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Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 User Guide Release 10.5.0

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PowerEdge MX Ethernet I/O modules

The Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 supports the following Ethernet modules: MX9116n Fabric Switching Engine, MX7116n Fabric Expander Module, and MX5108n Ethernet Switch. For detailed information, see the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 documentation.
  • The MX9116n Fabric Switching Engine is a scalable L2/L3 switch designed that provides high-bandwidth, low-latency 25GE networking; for example, in private cloud and software-defined storage (SDS) networks. This high-end switch offers:
    • Sixteen 25GE server-facing ports
    • Twelve double-density QSFP (QSFP28-DD) ports that you can use to connect to Fabric Expanders or break out to: 8x10GE, 8x25GE, or 4x50GE ports for connection to rack servers or other Ethernet devices, or 2x40GE/2x100GE ports for uplinks, connection to SAN storage, and switch interconnects.
    • Two single-density QSFP28 ports that operate in 1x100GE, 2x50GE, 1x40GE, 4x25GE, or 4x10GE mode.
    • Two QSFP28 unified ports that operate in Ethernet or Fibre Channel 1x100GE, 1x40GE, 4x25GE, 4x10GE, 2x50GE, or 4x32GFC, 2x32GFC, 1x32GFC, or 4x16GFC mode.
  • The MX7116n Fabric Expander Module operates as an unmanaged Ethernet repeater to connect servers to the Fabric Switching Engine using QSFP28-DD connections. The Expander Module offers:
    • Sixteen 25GE server-facing ports
    • Two QSFP28-DD ports for connection to a Fabric Switching Engine
  • The MX5108n Ethernet Switch is a basic Ethernet switch designed to provide high-performance, low-latency networking for single MX7000 chassis installations. It provides FCoE transit, but no native Fibre Channel functionality, and offers:
    • Eight 25GE server-facing ports
    • Two 100GE QSFP28 uplink ports
    • One 40GE QSFP+ uplink port
    • Four 10GBase-T uplink ports
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