Specification Sheet

DELL POWERSWITCH S4100-ON

High-performance open networking top-of-rack switches with multirate
Gigabit Ethernet and unified ports

The S4100-ON 10GbE switches comprise Dell Maximum performance and functionality
Technologies’ latest disaggregated hardware and software
The S4100-ON series are high-performance, multifunction,
data center networking solutions, providing state-of-the-art
1/10/25/40/50/100 GbE top-of-rack (ToR) switches purpose-
100GbE uplinks and a broad range of functionality to meet
built for applications in high-performance data center,
the growing demands of today’s data center environment.
cloud and computing environments. Architectural features
These innovative, next-generation top-of-rack open
to optimize data center network flexibility, efficiency and
networking switches offer optimum flexibility and cost-
availability include IO panel to PSU airflow or PSU to IO
effectiveness for the enterprise, midmarket and tier 2 cloud
panel airflow for hot/cold aisle environments and redundant,
service providers with demanding compute and storage
hot-swappable power supplies and fans.
traffic environments.
The compact S4100-ON models provide industry-leading
density with up to 48 ports of 10GbE or up to 48 ports of Key applications
10GBaseT ports, 2 ports of 40GbE and 4 ports of 100GbE • Organizations looking to enter the software-defined data
in a 1RU form factor. The S4112-ON is a half-rack width center era with a choice of networking technologies
model that supports up to 12 ports of 10GbE or 12 ports designed to maximize flexibility
10GBaseT, and 3 ports of 100GbE.
• Multi-functional 1/10/25/40/50/100 GbE switching
Using industry-leading hardware and a choice of Dell
in High Performance Computing Clusters or other
SmartFabric OS10 or select 3rd party network operating
business-sensitive deployments requiring the highest
systems and tools, the S4100-ON Series offers flexibility
bandwidth. High-density 1/10 GbE ToR server access in
by provision of configuration profiles and delivers non-
high-performance data center environments
blocking performance for workloads sensitive to packet
loss. The compact S4100-ON models provide multirate • iSCSI storage deployment, including DCB converged
speed, enabling denser footprints and simplifying migration lossless transactions
to 100Gbps. Also unique to the S4100-ON series is the
• Small-scale data center fabric implementation via the
ability to meet the demands of converged and virtualized
S4100-ON switch in leaf and spine along with S-Series
data centers by offering hardware support for L2 and L3
1/10GbE ToR switches
VXLAN gateway. Priority-based flow control (PFC), data
center bridge exchange (DCBX) and enhanced transmission • VXLAN layer 2/layer 3 gateway support
selection (ETS) make the S4100-ON ideally suited for
DCB environments. Dell PowerSwitch S4100-ON switches
support the open source Open Network Install Environment Key features
(ONIE) for zero touch installation of Dell SmartFabric OS10 • 1RU high-density 10/40/100 GbE ToR switches with up
networking operating system, as well as of alternative to 48 10GbE (SFP+) or 10GBaseT ports, and up to 4
network operating systems. ports of 100GbE (QSFP28)
• The S4112 is a 1RU, half-rack width 10/100GbE ToR
switch with up to 12 ports of 10GbE (SFP+) or up to 12
ports of 10GBaseT ports, and up to 3 ports of 100GbE
(QSFP28)
• Multi-rate 100GbE ports support 10/25/40/50 GbE.
40GbE ports support 10GbE. 10GbE ports support
1GbE. Up to 4 different simultaneous speeds are
* Not line rate
possible in a given profile
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 • 1.76Tbps (full-duplex) non-blocking, cut-through Key Features with Dell SmartFabric OS10
switching fabric delivers line-rate performance under full
load on S4148F-ON and S4148T-ON • Consistent DevOps framework across compute, storage
and networking elements
• 960Gbps (full-duplex) non-blocking, cut-through
switching fabric delivers line-rate performance under full • Standard networking features, interfaces and scripting
load on S4128F-ON and S4128T-ON functions for legacy network operations integration

