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1 Challenges Facing DataClick
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2 Highlights of CloudEngine Switches
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Creating Opportunities Out of Data Center Challenges
Accelerated Cloud Computing Deployment
Big Data
2014 2020
3.4 ZB 40 ZB
Fast Growth of SDN
2015 2019
US$2 billion
US$18 billion
93% of enterprises surveyed have run
IaaS applications or are assessing the 70% of SDN applications are deployed
IaaS model in data centers and enterprises

Exponential Growth of Traffic in the Tide of Big Data
Requirement on Larger networks
Rapid expansion of data centers
with higher capacities
US$15 billion new
investments worldwide every year
10 X more servers in 2020
50 X growth in data •10 X larger data center networks
worldwide by 2020 •50 X higher network capacity
•100 X faster server port speed

Virtual Networks Replace Traditional Networks
vDC1 vDC2 vDCn

Network
Virtualization
Virtual
Data Center Trends Network
• Rapidly increasing
investments in
servers and network Virtual
devices Computing
• Low usage of Server

hardware device Virtualization VM VM VM VM VM VM
resources Virtual
Storage
Storage
Virtualization Tenant1/Dept.1 Tenant2/Dept.2 TenantN/Dept.N
How to improve the usage of network resources?

Challenges How to flexibly deploy and migrate VMs?
in Network How to provision tenant networks on demand? How to isolate a large number of tenants?
How to implement smooth evolution from traditional networks to virtual networks while protecting
Virtualization initial investment?

Quick Cloud Service Update, But Slow DCN Deployment
200% growth of DC apps

every 4 years
Requirement Manual network Service

analysis & configuration: commissioning:
planning: 4 to 8 3 to 4 weeks 4 to 10 weeks
weeks
320 apps launched every day
DC network deployment
Servers/storage
devices deployed in 3
days
3 to 6 months
Slow DC network deployment hinders service innovation

Higher-Quality Networks Required for Cloud Data Centers
Users/Tenants: Require 24/7 non-stop

services X7
ISPs/ICPs: Network failures cause

customer and economic losses
Finance/Government customers: Require

… lossless, reliable, secure data
centers for efficient service 99.999%
operation

Solution - High-Performance CloudEngine Switches
Elastic:
19.2 Next-generation core engine, providing the Virtualization: Comprehensive virtualization capabilities,
world's highest performance creating simple, efficient networks
• VS: Industry's highest 1:16 virtualization capability

• 1548 Tbps ultra-large switching capacity for smooth CSS: N:1 virtualization simplifies management.
evolution over the next 10 years • M-LAG: Reliable active-active system with dual
management and control planes
• 19.2 Tbit/s high-speed high-density line card,
• VXLAN+BGP-EVPN: Intra- and inter-DC network
supporting access of 27k 10GE servers
virtualization
• 24 GB ultra-large buffer to cope with traffic surge • VXLAN Mapping: Implement interconnection between
multiple DCs at Layer 2.
Agile: Full programmability for agile Quality: Industry-leading quality, Easy O&M: Real-time health monitoring,
service provisioning
` providing best-in-class quality implementing minute-level fault locating
• Industry-leading Clos architecture, and VOQ-
• Network programmability: Creates
based cell switching mode • Visible: gRPC-based, subsecond-level, and
the world's first SDN-based E2E
Agile data center network using standard
• Patented front-to-back airflow design high-precision data collection using the
isolates cold and hot air channels subscription mode
Network Service Header (NSH) and
Segment Routing (SR) technologies. • Dynamic large buffer ensures non-blocking • Clear: millisecond-level cache monitoring,
switching providing high-precision monitoring data
• System programmability: The VRP
supports extensive APIs such as • Precise: network-wide path detection,
• Lossless Ethernet, constructing highly
OPS to quickly meet service achieving minute-level network fault
reliable HPC networks
requirements. demarcation
• MACsec hardware encryption, secure and
reliable

CloudEngine Series Data Center Switches Portfolio (1)
Core Switches Access Switches
CloudEngine 16800 (New) 10GE ToR switch
CloudEngine 6881-48S6CQ (New)
25GE ToR switch
CloudEngine 6863-48S6CQ (New)
CloudEngine 16816 CloudEngine 16808 CloudEngine 16804

CloudEngine Series Data Center Switches Portfolio (2)
Core Switches Access Switches
ToR switch with flexible cards
10GE ToR switch 10GE large-buffer ToR
CE12800 switch
CE6857-48S6CQ-EI
CE8861-4C-EI
CE6870-48S6CQ-EI
CE6855/CE6856-48S6Q-HI
CE6870-48T6CQ-EI
CE8860-4C-EI CE6855/CE6856-48T6Q-HI
CE12816 CE12808 CE12804

CE6880-24S4Q2CQ-EI
100GE switch
CE12800S CE6851-48S6Q-HI
GE ToR switch
CE8850-64CQ-EI CE6810-48S4Q-LI
CE5880-48T6Q-EI
CE12808S CE12804S
CE6810-32T16S4Q-LI
CE8850-32CQ-EI CE5855-48T4S2Q-EI
Virtual Switches 25GE ToR switch

CE5855-24T4S2Q-EI
40GE switch
CE6865-48S8CQ-EI CE5850-48T4S2Q-HI
CE1800V CE7855-32Q-EI

Contents
1 Challenges Facing DataClick toNetworks
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1.Elastic
2.Virtualized
3.Agile
4.High Quality
5.Easy O&M
3 Click Switches

Elastic Virtualized Agile High Quality Easy O&M
CloudEngine 16800 Series Models and Cards
CloudEngine 16800 Industry Average

