Performance Requirements - Dell sonicwall x series Deployment Manual

Beginning in SonicOS Release 6.2.5.1, the TZ series appliances shown in
models. A TZ series appliance can provision up to two X-Series switches.
NOTE: For complete information about X-Series switches, see the
Series Switches User Guide
Guide.
Table 1. X-Series switches supported by TZ series appliances
These TZ Series appliances
• TZ600
• TZ500/TZ500W
• TZ400/TZ400W
• TZ300/TZ300W
Support these X-Series switches
• X1008/X1008P
• X1018/X1018P
• X1026/X1026P
• X1052/X1052P
• X4012
NOTE: The X-Series Solution is not supported on the SOHO W appliance.
Terminology
HA High Availability
IDV Interface Disambiguation via VLAN – The reconfiguring of ports, portshielded to firewall interfaces,
on the extended switch as access ports of the VLAN corresponding to the PortShield VLAN.
PoE Power over Ethernet – A system than passes electrical power along with data on Ethernet cabling,
which allows a single cable to provide both data connection and electrical power to devices. PoE is
the 802.3af IEEE standard with 15.4W per port.
PoE+ Power over Ethernet Plus – An enhanced version of PoE that provides more power than PoE. PoE+ is
the 802.3at IEEE standard with 25.5W per port.
SFP Small form-factor pluggable – A compact, hot-pluggable transceiver used for both telecommunication
and data communications applications and supports 1Gb fiber modules.
SFP+ Enhanced small form-factor pluggable – An enhanced version of SFP that supports 10 Gb fiber
modules.
STP Spanning Tree Protocol – A network protocol that ensures a loop-free topology for Ethernet networks
and allows redundant (spare) links to provide backup paths if an active link fails.

Performance requirements

A TZ series firewall can be provisioned for a maximum of two X-series switches. If two switches are provisioned,
they must be connected directly to the firewall, they cannot be cascaded, that is, one switch connected to the
other switch, which is then connected to the firewall.
On TZ300/TZ400/TZ500 models, the maximum uplink bandwidth of 1G is shared by all front panel ports.
On TZ600, the maximum uplink bandwidth of 1G on:
• Internal switch 0 is shared by X0, X2, X3, X4, X5,and X7.
• Internal switch 1 is shared by X1, X6, X8, and X9.
and the Dell™ Networking™ X1000 and X4000 Series Switches Getting Started
Dell SonicWALL X-Series Solution Deployment Guide
Table 1 support the listed X-Series
Dell™ Networking™ X1000 and X4000
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