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Huawei CX916 Switch Module
V100R001
White Paper
Issue
01
Date
2017-10-12
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

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  • Page 1 Huawei CX916 Switch Module V100R001 White Paper Issue Date 2017-10-12 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
  • Page 2 Notice The purchased products, services and features are stipulated by the contract made between Huawei and the customer. All or part of the products, services and features described in this document may not 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"...

  • Page 3: About This Document

    White Paper About This Document About This Document Overview This document describes the functions, advantages, appearance, specifications, internal networking, standards, and certifications of the CX916 switch module. Intended Audience This document is intended for: Huawei presales engineers Channel partner presales engineers...
  • Page 4 Huawei CX916 Switch Module White Paper About This Document Change History Issue 01 (2017-10-12) This issue is the first official release. Issue 01 (2017-10-12) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    1.6 Internal 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 Issue 01 (2017-10-12) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 6: Overview

    1 Overview Overview 1.1 Functions 1.2 Advantages 1.3 Appearance 1.4 Ports 1.5 Indicators 1.6 Internal Networking of a Chassis 1.7 Software and Hardware Compatibility 1.8 Technical Specifications Issue 01 (2017-10-12) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 7: Functions

    The Ethernet and FC switching planes of the CX916 are physically isolated from each other and work independently. The CX916 is installed in a rear slot of the E9000 chassis and is connected to compute nodes and management modules through the chassis midplane. It exchanges internal data packets and control and management packets through high-speed data transmission.
  • Page 8 VLAN-based Spanning Tree (VBST) l Bridge protocol data unit (BPDU), root, and loop protection l Partitioned STP and Layer-2 protocol transparent transmission Ethernet Ring G.8032 v1/v2 Protection Switching (ERPS) Issue 01 (2017-10-12) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 9 Routing policies l Policy-based routing l Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (URPF) check Virtual Private l Multi-VPN-Instance CE (MCE) and IPv6 Network (VPN) features l GRE tunneling Issue 01 (2017-10-12) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 10 Association between BFD and VRRP6 Other l VRRP and VRRP6 l Device Link Detection Protocol (DLDP) l Smart Link l Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) 802.3ah Issue 01 (2017-10-12) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 11 Weighted Random Early Detection (WRED) drop algorithm Outbound port Outbound port rate limiting rate limiting ACL-based l ACL-based packet filtering simplified traffic l ACL-based redirection policies l ACL-based traffic statistics Issue 01 (2017-10-12) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 12 User operation logs l Detailed debugging information for network fault diagnosis l Network testing tools such as Tracert and the ping command l Port mirroring and traffic mirroring Issue 01 (2017-10-12) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 13 Secure Shell (SSH) l Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) IPv4 and IPv6 user authentication l Huawei Terminal Access Controller Access Control System (HWTACACS) IPv4 and IPv6 user authentication l Access control list (ACL) filtering...
  • Page 14 Configuration and Configuration l Command line configuration maintenance management l HTTPS-based WebUI l Simple Network Management Protocol Version 1/3 (SNMPv1/v3) l FC Fabric Element management information base (MIB) Issue 01 (2017-10-12) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 15: Advantages

    On-demand configuration and flexible deployment 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 next-generation server applications that require super high performance and density.
  • Page 16 On-Demand Configuration and Flexible Deployment The FC switching plane of the CX916 provides eight 16G FC ports. Four of the ports are activated by default, and the other four can be activated with licenses, which addresses diverse user needs.

  • Page 17: Appearance

    Figure 1-1 shows a CX916. Figure 1-1 Appearance Installation Positions The CX916 switch modules can be installed in slots 1E, 2X, 3X, and 4E at the rear of the E9000 chassis. Issue 01 (2017-10-12) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 18 NOTE l The LOM on a compute node connects only to slots 2X and 3X. Therefore, if the CX916 is installed in slot 1E or 4E, only its FC switching plane is useful and it provides the same function as the CX220.
  • Page 19 Diagnosis status indicator of a 16G FC port 16G FC port NOTE The numbers on the left of the panel are port numbers. The triangle mark directions indicate the port positions. Issue 01 (2017-10-12) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 20: Ports