Slot
Programmable core bandwidth 19.2Tbps 3.6 Tbps
components
Microsegmentation-based AI Chip Embedded AI Chip Null

fine-grained isolation
Power
NSH-based service consumption of
per GE port
0.13W 0.27W
chain orchestration
36*100GE 36*40GE 48*10GE
18*100GE 24*40GE

High Performence Data Center Core Switch
Superlarge-capacity data center switch
CE12800
Port
density 36*100G
Switching
capacity 1032 Tbit/s
Stable core switching network for next 10 years

CE12800
36*100GE 36*40GE
Long Zero
Line wiring wiring
card
48*10GE 48*GE Switch Fabric

fabric Line card
Traditional architecture CE12800's orthogonal architecture

36*100G High-Density Line Cards Create a Non-blocking

Network to Accommodate Rapid Business Growth
100GE line-rate interconnection
• CE16800/CE12800: 36*100GE line cards
Core: 2*CE16816/CE12816 • CE6800 10GE/25GE ToR: 8/6/4*40GE/100GE
uplink ports
• CE5855 GE ToR: 2*40GE uplink ports
GE ToR: 10GE uplink

1,152*10GE ToR or 10GE/25GE ToR: 40GE/100GE uplink
Ultra-high server access capacity
4,608*GE ToR
…
• 27k 10GE/25GE servers
… • 110k GE servers
Capability to support large-scale server access: Efficient east-west traffic forwarding

27,648 10GE/25GE servers • High-density 10GE/40GE/100GE high-speed ports
and large buffer size to cope with traffic bursts
110,592 GE servers

Device Virtualization: Easy-to-Manage, High-Performing,

Highly Reliable Virtual Systems
VS
Virtual System
(Virtual (VS)
System) Cluster Switch System (CSS) Multi-Chassis LAG (M-LAG)
Data
forwarding
Peer-Link
channel
…
Control signaling
channel
Dual-active detection (DAD) channel Dual-active monitoring channel
On-demand VS allocation, ensuring high Three-channel cluster, providing higher L2 link virtualization, providing 100% link usage
resource usage reliability
 No need for STP, 100% link usage
 1:16 virtualization at most  Independent data, control, and DAD channels
 Dedicated four GE ports for the control channel
Independent control planes, providing higher
Intra-VS exclusive resource usage Super-large cluster bandwidth, avoiding availability
network bottlenecks  Member switches with independent control
 Exclusive CPU and memory resources  10/40/100GE ports for the data channel planes, providing higher availability
 Exclusive MAC/VLAN/FIB entries  Less synchronization information, low CPU load,
 3.2 Tbps super-large cluster bandwidth at most
and more stable
Preferential local forwarding, providing Low software and hardware requirements,

Inter-VS fault isolation, improving security higher efficiency independent upgrade
 Different models and software versions allowed
 VSs isolated from each other  Load balancing among multiple links in one M-LAG system
 Different protocols run independently in VSs  Member nodes upgraded independently, no
service interruption

VXLAN & BGP-EVPN : Large Network Resource Pool,

Flexible Service Migration
RR RR Service A Service B Service A Service B
DC1 DC3
BGP EVPN
VXLAN
with EVPN
DC2
VNI VNI
MAC VTEP VTEP VTEP VTEP MAC
ARP ARP
... ...
Service A Service B
Scale-out within a DC L2/L3 interconnection between DCs
BGP-EVPN acts as the VXLAN control plane to:

• VXLAN-based EVPN enables L2 interconnection between
• Trigger automatic VXLAN tunnel setup between VTEPs, without
DCs with different networking modes.
manually configuring full-mesh tunnels.
• BGP EVPN advertises subnet routes so that L3 data center

• Advertise host routes and MAC entries on the control plane to
interconnection can be established over VXLAN tunnels.
reduce flooding of unknown traffic and optimize packet forwarding.

Network Programmability: Simple Deployment of Cloud

Services
Controller Fabric
1
Netconf
VXLAN
SR over WAN
Fabric
VXLAN
1. Standard NSH and SR technologies for on-demand service

network orchestration, constructing the world's first SDN-
VLAN VLAN based E2E data center network
2. Open APIs for interoperation with the third-party controller

VDS VDS
VM VM
VMware, providing joint SDN solutions
VM VM
3. Interoperation with F5, CP, and other third-party VAS
Virtualization platform 2 Third-party VAS 3 devices, providing enhanced value-added services

OS Programmability: Flexibly and Quickly Meeting

Customer Needs
Open OS Programmability
Agile Third- Third-
NSX
NMS, Ansible, etc. Controlle party party
Controller
r Controller Apps
• Open and easy-to-use programming
Architecture: VRPv8 provide rich open
SNMP SSH NetConf OVSDB YANG OPS APIs and interoperation with controllers
and DevOps tools, meeting customers'
programmability requirements on networks.
VRPv8 System • Extensive northbound interfaces: Provide

various interface protocols including
NETCONF, YANG, SSH, OVSDB, and Ansible.
Linux OS

NSH Provides Easier VAS Orchestration
Simplified deployment
The SDN controller defines
AC FW IDS LB NAT
service chains through drag-
and-drop operations.
Switch Switch Switch Flexible orchestration

Decouple the VAS function from
A Fabric, providing flexible
App orchestration.
Web
Efficient forwarding
Provide traffic diversion for
one time, simple configuration,
service traffic forwarding, and
VAS
Resource
secure monitoring.
pool

