One of Dell’s Most Advanced Switch Offerings
The
PowerConnect M6220 is one of Dell’s most advanced switch offerings with
advanced core switching capabilities specifically designed for the
PowerEdge M1000e Modular Server Enclosure. This 20-port (16 internal, 4
external) Gigabit Ethernet Layer 3 switch is stackable and offers
optional 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks and supports the latest version of
the Internet Protocol—IPv6—enabling broader worldwide scalability. High
performance stacking is supported for up to twelve systems, and advanced
security and Quality of Service (QoS) features make this switch ideal
for blade server applications such as Layer 3 routing, High Performance
Cluster Computing (HPPC), and iSCSI storage.
The M6220 also
supports a simple switch mode to allow auto configuration of complex
network settings. This helps to enable administrators to map internal
ports to external ports without involving STP (Spanning Tree Protocol),
VLANs (Virtual Local Area Networks), or LACP (Link Aggregation Control
Protocol) groups. This feature helps IT administrators to deploy high
performance network switching equipment more quickly and easily helping
to save time and resources.
High Performance Stacking
The
PowerConnect M6220 supports high performance stacking for up to 12
systems (each running at 48 Gbps), which allows increased throughput to
be added as needed without affecting network performance. With each
switch supporting up to 128 Gbps in switch capacity, the customer can
have over 1.5 Terabits of capacity in a single stack of 12 switches.
Optional 10 Gigabit Ethernet
The
PowerConnect M6220 switch supports up to four 10 Gigabit fiber and two
10 GBase-T copper Ethernet uplinks for connectivity directly to 10 GE
server routers, enterprise backbones and data centers.
Advanced Layer 3 Capabilities
The
PowerConnect M6220 supports advanced Layer 3 routing and multicast
protocols to help reduce congestion and manage traffic in the network.
Frequently used LAN routing protocols such as RIPv1/v2, OSPFv2/v3, VRRP,
IGMP, DVMRP, PIM and LLDP-MED, are also supported.
Advanced Quality of Service
The
PowerConnect M6220 offers flexibility in QoS by giving network
administrators the ability to prioritize time-critical network traffic
based on a variety of user-defined criteria. Administrators can expedite
traffic based on level 2 or level 3 information, such as IP QoS, and
provide greater control over traffic flow within the network. Voice
VLANs are provided specifically for voice over IP (VoIP) applications.
Advanced Security
Up
to 1,024 level 2-level 4 Access Control Lists (ACLs) can be supported
on the switch, allowing the user to perform deep packet inspection.
802.1x port authentication offers both single and multiple host access.
Further security is provided through Denial of Service (DoS) Attack
Prevention, whereby the switch can protect against common network and
CPU attacks.
IP Version 6 Certified
IP
Version 6 (IPv6) is version six of the Internet Protocol that has been
in development for over 20 years. IPv6 has been designed to tackle IP
address limitations of the previous version of the Internet Protocol,
enabling an increased number of unique IP addresses for broader
scalability worldwide now and in the future.