EX500 network cabling
The network cabling diagrams apply to the EX500 appliance in a Dell EMC or customer-provided
rack.
Customers connect to an EX500 appliance by way of 25GbE ports on the front-end switches. For
an EX500 appliance, the 25GbE ports run at 25GbE. Customer configurations can include 25GbE
front-end switches provided by Dell EMC or customers may provide their own front-end switches.
To distinguish between the two front-end switches and the two back-end switches, each switch
has a nickname:
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Hare: The top S5148F 1U 25GbE front-end switch. This switch runs 25GbE SFP28 ports to
EX500 nodes. It is located above the Rabbit switch in U22 of the EX500 rack.
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Rabbit: The bottom S5148F 1U 25GbE front-end switch. This switch runs 25GbE SFP28 ports
to EX500 nodes. It is located below the Hare switch in U20 of the EX500 rack.
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Hound: The top S5148F 1U 25GbE back-end switch running 25GbE SFP28 ports to the nodes.
It is located above the Fox switch in U18 of the EX500 rack.
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Fox: The bottom S5148F 1U 25GbE back-end switch running 25GbE SFP28 ports to the nodes.
It is located below the Hound switch in U16 of the EX500 rack.
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