High-Quality CloudEngine: Industry-leading High-Quality

Architecture Creates a Green and Stable Network
Fully orthogonal Strict front-to-back airflow Non-blocking switching Counter-rotating fans
architecture design
Patent No. CN201110339954.1 Leading energy-saving design
1/3
1/31/31/3
1/3
1/3 1/3
1/3 1/3
1/ 1/3
3
1/3 1/3
CE12800 1/3
1/3
1/3
1/3
Line
1/3
card
Zero wiring on the Independent front-to- Cell switching, VoQ Counter-rotating turbo
backplane back air channels fans
Balanced traffic distribution,
Higher chassis bandwidth Uniform cooling, suitable for Strong and efficient airflow
higher bandwidth usage
data centers
• Industry-leading architecture design, best-in-class quality: Switch fabric units vertical to line
cards, Clos switching architecture, cell switching, and Virtual Output Queue (VoQ) mechanism
• Pioneering innovative energy-saving technologies: Front-to-back airflow design and counter-rotating fans

High-Quality CloudEngine: Dynamic Large Buffer for Non-

Blocking Networks
Distributed buffer absorbs burst traffic better Dynamic buffer improves buffer usage
Per-port buffer Ingress distributed buffer 1st second 2nd second
Ingress port Egress port Ingress port Egress port Ingress port Egress port Ingress port Egress port
LPU1 LPU1 LPU1 LPU1
LPU2 LPU2 LPU2 LPU2
LPU2 LPU1 LPU2 LPU1 LPU2

LPU3 LPU3
LPU3 LPU3
Ingress distributed buffer mitigates buffer load on a On-demand allocation and dynamic adjustment of
single port and avoids head-of-line (HOL) blocking buffer on line cards
Data flow Buffer

High-Quality CloudEngine: Intelligent Lossless Ethernet Constructs

HPC Networks with Low Latency and Zero Packet Loss
3
Fast CNP
APP APP
Coprocessor
/FPGA
RDMA VIQ Dynamic ECN RDMA
1 2
PP
NIC NIC
CNP
VIQ: Preventing Packet Loss in the Chip Dynamic ECN Fast CNP
Traditional VIQ Threshold (Port buffer)

PFC Server Switch
Packet
loss Server
ECN watermark RR
Physical queue
Q0 Server
.
Q1
ECN
. ECN watermark
Server
. S R
Normal CNP
VIQ implements backpressure of egress Dynamic ECN implements low latency and Fast CNP improves the network
packets over the ingress, achieving zero high throughout through dynamic data convergence performance by 30%
packet loss. collection in traffic mode and dynamic through quick feedback congestion.
threshold adjustment.

Easy O&M: Visible and Clear Subsecond-Level High-

Precision Data Collection in the Subscription Mode
Frame freezing Artifact
As-Is To-Be
• Long collection period, ignoring • Visible: subsecond-level high-precision
network details data collection in the subscription mode
Service exception SNMP request/response
gRPC subscription
…
Content feedback
…
5-minute pooling period Multiple requests One request

Data Center Subsecond-level
for a single task for multiple tasks
collection
• Long detection interval, incomplete • Clear: high-precision monitoring data

device details
The cache is fully
100% occupied, and
Proper cache packet loss may
100%
detection occur.
50%
50%
Proper network 5 10
us
5 10
us
Millisecond-level cache monitoring Microsecond-level cache monitoring
Traditional NMS

Easy O&M: Full-Path Detection, Service Flow Monitoring,

and Minute-Level Fault Locating
As-Is To-Be
Full-path detection achieves minute-level network fault demarcation.
Manual learning, deployment, and O&M
Major fault
Ping and tracert Warning
Normal
Use network-wide path heat maps

Simulate service packets and
perform network-wide detection. to display network health.
iPCA-based real-time service flow monitoring achieves

precise service fault locating.
Link fault
Real service monitoring  Service flow detection with zero deviation
Device shutdown
2 and zero cost
L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6
Silent packet loss  Real-time and visible monitoring,
vSwitch vSwitch vSwitch vSwitch vSwitch vSwitch
VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM
1 3 implementing precise fault locating

Easy O&M: Telemetry-based Intelligent O&M, Ready for Big

Data and AI Challenges
App (Big Data/Machine Learning/AI)
Traditional SNMP O&M
Open API Data
analysis Pull mode Minute-level monitoring
Controller Collector
SMI modeling Low encoding and decoding efficiency
gRPC Data
NETCONF UDP storage UDP transmission Low reliability for large-scale data
Network NETCONF
SNMP Telemetry
Control
Network device (MPU)

Data Massive
Telemetry manager
collection Highly
and real- Scalable
efficient
Other data sources time
Line card1 Line card N Data Push subscription mode, Millisecond or second-level
generation flow sampling monitoring
Telemetry agent Telemetry agent
Structured YANG model driven High encoding and decoding efficiency
Forwarding engine Forwarding engine
gRPC transmission Reliable & high efficiency
Forwarding engine Forwarding engine
Telemetry-based intelligent O&M

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3 Introduction to CloudEngine Switches
1.CloudEngine 16800/12800 Switches

2.CloudEngine 8800/7800/6800/5800 Virtual Switches

High Performce Data Center Switch: CloudEngine 16800
The CloudEngine 16808 has
10 power modules in total. CloudEngine CloudEngine CloudEngine
Parameter
Two MPUs: 1+1 redundancy 16804 16808 16816
Chassis dimensions 482.6 x 990.3 x 437.4 482.6 x 990.3 x 703.6 482.6 x 1149.2 x 1435.7
(W x D x H)mm (10U) (16U) (32U)
Switching
184/387 367/774 734/1,548
capacity(Tbit/s)
The CloudEngine 16808 has
Packet forwarding
a total of eight slots for 115,200 230,400 460,800
rate (Mpps)
LPUs
LPU slots 4 8 16
MPU 1+1
SFU slots 6 (scalable to 9 for future expansion)
Switching
Clos switching architecture, cell switching, VoQ
The CloudEngine 16808 architecture
has 12 fan trays
Number of fan trays 3 3 6
The The CloudEngine Number of power
16808 maximum has nine 6 10 20
supplies
SFUs and supports N+1 or
N+M redundancy DC:2200W(-48V/-60V)-
Power input
AC/HVDC:3000W(AC:220V, HVDC:240V/380V)

