Dell EMC Networking MX9116n Fabric Switching Engine | 210-AODD

The Dell EMC Networking MX9116n Fabric Switching Engine is a scalable, high-performance, low latency 25Gbps Ethernet switch purpose built for the PowerEdge™ MX platform providing enhanced capabilities and cost-effectiveness for the enterprise, mid-market, Tier 2 cloud and NFV service providers with demanding compute and storage traffic environments.

High-performance, scalable 25G fabric switch
A comprehensive high-end L2/L3 switch with multichassis fabric scaling capabilities

Key Capabilities :

• 16 x 25GbE server-facing ports, 2 x 100GbE Uplink ports, 2 x 100GbE/8 x 32G FC uplink ports, and 12 x Fabric Expansion/Uplink ports
• Each Fabric Expansion port can operate as 2 x 100GbE, 2 x 40GbE, 8 x 25GbE, 8 x 10GbE
• Supported in Fabrics A & B
• Supports all PowerEdge MX Ethernet Cards
• Supports Open Networking, Full Switch and SmartFabric operating modes
• < 450ns latency, 6.4 Tbps switching fabric
• NVMe over Fabric Ready

Highlights :

• Optimum performance fabric switch providing high scalability at a low TCO
• Highly efficient embedded ToR functionality that reduces cost and improves performance & latency
• Industry’s first Open Networking fabric switch with ONIE and a choice of OS10 Enterprise Edition or select 3rd party OS

Delivering industry leading performance in a modular switch, the nonblocking switching architecture in the MX9116n provides linerate 25GbE L2 and L3 forwarding capacity to all connected servers with no oversubscription and a sub 450ns latency. In addition to 16 internal 25GbE ports, the MX9116n provides four QSFP28 100GbE ports for uplinks and twelve QSFP28-Double Density ports. These QSFP28- DD ports provide capacity for additional uplinks, ICLs, connections to rack servers at 10GbE or 25GbE via breakout cables, and fabric expansion connections for up to 9 additional MX7000 chassis.

Maximum performance and functionality

The Dell EMC Networking MX9116n is a high-performance, multifunction, 25GbE Fabric Switching Engine purpose-built for applications in demanding data center, cloud and computing environments. The MX9116n also supports the open source Open Network Install Environment (ONIE) for zero touch installation of alternate operating systems in future releases.