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Introduction
This document provides basic information about installing the S5000 switch.
For information about how to configure and monitor switch features, refer to the Dell Networking OS Configuration Guide for the S5000
Switch, which is available on the Dell Support website at
www.dell.com/support
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Product Description
Product Description
This switch is part of Dell EMC S5000 Series of switches for Data Center Top of Rack (ToR) switches.
The S5000 is purpose-built to provide architectural flexibility for unified and virtualized environments. It is a 10G ToR solution that enables
converged local area networks (LAN) and storage area networks (SAN) in the same box. The S5000 delivers Fibre Channel over Ethernet
(FCoE) and Fibre Channel (FC) capability in a one rack unit (RU) ToR switch form factor.
The S5000 supports Data Center Bridging (ETS/PFC/DCBX), FCoE Transit (FIP Snooping), NPIV Proxy Gateway (NPG), and Internet
small computer system interface (iSCSI) storage traffic. The S5000 also provides aggregation and convergence functionality using
pluggable modules for flexible configuration.
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