• 840Gbps (full-duplex) non-blocking, cut-through • Standards-based switching hardware abstraction via

switching fabric delivers line-rate performance under full Switch Abstraction Interface (SAI)
load on S4112F-ON and S4112T-ON • Pervasive, unrestricted developer environment via
• VXLAN gateway functionality support for bridging and Control Plane Services (CPS)
routing the non-virtualized and the virtualized overlay • OS10 Enterprise Edition software enables Dell
networks with line rate performance Technologies layer 2 and 3 switching and routing
• Converged Network support with DCB protocols with integrated IP services, quality of service,
manageability and automation features
• IO panel to PSU airflow or PSU to IO panel airflow
• OS10 supports Precision Time Protocol (PTP, IEEE
• Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and fans 1588v2) to synchronize clocks on network devices.
(S4112-ON has redundant, fixed power supplies and
fans) • Leverage common open source tools and best practices
(data models, commit rollbacks)
• IEEE 1588v2 supported on 48 port models
• Increase VM Mobility region by stretching L2 VLAN
within or across two DCs with unique VLT capabilities
• Scalable L2 and L3 Ethernet Switching with QoS, ACL
and a full complement of standards based IPv4 and IPv6
features including OSPF, BGP and PBR
• Enhanced mirroring capabilities including local mirroring,
Remote Port Mirroring (RPM), and Encapsulated
Remote Port Mirroring (ERPM)
• Converged network support for Data Center Bridging,
with priority flow control (802.1Qbb), ETS (802.1Qaz),
DCBx and iSCSI TLV Enhanced mirroring capabilities
including local mirroring, Remote Port Mirroring (RPM),
and Encapsulated Remote Port Mirroring (ERPM)
• Converged network support for Data Center Bridging,
with priority flow control (802.1Qbb), ETS (802.1Qaz),
DCBx and iSCSI TLV

S4112F-ON S4112T-ON S4128F-ON S4128T-ON S4148F-ON S4148T-ON

48xSFP+ 48x10GbT
12xSFP+ 12x10GbT 28xSFP+ 28x10GbT
Ports 2xQSFP+ 2xQSFP+
3xQSFP28 3xQSFP28 2xQSFP28 2x QSFP28
4xQSFP28 4xQSFP28

24 24 36 72 72
36
(12 SFP+ (12 10GbT (28 10GbT (48 SFP+ (48 10GbT
(28 SFP+ and
Max 10GbE density and 12 via and 12 via and 8 via and 24 via and 24 via
8 via QSFP28
QSFP28 QSFP28 QSFP28 QSFP28 QSFP28
breakout)
breakout) breakout) breakout) breakout) breakout)

12 via 12 via 16 via 16 via

8 via QSFP28 8 via QSFP28
Max 25GbE density QSFP28 QSFP28
breakout breakout
QSFP28 QSFP28
breakout breakout breakout breakout

Max 40GbE density 3 3 2 2 6 6

Max 50GbE density 6 6 4 4 8 8

Max 100GbE density 3 3 2 2 4 4

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 S4112F-ON S4112T-ON S4128F-ON S4128T-ON S4148F-ON S4148T-ON

Switching capacity 840Gbps 840Gbps 960Gbps 960Gbps 1.76Tbps 1.76Tbps

Throughput 625Mpps 625Mpps 720Mpps 720Mpps 1320Mpps 1320Mpps

1588v2 PTP timing

Max power consumption 180W 200W 260W 300W 370W 440W

Typical operating power 90W 120W 160W 250W 200W 320W

Number of fan trays 3 (Fixed) 3 (Fixed) 4 4 4 4

Fans per fan tray 1 1 1 1 1 2

8.30 lbs 8.45 lbs 19.66 lbs 20.67 lbs 20.15 lbs 22.37 lbs
Weight
(3.76 kg) (3.83 kg) (8.92 kg) (9.38 kg) (9.14 kg) (10.15 kg)

Max thermal output 614 BTU/h 682 BTU/h 886 BTU/h 1,023 BTU/h 1261 BTU/h 1,500 BTU/h

