Huawei CloudFabric Solution and

Products
Contents

1 Data Center Network Overview

2 Huawei CloudFabric Solution

3 CE Product Introduction

4 How to Beat

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What Is a Data Center?

A data center is the core service-oriented

infrastructure that supports an organization’s
business operation and development. A data
center is composed of the following elements:
 Secure network architecture
 Reliable supporting facilities (equipment rooms, generators,
UPS, air conditioners, etc.)
 Consolidated servers/application platforms
 Centralized storage and backup devices
 Unified system management platform
 O&M organization and process for customer services

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Elements of a Data Center

Storage switching
network

Server

Storage
system

Data network

3
Functional Zones in a Data Center

External Disaster recovery

Branch Partner
user center

Intranet Private extranet Disaster recovery

network

Unified Intranet access Partner access Internet DR center

O&M
3
network network access network access network
platform
Monitoring
management 1 Core network
Process
management
Change
management
Unified portal
Service zone 1 Service zone 2 Service zone N ……
2 DMZ

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5 Storage network

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Data Center Network Architecture
Disaster Recovery
Branch HQ Partner Center
SDH/VPN SDH/VPN SDH/VPN Internet SDH/WDM

External user 3 IPS

access layer
FW
FW

4
Core layer 1

2
Server layer Unified O&M
zone

Service zone 1 Service zone 1 Service zone N DMZ

FC switch
Storage layer
IP SAN FC SAN Tape library
5

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SDN for Cloud DCs: Resource Pooling, Quick Deployment, Dynamic
Hierarchical O&M
Present: Network hinders resource sharing
● Siloed network
• Computing resources are restricted within module and cannot cope with
application traffic bursts.
• Unbalanced computing resource scheduling
● Distributed route selection
• Sub-optimal routes, low network utilization
Goal: better resource sharing & scalability via network
virtualization
● Virtualized network
• Independent of physical locations, large-scale computing resources
supported
• Balanced computing resource scheduling, better resource utilization
● Centralized + distributed route selection
• Global route optimization, better network utilization

Present: Separate application deployment Goal: Collaborative application deployment

Service admin.
Service admin. Cloud platform admin.
Portal
Cloud platform

DC Network admin. Computing admin. Storage admin.

Network controller Computing controller Storage controller

Network resource pool Computing resource pool Storage resource pool Network resource pool Computing resource pool Storage resource pool

Present: Static physical network O&M Goal: Dynamic hierarchical network O&M
App1 App 2
Web1
APP Web APP Network admin.
App network Policy1 DB
1 1 Policy 3DB1
Policy 4
1 Policy 2 1
Network admin.

Logical network
Physical network Logical network 1 Logical network 2

Physical network

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Huawei Data Center Network Solution Overview

Cloud SDN Solution

Platform FusionSphere
 Open architecture: ODL-based open architecture
Open APIs  Network automation: implements L2 to L7 network
automation
SDN Controller
 Refined O&M: visualizes tenant networks, and
Agile Controller
virtual physical networks, and network paths
Open APIs

Fabric
LAN DCI Fabric Solution
CSS/ TRILL Fabric L3 Routing NVo3 DCI Fabric
M-LAG Fabric Fabric Fabric
 Three networks: connects to computing and
storage resources, achieving the unified
connection of LAN, SAN, and DCI networks
…
NSSA Area2

 Diversified fabrics: meets the requirements of

…

vSwitch
different application scenarios and network scales
VM VM VM
Server/VM VM
VM
VM VM
Storage
VM
zone VM VM VM VM zone

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Overall DCN Market
Europe & North America
U.K: Italy:
Netherlands: Switzerland:
• SCC • INFN
• OAD Bus IP • Abraxas
• U. of Newcastle • TI • WWZ
• Harderwijk city council
• NHS
U.S:
Germany: Norway:
• MIT • EVRY
• Helipark
• U. of North Carolina
• University of Stuttgart
• C3

