High-performance 10/40GbE top-of-rack switch
Deliver ultra-low-latency throughput with Dell™ Force10 S4810, 10/40GbE ToR switch, purpose-built for high-performance data center and computing environments.
- High-performance, non-blocking, cut-through switching architecture can deliver ultralow latency line-rate L2 and L3 forwarding capacity.
- Open standards-based Dell Force10 Operating System (FTOS) can provide stability, resiliency and serviceability.
- Open Automation Framework offers improved network automation and virtualization capabilities for virtual data center environments

S4810 key features
- 1RU high-density 10/40GbE top-of-rack (ToR) switch with 48 dual-speed 1/10GbE (SFP+) ports and four 40GbE (QSFP+) uplinks (totaling 64 10GbE ports with breakout cables)
- 1.28Tbps (full-duplex), non-blocking, cut-through switching fabric designed to deliver line-rate performance under full load with sub 700ns latency
- Scalable L2 and L3 Ethernet switching with quality of service (QoS) and a full complement of standards-based IPv4 and IPv6 features
- (I/O panel-to-PSU airflow or PSU-to-I/O airflow panel)
- Open Automation Framework adds VM-awareness as well as automated configuration and provisioning capabilities to simplify the management of virtual-network environment
- Modular Dell Force10 Operating System (FTOS) software designed to deliver inherent stability as well as advanced monitoring and serviceability functions
- Supports jumbo frames for high-end server connectivity
- 128 link-aggregation groups, with up to 8 members per group using advanced hashing
- Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and fans
- Hardware support for Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) and Data Center Bridging (DCB)
- Low power consumption
Performance
- MAC addresses: 128K
IPv4 routes: 16K
IPv6 routes: 8K (shared CAM space with IPv4)
Switch fabric capacity: 1.28 Tbps (full-duplex)
640 Gbps (half-duplex)
Forwarding capacity: 960 Mpps
Link aggregation: 8 links per group, 128 groups per stack
Queues per port: 4 queues
Layer 2 VLANs: 4K
MSTP : 64 instances
Line-rate Layer 2 switching: all protocols, including IPv4 and IPv6
Line-rate Layer 3 routing: IPv4 and IPv6
IPv4 host table size 8K
IPv6 host table size 4K
IPv4 Multicast table size 4K
LAG load balancing: based on Layer 2, IPv4 or IPv6 headers
Latency sub 700ns
Packet buffer memory: 9MB
CPU memory: 2GB
Availability
- Hot swappable redundant power
Hot swappable redundant fans
General IPv4 Protocols
791 IPv4
792 ICMP
826 ARP
1027 Proxy ARP
1035 DNS (client)
1042 Ethernet Transmission 1305 NTPv3
1519 CIDR
1542 BOOTP (relay)
1812 Routers
1858 IP Fragment Filtering
2131 DHCP (relay)
2338 VRRP
3021 31-bit Prefixes
3046 DHCP Option 82
3069 Private VLAN
3128 Tiny Fragment Attack Protection
General IPv6 Protocols
2460 IPv6
2461 Neighbor Discovery (partial)
2462 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (partial)
2463 ICMPv6
1858 IP Fragment Filtering
2675 Jumbograms
3587 Global Unicast Address Format
4291 Addressing
RIP
1058 RIPv1
2453 RIPv2
OSPF
2154 MD5
1587 NSSA
2328 OSPFv2
2370 Opaque LSA
3623 Graceful Restart
4222 Prioritization and Congestion Avoidance
BGP
1997 Communities
2385 MD5
RFC 2545 BGP-4 Multiprotocol Extensions for Ipv6 Inter-Domain Routing
2439 Route Flap Damping
2796 Route Reflection
2842 Capabilities
2858 Multiprotocol Extensions
2918 Route Refresh
3065 Confederations
4360 Extended Communities
4893 4-byte ASN
5396 4-byte ASN Representation
draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-20 BGPv4
draft-ietf-idr-restart-06 Graceful Restart
draft-michaelson-4byte-as-representation-05 4-byte ASN Representation (partial)
IS-IS
RFC 1195 Routing IPv4 with IS-IS
RFC 5308 Routing IPv6 with IS-IS
Multicast
1112 IGMPv1
2236 IGMPv2
3376 IGMPv3
3569 SSM for IPv4
4541 IGMP v1/v2 Snooping
draft-ietf-pim-sm-v2-new-05 PIM-SM
Network Management
1155 SMIv1
1156 Internet MIB
1157 SNMPv1
1212 Concise MIB Definitions
1215 SNMP Traps
1493 Bridges MIB
1850 OSPFv2 MIB
1901 Community-based SNMPv2
