Z9432F-ON - Dell 32x 400GbE QSFP56-DD 2x AC PSU AI Fabric Switch

Dell Z9432F-ON 32x 400GbE QSFP56-DD 2x 10GBE SFP+ 2x AC PSU Fan module I/O Panel to PSU Airflow AI Fabric Switch

Application & Use Cases

Data Center Spine Layer: Designed for leaf-spine architectures in modern data centers. The 32x 400GbE ports deliver high-bandwidth connectivity between multiple leaf switches with ultra-low latency and high throughput.

Cloud Infrastructure: Ideal for hyperscale and enterprise cloud environments requiring high-capacity east-west traffic handling, scalable networking, and multi-tenant segmentation.

AI and High-Performance Computing (HPC): Provides high-bandwidth and low-latency connectivity for GPU clusters and distributed compute workloads, supporting RDMA and high-performance data processing.

High-Speed Storage Networking: Connects enterprise storage arrays and compute nodes for data-intensive workloads, supporting modern storage protocols such as NVMe-over-Fabrics and high-speed replication.

Large-Scale Virtualization Platforms: Delivers high-performance networking for virtualized environments including VMware, Hyper-V, and OpenStack, supporting VLAN, LACP, and network segmentation.

Big Data & Analytics: Enables fast data movement for analytics platforms, AI pipelines, and distributed databases requiring high-capacity data transfer between compute and storage nodes.

• Switching Capacity: 25.6 Tbps
• Forwarding Capacity: 5.2 Bpps
• Buffer Size: 132 MB
• Latency: <850 ns
• Ports:
• 10GbE (SFP+): 144 (breakout) + 2
• 25GbE (SFP28): 144 (breakout)
• 40GbE (QSFP+): 64 (breakout)
• 50GbE (QSFP28): 128 (breakout) + 16 (QSA) (PAM4)
• 50GbE (SFP56): 128 (breakout)
• 100GbE (QSFP28): 128 (breakout)
• 200GbE (QSFP28-DD): 64 (breakout)
• 400GbE (QSFP56-DD): 32
• 800GbE (OSFP112 PAM4): N/A