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July 2013 | Version 2 
dell-networking-s series-s55-spec sheet

Specifications: S55 high-performance 1/10GbE ToR switch

Description

Physical

44 10/100/1000Base-T ports

4 GbE SFP ports

1 RJ45 console management port with RS232 signaling

1 RJ45 Ethernet management port

1 USB-B management port

2 USB 2.0 ports (1 USB A, 1 USB B)

2 module bays

Size: 1 RU, 1.75 x 17.42 x 18.75 (in), 4.44 x 44.25 x 47.62 (cm) 

Weight: 14.41 lbs (6.54 kg)

ISO 7779 A-weighted sound pressure level:63.9 dBA at 73.4°F (23°C) 

Power supply: 100–240V AC 50/60 Hz, –44 to -60V DC

Max. thermal output: 443 BTU/h

Max. current draw per system:

2A at 100/120V AC, 1A  at 200/240V AC, 3.6A at -48V DC

Max. power consumption: 130W

Max. operating specifications:

Operating temperature: 32°F to 122°F (0°C to 50°C)

Operating humidity: 10 to 85% (RH), non-condensing

Max. non-operating specifications:

Storage temperature: –40°F to 158°F (–40°F to 70°C)

Storage humidity: 5 to 95% (RH), non-condensing

Reliability: MTBF 169,315 hours

Redundancy

Ring stacking topology with dynamic master election

Dual modular slots with up to four 10GbE ports

Link aggregation across stack members

Hot swappable redundant AC or DC power

Hot swappable redundant fan

Performance

MAC addresses: 

32K

IPv4 routes:   

16K

IPv6 routes:   

8K

Switching capacity 

176Gbps

Forwarding capacity: 

131Mpps

Link aggregation: 

8 links per group, 128 groups per 

stack

Stacking capacity: 

96Gbps per stack member

Queues per port: 

4 queues

VLANs:  

4096

Layer 2 switching: 

All protocols, including IPv4 and

  IPv6

Layer 3 routing: 

IPv4 and IPv6

LAG load balancing: 

Based on layer 2, IPv4 or IPv6

  headers

Switching latency: 

<5 µs for 64 byte frames

Packet buffer memory: 

4MB

CPU memory: 

 

2GB

SD card: 

 

8GB

IEEE compliance

802.1AB  

LLDP

802.1ag 

 

Connectivity fault Management

802.1D 

 

Bridging, STP

802.1p 

 

L2 Prioritization

802.1Q 

 

VLAN Tagging, Double VLAN Tagging,  

  GVRP

802.1s  

MSTP

802.1w  

RSTP

802.1X 

 

Network Access Control

802.3ab 

 

Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-T)

802.3ac 

 

Frame Extensions for VLAN Tagging

802.3ad 

 

Link Aggregation with LACP

802.3ae 

 

10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBase-X)

802.3ak 

 

10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBase-CX4)

802.3i 

 

Ethernet (10Base-T)

802.3u 

 

Fast Ethernet (100Base-TX)

802.3x 

 

Flow Control

802.3z 

 

Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-X)

ANSI/TIA-1057 LLDP-MED

Force10 

 

FRRP (Force10 Redundant Ring  

  Protocol)

Force10  

PVST+

MTU 

 

9,252 bytes 

RFC and I-D compliance

 

General Internet protocols

768  UDP 1321 MD5

793  TCP  1350 TFTP

854 

Telnet 

2474 

Differentiated Services

959  FTP  3164 Syslog

General IPv4 protocols

791  IPv4 

1812 Routers

792 

ICMP 

1858 

IP Fragment Filtering

826 

ARP 

2131 

DHCP (server & relay)

1027 

Proxy ARP 

2338 

VRRP

1035 

DNS (client) 

3021 

31-bit Prefixes

1042      Ethernet Transmission      3046 

DHCP Option 82

1191 

Path MTU Discovery 

3069 

Private VLAN

1305 

NTPv3 

3128 

Tiny Fragment Attack

1519 CIDR 

 

Protection

1542 

BOOTP (relay

)

General IPv6 protocols

1981 

Path MTU Discovery  

2463 

ICMPv6

 

(partial) 

2464 Ethernet

2460 IPv6 

 

Transmission

2461 

Neighbor Discovery 

2675 

Jumbograms

 

(partial) 

3587 

Global Unicast

2462 

Stateless Address  

 

Address Format

 

Autoconfiguration  

4291 

Addressing

 (partial)

RIP

1058     RIPv1 

2453 

RIPv2

OSPF

1587 

NSSA 

3623 

Graceful Restart

2154 

MD5 

4222 

Prioritization and

2328      OSPFv2 

 

Congestion voidance

2370      Opaque LSA 

BGP

1997 Communities 

3065  Confederations

2385 

MD5 

4360 

Extended  

2439 

Route Flap Damping 

 

Communities

2796 

Route Reflection 

4893 

4-byte ASN

2842 

Capabilities 

5396 

4-byte ASN

2858 

Multiprotocol  

 

representations

 

Extensions 

4271 

BGPv4

2918 

Route Refresh 

4724 

Graceful Restart

Multicast

1112 

IGMPv1 

4541 

IGMP v1/v2/v3

2236 IGMPv2 

 

Snooping

3376 

IGMPv3 

4601 

PIM-SM for IPv4

3569 

SSM for IPv4

Network management

1155 SMIv1

1156 

Internet MIB

1157 SNMPv1

1212 

Concise MIB Definitions

1215 

 

SNMP Traps

1493 

 

Bridges MIB

1850      

 

OSPFv2 MIB

1901 

 

Community-based SNMPv2

1905  

SNMPv2

1907 

 

