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Dell Networking Out-of-band management switches

Dedicated switches for the management, orchestration, and troubleshooting of production network infrastructure.

High-performance switches with low latency and high throughput for deploying advanced AI clusters effectively.

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Future-Ready Infrastructure — Transitioning to this architecture prepares your environment for both trillion-parameter LLMs and the continuous, high-bandwidth data demands of emerging Agentic AI workflows, where autonomous agents orchestrate complex, multi-step tasks across your network.

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PowerSwitch SN2201

ManagementAI-OptimizedAI Fabrics

NPU: NVIDIA Spectrum™
Capacity: 448 Gbps
Ports: 48x RJ45 1 G BASE-T, 4x QSFP28

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PowerSwitch S3248T-ON

ManagementEthernetOOB Network

NPU: Broadcom Trident3™-X3
Capacity: 576 Gbps
Ports: 48x RJ45 10/100/1000 Mb, 4x 10 G SFP+, 2x 100 G QSFP28

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Performance & Scalability

AI Fabric Architecture

The NVIDIA Quantum-2's 51.2 Tb/s bidirectional capacity and the Dell Z9864F-ON's 102.4 Tbps full-duplex capacity describe the same architectural pinnacle: a 51.2 Tb/s non-blocking switching fabric.

Massive AI Scale

Two-tier Fat Tree with Quantum-X800 supports 10,368 NICs at 800Gb/s. Z9864F-ON supports 8K GPU nodes in a single fabric.

In-Network Computing

SHARPv4 offloads math operations to switch silicon with FP8 precision — up to 9X performance boost. SHARPv3 provides 32X acceleration on Quantum-2.

Lossless Protocols

RoCEv2, PFC, DCBX, and ETS ensure deterministic performance. Adaptive routing and cognitive routing dynamically avoid congestion hotspots.

Read: Z9864F-ON vs. Quantum-X800 Technical Assessment Building AI Fabrics Guide

Physical Engineering

Power, Cooling & CPO

Dell Z9864F-ON

Monolithic 5nm die. Typical 1500W / max 2848W. Air-cooled up to 45°C. IO-to-PSU & PSU-to-IO airflow. 1+1 hot-swap PSU. Enterprise SONiC with SmartFabric Manager.

NVIDIA Quantum-X800 (Q3450-LD)

Co-Packaged Optics reduces insertion loss from 22 dB to 4 dB (63X signal integrity). 85% liquid / 15% air cooled. Hardware Root of Trust (IRoT), Secure Boot, TPM 2.0. NVOS with dedicated in-band management port.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. As the industry moves beyond standard generative AI toward Agentic AI—where autonomous agents execute complex, multi-step workflows—the demand for continuous, high-speed data movement increases. Our high-bandwidth, low-latency fabrics provide the lossless, single-hop communication required to keep Agentic AI systems synchronized and running without bottlenecking the CPU.

Yes. Trillion-parameter models require strictly lossless, high-bandwidth East-West fabrics to synchronize gradients across thousands of GPUs. Our 400G and 800G platforms deliver the non-blocking throughput, deep buffering, and in-network computing capabilities (such as NVIDIA SHARP) required to minimize tail latency and keep GPU clusters fully utilized.

Choose platforms that support multi-rate connectivity (100/200/400/800G) with breakout capability for phased migration. Open networking with Enterprise SONiC or ONIE ensures you are never locked into a single vendor's roadmap, while SmartFabric Manager provides lifecycle automation as your fabric evolves.

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