CE16800: High-Density 100G/40GE/10GE/GE Line Cards
36*100GE QSFP28 36*40GE QSFP+ 48*10GE SFP+
18*100GE QSFP28 24*40GE QSFP+

Item 100GE Line Card 40GE Line Card 10GE Line Card
Card name CEL36CQFD-G CEL18CQFD-G CEL36LQFD-G CEL24LQFD-G CEL48XSFD-G
36*100GE/36*40GE/ 18*100GE/18*40GE/ 36*40GE/
Port 24*40GE/96*10GE 48*10GE
144*25GE/144*10GE 72*25GE/72*10GE 144*10GE
Standard mode: 96K
MAC Large MAC mode: 256K
Large routing mode: 32K
FIB(IPv4/IPv6) Standard mode: 220K/80K
Large routing mode: 256K/80K
Large MAC mode: 128K/64K
Standard/Large routing mode: 80K
ND
Large MAC mode: 64K
Standard mode: 96K~220K
Large routing mode: 96K~256K
ARP
Large MAC mode: 96K~128K
<Non-contiguous MAC addresses&Contiguous MAC addresses>
ACL 6*7.5K 3*7.5K 3*7.5K 2*7.5K 1*7.5K

High Performce Data Center Switch: CE12800
CE12800 Item CE12804S CE12808S CE12804 CE12808 CE12812 CE12816
Stable core switch for 10

Switching
years' network evolution capacity (Tbit/s)
30/258 59/516 45/258 89/516 134/774 178/1,032
Packet
forwarding rate 17,280 34,560 17,280 34,560 51,840 69,120
(Mpps)
Line card slots 4 8 4 8 12 16
Architecture Clos architecture, cell switching, VoQ, and distributed large buffer
Switch fabric
2 4 6
units
• High switching capacity: 1032 Tbps

• High-density 10GE/40GE/100GE line
cards
• 24 GB super-large buffer and 4M FIB
entries per line card
• 100G transceiver, 80 km super-long
transmission distance

CE12800: High-Density 100G/40GE/10GE/GE Line Cards
48*10GE Base-T
12*100GE CFP2
36*40GE QSFP+ 48*GE SFP
24*10GE SFP+
24*40GE QSFP+
4*100GE CFP 48*10GE SFP+ 48*GE Base-T
Port
100GE Line Card 40GE Line Card 10GE Line Card GE Line Card
Speed
CE-L48XS-
Card CE-L24XS-
EF
CE-L48XS- CE- CE-L48GS- CE-L48GT-
CE-L12CF-EG CE-L04CF-EF CE-L24LQ-EC1 CE-L36LQ-EG CE-48XT-EC
name EC ED L48XS-EC EA EA
12*100GE/ 4*100GE
24*40GE/ 36*40GE/ 48*10GE 48*GE
Port 24*40GE/ /8*40GE/ 24*10GE 48*10GE 48*10GE 48*10GE 48*GE SFP
96*10GE 144*10GE Base-T Base-T
96*10GE 40*10GE

CE12800: Line Card Main Specification
100GE Line 40GE Line
Attribute 10GE Line Card GE Line Card
Card Card
CE- CE-
CE- CE-L04CF- CE-L36LQ- CE- CE-L48XS-EF CE-L48GT-
Card name L12CF-EG EF
L24LQ-
EG
48XT-
L24XS-EC
CE-L48XS-ED CE-L48XS-EC CE-L48GS-EA
EA
EC1 EC
MAC 256K
ARP ARP ARP ARP
extended extended extended extended
ARP resource resource
128K
resource
128K 128K 256K 128K
resource
128K 128K
mode:1M mode:1M mode:1M mode:1M
IPV4 FIB 2M 1M 32K 2M 32K 32K 256K 32K 1M 32K 32K
IPV6 FIB 128K 512K 8K 256K 8K 8K 128K 8K 512K 8K 8K
IPv4 Multicast
routes 60K 60K 16K 16K 16K 16K 60K 16K 60K 16K 16K
IPv6 Multicast
routes 8K 8K 2K 2K 2K 2K 8K 2K 8K 2K 2K
VRF 4096
MACSEC N N N N N N N N N N N
ACL 60K 20K 40K 60K 20K 10K 20K 20K 20K 10K 10K
VXLAN L3 GW Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Number of
4000
Broastcast Domains
Buffer 18GB 6GB 12GB 18GB 6GB 3GB 6GB 6GB 6GB 2GB 2GB

CE12800: New High-Density 100G/40GE/10GE Line Cards
36*100GE QSFP28 12*100GE QSFP28 24*40GE QSFP+
48*10GE optical +
16*100GE QSFP28 8*100G CFP2 36*40GE QSFP+ 2*40GE + 2*100GE
Port
Speed
100GE Line Card 40GE Line Card 10GE Line Card
CE- CE- CE- CE- CE- CE- CE- CE- CE-L48XS- CE-L48XS-
Card CE- CE-L48XS- CE-L48XS-
L36CQ- L36CQ- L36CQ- L36CQ- L12CQ- L16CQ- L36LQ- L24LQ- FG FD1
name L08CF-FG FDA FD
FD FG FD1 SD FD FD FD FD
48*10GE +
16*100GE/ 2*40GE +
36*100GE/ 36*100GE/ 36*100GE/ 36*100GE/ 12*100GE/
16*40GE/ CFP2 and 2*100GE/40
36*40GE/ 36*40GE/ 36*40GE/ 36*40GE/ 12*40GE/ 36*40GE/ 24*40GE/ 48*10GE/
Port 64*25GE/6 DWDM GE or 48*10GE 48*10GE
144*25GE/ 144*25GE/ 144*25GE/ 144*25GE/ 48*25GE/4 144*10GE 96*10GE 25GE
4*10GE interface 52*10GE +
144*10GE 144*10GE 144*10GE 144*10GE 8*10GE
8*25GE/10G
E