Asia Pacific & Middle East & Latin America China

Australia:
Thailand: ICITA Empired
Custom Digital sense

H.K.: Korea: Philippines:

EWB
APT Kakaotalk

Turkey: Brazil:
RNP Globo
ULAKBİM

20,000+ PCS CE12800 sold, serving 2800+ data centers in 120+ countries worldwide

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Contents

2 Huawei CloudFabric Solution

a Traditional Data Center Network Solution

b SDN-based Data Center Network Solution

3 CE Product Introduction

4 How to Beat

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Device Virtualization: VS + CSS/SVF/iStack Simplify Networks
Network Virtualization Benefits
VS (Virtual System) CSS + SVF Lower CAPEX
• VS: fewer devices, higher utilization
CE12800
• SVF: flexible scalability, lower device cost
Campus
• CSS: 100% bandwidth utilization
Office
CE6850/CE7850
Production
Lower OPEX
• VS/SVF: fewer physical nodes to maintain
DMZ
CE6810/ …
5810 • CSS: simpler network management
• SVF: easier maintenance and expansion
SVF (Super Virtual Fabric)
CE12800 CSS (Cluster Switch System)
• VS: supports up to 16 virtual switches in one chassis Secure, Reliable Network
• SVF: simplifies cabling and improves network scalability.
• VS: network and fault isolation
• CSS+SVF networking supports local preferential forwarding,
improving forwarding efficiency. • CSS/SVF: loop-free, reliable network
• VS+CSS networking enables customers to deploy switches with
• SVF: local forwarding, higher forwarding efficiency
more flexibility.

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Device Virtualization: SVF Vertical Virtualization
SVF of modular + fixed switches
Spine: CE12800/CE12800S
M-LAG
Spine
Flexible expansion
SV of fixed switches
• Multiple leaf switches are virtualized as the remote line
Spine: CE7800/CE6850 cards of the spine switch.
• Different types of switches can be vertically virtualized into
iStack
one system. Ports can be flexibly expanded.
• Much fewer cables are required in network expansion and
network management is much simpler.

Simplified management & maintenance

SVF 1 SVF 2 SVF • Unified management through the spine switch
• One configuration file for the entire SVF system,
simplifying operation & maintenance
• Plug-and-play leaf switches

Leaf
High-efficient forwarding
Local forwarding Local forwarding
Active-standby • Local forwarding on leaf switches
Servers /Active-active
• Higher east-west traffic forwarding, shorter network
latency
• Higher network reliability

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Traditional Network Topology in DC
CSS + SVF TRILL Large L2 Fabric
CE12800 • Scenario: partitioned, • Scenario: IT resources
layered network; POD- CE12800 virtualization in large scale,
CSS based modular DC CE7800 or new network

CE6850 • Highlights: modular

design, easy TRILL • Highlights: large scale
management and high network, high bandwidth
CE6810 iStack + SVF reliability CE6800 utilization, flexible
/CE5855 CE5800 deployment of VMs

M-LAG + Stacking VXLAN

• Scenario: large scale multi-
• Scenario: partitioned, CE12800
CE12800 tenant network
layered network;
virtualization spanning
M-LAG POD-based modular
Or L3 multiple clusters or DCs
CE12800 DC; network requiring
• Highlights: SDN-based
CE7800 high availability CE7800
M-LAG M-LAG unified control and
• Highlights: high VXLAN
management, flexible
iStack iStack reliability, scalable
CE6800 deployment
network CE6800 CE12800, CE7800, CE6850HI
CE5800 CE5800 hardware VXLAN gateway

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M-LAG + Stacking for Cross-DC Deployment

Single DC Single-DC Networking

• Multiple access switches use iStack/CSS to set up a
stack system and are managed as one logical device.
Routing
This greatly simply configuration and management on
the access layer.
• Stack systems of access switches connect to
M-LAG M-LAG
aggregation switches through M-LAG to implement
CSS iStack load balancing and link redundancy.
• Aggregation and core switches are connected over an
L3 routing network.
• M-LAG enables collaboration on the control plane while
allowing for independent control and upgrade of
member nodes. M-LAG provides higher reliability on
Active-active DCs
aggregation nodes.
Primary DC Backup DC

