Dell M8428-K manual Electrical, Architectural specification

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Electrical

Table 8 lists switch module electrical specifications.

TABLE 8 Electrical specifications and requirements

DimensionMeasurements

DC input	12 V and 3.3 V from chassis
Power consumption	About 60 W normally and 70 W maximum measured

Architectural specification

The switch module meets the specifications shown in Table 9.

TABLE 9	Architecture
Feature		Description
Scalability		Refer to the current scalability guidelines publication
Certified maximum		Refer to the current scalability guidelines publication
Performance -FC ports		1.063 Gbps line speed, full duplex
		2.125 Gbps line speed, full duplex
		4.25 Gbps line speed, full duplex
		8.50 Gbps line speed, full duplex
Performance -CEE ports		1 Gbps line speed, or
		10 Gbps line speed
Fabric latency		700 nanosecond with no contention, cut-through routing @ 8 Gbps
(full fabric mode only)
Maximum frame size		Fibre Channel - 2112-byte payload
		Ethernet - 9048 -byte frame
Class of service		Class 2
		Class 3
		Class F (interswitch frames)
Port types		FL_Port
		F_Port
		E_Port
		N_Port
Fabric services		Simple Name Server, Registered State Change Notification (RSCN),
(full fabric mode only)		Alias Server (multicast),;
		Zoning, Web Tools, Enhanced Group Management, Fabric Watch
		(optional), ISL Trunking, Advanced Performance Monitor
Supported software		Telnet, RADIUS, SNMP, Web Tools, Enhanced Group Management,
		Fabric Watch, Advanced Zoning, ISL Trunking, Advanced
		Performance Monitoring, Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM)

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