Dell S5000 Dell Networking Getting Started Guide - Page 5

Getting Started Guide This document is intended as a Getting Started Guide to get new systems up and running and ready for configuration. For complete installation and configuration information, refer to the documents listed below: Table 1. S5000 Documents Information Hardware installation and power-up instructions Documentation Installing the S5000 Switch Software configuration FTOS Configuration Guide for the S5000 Switch Command line interface FTOS Command Line Reference Guide for the S5000 Switch Latest updates FTOS Release Notes for the S5000 Switch Introduction This document provides basic information about the S5000 switch, including how to install the switch and perform the initial configuration. For information about how to configure and monitor switch features, refer to the FTOS Configuration Guide for the S5000 Switch, which is available on the Dell Support website at http://www.dell.com/support/manuals. Product Description The S5000 is part of Dell Networking's S-Series switches for Data Center Top of Rack (ToR) switches. The S5000 is purpose-built to provide architectural flexibility for unified and virtualized environments. It is a 10G ToR solution that enables converged local area networks (LAN) and storage area networks (SAN) in the same box. The S5000 delivers Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and Fibre Channel (FC) capability in a one rack unit (RU) ToR switch form factor. The S5000 supports Data Center Bridging (ETS/PFC/DCBX), FCoE Transit (FIP Snooping), NPIV Proxy Gateway (NPG), and Internet small computer system interface (iSCSI) storage traffic. The S5000 also provides aggregation and convergence functionality using pluggable modules for flexible configuration. 3