DELL M8024-k 210-41289 Merkblatt

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Port attributes
•  Up to 24 auto-sensing 10Gb Ethernet switching ports available 

22 of this ports can be 1/10Gb 

•  16 internal server 10Gb (KR) Ethernet ports with auto-negotiation 

capability to 1Gb Ethernet

•  4 external integrated 1/10Gb SFP+ Ethernet ports

•  Up to 4 external ports via optional FlexIO plug-in module with 

flexible media choices:  

- 4-port SFP+ 10GbE module (10Gb only) 

- 3-port CX-4 10GbE copper module (10Gb only) 

- 2-port 10GBASE-T 10GbE copper module (1/10Gb)

•  Auto-negotiation for speed, duplex mode and flow control

•  Auto MDI/MDIX

•  Port mirroring

•  Flow-based port mirroring

•  Broadcast storm control

•  10Gb (10GBASE-KR) adapters supported with M8024-k:

- Brocade BR1741M-k mezzanine card

- Broadcom 57712-k NDC

- Intel X520-x/k mezzanine card

- Future 10Gb adapters for M-Series blades

•  1Gb NICs (mezz card and LOM) are also supported

Performance
•  Switch Fabric Capacity 480 Gbps aggregate bandwidth

•  Forwarding Rate 357 Mpps

•  Up to 16K MAC Addresses

•  512MB of CPU SDRAM

•  32MB of Flash Memory

Availability
•  Spanning Tree (IEEE 802.1D) and Rapid Spanning Tree (IEEE 

802.1w) with Fast Link Support

•  Multiple spanning trees (IEEE 802.1s)

•  Supports Virtual Redundant Routing Protocol (VRRP)

Layer 3 routing performance
•  Up to 128 RIP Routing Interfaces

•  Up to 128 OSPF Routing Interfaces; up to 128 OSPF Areas; up to 

128 Routing Interfaces per OSPF 

•  Area; up to 32 routes for ECMP Routing; up to 4 next hops  

per ECMP

•  Up to 128 VLAN Routing Interfaces

•  Up to 256 Multicast Forwarding Entries

•  Up to 8K ARP entries; Up to 4K NDP entries

VLAN
•  VLAN support for tagging and port-based as per IEEE 802.1Q

•  Double VLAN tagging (QinQ)

•  Up to 1024 VLANs supported

•  Dynamic VLAN with GVRP support

Quality of Service
•  Layer 2 Trusted Mode (IEEE 802.1p tagging)

•  Layer 3 Trusted Mode (DSCP)

•  Layer 4 Trusted Mode (TCP/UDP)

•  Advanced Mode using Layer 2/3/4 flow-based Policies, including 

metering/rate limiting, marking and bandwidth guarantees; up to 

100 ACLs can be used for QoS flow identification via Class-maps

•  8 Priority Queues per Port

•  Adjustable Weighted-Round-Robin (WRR) and Strict  

Queue Scheduling

•  Port-based QoS Services Mode

•  Flow-based QoS Services Mode

•  Priority Flow Control (PFC)

•  iSCSI Optimization based on Link Layer Discovery  

Protocol (LLDP)

Security options
•  IEEE 802.1x based edge authentication — supports single and 

multiple host access, guest access, voice authorization, and 

Microsoft Active Directory

•  Switch access password protection

•  User-definable settings for enabling or disabling Web, SSH,  

Telnet, SSL management access

•  Port-based MAC Address alert and lock-down

•  Address filtering for management access via Telnet, HTTP, 

HTTPS/SSL, SSH and SNMP

•  RADIUS and TACACS+ remote authentication for switch  

management access

•  Up to 100 Access Control Lists (ACLs) supported; up to 127 rules 

per ACL; up to 28 Access Control Entries (ACEs) per ACL

•  SSLv3 and SSHv2 encryption for switch management traffic

•  Management access filtering via Management Access Profiles

Other switching features
•  Link Aggregation with support for up to 8 static aggregated links, 

8 dynamic aggregated links per switch and up to 8  

member ports per aggregated link; LACP support (IEEE 802.3ad) 

Management
•  Default mode of operation is Simple Switch (port aggregator) 

mode to allow auto configuration of complex network settings

•  User configurable to fully managed switch mode

•  Web-based management interface

•  Industry-standard CLI accessible via Telnet or Local Serial Port

•  SNMPv1, SNMP v2c and SNMPv3 supported

•  4 RMON groups supported (history, statistics, alarms and events)

•  TFTP transfers of firmware and configuration files

•  Dual Firmware images 

•  Multiple Configuration file upload/download supported

•  Statistics for error monitoring and performance optimization 

including port summary tables

•  BootP/DHCP IP address management supported

•  Syslog remote logging capabilities

Chassis
•  Single-wide I/O Module for M1000e blade enclosure 

•  267 x 258 x 31mm (W x D x H)

•  10.5” x 10.2” x 1.2”

•  Approximate weight: 2.7kg, 5.8 lbs

Standards supported
•  RFC 1213, 1215, 1286, 1442, 1451, 1492, 1493, 1573, 1643, 1757, 

1907, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2233, 2618, 2665, 2666, 2674, 2737, 

2819, 2863

•  IEEE 802.1AB, 802.1D, 802.1Q, 802.1p, 802.1w, 802.1x, 802.2, 

802.3, 802.3I, 802.3u, 802.3x, 802.3z, 802.ab, 802.3ac, 802.3ad, 

802.3ae, 802.3ak

Environmental
•  Operating Temperature: 0

o

 C to 45

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 C, Storage Temperature: 

-20

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 C to 70

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 C, Operating Relative Humidity: 10% to 90%

non-condensing, Storage Relative Humidity: 10% to 95% 

non-condensing

Regulatory and environmental compliance
•  Regulatory Model: PCM8024-k, Product Safety, EMC and 

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