CSS CSS Cross-DC Networking

• Core switches in each DC set up a CSS system, and
then CSS systems of the two DCs set up an M-LAG.
This virtualizes four core switches into one logical
M-LAG
device, while each DC has an independent control
plane for its own O&M.
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Virtual Fabric: TRILL Enables Rapid VM Migration over a Wide Range
Problem in Traditional Networks New Architecture: Super Large L2 Network

Legacy Layer 2 network

VMs migrate in limit

scale TRILL Bridging
STP/MSTP

Layer 3 Network VM VM VM
VM VM VM

VM Migration

IP addresses changed  Large L2 network: up to 512 nodes, flexible VM

after VM migration, deployment
OSPF/BGP/ISIS … causing service  TRILL supported on 100GE/40GE/10GE/GE ToR and
disruption core switches
 IETF standard compliance, 4K tenants

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Virtual Fabric: Flexible, Scalable Virtual Network Based on VXLAN
Distributed VXLAN Gateway Centralized VXLAN Gateway
Multi-tenant network
• Physical network virtualization: Tenant services
VXLAN GW
are transmitted on overlay network in MAC in IP
mode and are decoupled from the physical
network.
• Tenant networks are identified by 24-bit VN
IDs.16M tenants will be supported.
L3 VXLAN GW
• Different servers/VMs can communicate across an
IP network.
L2
Layer 2
network Flexible service deployment
NVE NVE • Smooth VM migration, easy to adjust the
vSwitch vSwitch vSwitch vSwitch
network
VM VM VM VM
VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM • On-demand creation of virtual networks,
flexible deployment
No processing bottleneck, easy to Centralized processing, easy to
expand configure and manage

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Virtual Fabric: VXLAN Network Optimization with BGP-EVPN
Service Service Service Service B
A B A
DC1 DC3

VXLAN
BGP-EVPN EVPN-based
VXLAN

DC2
NVE NVE NVE

VM VM VM VM VM VM
Service Service
A B

Within a DC Between DCs

BGP-EVPN is used as the VXLAN control plane to:
• EVPN-based VXLAN enables L2 connections between data
• Trigger automatic VXLAN tunnel setup between VTEPs,
centers with different networking.
avoiding manual configuration of full-mesh tunnels.
• Subnet routes are advertised by BGP EVPN, so that L2
• Advertise host routes and MAC entries to reduce
connections can be set up between data centers over VXLAN
unknown unicast traffic flooding and optimize packet
tunnels.
forwarding.

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DC Networking Technology Evolution: Larger L2 Network Required
Cross-DC resource pooling &
Server cluster (L2) Free VM migration active/active deployment

…
DC1 DC2 DCI
Cluster
VM migration DC A DC B

Bigger L2 domain required

• L3 routed underlay+ L2 overlay
• Reuse of intermediate networks, good
Stack/ VXLAN scalability
STP M-LAG
• Loop prevention using IS-IS
• Using STP for loop prevention complicates • Loop prevention on management plane
network management •100% link bandwidth utilization
TRILL • TRILL running on entire network, moderate scalability

• Only 50% link bandwidth utilization

2005 2010 2015

• TRILL is a “revolutionary” technology and now has 26 RFCs (more than 50% contributed by Huawei) and many drafts. TRILL overcomes problems of STP and
uses mature link state routing algorithm and IS-IS extensions to build loop-free networks and implement ECMP.
• VXLAN is a “reformative” technology with better usability and scalability, and can combine with SDN solution to facilitate network O&M. This technology has
driven cooperation between IT and CT vendors and become a mainstream technology in the industry.