2011 IP MIB
2012 TCP MIB
2013 UDP MIB
2096 IP Forwarding Table MIB
2570 SNMPv3
2571 Management Frameworks
2572 Message Processing and Dispatching
2578 SMIv2
2579 Textual Conventions for SMIv2
2580 Conformance Statements for SMIv2
2618 RADIUS Authentication MIB
2665 Ethernet-like Interfaces MIB
2674 Extended Bridge MIB
2787 VRRP MIB
2819 RMON MIB (groups 1, 2, 3, 9)
2863 Interfaces MIB
2865 RADIUS
3273 RMON High Capacity MIB
3416 SNMPv2
3418 SNMP MIB
3434 RMON High Capacity Alarm MIB
3580 802.1X with RADIUS
5060 PIM MIB
ANSI/TIA-1057 LLDP-MED MIB
draft-grant-tacacs-02 TACACS+
draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-mib-06 BGP MIBv1
IEEE 802.1AB LLDP MIB
IEEE 802.1AB LLDP DOT1 MIB
IEEE 802.1AB LLDP DOT3 MIB
ruzin-mstp-mib-02 MSTP MIB (traps)
sFlow.org sFlowv5
sFlow.org sFlowv5 MIB (version 1.3)
FORCE10-BGP4-V2-MIB Force10 BGP MIB (draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-mibv2-05)
FORCE10-IF-EXTENSION-MIB
FORCE10-LINKAGG-MIB
FORCE10-COPY-CONFIG-MIB
FORCE10-MON-MIB
FORCE10-PRODUCTS-MIB
FORCE10-SS-CHASSIS-MIB
FORCE10-SMI
FORCE10-SYSTEM-COMPONENT-MIB
FORCE10-TC-MIB
FORCE10-TRAP-ALARM-MIB
FORCE10-FORWARDINGPLANE-STATUS-MIB
IEEE Compliance
802.1AB LLDP
802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management
802.1D Bridging, STP
802.1p L2 Prioritization
802.1Q VLAN Tagging, Double VLAN Tagging, GVRP
802.1s MSTP
802.1w RSTP
802.1X Network Access Control
802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T)
802.3ac Frame Extensions for VLAN Tagging
802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP
802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBASE-X)
802.3ba 40 Gigabit Ethernet (40Gbase-SR4, 40Gbase-CR4) on optical ports
802.3u Fast Ethernet (100BASE-TX)
802.3x Flow Control
802.3z Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-X)
ANSI/TIA-1057 LLDP-MED
Force10 PVST+
MTU 12,000 bytes
RFC and I-D Compliance
General Internet Protocols
768 UDP
793 TCP
854 Telnet
959 FTP
1321 MD5
1350 TFTP
2474 Differentiated Services
3164 Syslog
5880 BFD
Chassis
- 48 line-rate 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ ports
4 line-rate 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ ports
1 RJ45 console/management port with RS232 signaling
Size: 1 RU, 1.73 h x 17.32 w x 18.11" d (4.4 h x 44 w x 46 cm d)
Weight: 14.39 lbs (6.54 kg)
ISO 7779 A-weighted sound pressure level: 59.6 dBA at 73.4°F (23°C)
Environmental
- Max. operating specifications:
Operating temperature: 32° to 104°F (0° to 40°C)
Operating humidity: 10 to 85% (RH), non-condensing
Max. non-operating specifications:
Storage temperature: –40° to 158°F (–40° to 70°C)
Storage humidity: 5 to 95% (RH), non-condensing
Power
- Power supply: 100–240 VAC 50/60 Hz
Max. thermal output: 955.36 BTU/h
Max. current draw per system: 2 A at 100/120 VAC, 1 A at 200/240 VAC
Max. power consumption: 280 Watts
Regulatory
- Safety
UL/CSA 60950-1, Second Edition
EN 60950-1, Second Edition
IEC 60950-1, Second Edition Including all National
Deviations and Group Differences
EN 60825-1 Safety of Laser Products Part 1: Equipment
Classification Requirements and User's Guide
EN 60825-2 Safety of Laser Products Part 2: Safety of
Optical Fibre Communication Systems
FDA Regulation 21 CFR 1040.10 and 1040.11
Emissions
Australia/New Zealand: AS/NZS CISPR 22: 2009, Class A
Canada: ICES-003, Issue-4, Class A
Europe: EN 55022: 2006+A1:2007 (CISPR 22: 2006), Class A
Japan: VCCI V3/2009 Class A
USA: FCC CFR 47 Part 15, Subpart B:2009, Class A
Immunity
EN 300 386 V1.4.1:2008 EMC for Network Equipment
EN 55024: 1998 + A1: 2001 + A2: 2003
EN 61000-3-2: Harmonic Current Emissions
EN 61000-3-3: Voltage Fluctuations and Flicker
EN 61000-4-2: ESD
EN 61000-4-3: Radiated Immunity
EN 61000-4-4: EFT
EN 61000-4-5: Surge
EN 61000-4-6: Low Frequency Conducted Immunity
RoHS
All S-Series components are EU RoHS compliant.
Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets(In English)
Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page(In English)
Dell and the Environment(In English)
