Product comparison · 2 network switches

Dell Force10 S50V-FTOS-PoE Managed L2/L3 Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) Power over Ethernet (PoE) 1U Silver vs HP E5500-48-PoE Managed L3 Fast Ethernet (10/100) Power over Ethernet (PoE) 1U Grey

22specifications compared
10differ
12identical
42known for one product only

Key differences

Switch layer
- Force10 S50V-FTOS-PoE Managed L2/L3 Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) Power over Ethernet (PoE) 1U Silver:L2/L3
- E5500-48-PoE Managed L3 Fast Ethernet (10/100) Power over Ethernet (PoE) 1U Grey:L3
Switching capacity
- Force10 S50V-FTOS-PoE Managed L2/L3 Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) Power over Ethernet (PoE) 1U Silver:288 Gbit/s
- E5500-48-PoE Managed L3 Fast Ethernet (10/100) Power over Ethernet (PoE) 1U Grey:17.6 Gbit/s
Throughput
- Force10 S50V-FTOS-PoE Managed L2/L3 Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) Power over Ethernet (PoE) 1U Silver:131 Mpps
- E5500-48-PoE Managed L3 Fast Ethernet (10/100) Power over Ethernet (PoE) 1U Grey:11.8 Mpps
Product colour
- Force10 S50V-FTOS-PoE Managed L2/L3 Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) Power over Ethernet (PoE) 1U Silver:Silver
- E5500-48-PoE Managed L3 Fast Ethernet (10/100) Power over Ethernet (PoE) 1U Grey:Grey
Width
- Force10 S50V-FTOS-PoE Managed L2/L3 Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) Power over Ethernet (PoE) 1U Silver:440 mm
- E5500-48-PoE Managed L3 Fast Ethernet (10/100) Power over Ethernet (PoE) 1U Grey:439.4 mm
Depth
- Force10 S50V-FTOS-PoE Managed L2/L3 Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) Power over Ethernet (PoE) 1U Silver:425 mm
- E5500-48-PoE Managed L3 Fast Ethernet (10/100) Power over Ethernet (PoE) 1U Grey:426.7 mm
Height
- Force10 S50V-FTOS-PoE Managed L2/L3 Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) Power over Ethernet (PoE) 1U Silver:43 mm
- E5500-48-PoE Managed L3 Fast Ethernet (10/100) Power over Ethernet (PoE) 1U Grey:43.2 mm
Weight
- Force10 S50V-FTOS-PoE Managed L2/L3 Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) Power over Ethernet (PoE) 1U Silver:7.1 kg
- E5500-48-PoE Managed L3 Fast Ethernet (10/100) Power over Ethernet (PoE) 1U Grey:6.31 kg

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Comparison of S50V-FTOS-PoE, E5500-48-PoE
64 specifications	A Dell Force10 S50V-FTOS-PoE Managed L2/L3 Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) Power over Ethernet (PoE) 1U Silver Model S50V-FTOS-PoE View product	B HP E5500-48-PoE Managed L3 Fast Ethernet (10/100) Power over Ethernet (PoE) 1U Grey Model E5500-48-PoE View product
Management features1 differ
Switch layerDiffers	L2/L3	L3
System event logKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
MIB supportKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Quality of Service (QoS) supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports typeDiffers	Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000)	Fast Ethernet (10/100)
Network1 differ
Networking standardsDiffers	IEEE 802.1ab, IEEE 802.1ag, IEEE 802.1D, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1s, IEEE 802.1w, IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3ac, IEEE 802.3ad, IEEE 802.3ae, IEEE 802.3af, IEEE 802.3ak, IEEE 802.3i, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3x, IEEE 802.3z	IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3af, IEEE 802.3u
10G supportKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Copper ethernet cabling technologyKnown for one	1000BASE-T, 1000BASE-TX, 100BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 10BASE-T, 10GBASE-CX4, 10GBASE-T	Unknown — not stated by the source
Link aggregationKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of VLANsKnown for one	1024	Unknown — not stated by the source
Port mirroringKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Full duplexKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Auto MDI/MDI-XKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Auto-sensingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Rate limitingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Spanning tree protocolKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
VLAN supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Optical fiberidentical
Fiber ethernet cabling technologyKnown for one	10GBASE-CX4	Unknown — not stated by the source
Data transmission2 differ
MAC address tableKnown for one	32000 entries	Unknown — not stated by the source
Switching capacityDiffers	288 Gbit/s	17.6 Gbit/s
ThroughputDiffers	131 Mpps	11.8 Mpps
Latency (1 Gbps)Known for one	5 µs	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of queuesKnown for one	4	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packet buffer memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	32 MB
Securityidentical
IGMP snoopingKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Security algorithmsKnown for one	802.1x RADIUS	Unknown — not stated by the source
Access Control List (ACL)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Multicast featuresidentical
Multicast supportKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Protocolsidentical
Management protocolsKnown for one	IGMPv1, IGMPv2, IGMPv3, SMIv1, SMIv2, SNMPv1, SNMPv2, SNMPv3, OSPFv2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Supported network protocolsKnown for one	IPv4, IPv6, UDP, TCP, FTP, Telnet, MD5, TFTP, ICMP, ARP, DNS, NTPv3, CIDR, BOOTP, DHCP, VRRP, ICMPv6, RIPv1, RIPv2, NSSA, LSA, RMON, LLDP	Unknown — not stated by the source
Design1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Silver	Grey
LED indicatorsKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
SafetyKnown for one	UL/CSA, EN, IEC, FDA	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performanceidentical
Noise levelKnown for one	62.2 dB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	130482 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Built-in processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Processor modelKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Broadcom BCM5836
Memory typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	SDRAM
Internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	64 MB
Flash memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16 MB
Poweridentical
Input currentKnown for one	6.5 A	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	146 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power over Ethernet (PoE)identical
Total Power over Ethernet (PoE) budgetKnown for one	790 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	0 - 50 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 70 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	10 - 85%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Heat dissipationKnown for one	497 BTU/h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	440 mm	439.4 mm
DepthDiffers	425 mm	426.7 mm
HeightDiffers	43 mm	43.2 mm
WeightDiffers	7.1 kg	6.31 kg
Certificatesidentical
CertificationKnown for one	AS/NZS CISPR 22, ICES-003, EN, VCCI, FCC, RoHS	Unknown — not stated by the source

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