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Intelligent O&M (FabricInsight): Visibility of All Flows and Proactive
O&M, Detecting Potential Risks
Search for any data flow during any time segment
Network-wide
probe,
enabling high
integrity of
Abnormal session collected
analysis traffic data

Data flow indicators

After-NAT session splicing
analysis ERSPAN traffic collection
External
network
NAT
Session path display

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Intelligent O&M (FabricInsight): Application Visualization
Application group management
Application cluster management
Deployment of application
cluster nodes
Multiple application
grouping modes
 Groups VMs by application
through manual import,
interconnection with a third-
party system, or machine
learning.
Automatically generating
Interaction between applications diagrams of service
interaction relationships
 Analyzes traffic correlations
and automatically generates
diagrams showing the time
sequence of service flows
Interaction between between components.
application cluster nodes
Application-based intelligent
O&M
 Displays the impact of a device
or link fault on service
interaction within or between
applications.
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Contents

2 Huawei CloudFabric Solution

a Traditional Data Center Network Solution

b SDN-based Data Center Network Solution

3 CE Product Introduction

4 How to Beat

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Network Programmability: Simple Deployment of Cloud Services

Controller Fabric
1

OpenFlow
VXLAN
SR over WAN

Fabric
VXLAN

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

network orchestration, creating the world’s first software-
VLAN VLAN defined E2E data center network

VDS
2. Open APIs for interoperation with VMware and Brocade
VDS
VM VM controllers, providing joint SDN solutions
VM VM

3. Interoperability with F5, CP, or other third-party VAS

Virtualization platform 2 Third-party VAS 3 devices, delivering better value-added services

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Automatic Service Provisioning

1 2 3 4
Use the controller to
Collect customer Plan services on the Use the controller
deliver configuration
requirements cloud platform automatically for automatic O&M

Policy 1
WEB
APP1
1
Policy 2
vSwitch vSwitch
DB1
V V V V V V V V V V
M M M M M M M M M M

Service Group VDC/VPC Physical & Virtual

Network

• A tenant/user selects
service template.
• The tenant/user defines the
service policy groups.
• The administrator creates
VDC/VPC.
• The administrator creates a
logical network in
graphics/template mode.
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• The controller automatically • Unified display of virtual
converts the logical network and physical networks
to physical & virtual network • Fast network fault
configurations. location
 Unified Virtual & Physical Network Topology Display
Router

Logical Logical
network topology Firewall

LB
Global network view

Subnet

Physical
Overall network
network CloudEngine
topology
Network
administrator

vSwitch vSwitch vSwitch vSwitch

Virtual
network VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM

Overall network display: resources allocation, utilization, and fault status

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ZTP Implements Agile Network Deployment
Service
Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP)
provisioning CloudEngine switches Network zone Automatic network configuration,
agile cloud service deployment
1. Power on
4. Run the Phython • Zero-touch configuration of network, fast
device
script provisioning of cloud service
• Automatic network configuration improves
Gateway management efficiency and reduces TCO
• Automatic online device detection, centralized
5. Download system deployment, operation, and maintenance
IT administrator software and
configuration file 2. Obtain IP address
3. Download and start and name of Open interface, implementing service
the Python script script server
integration
Prepare Phython script
• Network devices open standard interfaces to
seamlessly connect to service management
platform.
Software and Script server DHCP server
• Service managers can control and manage
configuration file server
network devices.
Server zone

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Huawei CloudFabric Solution Panorama and Sellable Products
DCN Module Huawei Product
Cloud OS
vCenter
1 DCN controller
(Controller)
Agile Controller

DCI CE12800 series

Agile Controller
Controller Interconnect 2 CE8800 series
Network Data center switch CE7800 series
Core switch Switching (Network switching)
CE6800 series

CE5800 series

Security/VAS 3 CE1800v
Router/Optical NE40E series
transmission device
(DCI) OSN series
Access
switch
4 Firewall/DDoS
USG9500 series
Management USG6000 series
(Security/VAS)

Server Storage
Primary DC Backup DC
5 Intelligent NMS
Anti-DDoS series

eSight series
(Network mgmt)

The SDN controller is the core control point in the data center network solution.

