Huawei CX916, Product White Paper

Page 1: ...Huawei CX916 Switch Module V100R001 White Paper Issue 01 Date 2017 10 12 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD ...

Page 2: ... be within the purchase scope or the usage scope Unless otherwise specified in the contract all statements information and recommendations in this document are provided AS IS without warranties guarantees or representations of any kind either express or implied The information in this document is subject to change without notice Every effort has been made in the preparation of this document to ens...

Page 3: ...evel or medium level of risk which if not avoided could result in death or serious injury Indicates a hazard with a low level of risk which if not avoided could result in minor or moderate injury Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if not avoided could result in equipment damage data loss performance deterioration or unanticipated results Provides a tip that may help you solve a prob...

Page 4: ...Issue 01 2017 10 12 This issue is the first official release Huawei CX916 Switch Module White Paper About This Document Issue 01 2017 10 12 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd iii ...

Page 5: ...ternal Networking of a Chassis 21 1 7 Software and Hardware Compatibility 24 1 8 Technical Specifications 26 2 Standards and Certifications 29 2 1 Standards Compliance 30 2 2 Certifications 32 Huawei CX916 Switch Module White Paper Contents Issue 01 2017 10 12 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd iv ...

Page 6: ...1 5 Indicators 1 6 Internal Networking of a Chassis 1 7 Software and Hardware Compatibility 1 8 Technical Specifications Huawei CX916 Switch Module White Paper 1 Overview Issue 01 2017 10 12 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 1 ...

Page 7: ...ption Ethernet features Ethernet l Full duplex and autonegotiation working modes l Ethernet ports support 10GE 25GE and 40GE NOTE l Downlink ports connected to compute nodes operate at 10GE Uplink ports connected to aggregation switches operate at 10GE 25GE or 40GE l 25GE ports support 25GE passive direct attached cables 25GE multi mode or single mode optical modules 10GE passive cables and 10GE m...

Page 8: ...C address learning and aging l Static dynamic and blackhole MAC address entries l Filtering based on source MAC addresses l MAC address limiting Link Layer Discovery Protocol LLDP LLDP Ethernet loop protection Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol MSTP l Spanning Tree Protocol STP l Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol RSTP l MSTP l VLAN based Spanning Tree VBST l Bridge protocol data unit BPDU root and loop pr...

Page 9: ...P forwarding Unicast routing l IPv4 and IPv6 static routing l Routing Information Protocol version 1 2 RIP 1 RIP 2 and Routing Information Protocol Next Generation RIPng l Open Shortest Path First version 2 OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 l Intermediate System to Intermediate System IS IS l Border Gateway Protocol Version 4 BGP4 and BGP4 l Routing policies l Policy based routing l Unicast Reverse Path Forwardin...

Page 10: ...tion between BFD and Eth Trunks l Association between BFD and OSPF l Association between BFD and OSPFv3 l Association between BFD and IS IS l Association between BFD and IS IS IPv6 l Association between BFD and BGP l Association between BFD and BGP4 l Association between BFD and PIM IPv4 l Association between BFD and PIM IPv6 l Association between BFD and IPv4 static routing l Association between ...

Page 11: ... after traffic classification l Traffic policing based on traffic classification l Re marking based on the results of traffic classification l Class based packet queuing l Association between traffic classification and traffic behavior Queue scheduling l Priority queuing PQ scheduling l Deficit round robin DRR scheduling l PQ DRR scheduling l Weighted round robin WRR scheduling l PQ WRR scheduling...

Page 12: ...fic forwarding Configuration and maintenance Terminal services l Command line configuration l Prompt and help information in English l Terminal services such as Console and Telnet l Information sending between terminal users File system l File systems with file directories and file management l Uploading and downloading files through File Transfer Protocol FTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol TFTP a...

Page 13: ...ttacks l Attack defense Defense against flood attacks without IP payloads attacks from IGMP null payload packets LAND attacks Smurf attacks and attacks from packets with invalid TCP flag bits Defense against attacks from many fragments attacks from many packets with offsets attacks from repeated packet fragments Tear Drop attacks Syndrop attacks NewTear attacks Bonk attacks Nesta attacks Rose atta...

Page 14: ...V is short for N Port virtualization l Supports free mapping to internal FC ports and external FC ports in NPV mode l Supports network connection between E_Ports and Brocade FC switches in FC switching mode A license is required for the function N_Port ID Virtualization NPIV A physical port supports multiple virtual N_Port IDs Link aggregation FC port link aggregation expands the port bandwidth an...

