Dell PowerEdge M1000e User Manual page 21

Comparison of Converged Blade options
Model
Overview
Server Ports Supported
External 40G Ports
(QSFP+)
External 10G Ports
Flex I/O Expansion
Modules
Stacking
East-west traffic
support
Support for M420
Quarter-Height Blades
on Fabric A
Support for MLAG
(vLT/vPC)
Support for quad-port
GbE and 10Gb
LOM/Mezz
Dell MXL Dell PowerEdge M
Switch
10/40GbE Switch 10GbE Plug & Play
32 (10GbE)
2 Fixed – 6 Total
2 Fixed – 6 Total
(Note: QSFP+ ports run in
breakout mode 4x10GbE only)
24 (16 per LAG) 16 (in a single LAG)
Two slots and three options (Mix or match)
• 2 port QSFP+ (10/40GbE)
• 4 port SFP+ (1/10GbE)
• 4 port Base-T (1/10GbE)
• 4 port FC *2/4/8Gb)
1 QSFP+ port on I/O Aggregator runs breakout mode 4x10GbE
2 Both devices limited to one Base-T module only. Populate
second slot with another module of your choice.
6
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cisco Nexus
I/O Aggregator B22DELL FEX
10GbE Extender
32 (10GbE) 16 (10GbE)
None
1
2
None
2
(All traffic is forwarded
Yes
to Nexus Top-of-Rack
/ End-of-Row)
Not in a
Yes
redundant manner
Yes
(Enabled via CLI)
Yes
Dell M8024-k
10GbE Basic
16 (10GbE)
None
8 8
One slot & 3 options
• 4 port SFP+ (10Gb only)
• 2 port Base-T (1/10Gb)
n/a 6
No
Yes
Not in a
redundant manner
Yes No
No No
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Dell M8428-k
Ethernet / FC
16 (10GbE)
None
8
None
No
Yes
Not in a
redundant manner
No
No