The Dell PowerConnect M8024 is a member of a broad family of Dell PowerConnect products and enjoys valuable features, functions and benefits available in other Dell switches installed in the data center. This not only eases integration but also simplifies ongoing management. IT personnel will find familiar products recognized for their valuable capabilities. Additionally, IT server administrators will find deployment of the M8024 to be simplified, and will enjoy the benefits delivered by the Simple Switch firmware feature included with the M8024. These capabilities, along with the rich capabilities of the M8024, make deploying 10 Gb Ethernet a quick and effective solution for growing data centers with Dell PowerEdge blades. Features and specs include:

• 16 internal server 1/10Gigabit Ethernet ports


• Up to 2 external 10GE uplink modules per switch: 4-port SFP+ 10GbE module (SFP+ ports are 10GE only), 3-port CX-4 10GbE copper module (CX4 ports are 10GE only) or 2-port 10Gb Base-T copper RJ45 module


• Auto-negotiation for speed, duplex mode and flow control


• Auto MDI/MDIX


• Port mirroring, Flow-based port mirroring


• Broadcast storm control


• Switch Fabric Capacity 240 Gb/s


• Forwarding Rate 357 Mpps


• Up to 16K MAC Addresses


• 512MB of CPU SDRAM


• 32MB of Flash Memory


• Up to 128 RIP Routing Interfaces


• Up to 128 OSPF Routing Interfaces; up to 128 OSPF Areas; up to 128 Routing Interfaces per OSPF


• Area; up to 32 routes for ECMP Routing; up to 4 next hops per ECMP


• Up to 128 VLAN Routing Interfaces


• Up to 256 Multicast Forwarding Entries


• Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) v2, Distance-Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP), DHCP – Helper/Relay, Support IGMP v3


• VLAN support for tagging and port-based as per IEEE 802.1Q, Double VLAN tagging (QinQ), Up to 1024 VLANs supported, Dynamic VLAN with GVRP support


• Layer 2 Trusted Mode (IEEE 802.1p tagging)


• Layer 3 Trusted Mode (DSCP)


• Layer 4 Trusted Mode (TCP/UDP)


• Advanced Mode using Layer 2/3/4 flow-based Policies, including metering/rate limiting, marking and bandwidth guarantees; up to 100 ACLs can be used for QoS flow identification via Class-maps


• 8 Priority Queues per Port


• Adjustable Weighted-Round-Robin (WRR) and Strict Queue Scheduling


• Port-based QoS Services Mode


• Flow-based QoS Services Mode


• Static IP Multicast, Dynamic Multicast Support – 1024 Multicast groups supported in IGMP Snooping, IGMP snooping for IP multicast support, IGMP Querier, Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM-DM, PIM-SM)


• IEEE 802.1x based edge authentication -- supports single and multiple host access, guest access, voice authorization, and Microsoft Active Directory


• Switch access password protection


• User-definable settings for enabling or disabling Web, SSH, Telnet, SSL management access


• Port-based MAC Address alert and lock-down


• IP Address filtering for management access via Telnet, HTTP, HTTPS/SSL, SSH and SNMP


• RADIUS and TACACS+ remote authentication for switch management access


• Up to 100 Access Control Lists (ACLs) supported; up to 28 Access Control Entries (ACEs) per ACL


• SSLv3 and SSHv2 encryption for switch management traffic


• Management access filtering via Management Access Profiles


• Link Aggregation with support for up to 12 static aggregated links, 8 dynamic aggregated links per switch and up to 8 member ports per aggregated link; LACP support (IEEE 802.3ad)


• Support for unicast NLB (multicast NLB not supported)


• Supports a simple switch mode to allow auto configuration of complex network settings


• Web-based management interface


• Industry-standard CLI accessible via Telnet or Local Serial Port


• SNMPv1, SNMP v2c and SNMPv3 supported


• 4 RMON groups supported (history, statistics, alarms and events)


• TFTP transfers of firmware and configuration files


• Dual Firmware images


• Multiple Configuration file upload/download supported


• Statistics for error monitoring and performance optimization including port summary tables


• BootP/DHCP IP address management supported


• Syslog remote logging capabilities


• Temperature sensors for environmental monitoring


• Operating/Storage Temp: 0º C to 45º C/-20º C to 70º C


• Operating/Storage Relative Humidity: 10% to 90% non-condensing/10% to 95% non-condensing


• 10.5" x 10.2" x 1.2" (267 x 258 x 31mm)


• 5.8 lbs (2.7kg)


• Up to 8K ARP entries; Up to 4K NDP entriesSpanning Tree (IEEE 802.1D) and Rapid Spanning Tree (IEEE 802.1w) with Fast Link Support, Multiple spanning trees (IEEE 802.1s), Supports Virtual Redundant Routing Protocol (VRRP)


• Static routes, Routing Information Protocol (RIP) v1/v2, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v1/v2/v3, Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR), Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), ICMP Router Discover Protocol (IRDP), Virtual Redundant Routing Protocol (VRRP), Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)


• RFC 1213,RFC 1215, RFC 1286,RFC 1442, RFC 1451, RFC 1492, RFC 1493, RFC 1573, RFC 1643, RFC 1757, RFC 1907, RFC 2011, RFC 2012, RFC 2013, RFC 2233, RFC 2618, RFC 2665, RFC 2666, RFC 2674, RFC 2737, RFC 2819, RFC 2863


• IEEE 802.1AB, IEEE 802.1D, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.1w, IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.2, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3I, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3x, IEEE 802.3z, IEEE 802.ab, IEEE 802.3ac, IEEE 802.3ad, IEEE 802.3ae, IEEE 802.3ak