SNMP MIB

2011 

 

IP MIB

2012 

 

TCP MIB

2013 

 

UDP MIB

2024 

 

DLSw MIB

2096 

 

IP Forwarding Table MIB

2233 

 

Interfaces MIB

2570  

SNMPv3

2571 

 

Management Frameworks

2572 

 

Message Processing and    

  Dispatching

2574 

 

SNMPv3 USM

2575 

 

SNMPv3 VACM

2576 

 

Coexistence Between SNMPv1/ 

  v2/v3

2578  

SMIv2

2579 

 

Textual Conventions for SMIv2

2580 

 

Conformance Statements for  

  SMIv2

2618 

 

RADIUS Authentication MIB

2665 

 

Ethernet-like Interfaces MIB

2674 

 

Extended Bridge MIB

2787 

 

VRRP MIB

2819 

 

RMON MIB (groups 1, 2, 3, 9)

2863 

 

Interfaces MIB

2865  

RADIUS

3273 

 

RMON High Capacity MIB

3416  

SNMPv2

3418 

 

SNMP MIB

3434 

 

RMON High Capacity Alarm MIB

3580 

 

802.1X with RADIUS

4273 

 

BGP MIBv1

4293 

 

IPv6 MIB

5060 

 

PIM MIB

ANSI/TIA-1057 

LLDP-MED MIB

draft-grant-tacacs-02 

IEEE 802.1AB  

LLDP MIB

IEEE 802.1AB  

LLDP DOT1 MIB

IEEE 802.1AB  

LLDP DOT3 MIB

sFlow.org 

 

sFlow v5

sFlow.org 

 

sFlow v5 MIB (version 1.3) 

MIBs

F10-CHASSIS-MIB

F10-IF-EXTENSION-MIB

F10-LINK-AGGREGATION-MIB

F10-PRODUCTS-MIB

F10-S-SERIES-CHASSIS-MIB

FORCE10-BGP4-V2-MIB draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-mibv2-05

FORCE10-COPY-CONFIG-MIB

FORCE10-MSTP-MIB 

ruzin-mstp-mib-02 (traps only)

FORCE10-SYSTEM-COMPONENT-MIB

FORCE10-TRAP-EVENT-MIB

Regulatory Compliance

 

Safety

UL/CSA 60950-1, 2nd Edition

EN 60950-1, 2nd Edition

IEC 60950-1, 2nd Edition Including all National Deviations 

and Group Differences

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 Communication Systems

FDA Regulation 21 CFR 1040.10 and 1040.11

China CCC

Emissions

Australia/New Zealand: AS/NZS CISPR 22: Class A 

Canada: ICES-003, Issue-4, Class A

Europe: EN 55022: (CISPR 22), Class A 

Japan: VCCI Class A

USA: FCC CFR 47 Part 15, Subpart B, Class A

Brazil: Anatel

Immunity

EN 300 386 EMC for Network Equipment

EN 55024

EN 61000-3-2: Harmonic Current Emissions

EN 61000-3-3: Voltage Fluctuations and Flicker

EN 61000-4-2: ESD

EN 61000-4-3: Radiated Immunity

EN 61000-4-4: EFT

EN 61000-4-5: Surge

S55

44 x 10/100/1000Base-T, 4 x 1GbE SFP, 1 x AC PSU, 2 x FM, IO/  

 

 

to PSU Panels (Normal)

44 x 10/100/1000Base-T, 4 x 1GbE SFP, 1 x AC PSU, 2 x FM,  

 

 

 

PSU to I/O Panels (Reverse)

44 x 10/100/1000Base-T, 4 x 1GbE SFP, 1 x DC PSU, 2 x FM,  

 

 

 

I/O to PSU Panels (Normal)

44 x 10/100/1000Base-T, 4 x 1GbE SFP, 1 x DC PSU, 2 x FM,  

 

 

 

PSU to I/O Panels (Reverse)

Redundant power supplies and Fan modules*
AC Power Supply, I/O to PSU Panels (Normal)
AC Power Supply, PSU to I/O Panels (Reverse)
DC Power Supply, I/O to PSU Panels (Normal)
DC Power Supply, PSU to I/O Panels (Reverse)

Fan Module, 1 x Fan, I/O to PSU Panels (Normal)
Fan Module, 1 x Fan, PSU to I/O Panels (Reverse)

Modules*
2-port 10GE SFP+ module
2-port 12Gbps high-speed stacking module
Optics*
SFP+, 10GbE, SR, 850nm Wavelength, 300m reach
SFP+, 10GbE, LR, 1310nm Wavelength, 10Km reach
SFP+, 10GbE, ER, 1310nm Wavelength, 40Km reach
SFP+, 10GbE, LRM, 1310nm Wavelength, 220m reach
SFP, 1000Base-SX, 850nm Wavelength, 550m reach
SFP, 1000Base-LX, 1310nm Wavelength, 10Km reach
SFP, 1000Base-ZX, 1550nm Wavelength, 80Km reach
SFP, 100Base-FX, 1310nm Wavelength, 2Km reach
SFP, 1000Base-T
Cables*
SFP+, CU, 10GbE, Direct Attach Cable, 0.5m
SFP+, CU, 10GbE, Direct Attach Cable, 1m
SFP+, CU, 10GbE, Direct Attach Cable, 2m
SFP+, CU, 10GbE, Direct Attach Cable, 5m
SFP+, CU, 10GbE, Direct Attach Cable, 7m
Stacking Cable, 0.6m, 12Gbps
Software
FTOS – Networking Operating System Software, L3, S55

Note: In-field change of airflow direction not supported.

*Ordered separately

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