Supported

Product Description
S4112F, 12x 10GbE SFP+, 3x 100GbE QSFP28, 2x AC Fixed PSU, 3x Fixed Fan, I/O Panel to PSU
Airflow
S4112F, 12x 10GbE SFP+, 3x 100GbE QSFP28, 2x AC Fixed PSU, 3x Fixed Fan, I/O PSU to I/O Panel
Airflow
S4112T, 12x 10GBASE-T, 3x 100GbE QSFP28, 2x AC Fixed PSU, 3x Fixed Fan, I/O Panel to PSU
Airflow
S4112T, 12x 10GBASE-T, 3x 100GbE QSFP28, 2x AC Fixed PSU, 3x Fixed Fan, I/O PSU to I/O Panel
Airflow
S4128F, 28x 10GbE SFP+, 2x 100GbE QSFP28, 2x AC PSU, 4x Fan module, I/O Panel to PSU Airflow
S4128F, 28x 10GbE SFP+, 2x 100GbE QSFP28, 2x AC PSU, 4x Fan module, I/O Panel to PSU Airflow,
TAA Certified
S4128F, 28x 10GbE SFP+, 2x 100GbE QSFP28, 2x AC PSU, 4x Fan module, PSU to I/O Panel Airflow,
TAA Certified
S4128F, 28x 10GbE SFP+, 2x 100GbE QSFP28, 2x AC PSU, 4x Fan module, PSU to I/O Panel Airflow
S4128T, 28x 10GBASE-T, 2x 100GbE QSFP28, 2x AC PSU, 4x Fan module, I/O Panel to PSU Airflow
S4128T, 28x 10GBASE-T, 2x 100GbE QSFP28, 2x AC PSU, 4x Fan module, I/O Panel to PSU Airflow,
TAA Certified
S4100-ON S4128T, 28x 10GBASE-T, 2x 100GbE QSFP28, 2x AC PSU, 4x Fan module , PSU to I/O Panel Airflow,
TAA Certified
S4128T, 28x 10GBASE-T, 2x 100GbE QSFP28, 2x AC PSU, 4x Fan module , PSU to I/O Panel Airflow
S4148F, 48x 10GbE SFP+, 2x QSFP+, 4x 100GbE QSFP28, 2x AC PSU, 4x Fan module, I/O Panel to
PSU Airflow
S4148F, 48x 10GbE SFP+, 2x QSFP+, 4x 100GbE QSFP28, 2x AC PSU, 4x Fan module, I/O Panel to
PSU Airflow, TAA Certified
S4148F, 48x 10GbE SFP+, 2x QSFP+, 4x 100GbE QSFP28, 2x AC PSU, 4x Fan module, PSU to I/O
Panel Airflow
S4148F, 48x 10GbE SFP+, 2x QSFP+, 4x 100GbE QSFP28, 2x AC PSU, 4x Fan module, PSU to I/O
Panel Airflow, TAA Certified
S4148T, 48x 10GBASE-T, 2x QSFP+, 4x 100GbE QSFP28, 2x AC PSU, 4x Fan module, I/O Panel to
PSU Airflow
S4148T, 48x 10GBASE-T, 2x QSFP+, 4x 100GbE QSFP28, 2x AC PSU, 4x Fan module, I/O Panel to
PSU Airflow, TAA Certified
S4148T, 48x 10GBASE-T, 2x QSFP+, 4x 100GbE QSFP28, 2x AC PSU, 4x Fan module, PSU to I/O
Panel Airflow
S4148T, 48x 10GBASE-T, 2x QSFP+, 4x 100GbE QSFP28, 2x AC PSU, 4x Fan module, PSU to I/O
Panel Airflow, TAA Certified
S4100, AC Power Supply, IO Panel to PSU Airflow
S4100, AC Power Supply, PSU to IO Panel Airflow
Redundant power supplies S4100, DC Power Supply, IO Panel to PSU Airflow (available as custom kit)
(not applicable to S4112) S4100, DC Power Supply, PSU to IO Panel Airflow (available as custom kit)
S4100, HV DC Power Supply, IO Panel to PSU Airflow
S4100, HV DC Power Supply, PSU to IO Panel Airflow
S4100 fan module, IO Panel to PSU Airflow
Fans (not applicable to S4112)
S4100 fan module, PSU to IO Panel Airflow
Optics, Cables and Cable Please refer to Dell Networking Transceivers and Cables spec sheet for complete list of optics and
Management cables. for a complete list of optics and cables.