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Contents

1 Data Center Network Overview

2 Huawei CloudFabric Solution

3 CE Product Introduction

4 How to Beat

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CloudEngine Series Data Center Switches Portfolio
Core switches ToR switches
ToR switch with line 10GE large-buffer ToR
10GE ToR switch
card slots switch
CE12800

CE6855-48S6Q-HI CE6870-48S6CQ-EI
CE8860-4C-EI

100GE switch CE6855-48T6Q-HI CE6870-24S6CQ-EI

CE8850-32CQ-EI CE6851-48S6Q-HI
CE6870-48T6CQ-EI
CE12816 CE12812 CE12808 CE12804

40GE switch
CE12800S CE6875-48S4CQ-EI
CE6850-48T6Q-HI
CE7855-32Q-EI
GE ToR switch
25GE ToR switch
CE12808S CE12804S CE6810-48S4Q-LI

CE6860-48S8CQ-EI CE5855-48T4S2Q-EI

Virtual switch FC/FCoE switch

CE6810-32T16S4Q-LI

CE5855-24T4S2Q-EI
CE6850U-48S6Q-HI CE6810-48S-LI

CE5850-48T4S2Q-HI
CE1800V CE6850U-24S2Q-HI CE6810-24S2Q-LI

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CloudEngine Fixed Switches Naming Conventions

Brand name CE 6 8 5 0 X - 48S 4Q - EI Version Types

LI: basic version
CE, CloudEngine EI: enhanced version
A B C D E F G H HI: advanced version

Downlink speed Uplink ports number and types

5: GE downlink
T: Base-T port
6: 10GE downlink
S: SFP/SFP+ port
7: 40GE downlink
X: XFP port
8: 100GE downlink
Q: QSFP+ port
F: CFP port
C: CXP port
8 means data
center switch
Down link ports
number and types
ToR types
T: Base-T port
10:SVF leaf or layer 2
S: SFP/SFP+ port
50: layer 3 switches
X: XFP port
60: NP
Q: QSFP+ port
70: large buffer switches U:Unified Port
F: CFP port
80: low latency switches Ignore this letter if it’s blank
C: CXP port

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World’s Highest Performing Data Center Core Switch

Industry’s highest capacity

CE12800 Industry Average

Slot
bandwidth 5 Tbps 3.6 Tbps

Switching
capacity 178 Tbps 102 Tbps

Port
density 36 x 100G 32 x 100G

Stable core switching network for next 10 years

CE12800
36x100GE 36x40GE
Long Zero
Line wiring wiring
card

Switch Fabric
48x10GE 48xGE fabric Line card

Traditional architecture CE12800’s orthogonal architecture

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CE12800: Packet-Switching vs. CELL-Switching
Packet-Switching Architecture Cell-Switching Architecture
Line card Congestion Line card
SFU Line card SFU Line card
Flow1 Flow1

PP SF PP PP/ PP/
SF
FIC FIC

Flow2
Flow2

PP SF PP PP/ PP/
SF
FIC FIC

Packet-Switching:
 A packet is statically hashed by 5-tuple information to the next hop,
which can be a switch fabric unit (SFU). So the congestion easily
happens on one SFU if all flows are hashed to it.
 The capacity of a whole chassis has the performance of only one
SFU in this scenario.
Cell-Switching:
 A packet is segmented to smaller-length cells to all SFUs on the
ingress line card, and the cells are reassembled on the egress line
card. The cell size has a range from 64 bytes to 128 bytes.
 All switch fabrics are load-balanced and all have the same load at
any time.

