FTOS 9.7

411: Release-To-Web of Dell Networking OS 9.7 for Data Center Switches Dell Confidential – For Internal Use Only Overview Dell Networking OS 9.7(0.0) delivers many new features such as support for Open Networking platforms including S6000-ON, S6000 Stacking, new automation features like Puppet, increased scale, VRF and VLT enhancements, and support for new hardware (future launches such as the 10GBaseT module for S5000 and new optics). Note: for RTS actual shipping time will vary as 9.6 stock exhausts. Features and Updates This release adds the following new features: VRF Enhancement: ü  VRF aware IPv4 multicast protocols ü  Support for IPv6 unicast routing protocols per VRF ü  Support for IS-IS for v4 and v6 VRF ü  Route leaking across VRF instance using dynamic protocol routes ü  Introduce VRF support on Z9500 VLT Enhancement: ü  Support PVST+ protocol in VLT context to interop with existing ü  PVST enabled networks ü  Support for Q-in-Q (aka VLAN stacking) in VLT context to provide multi-tenancy in hosted service provider networks Scaling Improvements: ü  OS 9.7 supports a new Forwarding table mode which increases the number ü  of IPv4 routes to 128K. This feature is applicable on S6000 and Z9500 ü  Increase in number of VRF from 64 (current) to 510 ü  2500 L3 vLANs ü  Network Load Balancing (NLB) cluster increased from 8 (current) to 64 clusters. Enhancements to MXL/IOA ü  F port support on FC Flex IO - Enables direct connectivity to FC equipment through Fibre channel ports provided by FC Flex IO optional module rather than through a FC switch ü  Secure management mode support on MXL to enable Federal certifications ü  like UCR and CC for MXL ü  New Hardware Support ü  Dell Networking OS 9.7 supports S6000-ON platform. With this support, customers have the option of choosing one of the supported alternate operating systems or Dell Networking OS. ü  Dell Networking OS 9.7 supports 12x10GBase-T module on S5000. Z9500 Enhancement: This features enables customers to deploy Z9500 with predictable end-to-end RRoCE performance and DCB lossless Ethernet support RRoCE Support ü  ECN Enhancement ü  Dynamic Load Balancing ü  VLT scaling – Up to 512 LAG interfaces supported in a VLT config Open Automation Enhancement ü  BMP: Supported on IOA, Best practices upgrades: Automated failback to previous image and configuration if the SW upgrade is not committed ü  Scripting and CLI automation: Ruby, Support for NFS, CLI command to copy OS images between partitions, TCL script on IOA ü  DevOps: Puppet with support for NetdevOps model (Hostname, Physical Interface, VLAN, Layer 2 Interface, Link Aggregation (static)) ü  REST: Support for: Static Routes, ACL, IPv6, WECMP, IP tunnel Other Features: ü  S6000 stacking (up to 6 members) ü  Dynamic config for Fan-out of 40G ports to 4x10G – Supported on S6000 and Z9500 ü  LACP Link fallback on IOA ü  BGP Link bandwidth and Weighted ECMP support for unequal cost load sharing ü  OpenFlow 1.3 Compliance ü  IPv6 RA Guard ü  DHCPv6 Snooping ü  Ingress SFLOW ü  MIB support per VLAN ü  Optics support – SFP+ ZR, QSFP+ LM4 support on S4810, S4820T, S5000 (ZR optic launch pending) How to Download Dell Networking OS 9.7(0.0) software is currently available for download to customers with an active Support Contract at the following Dell Networking Data Center iSupport download site. URL (requires login credentials): S-Series: https://www.force10networks.com/CSPortal20/Software/SSeriesDownloads.aspx ZSeries: https://www.force10networks.com/CSPortal20/Software/ZSeriesDownloads.aspx MXL/IOA: https://www.force10networks.com/CSPortal20/Software/MSeriesDownloads.aspx Shipping Timeline The factory will begin cutting in 9.7 in the coming months, however stock in the hubs will still be 9.6 for some time.  Please expect your customers to receive 9.6 in the near future. Exception Dell Networking Z9000 NOT supported