CE12800: New Line Card Main Specification
Attribute 100GE Line Card 40GE Line Card 10GE Line Card
CE- CE- CE-
CE- CE-L36CQ- CE-L36CQ- CE-L36CQ- CE-L12CQ- CE- CE-L36LQ- CE-L24LQ- CE-L48XS-
Card name CE-L16CQ-FD L48XS- L48XS- L48XS-
L36CQ-FD FG FD1 SD FD L08CF-FG FD FD FDA
FD FG FD1
MAC 750K
ARP 750K 1M 104K 104K 750K 750K 1M 750K 750K 750K 750K 1M 750K
IPV4 FIB 380K 2M 750K 750K 380K 256K 2M 380K 380 380K 380K 4M 256K
IPV6 FIB 128K 512K 140K 140K 128K 128K 512K 128K 128K 128K 128K 512K 128K
IPv4 Multicast
32K
routes
IPv6 Multicast
8K
routes
VRF 16384
MACSEC N N N N N Y Y N N N N N N
ACL 120K 80K 80K 80K 40K 40K 40K 60K 40K 20K 20K 20K 20K
Y(V2R5
Y(V2R5 and Y(V2R5 and Y(V2R5 and
and
VXLAN L3 GW Y later later Y Y later Y Y Y Y Y Y
later
versions) versions) versions)
versions)
Number of
Broastcast 32K
Domains
Buffer 24G 16G 16G 64MB 8G 8G 8G 12G 8G 4G 1G 4G 4G

CloudEngine 8800/7800/6800/5800/1800 Switches
CE8800 Core/aggregation • Flexible line cards: Flexible combination of 10GE/25GE/40GE/100GE line cards
/access switch • Large capacity: 64*100GE QSFP28, 64*40GE QSFP+, and 12.8 Tbps switching capacity
with flexible • High scalability: iStack and M-LAG for horizontal stacking
line cards • Flexible networking: BGP-EVPN-capable VXLAN gateway
• Large capacity: High-density 40G switches: 32*40GE QSFP+ ports, industry’s highest
CE7800 All-40GE
switching capacity of 2.56 Tbps
core/aggregation
• High scalability: iStack for horizontal stacking, SVF for vertical expansion
/access switch • Flexible networking: BGP-EVPN-capable VXLAN gateway
CE6800 High-performance • Large capacity: Up to 48*10GE/25GE or 8*40GE/100GE QSFP+/QSFP28, up to 6.4 Tbps

10GE/25GE switching capacity, and 4 GB super-large buffer (CE6870)
ToR switch • Flexible networking: BGP-EVPN-capable VXLAN gateway
High- • Large capacity: 24/48*GE RJ45 downlink ports, 40GE/10GE uplink ports
CE5800 performance GE • High scalability: iStack for horizontal stacking (up to 16 member switches), SVF for
ToR switch vertical expansion
• Flexible networking: BGP-EVPN-capable VXLAN gateway(CE 5880)
• High performance: 12 Gbit/s forwarding performance per core, 20% higher than industry average,
Virtual switch: CE1800V Open and and better user experience
compatible • Openness and compatibility: Standard southbound protocols and flexible compatibility with
multiple virtualization platforms
virtual switch
• Security protection: Integrated distributed firewall to implement security protection on a
per VM port basis
• Dual stack technology: dual stack forwarding capability and smooth evolution to IPv6

Recommended CE Series Switch Model — CloudEngine 6881
Parameter CloudEngine 6881-48S6CQ
48*10GE SFP+ and 6*100GE QSFP28(

Port model
Each QSFP28 port can be used as one 40GE QSFP+ port )
Switching capacity (Tbps) 2.16
Forwarding
CloudEngine 6881-48S6CQ performance(Mpps) 940
Maximum number of
16
stacked switches
Buffer Capacity 42MB
FIB (v4/v6): 256K/80K

Performance specifications MAC: 256K
ARP: 256K
 Diversified DC features: M-LAG, iStack, VXLAN,

BGP- EVPN,
Four fan trays (one fan module in  Hardware-Based BFD
1+1 power redundancy
each tray)  Telemetry, and ERSPAN enhancement
 Microsegmentation, NSH

Recommended CE Series Switch Model — CloudEngine 6863
Parameter CloudEngine 6863-48S6CQ
48*25GE SFP28 and 6*100GE QSFP28(

Port model
Each QSFP28 port can be used as one 40GE QSFP+ port )
Forwarding
CloudEngine 6863-48S6CQ performance(Mpps) 940
Maximum number of
16
stacked switches
Buffer Capacity 42MB
FIB (v4/v6): 256K/80K

Performance specifications MAC: 256K
ARP: 256K

BGP- EVPN,
Four fan trays (one fan module in each
 Hardware-Based BFD
tray)  Telemetry, and ERSPAN enhancement
 Microsegmentation, NSH

CE8861 with Flexible Cards
Interface side view
Parameter CE8861-4C-EI
Interface type Flexible cards
2U
Maximum number of devices in
a stack 9
Switching capacity 6.4 Tbit/s

Flexible cards, and five types of line cards with different rates Forwarding performance 2030 Mpps
Buffer 32 MB
FIB (v4/v6): 380K/256K
16*40GE 24 x 10GE electrical interfaces + 2 x Performance specifications MAC: 288K
100GE
ARP: 168K
8*100GE 24 x 25GE optical interfaces +

