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What is the Dell Networking S4100-ON switch series?
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The Dell Networking S4100-ON series is a family of fixed-configuration, open-networking data center switches offering 10/25/40/100 GbE connectivity with OS10 ON and OS9 support.
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Which operating systems are supported on the S4100-ON switches?
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Dell S4100-ON switches run Dell OS10 Enterprise Edition or OS9, providing full feature sets for layer 2/3, automation, and open networking integration.
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What port configurations and speeds are available?
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The S4100-ON lineup offers models with 12, 24 or 48 fixed ports supporting 10 GbE and uplinks configurable for 25, 40 or 100 GbE.
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What are the switching capacity and forwarding rate?
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S4100-ON switches deliver up to 12.8 Tbps of switching capacity and 9.5 billion packets per second (bpps) forwarding performance.
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Can multiple S4100-ON switches be stacked?
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Yes. S4100-ON supports Virtual Link Trunking (VLT) for active-active multi-chassis link aggregation across two switches and MLAG for scale-out topologies.
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What data center use cases are ideal for S4100-ON?
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The S4100-ON series excels as leaf or spine switches in campus cores, data center fabrics, high-performance computing clusters, and virtualization environments.
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How do I manage and monitor S4100-ON switches?
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Manage via CLI, Dell OpenManage Network Manager, SNMP, sFlow, REST APIs and integrated web GUI for configuration, monitoring and telemetry.
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Does the S4100-ON series support automation frameworks?
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Yes. It integrates with Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Python scripts and RESTful APIs under OS10 for zero-touch provisioning and automated workflows.
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Which virtualization and tunneling protocols are supported?
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S4100-ON supports VXLAN EVPN, MPLS, NVGRE, VLAN, OSPF, BGP, and PIM for scalable multi-tenant and overlay networking.
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What security features are built into the S4100-ON?
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It offers ACLs, 802.1X, RADIUS/TACACS+ authentication, DHCP snooping, IP source guard, and Secure Boot for end-to-end network protection.
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How energy efficient are S4100-ON switches?
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They use variable-speed fans, efficient power supplies and energy-aware OS features to minimize consumption and reduce data center cooling costs.
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Are software licenses required for advanced features?
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Dell OS10 Enterprise licenses unlock advanced routing, automation, and telemetry capabilities; base functionality is included at no additional cost.
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What warranty and support options are available?
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All S4100-ON switches include a 1-year hardware warranty with optional Dell ProSupport and ProSupport Plus for 24×7 expert assistance.
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Can I migrate existing network configurations to S4100-ON switches?
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Yes. Dell provides migration tools and scripts to translate Cisco IOS, Juniper Junos or Arista EOS configurations for seamless deployment.
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How do I perform basic setup on a new S4100-ON switch?
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Connect via console port, run the initial setup CLI wizard to configure management IP, credentials and switch role, then upload OS10 images as needed.
