Dell Networking S5000 Getting Started Guide

Getting Started Guide
This document is intended as a Getting Started Guide to get new systems up and running
and ready for configuration. For complete installation and configuration information,
refer to the documents listed below:
Table 1. S5000 Documents
Information Documentation
Hardware installation and power-up
instructions
Installing the S5000 Switch
Software configuration FTOS Configuration Guide for the S5000
Switch
Command line interface FTOS Command Line Reference Guide for
the S5000 Switch
Latest updates FTOS Release Notes for the S5000 Switch
Introduction
This document provides basic information about the S5000 switch, including how to
install the switch and perform the initial configuration.
For information about how to configure and monitor switch features, refer to the FTOS
Configuration Guide for the S5000 Switch , which is available on the Dell Support website
at http://www.dell.com/support/manuals .
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 flexibility for unified 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), and Internet small computer system interface (iSCSI)
storage traffic. The S5000 also provides aggregation and convergence functionality using
pluggable modules for flexible configuration.
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Dell Networking S5000 Specifications

General

Brand	Dell
Model	Networking S5000
Category	Switch
Language	English