2 x 100GE
 25GE access switch with flexible cards, supporting VXLAN and BGP
EVPN
 4 card slots, 5 types of cards, flexible combination, building flexible
Double fan trays (two fan and high-density access and aggregation (Cisco does not provide
1+1 power
Front panel view modules in each tray) models with flexible cards)
redundancy
 Hardware BFD
 Telemetry, INT (IOAM), and ERSPAN enhancement
 Microsegmentation
 AI Fabric (dynamic ECN, fast CNP, VIQ, and DLB)
CE8860 replacement

CE Series Switch Model — CE8860
Port-side view CE8860-4C-EI
 Diversified DC features: M-LAG, iStack, SVF, VXLAN,
BGP-EVPN
2 U
 Four subcard slots, five types of subcards, high
performance, and flexible combination
Flexible card, supporting five types of line cards with

different rates Parameter CE8860-4C-EI
24*10GE electrical + 2*100GE

CE88-D24STCQ: 24*10GE (SFP+)/25GE (SFP28) and
16*40GE
2*100GE (QSFP28) card
CE88-D24S2CQ: 24*10GE (BASE-T) and 2*100GE
8*100GE
24*25GE optical + 2*100GE (QSFP28) card
Subcard model CE88-D16Q: 16*40GE (QSFP+) card
24*25GE(SFP 28)/16GE FC+2*100GE
CE88-D8CQ: 8*100GE (QSFP28) card
Front panel view CE88-D24S2CQ-U: 24*25/10GE + 2*100G (The
Double fan trays 25GE/10GE interface subcard can be switched
(two fans in each 1+1 power
tray) redundancy into a 16G FC subcard) (restricted use)
Switching
6.4 Tbps
capacity
Forwarding
2030 Mpps
performance

CE Series Switch Model — CE8850-64CQ-EI
 Diversified DC features: M-LAG, iStack, VXLAN, BGP-EVPN,

1588v2
 Hardware BFD
 Telemetry, and ERSPAN enhancement
CE8850-64CQ-EI Parameter CE8850-64CQ-EI

64*100GE/40GE QSFP28 ports
64*100GE QSFP28 ports (Each port can adapt
to a 40GE QSFP+ port or be split into four
Port model
25GE SFP28 ports)
Switching capacity 12.8 Tbps
Forwarding
4482 Mpps
performance
Maximum number of
16
stacked switches
Three fan trays 1+1 AC power redundancy Buffer capacity 42 MB
1588v2, burst traffic detection and

Supported features statistics collection capability, VIQ
algorithm, and fast ECN

CE Series 100G Switch Model —CE8850-32CQ-EI
 Diversified DC features: M-LAG, iStack, SVF,

VXLAN, BGP-EVPN
CE8850-32CQ-EI Parameter CE8850-32CQ-EI

32*100GE/40GE QSFP28+2*10G SFP+
32*100GE QSFP28 ports (Each port can
Port model adapt to a 40GE QSFP+ port or be split into
four 25GE SFP28 ports)
Double fan trays (two fans in each tray)
Switching capacity 6.44Tbps
Forwarding
3200Mpps
performance
1+1 power Maximum number

16
redundancy of stacked switches
Buffer capacity 22MB

CE Series 40GE Switch Model — CE7800
 Diversified DC features ：M-LAG、iStack、

VXLAN、 MSTP
Parameter CE7855-32CQ-EI
32*40GE QSFP+(Each port or be
Port mode
CE7855-32Q-EI split into four 10GE SFP+ ports.)
104 x 10GE SFP+ interfaces, 32 x 40GE QSFP28 interfaces Switching capacity 2560Gbps
Forwarding
1440Mpps
performance
Maximum number of
16
stacked switches
Buffer capacity 16MB

BGP-EVPN, and 1588v2
Parameter CE6880-24SQ2CQ-EI
CE6880-24S4Q2CQ-EI Port model

24*10GE SFP+ and 6*40GE QSFP+ or 44*10GE SFP+
,4*40GE QSFP+, and 2*100GE QSFP28
Maximum number of stacked switches 16
Forwarding performance 406 Mpps

Port-side view  Diversified DC features: M-LAG, iStack, VXLAN, BGP-EVPN
 4 GB super-large buffer, suppressing flooding traffic on
1 U the network
48*10GE SFP+ 6*100GE QSFP28
CE6870-48S6CQ-EI/CE6870-48T6CQ-
Parameter EI/
1 U CE6870-24S6CQ-EI
48*10GE Base-T Downlink: 48/24*10GE SFP+ ports, 48*10GE Base-T

6*100GE QSFP28
ports
Port model Uplink: 6*100GE QSFP28 ports (Each port can
1 U adapt to a 40GE QSFP+ port or be split into
four 25GE SFP28 ports.)
Switching Capacity 2.16 Tbps/1.68 Tbps
Front panel view Forwarding

720 Mpps
Double fan trays (two fans in each performance
tray) Maximum number of
9
stacked switches
Buffer capacity 4 GB
Performance MAC: 750K

specifications IPv4 FIB: 380K

 Diversified DC features: M-LAG, iStack, VXLAN, BGP-EVPN,
and 1588v2
 Hardware BFD
 Telemetry, INT (IOAM), and ERSPAN enhancement
CE6865-48S8CQ-EI
48*25GE SFP 28 ports, 8*100GE/40GE QSFP28 ports Parameter CE6865-48S8CQ-EI
Downlink: 48*25GE SFP28 ports
Uplink: 8*100GE QSFP28 ports (Each port can
Port model adapt to a 40GE QSFP+ port or be split into
four 25GE SFP28 ports.)
Switching
4.0 Tbps
capacity
Forwarding
2000 Mpps
performance
Two fan trays
Maximum number of
16
stacked switches
1+1 AC power redundancy
CE6865-48S8CQ-EI Buffer capacity 32 MB

Interface side view Parameter CE6857-48S6CQ-EI
Downlink: 48*10GE SFP+ optical interface
Interface type
Uplink: 6*100GE QSFP28/6*40GE QSFP+
Maximum number of
16
1U devices in a stack
Switching capacity 2.16 Tbit/s
Forwarding performance 1000 Mpps

Buffer 32 MB
FIB (v4/v6): 380K/256K

Performance
MAC: 288K
Front panel view specifications ARP: 168K
 ToR switch with 10GE downlink and 100GE uplink, supporting VXLAN
and BGP EVPN
 Hardware BFD
 Telemetry and ERSPAN enhancement
Four fan trays (one fan module in1+1 power redundancy
each tray)
In the scenario where 100GE uplink is used and a large buffer is

not required, the CE6857 is used.