Page 15: ... and FC l Various uplink speeds 10GE 25GE and 40GE l Support for large data center networks l High performance stacking easy deployment simple maintenance l On demand configuration and flexible deployment l Rich data center features High Performance High Port Density Underpinned by the leading hardware platform the CX916 provides high port density and line speed forwarding capability It supports n...

Page 16: ...can be pre planned and pre configured Switch modules can be added as required The stack ID is the same as the switch module slot number to facilitate identification and maintenance Indicators on the front panel indicate the roles and statuses of stacked switch modules so that the stack system can be maintained without using a terminal l Simple upgrade operations The stack system supports quick and...

Page 17: ...C addresses used on the physical network into outer headers The network is only aware of the encapsulated parameters This greatly reduces the number of MAC address entries required on large Layer 2 networks VXLAN uses a VXLAN network identifier VNI field similar to the VLAN ID field of IEEE 802 1Q The VNI field has 24 bits and can identify a maximum of 16 million 2 24 1 1024 2 VXLAN segments If VX...

Page 18: ...g plane is useful and it provides the same function as the CX220 In this case the CX220 is recommended l If the CX916 is installed in slot 2X or 3X its Ethernet and FC switching planes can both work Panels Figure 1 3 shows the panel of the CX916 Huawei CX916 Switch Module White Paper 1 Overview Issue 01 2017 10 12 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 13 ...

Page 19: ...dicator of a 25GE port 10 40GE port indicator 11 40GE port 12 16G FC port 13 Connection status indicator of a 16G FC port 14 Diagnosis status indicator of a 16G FC port NOTE The numbers on the left of the panel are port numbers The triangle mark directions indicate the port positions ESN Huawei CX916 Switch Module White Paper 1 Overview Issue 01 2017 10 12 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyr...

Page 20: ...e October to December 5 Serial number six digits 6 RoHS compliance one character 7 Internal model number of the switch module 1 4 Ports The CX916 provides ports to send and receive data The Ethernet ports are numbered in the Slot number Subcard number Port serial number format l Slot number indicates the slot number of the switch module The value ranges from 1 to 4 mapping to slot numbers 1E 2X 3X...

Page 21: ...Port numbering Table 1 3 describes the external ports on the CX916 Huawei CX916 Switch Module White Paper 1 Overview Issue 01 2017 10 12 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 16 ...

Page 22: ... FC switching plane is 9600 bit s 25G E port SFP28 8 17 The value ranges from 1 to 8 The Ethernet switching plane provides eight 25GE ports to connect to external networks Each port has two indicators the orange one indicates data transmission status and the green one indicates the port connectivity status 40G E port QSFP 2 20 1 and 2 The Ethernet switching plane provides two 40GE ports to connect...

Page 23: ...Description Example 10GE port 32 1 to 16 1 and 2 The ports are connected to front half width slots 1 to 16 The port serial numbers are 1 and 2 For the CX916 in slot 2X the ports connected to the compute node in slot 1 are 10GE 2 1 1 and 10GE 2 1 2 40GE port 1 18 1 The port is used to interconnect Ethernet switching planes of slots 1E and 4E or slots 2X and 3X For the CX916 in slot 2X the port is n...

Page 24: ...s The indicators on the CX916 display its working status Table 1 6 describes the indicators on the CX916 panel Table 1 6 Indicators Silkscreen Meaning Color Description STAT Stack status indicator Green l Off The switch module is not powered on l Blinking green the first 10 times The CX916 is being powered on l Blinking green The CX916 is in the standby state in a stack and is operating properly l...

Page 25: ...onnected or not properly connected l Steady green The port is properly connected and 40GE port indicator Green l Off The port is not connected or not properly connected l Blinking green Data is being sent or received over the port l Steady green The port is properly connected A Diagnosis status indicator of a 16G FC port Orange l Off If the L indicator is also off no optical module is installed or...

Page 26: ...zzanine cards on compute nodes see E9000 Blade Server Mezz Module Switch Module Interface Mapping Tool Figure 1 6 and Figure 1 7 show the networking between the CX916 switch modules and the compute nodes The mezzanine cards and the 10GE LOM on each compute node provide ports to connect to the CX916 switch modules The LOM is available only on V5 compute nodes and provides two network ports l The LO...

Page 27: ...s between the CX916 switch modules and the NICs on a half width compute node Huawei CX916 Switch Module White Paper 1 Overview Issue 01 2017 10 12 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 22 ...

