Force10 Networks S-Series Leaflet

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SSDS03

1007   v2.8

Force10 Networks, Inc.
350 Holger Way
San Jose, CA 95134 USA
www.force10networks.com

408-571-3500

PHONE

408-571-3550

FACSIMILE

Physical
48 line-rate ports 10/100/1000Base-T
4-ports SFP (shared)

Optional Modules:

2 line-rate ports 10 Gigabit Ethernet XFP 
2 line-rate ports 10 Gigabit Ethernet CX4
2 line-rate ports 12 Gigabit Stacking
1 line-rate port 24 Gigabit Stacking

1 RJ-45 Console/management port with RS-232 signaling

Size: 17.32 w x 16.73 d x 1.73" h (440 x 425 x 44 mm)
Weight: 15.62 lbs (7.10 Kg)
Power Supply: Primary 100-240V AC, 50-60Hz, Autosensing

Redundant -48V Terminal Type DC

Max. Thermal Output: 560 BTU/hr
Max. Current Draw per System: 100vAC/4A, 240vAC/2A
Max. Power Consumption: 470W
19" rack mountable 
Standard 1U chassis height
Max. Operating Specifications:

Temperature: 14° to 131°F (–10° to 55°C)
Operating humidity: 10 to 90% (RH), non-condensing

Max. Non-operating Specifications:

Storage Temperature: –40° to 158°F (–40° to 70°C)
Storage humidity: 10 to 90% (RH), non-condensing

Reliability: MTBF 130,000 hours

Redundancy
Redundancy in stack connectivity (self healing ring)
Redundancy with up to 4 ports of 10 GbE uplinks
Redundancy with dual modular slots 
Redundancy with GbE uplinks – using Link Aggregation
External Power Redundancy 

Performance
Layer 2 MAC Addresses:

16K

Layer 3 Forwarding Entries: Up to 3K LPM table and 

4K host entries

Switching Fabric Capacity: 288 Gbps
User Traffic Capacity:

176 Gbps (131 Mpps)

Jumbo Frame Support:

9216 bytes

Link Aggregation:

8 links per Link Aggregation 
Group & 48 groups per system

Stacking Capacity:

Up to 96 Gbps

Queues per port:

8 Queues (8th queue 
reserved for stacking)

VLANs:

1024 VLANs with 4096 tag
value support

Line-rate Layer 2 switching: all protocols, including 

IPv4 and IPv6

Line-rate Layer 3 routing:

IPv4

LAG load balancing based on Layer 2, IPv4 or IPv6 headers

IEEE Compliance
802.3

10Base-T

802.3u Fast Ethernet (100Base-TX)
802.3ab 1000Base-T
802.3z Gigabit 

Ethernet

802.3ae  10 Gigabit Ethernet
802.3ak  10 Gigabit Ethernet CX4
802.3af  Power over Ethernet 
802.1p L2 

Prioritization

802.1Q  VLAN Tagging, Double VLAN Tagging
802.1s  Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
802.1w  Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol
802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP
802.1D Bridging
802.3x Flow 

Control

1765

OSPF Database 
overflow

1850

OSPF MIB

1058

RIP v1

1724

RIP MIB

1112

IGMP

2236

IGMPv1 and v2

2362

PIM-SM

768

UDP

783

TFTP

791

IP

792

ICMP

793

TCP

826

ARP

854

Telnet

894

IP over Ethernet

903

Reverse ARP

951

BootP

1027

Proxy ARP

1492

TACACS+

2865

RADIUS

Ietf-draft SSH v2, SSL, Layer 2/3/4 ACLs,

IP Broadcast Control

7 user queues per port
IEEE 802.1p
IP DiffServ support
Per port rate limiting 
Per queue rate limiting
Strict Priority and Weighted Round Robin Scheduling

RADIUS/TACACS+ Authentication
Secure Web-based Management
Industry familiar CLI: Scripting, Command 

completion, Context sensitive help

1157

SNMP v1

1212

Concise MIB Definition

1213

SNMP v2 (MIB-II)

1493

Bridge MIB

1643

Ethernet-like MIB

1901

Community based SNMPv2

1905

Protocol Operations for SNMPv2

1906

Transport Mappings for SNMPv2

1907

Management Information Base for SNMPv2

1908

Coexistence between SNMPv1 and SNMPv2

1724

RIP v2 MIB extension

1850

OSPF v2 MIB

2096

IP forwarding table MIB

2233

The Interfaces Group MIB using SMI v2

2570

SNMP v3

2665

Ethernet-like interfaces

2674

VLAN MIB

2787

VRRP MIB

2819

RMON (Groups 1,2,3,9)

2933

IGMP MIB

2934

PIM MIB for IPv4

CUS 60950, 3rd edition (US NRTL through CSA)
CSA 60950, 3rd edition
CE Mark (EN 60950)
CB Report, all country deviations
EN 60825-1 Safety of Laser Products-Part 1: Equipment

Classification Requirements and User's Guide

EN 60825-2 Safety of Laser Products-Part 2: 

Safety of Optical Fibre Communications Systems

21 CFR 1040.10 and 1040.11 FDA laser device 

requirements

USA: FCC CFR47 Part 15, Subpart J, Class A
Canada: ICES-003, Issue-2, Class A
Europe: EN55022 1998 (CISPR 22: 1997), Class A
Japan: VCCI V3/01.4 Class A

EN 61000-4-2 ESD
EN 61000-4-3 Radiated Immunity
EN 61000-4-4 EFT
EN 61000-4-5 Surge
EN 61000-4-6 Low Frequency Conducted Immunity
EN 300 386 V1.3.1 (2001-09) EMC for Network 

Equipment

EN 55024 1998

JATE (for Japan)

All S50V components are EU RoHS compliant
with the exception of lead, which is exempt from
the directive for network equipment

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ESCRIPTION

S50-01-GE-48T-V

48-port 10/100/1000BaseT with four
SFP ports, two modular slots and PoE

S50-01-10GE-2P

2-port 10 GbE XFP Module*

S50-01-10GE-2C

2-port 10 GbE CX4 Module*

S50-01-12G-2S

2-port 12 Gbps Stacking Module*

S50-01-24G-1S

1-port 24 Gbps Stacking Module*

S50-01-SSC-12G

60cm stacking cable for S50-01-12G-2S

S50-01-LSC-12G

4m stacking cable for S50-01-12G-2S

S50-01-SSC-24G

60cm stacking cable for S50-01-24G-1S

S50-01-LSC-24G

4m stacking cable for S50-01-24G-1S

S50-01-PSU-V

Redundant Power Supply Unit*
Includes one cable

S50-01-SW-L3

Layer 3 Software Upgrade*

* Optional module for the S50V

1256

ICMP

1519

CIDR

1542

BootP (relay)

1812

IP v4 routers

1866

HTML

2068

HTTP

2030

SNTP

2131

BootP/DHCP 
helper

2236

IGMP v1 & v2

2338

VRRP

3128

Protection Against 
a Variant of the Tiny
Fragment Attack

2154

OSPF MD5

2328

OSPF v2

2082

RIP MD5

2453

RIP v2

3376

IGMPv3

Ietf-draft IGMP-snooping 

v1 and v2