Dell's Multi-Gig Campus Switches

Dell launched into the new year with a pair of new open networking switches: the N3132PX-ON and N2128PX-ON, featuring multi-gig Ethernet ports. In addition to enabling multi-gig 2.5/5GbE, Dell said the switches bring open networking to the campus with support for third-party operating systems as well as shipping with Dell OS6.

Both the N3132 and N2128 switches offer up to 32-ports providing 60 watts of Power over Ethernet (PoE), with 40 GbE uplinks on the N3132.

"Customers are looking to move away from traditional networking," said Dell EMC networking boss Tom Burns in an interview with CRN. "They want to do something different, and Dell EMC and VMware are the visionaries."