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CE12800: Port Queue vs. VoQ (Virtual Output Queue)
Port-Queue Architecture VOQ Architecture
Line card SFU Line card Line card SFU Line card
Flow1 Flow1

8Queue 8Queue 8Queue

8Queue
8Queue

8Queue

8Queue
PP SF PP PP SF PP
X P1 P1

Flow2 Flow2

8Queue 8Queue
P2 P2
PP SF PP PP SF PP
P3 P3

Port-Queue Architecture: VOQ Architecture:

Generally, 8 queues will be assigned to each physical port. On the ingress line card, 8 virtual queues will be assigned for each

Flows 1&2 have the same priority. If both flows are hashed to the egress physical port. So different egress ports have independent 8

same port, they will enter the same queue. If the bandwidth is queues at the ingress.

exceeded, packets will be discarded Flows 1&2 will be forwarded to different queues. Even if there is a
large amount of traffic in Flow1, Flow2 will not be affected.

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Comparison Between the CE12800S and CE12800
Specification CE12800S CE12800

Switch Architecture Non-orthogonal Orthogonal

1/1.1/1.2 m chassis (*CE12816

Applicable Chassis 800 mm, and 1/1.1/1.2 m chassis
supports only 1.1/1.2 m chassis.) CE12800S is applicable in the following scenarios:
Switching Clos architecture and cell 1. The carriers use chassis with a depth of 800 mm.
Clos architecture and cell switching
Architecture switching
Switching Plane 2/4 6 2. Only a small number of line cards are configured,

SFU Redundancy
N+0 (A few cards, such as 48GE
N+1
and the quotation for the basic configuration is low.
can still provide N+1 capability.)

VoQ
CE12800S is not applicable in the following scenarios:
Supported Supported
Large Buffer Supported Supported 1. Strict N+1 redundancy is required. (Certain cards

Control Plane 1+1 1+1 are OK. For details, see the following section.)
Physically integrated and logically
Monitoring Plane
separated
Physical and logical isolation: 2. There are more than eight line card slots.
Fan Redundancy N+1 N+1

Power Redundancy N+0, N+1, N+N N+0, N+1, N+N

Power Consumption Tools:

Line Card Universal http://support.huawei.com/onlinetoolsweb/pda_en/
Feature Unified version

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CE12800: E Series Line Cards

36*40GE QSFP+
12*100GE CFP2 48*10GE SFP+
24*40GE QSFP+
48*GE SFP
8*100GE CXP 24*10GE SFP+
12*40GE QSFP+

4*100GE CFP 6*40GE QSFP+ 48*10GE SFP+ 48*GE RJ45

Interface GE Interface
100GE Interface Card 40GE Interface Card 10GE Interface Card
Rate Card

Card CE-L12CF- CE-L08CC- CE-L04CF- CE- CE-L12LQ- CE-L24LQ- CE-L36LQ- CE-48XT- CE- CE-L24XS- CE-L48XS- CE-L48GS- CE-L48GT-
Name EG EC EF L06LQ-EC EF EC/EA/EC1 EG EC L12XS-ED ED/EC EF/ED/EC EA/ED EA/ED

12*100GE 8*100GE or 4*100GE or 6*40GE 12*40GE

24*40GE or 36*40GE or 48*10G 48*GE
Ports or 24*40GE 24*40GE or 8*40GE or or or
96*10GE 144*10GE RJ45
12*10GE 24*10GE 48*10GE 48*GE SFP
RJ45
or 96*10GE 96*10GE 40*10GE 24*10GE 48*10GE

Interface
CFP2 CXP CFP QSFP+ QSFP+ QSFP+ QSFP+ Base-T SFP/SFP+ SFP/SFP+ SFP/SFP+ SFP RJ45
Type

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CE12800: F Series Line Cards