Page 28: ...e 1 8 The following assumes that the CX916 switch modules are installed in slots 2X and 3X and connected to Mezz 1 If the CX916 switch modules are installed in slots 1E and 4E they are connected to Mezz 2 NOTE If the CX916 switch modules are installed in slots 1E and 4E only their FC planes are useful If they are installed in slots 2X and 3X both the Ethernet and FC switching planes can work Huawe...

Page 29: ...6 connects to mezzanine cards of compute nodes Table 1 7 Supported mezzanine cards Model Specifications MZ220 Provides two 16G FC ports Supported Pluggable Modules and Cables Table 1 8 Supported pluggable modules and cables Type Specifications SFP28 multi mode optical module 25GE Supports 25GBASE SR Huawei CX916 Switch Module White Paper 1 Overview Issue 01 2017 10 12 Huawei Proprietary and Confid...

Page 30: ...upports 10GBASE LR DAC cable 10GE Supports 10GBASE CR 7 m and 10 m active DAC cables or 1 m 3 m and 5 m passive DAC cables can be used 16G 8G SFP multi mode optical module Brocade Supports FC PI 45 16G 8G SFP single mode optical module Brocade Supports FC PI 45 Multi mode optical fiber MMF Supports 850 nm OM1 OM2 and OM3 MMFs Single mode optical fiber SMF Supports 1310 nm SMFs Console cable Suppor...

Page 31: ...6G 8G SFP optical modules 16G SFP optical modules support 16 Gbit s and 8 Gbit s 8G SFP optical modules support 8 Gbit s The CX916 supports various fibers You can choose them based on site requirements NOTE FC ports of the CX916 support only single mode and multi mode Brocade pluggable optical modules 1 8 Technical Specifications Table 1 9 lists the technical specifications Table 1 10 describes th...

Page 32: ... serial port l Eight 25GE ports l Two 40GE ports l Eight 16G FC ports Port rate l The Ethernet switching plane supports 10GE 25GE and 40GE ports l The FC switching plane supports 16G 8G FC ports Service port stacking The following ports can be used for stacking Four consecutive 25GE ports numbered 1 to 4 or 5 to 8 on the panel 40GE port on the panel and internal 40GE port Note that a logical stack...

Page 33: ...ports Number of ARP table entries 116000 large ARP mode Jumbo frame length 9216 bytes IP unicast Number of route table entries 262000 large route mode Number of IPv4 FIBs 262000 large route mode Number of IPv6 FIBs 131000 large route mode with the subnet mask less than or equal to 64 NOV3 Number of VXLAN tunnels 15000 Number of broadcast domains 8000 Huawei CX916 Switch Module White Paper 1 Overvi...

Page 34: ...ifications 2 1 Standards Compliance 2 2 Certifications Huawei CX916 Switch Module White Paper 2 Standards and Certifications Issue 01 2017 10 12 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 29 ...

Page 35: ...EEE 802 3aq 10GBASE LRM 10 Gbit s Ethernet over MMFs IEEE 802 1Q Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks VLAN IEEE 802 1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol MSTP IEEE 802 1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol RSTP IEEE 802 1ab Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery LLDP IEEE 802 1ad Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks Provider Bridges QinQ IEEE 802 3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP IE...

Page 36: ...dards Telcordia SR 332 Reliability UL60950 Safety North America Communication Protocols Table 2 3 lists the communication protocols Table 2 3 Communication protocols Protocol Description ARP Address Resolution Protocol BFD Bidirectional Forwarding Detection BGP Border Gateway Protocol DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DLDP Device Link Detection Protocol FTP File Transfer Protocol GMRP GMRP ...

Page 37: ...Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol SSH Secure Shell SSL Secure Socket Layer STP Spanning Tree Protocol TCP Transmission Control Protocol Telnet Remote Terminal Protocol TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol UDP User Datagram Protocol VRRP Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol 2 2 Certifications This section describes the certification...

Page 38: ...2 2009 America UL UL 60950 1 America FCC FCC Part 15 Class A America NTRL UL UL 60950 1 2nd Edition 2011 12 19 Information Technology Equipment Safety Part 1 General Requirements CSA C22 2 No 60950 1 07 2nd Edition 2011 12 Information Technology Equipment Safety Part 1 General Requirements Canada IC ICES 003 Class A Nigeria SONCAP IEC 60950 1 2005 2nd Edition A1 2009 EN 60950 1 2006 A11 2009 A1 20...