CE Series Switch Model — CE6856/6855
Port-side view
 Diversified DC features: M-LAG, iStack, SVF, VXLAN,
VXLAN RIOT, BGP-EVPN
 10GE access and 40GE uplink ports (This model has
1 U
the highest shipment amount.)
48*10GE SFP+ 6*40GE QSFP+
CE6855-48S6Q-HI/ CE6856-48S6Q-HI/
Parameter CE6855-48T6Q-HI CE6856-48T6Q-HI
Downlink: 48*10GE SFP+/Base-T Bports
Port model Uplink: 6*40GE QSFP+ ports (Each port can be
1 U split into four 10GE SFP+ ports.)
48*10GE BASE-T 6*40GE QSFP+ Switching
1.44 Tbps
capacity
Front panel view
Double fan trays (two fans in each Forwarding
1080 Mpps
tray) performance
Maximum number of
16
stacked switches

specifications IPv4 FIB: 256K
1+1 power redundancy Memory 2G 4G

CE Series Switch Model —CE5880
Interface side view Parameter CE5880-48T6Q-EI
Downlink: 44*GE RJ45, 4*10GE RJ45
Uplink: 6*40GE QSFP+ (The first two 40GE interfaces
Interface type
can be split into 10GE interfaces, and the last four 40GE
interfaces cannot be split.)
1U Maximum number of devices
16
in a stack
Switching capacity 648 Gbit/s
44*GE RJ45+4*10GE RJ45 6*40GE QSFP+ Forwarding performance 406 Mpps
Buffer 16.5 MB
FIB (v4/v6): 128K/64K
Performance
MAC: 176K
specifications ARP: 128K
Front panel view
Double fan trays (two fan modules
in each tray)
 ToR switch with GE downlink and 40GE uplink,
supporting VXLAN and BGP EVPN
 Hardware BFD
 Accurate time synchronization: 1588v2
 Telemetry and ERSPAN enhancement

Port-side view  Diversified DC features: M-LAG, SVF, iStack
 GE access, 10GE or 40GE uplink ports, and no upstream
1 U and downstream convergence

 Not supporting VXLAN
48*GE Base-T 4*10GE SFP+ 2*40GE
QSFP+
Parameter CE5855-48T4S2Q-EI CE5855-24T4S2Q-EI
1 U Downlink: 48*GE Base-T Downlink: 24*GE Base-T

ports ports
4*10GE SFP+ 2*40GE Port model Uplink: 4*10GE SFP+ Uplink: 4*10GE SFP+ ports
24*GE Base-T QSFP+ ports and 2*40GE QSFP+ and 2*40GE QSFP+ ports
ports
Front panel view
Switching
Double fan trays (two fans in each 336 Gbps 288 Gbps
capacity
tray) 215 Mpps
Forwarding
252 Mpps
performance
Maximum number
of stacked 9
switches

1+1 power redundancy specifications IPv4 FIB: 32K

CE1800V: High Performce Virtual Switch
CE1800V Key components
• Forwarding plane: Completes service processing and forwarding in the
OF-vSwitch virtual switch
VCTL
• Control plane: Functions as proprietary extension to the OpenFlow and
(Control plane) (Management plane) OVSDB protocols to support vSwitch configuration that cannot be performed
using the two protocols.
• Management plane: Acts as an interface for working with the NMS and
Packet provides basic configuration commands for the CE1800V.
Flow forwarding
forwarding
High-performance, open, and secure virtual
Forwarding framework (Forwarding
plane)
network
• High performance: 12 Gbit/s forwarding performance per
User mode core,higher than industry average, and better user
Kernel mode experience
• Openness and compatibility: Standard southbound
Kernel, driver protocols and flexible compatibility with multiple
virtualization platforms
DPDK NIC DPDK NIC
• Security protection: Integrated distributed firewall to
implement security protection on a per VM port basis
• Dual stack technology: dual stack forwarding capability
and smooth evolution to IPv6

Same 2-strand Fibers for 10G/40G/100G Ports, High ROI
Innovative 100GE/40GE twin-core fiber optical Scenario 1: 10GE to 100GE bandwidth upgrade
transceiver
Reuse 10GBase-SR fibers on 100G/40G transceivers:
100-300 m
transmission • Save fiber costs
distance
• Save O&M costs on new cables
100G/40G 100G/40G
Scenario 2: 100GE/40GE interconnection network

construction
• DLC connector: 100G/40G transmission
over one pair of fibers Use one pair of fibers for 100G/40G port
• Multimode wave division multiplexing: interconnection:
Four wavelengths of 850 nm, 880 nm, 910 • Use 75% fewer fibers than MPO transceivers
nm, and 940 nm • Simplify cable connections
• Standard module: Compatible with
• Save space in equipment rooms
standard interfaces

Contents
1 Challenges Facing Data Click

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Networks in the Cloud Computing Era
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3 ClickSwitches
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4 Success Stories

