Switching Capacity 
(Tbit/s)

45/
2581

Forwarding Rate 
(Mpps)

17,280

Service Slots

4

Switching Fabric 
Module Slots

6

Fabric Architecture

Clos architecture, cell switching, VoQ, and distributed large buffer

Airflow Design

Strict front-to-back

Device Virtualization

Virtual System (VS)

Cluster Switch System (CSS)2

Super Virtual Fabric (SVF)3

Network Virtualization

M-LAG

TRILL

VxLAN routing and bridging

EVPN

QinQ in VXLAN

VM Awareness

Agile Controller

Network Convergence

FCoE

DCBX, PFC, and ETS

Data Center Interconnect

BGP-EVPN

Ethernet Virtual Network (EVN) for inter-DC Layer 2 network interconnections

Programmability

OpenFlow

ENP programming

OPS programming

Puppet, Ansible, and OVSDB plug-ins released on open source websites

Linux container for open source and customization programming

Traffic Analysis

NetStream

Hardware-based sFlow

VLAN

Adding access, trunk, and hybrid interfaces to VLANs

Default VLAN

QinQ

MUX VLAN

GVRP

MAC Address

Dynamic learning and aging of MAC addresses

Static, dynamic, and blackhole MAC address entries

Packet filtering based on source MAC addresses

MAC address limiting based on ports and VLANs

IP Routing

IPv4 routing protocols, such as RIP, OSPF, IS-IS, and BGP

IPv6 routing protocols, such as RIPng, OSPFv3, ISISv6, and BGP4+

IP packet fragmentation and reassembling

IPv6

IPv6 over VXLAN

IPv6 over IPv4

IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND)

Path MTU Discovery (PMTU)

TCP6, ping IPv6, tracert IPv6, socket IPv6, UDP6, and Raw IP6

Multicast

IGMP, PIM-SM, PIM-DM, MSDP, and MBGP

IGMP snooping

IGMP proxy

Fast leave of multicast member interfaces

Multicast traffic suppression

Multicast VLAN

MPLS

Basic MPLS functions

MPLS VPN/VPLS/VPLS over GRE

Reliability

Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)

STP, RSTP, VBST, and MSTP

BPDU protection, root protection, and loop protection

Smart Link and multi-instance

Device Link Detection Protocol (DLDP)

Ethernet Ring Protection Switching (ERPS, G.8032)

Hardware-based Bi-directional Forwarding Detection (BFD)

VRRP, VRRP load balancing, and BFD for VRRP

BFD for BGP/IS-IS/OSPF/Static route

In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)

Segment Routing (SR)

QoS

Traffic classification based on Layer 2, Layer 3, Layer 4, and priority information

Actions include ACL, CAR, and re-marking

Queue scheduling modes such as PQ, WFQ, and PQ + WRR

Congestion avoidance mechanisms, including WRED and tail drop

Traffic shaping

O&M

IEEE 1588v2

Packet Conservation Algorithm for Internet (iPCA)

Dynamic Load Balancing (DLB)

Dynamic Packet Prioritization (DPP)

Network-wide path detection

Microsecond-level buffer detection

Configuration 
and Maintenance

Console, Telnet, and SSH terminals

Network management protocols, such as SNMPv1/v2c/v3

File upload and download through FTP and TFTP

BootROM upgrade and remote upgrade

Hot patches

User operation logs

Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP)

Security 
and Management

802.1x authentication

RADIUS and HWTACACS authentication for login users

Command line authority control based on user levels, preventing unauthorized users from using commands

Defense against MAC address attacks, broadcast storms, and heavy-traffic attacks

Ping and traceroute

Remote Network Monitoring (RMON)

Dimensions 
(W x D x H, mm)

442 x 
813 x 
486.15 
(11 U)

Chassis Weight (empty)

<110 kg
(242 lb)

Operating Voltage

AC: 90V to 290V
DC: -38.4V to -72V
HVDC: 240V

Max. Power Supply

6,000W