36*40GE QSFP+ 48*10GE SFP+ &

36*100GE QSFP28
2*40GE QSFP+ &2*100GE QSFP28

12*100GE QSFP28 24*40GE QSFP+ 48*10GE SFP+

Interface Rate 100GE Interface Card 40GE Interface Card 10GE Interface Card

Card Name CE-L36CQ-FD CE-L12CQ-FD CE-L36LQ-FD CE-L24LQ-FD CE-L48XS-FDA CE-L48XS-FD

48*10GE+2*40GE+2*100G
36*100GE or 36*40GE or 12*100GE or 12*40GE or 36*40GE or 24*40GE or
Ports 144*25GE or 144*10GE 48*25GE or 48*10GE 144*10GE 96*10GE
E/40GE or 48*10GE
52*10GE+8*25GE/10GE

QSFP28,
Interface Type QSFP28, QSFP+ QSFP28, QSFP+ QSFP+ QSFP+
QSFP+, SFP+
SFP+

Remarks: 18 ports of a CE-L36LQ-FD card can work at 100Gbps through auto-sensing.

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 Evolution of CE6800 Series 10G ToR Switches
Version V1R1 V1R2 V1R3 V1R5 V1R6 V2R1 V2R2 Ports
Trident+ Trident2 TridentT2+
CE6810EI/LI Y 48 SFP+
6850EI 6855HI /(48 SFP+ + 4*40GE)
CE6810LI Y 24 SFP+ +2*40GE
10GE 6850H
6810EI 6851HI CE6810LI Y 32 RJ45+16+4*40GE
(T+/T2) I
CE6850EI Y 48 SFP+/RJ45
6810LI 6850HI-U +4*40GE
CE6850HI Y 48 SFP+/RJ45
10GE copper 6850EI 6850H 6855HI
+6*40GE
(T+/T2) I CE6850U-HI Y 24 SPF+ +2*40GE
6810LI /48 SPF+ +6*40GE
CE6851HI Y 48 SPF+ +6*40GE
Jericho 6870EI CE6855HI Y 48 SFP+/RJ45
+6*40GE
CE6870EI Y Y(Coopor) 24/48+6*100GE
Thomahawk/+ 8860EI 6860EI 8850EI (optical)
CE68860 Y 48*25G+8*100G

CE8850 Y 32*100G
Obsolete
(1) CE6851HI and CE6855HI will coexist for a short period of time in scenarios requiring L3 10G ToR switches with 40GE uplink ports. Later, CE6851HI
will be gradually replaced by CE6855HI. Use CE6851 if price is a key factor (about 10% lower list price) and use CE6855 when performance is a key
factor. CE6810-LI is recommended for projects using a few basic L3 functions or SVF.
(2) For scenarios requiring L3 10G ToR switches with 100GE uplink ports, CE6870 is the major model to sell.
(3) CE6850U-HI is the major model to sell for FC application scenarios.
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Highly Recognized Performance

First Chinese vendor to win Interop awards Awards

CloudEngine 12800, Best of
Show Award in Data Center
and Storage category,
Interop 2013

CIO Trust Best Most Competitive Best of Big Data

Product Product Product
Interop: Networking industry “Oscar”

View details

CE8860 and CE6851,

Best of ShowNet Award,
Interop 2016
Best Technology Excellent Product of Best Choice of Cloud
View details of the Year the Year Computing and
Award Network Solution

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Contents

1 Data Center Network Overview

2 Huawei CloudFabric Solution

3 CE Product Introduction

4 How to Beat

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Switch Mapping Table

N7700
Core /Aggregation CE12800 N7000
switch CE12800S N9500 N6004

N9236C
100GE switch CE8860-EI CE8850-EI N3232C
N9364C
N3200
40GE switch CE8860 CE7855-EI N3100-V N9300 N5600
N3100
25GE ToR CE6860-EI CE8860-EI N36180YC N9300 N9200

CE6880-EI CE6875-EI N9300

N5600 N6001
10GE ToR CE6870-EI CE6851/55-HI
N3100 N5500 N3500
CE6850U-HI CE6850-EI
N3000 N2200 N2300

GE ToR CE5850-HI CE5855-EI N3048 N9348G N2200

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Cisco and Huawei Protocol Mapping
Cisco Huawei Cisco Huawei

