Current portfolio of PowerConnect switches are now being offered as part of the Dell Networking brand: information on this page is an overview of all current and past PowerConnect switches as per August 2013, but any updates on current portfolio will be detailed on the Dell Networking page.
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Dell PowerConnect acquired Force10 Networks in 2011 to expand its data center switch products.
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Dell offers the PowerConnect M-series which are switches for the M1000e blade-server enclosure and the PowerConnect W-series which is a Wi-Fi platform based on.
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Dell PowerConnect switches are available in pre-configured web-managed models as well as more expensive managed models.
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The Dell PowerConnect 2324 was similar to 2224, but includes 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports for uplink or server purposes.
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Dell PowerConnect 5324 was a 24 port, all-Gigabit, fully managed switch.
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Dell PowerConnect 6024F was a 24 port, layer 3, all-Gigabit, fiber-optimized switch.
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Also under the M-series name Dell PowerConnect offers the Brocade Communications Systems M5424 8Gb Fibre Channel switch and the M8428-k Converged 10GbE Switch which offers 10GbE performance, FCoE switching, and low-latency 8 Gb Fibre Channel switching and connectivity.
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Dell PowerConnect switches are based on Marvell technologies or Broadcom hardware and each of them offer entirely different firmware-types.
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B-series and J-series were Dell PowerConnect branded versions of switches from Brocade Communications Systems and Juniper Networks respectively.
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In September 2011 Dell PowerConnect announced plans to expand the staff from Force10 in San Jose, California and Chennai, India.
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