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 Technical specifications
Physical IPv4 routes: 200K (in Scaled Emissions
1 RJ45 console/management port with RS232 L3 routes mode) Australia/New Zealand: AS/NZS CISPR 32:
signaling IPv6 hosts: 64K Class A
1 RJ45 micro-USB-B console port IPv6 routes: 130K (in Scaled L3 routes mode) Canada: ICES-003, Issue-4, Class A
1 RJ45 10/100/1000Base-T management Multicast hosts: 8K Europe: EN 55032: 2015+A1:2007 (CISPR 32),
Ethernet port Link aggregation: 32 links per group, 128 Class A
Size: 1 RU, 1.75”(h) x 17”(w) x 18”(d) (4.4cm (h) groups Japan: VCCI V3/2009 Class A
x 43.1cm (w) x 45.7cm (d)) Layer 2 VLANs: 4K USA: FCC CFR 47 Part 15, Subpart B:2009,
S4112: 1.7”(h) x 8.28”(w) x 18”(d) (4.125cm Layer3 VLANs: 500 Class A
(h) x 20.9cm (w) x 45cm (d) MSTP: 32 instances
Power supply: 100–240 VAC 50/60 Hz LAG load balancing: Based on layer 2, IPv4 or Immunity
Max. current draw per system: 6A/5A at IPv6 headers EN 300 386 V1.4.1:2008 EMC for Network
100/120V L2 Ingress ACL: 6K Equipment
AC; 3A/2.5A at 200/240V AC L2 Egress ACL: 1K EN 55024: 1998 + A1: 2001 + A2: 2003
S4112: 2A/1.7A at 100/120V AC; 1A/0.8A at IPv4 Ingress ACL: 6K EN 61000-3-2: Harmonic Current Emissions
200/240V AC IPv4 Egress ACL: 1K EN 61000-3-3: Voltage Fluctuations and Flicker
Max. operating specifications: IPv6 Ingress ACL: 3K EN 61000-4-2: ESD
Operating temperature: 41° to 104° F IPv6 Egress ACL: 500 EN 61000-4-3: Radiated Immunity
(5° to 40° C) Storage performance parameters EN 61000-4-4: EFT
Operating humidity: 5 to 85% (RH), iSCSI Sessions: 255 EN 61000-4-5: Surge
non-condensing iSCSI Target: 16 EN 61000-4-6: Low Frequency Conducted
Max. non-operating specifications: F-Port: Max F-Port Sessions: 526 Immunity
Storage temperature: -40° to 149°F F-Port: Max members in a zone: 526
(-40° C to 65° C) RoHS
Storage humidity: 5 to 95% (RH), For Network Operating System (NOS) specific All S-Series components are EU RoHS
non-condensing features, refer to Dell SmartFabric OS10 compliant.
and Enterprise SONiC Distribution by Dell
Redundancy Technologies spec sheets. Certifications
Hot swappable redundant power (not applicable Japan: VCCI V3/2009 Class A
to S4112) Regulatory compliance USA: FCC CFR 47 Part 15, Subpart B:2009,
Hot swappable redundant fans (not applicable Safety Class A
to S4112) UL/CSA 60950-1, Second Edition
Fixed, redundant power supply and fan for EN 60950-1, Second Edition Warranty
S4112 IEC 60950-1, Second Edition Including All 1 Year Return to Depot
National Deviations and Group Differences
Performance EN 60825-1 Safety of Laser Products Part 1:
Packet buffer memory: 12MB Equipment Classification Requirements and
CPU memory: 4GB User’s Guide
MAC addresses: 272K (in Scaled L2 mode) EN 60825-2 Safety of Laser Products Part 2:
PVST: 128 instances Safety of Optical Fibre Communication
ARP table 200K (in Scaled Systems
L3 host mode) FDA Regulation 21 CFR 1040.10 and 1040.11

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