbE (QSFP+) to 4 x 10GbE SFP+ Passive Copper Breakout Cable, 1 Meter
Cable, 40GbE (QSFP+) to 4 x 10GbE SFP+ Passive Copper Breakout Cable, 3 Meters
Cable, 40GbE (QSFP+) to 4 x 10GbE SFP+ Passive Copper Breakout Cable, 5 Meters
Cable, 40GbE (QSFP+) to 4 x 10GbE SFP+ Passive Copper Breakout Cable, 7 Meters
Cable, 40GbE MTP (QSFP+) to 4xLC Optical Connectors, 1M(QSFP+,SFP+ Optics REQ,not incl)
Cable, 40GbE MTP (QSFP+) to 4xLC Optical Connectors, 3M(QSFP+,SFP+ Optics REQ,not incl)
Cable, 40GbE MTP (QSFP+) to 4xLC Optical Connectors, 5M(QSFP+,SFP+ Optics REQ,not incl)
Cable, 40GbE MTP (QSFP+) to 4xLC Optical Connectors, 7M(QSFP+,SFP+ Optics REQ,not incl)

L3 Dell Networking OS
S4048T: Dell Networking software license operating system software license for advanced L3 features, latest
version
Software S4048T: Dell Networking software license
Dell Networking OS operating system software license, latest version
Note: in-field change of airflow direction only supported when unit is powered down and all fan and power
supply units are replaced with airflow moving in a uniform direction

Cumulus Linux OS
Big Switch Networks Switch Light OS
Supported operating systems
Dell Networking Operating System v9
Pluribus OS

Technical specifications
Physical Storage temperature: –40°F to 158°F (–40°C to VRF-Lite: 511 instances
48 fixed 10GBase-T ports supporting 100M/1G/10G 70°C) LAG load balancing: Based on layer 2, IPv4 or IPv6
speeds Storage humidity: 5 to 95% (RH), non-condensing headers Latency: Sub 3us
6 fixed 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ ports Redundancy QOS data queues: 8
1 RJ45 console/management port with RS232 Hot swappable redundant power QOS control queues: 12
signaling Hot swappable redundant fans Ingress ACL: 16K
1 USB 2.0 type A to support mass storage device Egress ACL: 1K
1 Micro-USB 2.0 type B Serial Console Port Performance General QoS: Default 3K entries scalable to 12K
1 8 GB SSD Module Switch fabric capacity:
Size: 1RU, 1.71 x 17.09 x 18.11” 1.44Tbps (full-duplex) IEEE compliance with Dell Networking OS9
(4.35 x 43.4 x 46 cm (H x W x D) 720Gbps (half-duplex) 802.1AB LLDP
Weight: 23 lbs (10.43kg) Forwarding Capacity: 1080 Mpps 802.1D Bridging, STP
ISO 7779 A-weighted sound pressure level: 65 dB at Latency: 2.8 us 802.1p L2 Prioritization
77°F (25°C) Packet buffer memory: 16MB 802.1Q VLAN Tagging, Double VLAN Tagging,
Power supply: 100–240V AC 50/60Hz CPU memory: 4GB GVRP
Max. thermal output: 1568 BTU/h OS9 Performance: 802.1Qbb PFC
Max. current draw per system: MAC addresses: 160K 802.1Qaz ETS
4.6 A at 460W/100VAC, ARP table 128K 802.1s MSTP
2.3 A at 460W/200VAC IPv4 routes: 128K 802.1w RSTP
Max. power consumption: 460 Watts IPv6 hosts: 64K 802.1X Network Access Control
Typical power consumption: 338 Watts IPv6 routes: 64K 802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T)
Max. operating specifications: Multicast routes: 8K 802.3ac Frame Extensions for VLAN Tagging
Operating temperature: 32°F to 113°F (0°C to Link aggregation: 16 links per group, 128 groups 802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP
45°C) Layer 2 VLANs: 4K 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBase-X) with
Operating humidity: 5 to 90% (RH), non-condensing MSTP: 64 instances QSA
Max. non-operating specifications:

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802.3ba 40 Gigabit Ethernet (40GBase-SR4, 2328 OSPFv2 OSPFv3 Network management
40GBase-CR4, 40GBase-LR4) on optical 2370 Opaque LSA 5340 OSPF for IPv6 1155 SMIv1
ports IS-IS 1157 SNMPv1
802.3u Fast Ethernet (100Base-TX) 1142 Base IS-IS Protocol 1212 Concise MIB Definitions
802.3x Flow Control 1195 IPv4 Routing 1215 SNMP Traps
802.3z Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-X) with QSA 5301 Dynamic hostname exchange 1493 Bridges MIB
802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet mechanism for IS-IS 1850 OSPFv2 MIB
ANSI/TIA-1057 LLDP-MED 5302 Domain-wide prefix distribution with 1901 Community-Based SNMPv2
Force10 PVST+ two-level IS-IS 2011 IP MIB
Max MTU 9216 bytes 5303 3-way handshake for IS-IS pt-to-pt 2096 IP Forwarding Table MIB
RFC and I-D compliance with Dell Networking adjacencies 2578 SMIv2
OS9 5304 IS-IS MD5 Authentication 2579 Textual Conventions for SMIv2
General Internet protocols 5306 Restart signaling for IS-IS 2580 Conformance Statements for SMIv2
768 UDP 5308 IS-IS for IPv6 2618 RADIUS Authentication MIB
793 TCP 5309 IS-IS point to point operation over LAN 2665 Ethernet-Like Interfaces MIB
854 Telnet draft-isis-igp-p2p-over-lan-06 2674 Extended Bridge MIB
959 FTP draft-kaplan-isis-ext-eth-02 2787 VRRP MIB
General IPv4 protocols BGP 2819 RMON MIB (groups 1, 2, 3, 9)
791 IPv4 1997 Communities 2863 Interfaces MIB
792 ICMP 2385 MD5 3273 RMON High Capacity MIB
826 ARP 2545 BGP-4 Multiprotocol Extensions for IPv6 3410 SNMPv3
1027 Proxy ARP Inter-Domain Routing 3411 SNMPv3 Management Framework
1035 DNS (client) 2439 Route Flap Damping 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for
1042 Ethernet Transmission 2796 Route Reflection the Simple Network Management
1305 NTPv3 2842 Capabilities Protocol (SNMP)
1519 CIDR 2858 Multiprotocol Extensions 3413 SNMP Applications
1542 BOOTP (relay) 2918 Route Refresh 3414 User-based Security Model (USM) for
1812 Requirements for IPv4 Routers 3065 Confederations SNMPv3
1918 Address Allocation for Private Internets 4360 Extended Communities 3415 VACM for SNMP
2474 Diffserv Field in IPv4 and Ipv6 Headers 4893 4-byte ASN 3416 SNMPv2
2596 Assured Forwarding PHB Group 5396 4-byte ASN representations 3417 Transport mappings for SNMP
3164 BSD Syslog draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-20 BGPv4 3418 SNMP MIB
3195 Reliable Delivery for Syslog draft-michaelson-4byte-as-representation-05 3434 RMON High Capacity Alarm MIB
3246 Expedited Assured Forwarding 4-byte ASN Representation (partial) 3584 Coexistance between SNMP v1, v2 and
4364 VRF-lite (IPv4 VRF with OSPF, BGP, draft-ietf-idr-add-paths-04.txt ADD PATH v3
IS-IS and V4 multicast) Multicast 4022 IP MIB
5798 VRRP 1112 IGMPv1 4087 IP Tunnel MIB
General IPv6 protocols 2236 IGMPv2 4113 UDP MIB
1981 Path MTU Discovery Features 3376 IGMPv3 4133 Entity MIB
2460 Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) MSDP, PIM-SM, PIM-SSM 4292 MIB for IP
Specification Security 4293 MIB for IPv6 Textual Conventions
2464 Transmission of IPv6 Packets over 2404 The Use of HMACSHA- 1-96 within ESP 4502 RMONv2 (groups 1,2,3,9)
Ethernet Networks and AH 5060 PIM MIB
2711 IPv6 Router Alert Option 2865 RADIUS ANSI/TIA-1057 LLDP-MED MIB
4007 IPv6 Scoped Address Architecture 3162 Radius and IPv6 Dell_ITA.Rev_1_1 MIB
4213 Basic Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 3579 Radius support for EAP draft-grant-tacacs-02 TACACS+
Hosts and Routers 3580 802.1X with RADIUS draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-mib-06 BGP MIBv1
4291 IPv6 Addressing Architecture 3768 EAP IEEE 802.1AB LLDP MIB
4443 ICMP for IPv6 3826 AES Cipher Algorithm in the SNMP User IEEE 802.1AB LLDP DOT1 MIB
4861 Neighbor Discovery for IPv6 Base Security Model IEEE 802.1AB LLDP DOT3 MIB
4862 IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration 4250, 4251, 4252, 4253, 4254 SSHv2 sFlow.org sFlowv5
5095 Deprecation of Type 0 Routing Headers 4301 Security Architecture for IPSec sFlow.org sFlowv5 MIB (version 1.3)
in IPv6 4302 IPSec Authentication Header DELL-NETWORKING-SMI
IPv6 Management support (telnet, FTP, TACACS, 4303 ESP Protocol DELL-NETWORKING-TC
RADIUS, SSH, NTP) 4807 IPsecv Security Policy DB MIB DELL-NETWORKING-CHASSIS-MIB
VRF-Lite (IPv6 VRF with OSPFv3, BGPv6, IS-IS) draft-ietf-pim-sm-v2-new-05 PIM-SMw DELL-NETWORKING-PRODUCTS-MIB
RIP Data center bridging DELL-NETWORKING-SYSTEM-COMPONENT-MIB
1058 RIPv1 2453 RIPv2 802.1Qbb Priority-Based Flow Control DELL-NETWORKING-TRAP-EVENT-MIB
OSPF (v2/v3) 802.1Qaz Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) DELL-NETWORKING-COPY-CONFIG-MIB
1587 NSSA 4552 Authentication/ Data Center Bridging eXchange (DCBx) DELL-NETWORKING-IF-EXTENSION-MIB
2154 OSPF Digital Signatures Confidentiality DCBx Application TLV (iSCSI, FCoE) DELL-NETWORKING-FIB-MIB
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