China's No.1 and One of World's Top 3 DCN Vendors
2018 • Huawei positioned as a Leader in data center SDN
network hardware vendors.
Global SDN
2017 • Huawei positioned as a Challenger in Gartner leadership report
Magic Quadrant for Data Center Networking.
• Largest market share in China, Top 3 market

share in the global market
2016
• ShowNet award for the SDN capability at
Interop Tokyo
• Only Chinese vendor listed among global SDN leaders

2015 • Market share leaped to No.1 in Chinese market (Q2)
• World's fastest-growing data center network provider

2014 • 137% annual growth rate
2013 • Fastest-growing data center network provider
Source: IHS 2015 Infonetics Data Center and Enterprise SDN

• Global launch at Interop Vendor Leadership Analysis
2012 • Industry's highest-performing data center switch

Highly Recognized Performance
InterOP Awards Awards and Certifications
In 2013, the CloudEngine
12800 won the Best of Show
Award at Interop, which is the
highest exhibition in the IT
industry. Huawei is the first
Chinese provider that wins the
position.
Award of Excellent
In 2016, the CE8860 and Award of the Most Award of Excellent
Product Trusted by
CE6851 won the Best of Competitive Product Product in Big Data
CIO
Show Award at Interop.
Huawei's AI Fabric
Intelligent Lossless Data
Center Network Solution
Takes Home Interop Tokyo Preferred Brand of
China SDN
Best of Show Award Award of Annual Cloud Computing
SDN Best
Excellent Technology and Network
Practice Award
Solution

CloudEngine Series Switches Serve 7800+ Global Customers
 The market share is No.1 in China and No.3 in
 Over 32,000 CE12800 switches have been sold
the world.
around the world, serving 7800+ customers
 The global market share growth rate is No. 1
in 120+ countries.
for four consecutive years.
Gartner Peer Insights

 2018 Approaching the DC SDN
Leaders Quadrant SDN hardware platform Customers’ Choice
 2017 Challenger leader for Data Center Networking

DC Switch Market Share in 2018: No.1 (China) No.3 (Global)
Revenue of top five vendors in China in 2018 Revenue of top five vendors worldwide in 2018
其他, 4.68% H3C, 4.40%
Arista, 0.72%
Juniper, 5.10%
Ruijie, 6.46%
Cisco, 13.43% Huawei, 9.60%

Huawei, 38.84%
Cisco, 48.10%
Arista, 14.20%
H3C, 35.87%
In 2018, Huawei CloudEngine Data Center Switch’s sales In 2018,Huawei CloudEngine Data Center Switch’s global
No. 1 revenue in China is 621.95M$，market share is

38.84%，ranking NO.1
No. 3 sales revenue is 1214.1 M$, global market share is 9.6%,
ranking No.3
Source: IDC Source: Gartner

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Fast Growth of SDN

Huawei Confidential Page 3

US$15 billion new

investments worldwide every year

10 X more servers in 2020

50 X growth in data •10 X larger data center networks

worldwide by 2020 •50 X higher network capacity

•100 X faster server port speed

Huawei Confidential Page 4

vDC1 vDC2 vDCn

• Low usage of Server

How to improve the usage of network resources?

Huawei Confidential Page 5

200% growth of DC apps

Requirement Manual network Service

Slow DC network deployment hinders service innovation

Huawei Confidential Page 6

Users/Tenants: Require 24/7 non-stop

ISPs/ICPs: Network failures cause

Finance/Government customers: Require

Huawei Confidential Page 7

• VS: Industry's highest 1:16 virtualization capability

Huawei Confidential Page 8

CloudEngine 16800 (New) 10GE ToR switch

CloudEngine 6881-48S6CQ (New)

25GE ToR switch

CloudEngine 6863-48S6CQ (New)

CloudEngine 16816 CloudEngine 16808 CloudEngine 16804

Huawei Confidential Page 9

CE12816 CE12808 CE12804

Virtual Switches 25GE ToR switch

Huawei Confidential Page 10

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CloudEngine 16800 Series Models and Cards

CloudEngine 16800 Industry Average

Microsegmentation-based AI Chip Embedded AI Chip Null

36*100GE 36*40GE 48*10GE

Huawei Confidential Page 12

High Performence Data Center Core Switch

Superlarge-capacity data center switch

Stable core switching network for next 10 years

48*10GE 48*GE Switch Fabric

Traditional architecture CE12800's orthogonal architecture

Huawei Confidential Page 13

36*100G High-Density Line Cards Create a Non-blocking

GE ToR: 10GE uplink

Capability to support large-scale server access: Efficient east-west traffic forwarding

Huawei Confidential Page 14

Device Virtualization: Easy-to-Manage, High-Performing,

Preferential local forwarding, providing Low software and hardware requirements,

Huawei Confidential Page 15

VXLAN & BGP-EVPN : Large Network Resource Pool,

Scale-out within a DC L2/L3 interconnection between DCs

BGP-EVPN acts as the VXLAN control plane to:

• BGP EVPN advertises subnet routes so that L3 data center

Huawei Confidential Page 16

Network Programmability: Simple Deployment of Cloud

1. Standard NSH and SR technologies for on-demand service

36100GE 3640GE 48*10GE

4810GE 48GE Switch Fabric

36100GE QSFP28 3640GE QSFP+ 48*10GE SFP+

18100GE QSFP28 2440GE QSFP+

4100GE CFP 4810GE SFP+ 48*GE Base-T

36100GE QSFP28 12100GE QSFP28 24*40GE QSFP+

CE6800 High-performance • Large capacity: Up to 4810GE/25GE or 840GE/100GE QSFP+/QSFP28, up to 6.4 Tbps

4810GE SFP+ and 6100GE QSFP28(

4825GE SFP28 and 6100GE QSFP28(

2410GE electrical + 2100GE