    4, mapping to slot numbers 1E, 2X, 3X, and 4E. Subcard number ranges from 1 to 21. Port serial number indicates the serial number of the port on the subcard. The FC ports on the CX916 are numbered 1 to 8. For details, see Table...
  • Page 21 Huawei CX916 Switch Module White Paper 1 Overview Figure 1-5 Port numbering Table 1-3 describes the external ports on the CX916. Issue 01 (2017-10-12) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 22 QSFP+ 1 and 2 The Ethernet switching plane provides two 40GE port ports to connect to external networks. Each port has one status indicator. Issue 01 (2017-10-12) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 23 Table 1-4 describes the internal ports on the Ethernet switching plane of the CX916. Table 1-4 Internal ports of the Ethernet switching plane Quan Subca Port Serial...

  • Page 24: Indicators

    Huawei CX916 Switch Module White Paper 1 Overview Table 1-5 describes the internal ports on the FC switching plane of the CX916. Table 1-5 Internal ports on the FC switching plane Name Port No. Description Port Number ntity FC port...
  • Page 25 White Paper 1 Overview Silkscreen Meaning Color Description Health indicator Red and l Off: The CX916 is not green powered on. l Steady green: The CX916 is operating properly. l Blinking red (once per second): The CX916 has a major alarm.

  • Page 26: Internal Networking Of A Chassis

    The LOM connects to the Ethernet switching planes of the CX916 switch modules in slots 2X and 3X. Mezz 1 and Mezz 3 connect to the FC switching planes of the CX916 switch modules in slots 2X and 3X. Mezz 2 and Mezz 4 connect to the FC switching planes of the CX916 switch modules in slots 1E and 4E.
  • Page 27 Huawei CX916 Switch Module White Paper 1 Overview Figure 1-6 Connections between the CX916 switch modules and the NICs on a half-width compute node Issue 01 (2017-10-12) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 28 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.

  • Page 29: Software And Hardware Compatibility

    Huawei CX916 Switch Module White Paper 1 Overview Figure 1-8 Connections between CX916 switch modules and an MZ220 NIC 1.7 Software and Hardware Compatibility Use the Huawei Server Compatibility Checker to check the software and hardware supported by the CX916.
  • Page 30 This table is for reference only. For details about the components that can be purchased, consult the local Huawei sales representatives. The CX916 supports multiple pluggable optical modules, fibers, and network cables. You can choose the modules and cables based on site requirements.

  • Page 31: Technical Specifications

    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.
  • Page 32 Ethernet switching plane: 1.284 Tbit/s. The frame length is over 363 bytes. l FC switching plane: 768 Gbit/s Packet 720 Mpps forwarding rate Ethernet Number of 81920 service addresses Issue 01 (2017-10-12) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 33 131000 (large route mode with the subnet mask less IPv6 FIBs than or equal to 64) NOV3 Number of 15000 VXLAN tunnels Number of 8000 broadcast domains Issue 01 (2017-10-12) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 34: Standards And Certifications

    Huawei CX916 Switch Module White Paper 2 Standards and Certifications Standards and Certifications 2.1 Standards Compliance 2.2 Certifications Issue 01 (2017-10-12) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 35: Standards Compliance

    IEEE Standard Test Access Port and Boundary-Scan Architecture RFC2837 Fabric Element MIB Specification SFF-8431 Enhanced Small Form Factor Pluggable Module SFP+ SFF-8472 Diagnostic Monitoring Interface for Optical Transceivers Issue 01 (2017-10-12) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 36 Address Resolution Protocol Bidirectional Forwarding Detection Border Gateway Protocol DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DLDP Device Link Detection Protocol File Transfer Protocol GMRP GMRP Multicast Registration Protocol Issue 01 (2017-10-12) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 37: Certifications

    User Datagram Protocol VRRP Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol 2.2 Certifications This section describes the certifications that the E9000 has passed. Table 2-4 lists the certifications passed by the E9000. Issue 01 (2017-10-12) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 38 EN 60950-1:2006+A11:2009+A1:2010 + A12:2011 Kingdom SASO IEC 60950-1: 2005 (2nd Edition) + A1:2009 of Saudi EN 60950-1:2006+A11:2009+A1:2010 + A12:2011 Arabia (KSA) Global IEC 60950-1 Japan VCCI VCCI V-4:2012 Issue 01 (2017-10-12) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

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