Dell PowerConnect 3248 Specification

Dell PowerConnect 3248

and PowerConnect 5224

Switches

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PowerConnect

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Space-Saving Performance

The PowerConnect 3248 provides 48 Fast Ethernet ports in a 1U form factor, ideal for a rack-dense, high performance

PowerConnect 5224 switches are

wiring closet solution. Designed to deliver wire-speed Layer 2 switching performance across all ports, the switch

designed to deliver exceptional levels

integrates – into the front panel – dual Gigabit Ethernet uplinks including built-in 1000BaseT ports and optional

1000BaseSX and 1000BaseLX ports with transceiver modules. The PowerConnect 3248 is an ideal edge switch for

of performance and manageability at

medium and large enterprise networks.

the edge of the network.

The PowerConnect 5224 incorporates 24 Gigabit Ethernet ports in a 1U form factor capable of wire-speed switching

throughput with a total switching capacity of up to 48 Gigabits/second. The 24 ports are built-out as 10/100/

1000BaseT ports, and four of these ports can accommodate optional 1000BaseSX and 1000BaseLX transceivers to

support fibre media. The PowerConnect 5224 is an ideal switch for data centre connectivity, Layer 2 traffic aggregation

and emerging Gigabit Ethernet client connectivity.

Switch Management

The PowerConnect 3248 and PowerConnect 5224 support a variety of management interfaces, including an

easy-to-use embedded Web interface and an industry standard command line interface (CLI), which allows your

network administrator to utilise existing switch configuration skills. The switches can be managed remotely via a Web

browser, Telnet or simple network management protocol (SNMP), and support a comprehensive management

information base (MIB) as well as four RMON groups. This broad management support helps ensure integration into

a variety of third party network management applications.

RADIUS support enables centralised, remote authentication of administrative access to the switch. In addition,

the switches can store dual configuration and firmware images, while supporting the upload and download of

configuration and firmware files to a server.

Layer 3 and Layer 4 Traffic Classification

Giving priority to data packets that are associated with critical network traffic is a key requirement for deploying

emerging applications like video conferencing and voice-over-IP. The PowerConnect 3248 and PowerConnect 5224

provide four priority queues per port. Packets can be classified based on the Layer 2 IEEE 802.1p standard, Layer 3 IP

Precedence or IP Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) standard, or Layer 4 standard utilising TCP/UDP ports

(Layer 4 supported in PowerConnect 3248 only). This helps you increase your deployment flexibility and

protect your networking infrastructure investment.

Advanced Protocol Support

Supporting emerging industry standards, both PowerConnect switches are designed to provide interoperability with

your core networking equipment and offer ease of use and availability. The supported standards include dynamic

VLANs (GVRP), dynamic link aggregation (LACP) and IP Multicast (IGMP v1 and v2).

Peripherals Support

Overall availability can be further increased by deploying the optional Dell PowerConnect RPS-600 redundant power

system. Each PowerConnect RPS-600 provides a dedicated, redundant power supply for up to four PowerConnect 3248

or PowerConnect 5224 switches, eliminating the switch's internal power supply as a single point of failure.

Moreover, the optional 1000SX and 1000LX optical Gigabit Ethernet transceivers are small form-factor pluggable (SFP)

designs, and support distances between 220m and 5km, depending on the type of fibre media used.

Dell PowerConnect 3248 and PowerConnect 5224 switches deliver performance and flexibility, while easily

integrating into your existing network environment.

Dell PowerConnect 3248

Dell PowerConnect 5224

Simplicity and performance.

Easy as

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