MAC Address Table Notification MAC Trap

UDLD DLDP
EtherChannel ETH-Trunk
PVST/PVST+/RPVST+ MSTP
Private Hosts MFF
UDE(Unidirectional Ethernet) single-fiber
Flex links Smart Link
IGRP IBGP/OSPF/ISIS
SVI VLANIF
EIGRP EBGP
VTP GVRP
HSRP/HSRPv2 VRRP
Layer 2 Protocol tunneling l2protocol-tunnel
CGMP HGMP
REP SEP/RRPP
RGMP PIM Snooping
MC LAG E-Trunk
GLBP VRRP
dying gasp dying gasp
vPC E-Trunk
PVLAN MUX-VLAN
PAGP LACP VSS CSS

CDP LLDP NetFlow NetStream

CDPv2 LLDP-MED MVR MVLAN

TACACS+ HWTacacs Auto Install/Smart Install Auto Config/Easy Operation
TDR VCT(virtual-cable-test) EnergyWise SPM

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Low-End Hardware Architecture, Having Severe Packet Loss and
Reliability Risks
Product Cisco N9500 Cisco N7000/N7700 Huawei CE12800
Architecture design Support Impact Support Support
Fabric load- Packet loss upon
Uneven Yes Yes
balancing heavy traffic
Hardware architecture

Packet loss upon

Large buffer No Yes Yes
traffic bursts
N7000: no redundancy when
N+1 redundancy Packet loss upon providing more than 480 Gbps
No Yes
of fabric cards fabric card swap switching capacity
N7700: N+1 redundancy
Different line 97 series cannot be Smooth upgrade F and M series cards can be used
cards in the same used with other series cannot be in the same chassis but must Yes
chassis in a chassis. realized. belong to different VDCs.

Cascaded air Short lifetime of N7000: no cascaded air channels Isolated air channels for
Airflow design
channels cards N7700: no cascaded air channels fabric cards and line cards

N9500 architecture datasheet:

http: //www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/nexus-9000-series-switches/white-paper-c11-729987.html
N9500: uses low-end commercial chips to reduce costs.
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Software: How Can a Switch Without Five Fundamental DC Features
Be Called a DC Switch?
Mandatory DC Feature Application Scenario Cisco N9500 Cisco N7000/N7700 Huawei CE12800

One-to-many Secure isolation of

Not supported Yes (VDC) Yes (VS)
virtualization multiple service zones
Software features

Large L2
VM migration Not supported Yes (FabricPath) Yes (TRILL)
network
DCI Inter-DC L2 connection Not supported Yes (OTV) YES (EVN)

NetFlow Traffic monitoring Not supported Yes Yes (NetStream)

Hitless upgrade without
In-Service
service interruption (a
Software Not supported Yes Yes
minimum must-have for
Upgrade (ISSU)
DC core switches)

Insieme and Nexus are developed by different teams, and N9000 does not inherit the DC features of the Nexus series.

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Cisco SDN Solutions: Closed Architecture of ACI, Simple Functions of VTS
GUI OpenStack RedHat OpenStack

APIC controller VTS controller

N9K switch VAS (FW/LB) N9K switch VTF (vSwitch)

Host Host VM VM
Host
Cisco ACI solution (network overlay): main data center solution
Cisco VTS solution (host overlay): targeted at carrier networks
targeted at the private cloud market

Cisco ACI Cisco VTS

Control protocol Proprietary (OpFlex) Standard BGP-EVPN

Management scope Network + VAS resource pool (L2-L7 service), integrated network Only network resource pool (L2-L3 services)
O&M

Solution Based on APIC controller, weak interoperability with OpenStack (only More open than ACI, based on standard OpenStack
interoperable with network resource pool) platform
Cisco has two DCN SDN architectures. The main ACI architecture is closed and makes it complex to interoperate with cloud
platforms.
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