Ex3000 Network Cabling - Dell ECS EX Series Hardware Manual

EX3000 network cabling

The network cabling diagrams apply to the EX3000 appliance in a customer-provided rack.
Customers connect to an EX3000 appliance by way of 25 GbE ports on the front-end switches. For an EX3000 appliance,
the 25 GbE ports run at 25 GbE. Customer configurations can include 25 GbE front-end switches provided by Dell EMC or
customers may provide their own front-end switches.
To distinguish between the two front-end switches and the two back-end switches, each switch has a nickname:
● Hare: The top S5148F 1U 25 GbE front-end switch. This switch runs 25 GbE SFP28 ports to EX3000 nodes.
● Rabbit: The bottom S5148F 1U 25 GbE front-end switch. This switch runs 25 GbE SFP28 ports to EX3000 nodes.
● Hound: The top S5148F 1U 25 GbE back-end switch running 25 GbE SFP28 ports to the nodes.
● Fox: The bottom S5148F 1U 25 GbE back-end switch running 25 GbE SFP28 ports to the nodes.
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