Bottom Line - Dell Networking S6000 Test Report

7.0 Bottom Line

The Dell Networking S6000 high-performance 10/40 GbE switch offers exceptional performance
and scalability, making it well suited for data center virtualization for years to come. A compact
1U top-of-rack/end-of-row switch, the S6000 can be just as important as an aggregation switch
for an enterprise LAN and in a traditional Ethernet environment in which it is connected to 10/40
GbE rack and blade servers.
As the maximum speed in the network core continues to climb toward 40 Gbps, the S6000 is
ready now with 32 ports of 40 GbE, which can be configured as 96 ports of 10 GbE and eight
additional ports of 40 GbE. The latter configuration is available to save rack space and simplify
the migration to 40 Gbps in the core.
The built-in functionality that future proofs the S6000 includes the MAC address table, the ARP
table and the IPv4 and IPv6 routing tables.
In testing, the S6000 admirably met both objectives in a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
environment. The switch used a fraction of its horsepower to provide excellent end-user Quality
of Experience to approximately 200 virtual desktops. The same traffic distribution, frame size
distribution and traffic capture (payload) then was re-used for emulation in scale to validate
substantial scalability, to 10,000 users. However, scalability testing indicates the switch is
capable of eight times that capacity.
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