Huawei CloudEngine CE8868‑4C‑EI Full English Product Description
Variants:‑B (port‑side intake airflow),‑F (port‑side exhaust airflow); EI stands for Enhanced‑IntelligentMade-in-Ch...
Product Overview
Huawei CloudEngine CE8868‑4C‑EI is a 2U modular high‑density leaf/aggregation switch of CloudEngine 8800 series, powered by Huawei VRP8 operating system华为. It comes with four hot‑swappable half‑width subcard slots for flexible port combinations of 10GE/25GE/40GE/100GE, delivering 6.4 Tbps switching capacity and 2030 Mpps line‑rate L2/L3 forwarding performance中关村在线. It supports iStack stacking, M‑LAG multi‑chassis link aggregation, hardware‑accelerated BGP‑EVPN VXLAN, RoCE‑v2 lossless Ethernet, MACsec link encryption and full‑feature automation O&M capabilities. It can be deployed as leaf TOR, aggregation node in spine‑leaf fabrics, or core switch for large‑scale enterprise DC and high‑end campus networks华为.
Key Features
1. Hardware & Port Configuration
2U 19‑inch rack‑mount modular chassisMade-in-Ch....
‑ 4 hot‑swappable half‑width subcard slots. Supported subcards: CE88‑D8CQ, CE88‑D16Q, CE88‑D24S2CQ, CE88‑D24T2CQ. Maximum port capacity: 32×100GE QSFP28, 64×40GE QSFP+, 128×25GE SFP28 or 128×10GE SFP+ via different subcards中关村在线.
‑ 2 hot‑swappable power slots with 1+1 redundancy (AC /‑48V DC /240V HVDC /380V HVDC).
‑ 2 hot‑swap fan trays supporting 1+1 fan redundancy; two airflow modes:‑B for port‑side‑intake;‑F for port‑side‑exhaust, matched with power‑fan assembliesMade-in-Ch....
‑ Maintenance interfaces: RJ45 Console, Mini‑USB Console, dual GE out‑of‑band management ports, USB storage port.
‑ 32 MB shared packet buffer, optimized for bursty traffic of distributed big‑data and virtualization scenarios中关村在线.
2. Layer‑2 Capabilities
Supports up to 4K IEEE 802.1Q VLANs, MUX VLAN, basic & flexible QinQ, VLAN mapping, GVRP.
Implements STP/RSTP/MSTP, Smart‑Link, ERPS for millisecond‑level link protection.
Supports static & dynamic LACP link aggregation, E‑Trunk, M‑LAG multi‑chassis link‑aggregation with hitless independent device upgrade, iStack stacking (max 16 units virtualized as one logical switch), SVF2.0 Super Virtual Fabric.
Supports IGMP Snooping, MLD Snooping, broadcast‑multicast‑unicast storm suppression, port isolation, LLDP, MACsec link‑level encryption.
Maximum MAC address table capacity: 264K entries.
3. Layer‑3, IPv6 & Data‑Center Functions
Full IPv4 / IPv6 dual‑stack support.
Supports static routing, RIP, OSPF, IS‑IS, BGP, OSPFv3, BGP4+, VRRP, ECMP (max 128‑way), hardware‑accelerated BFD, DPFR, MoFRR fast reroute.
Multicast suite: PIM‑DM, PIM‑SM, PIM‑SSM, MSDP.
Supports VXLAN bridging & VXLAN routing with BGP‑EVPN control plane, VXLAN OAM, policy‑based routing, URPF.
Lossless‑Ethernet enhancements: RoCE‑v2, PFC deadlock prevention, AI‑ECN intelligent congestion tuning, 1588v2 PTP time synchronization.
Built‑in OPS open‑programmable system based on Python for custom automation scripts.
Supports ZTP zero‑touch provisioning for fast batch deployment.
4. Security Mechanisms
Supports 802.1X, MAC‑based authentication, Portal authentication, AAA / RADIUS / HWTACACS access control.
Provides DHCP Snooping, ARP anti‑spoofing, multi‑dimensional DoS attack defense, BPDU protection, root‑protection, MAC‑address‑learning‑limit.
L2‑L4 ACL implements fine‑grained traffic filtering based on MAC, IP, port and protocol fields, supports IPv4/IPv6 micro‑segmentation.
Supports SSHv2, HTTPS for encrypted management access; supports secure‑boot to prevent system‑image tampering.
5. QoS & Intelligent O&M
Multi‑queue QoS scheduling: SP, WRR, DRR.
Supports port‑based rate‑limiting, two‑rate three‑color CAR, 802.1p / DSCP marking & remarking, traffic shaping, WRED congestion‑avoidance.
Supports high‑precision real‑time Telemetry, NetStream, sFlow, IFIT, ERSPAN+, packet‑event loss/latency visibility, Ethernet OAM, SPAN/RSPAN/ERSPAN.
Compatible with eSight and iMaster NCE‑Fabric management platforms; supports NETCONF/YANG for SDN‑oriented automated deployment.
Technical Specifications
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Part Number: CE8868‑4C‑EI (‑B /‑F airflow option)
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Form Factor: 2U, 19‑inch rack‑mountMade-in-Ch...
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Subcard Slots: 4 half‑width slots (port capacity depends on installed service subcards; max 32×100GE)中关村在线
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Management Ports: Dual GE out‑of‑band‑management, RJ45 Console, Mini‑USB Console, USB
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Dimension (H×W×D): 88 mm ×442 mm ×600 mmMade-in-Ch...
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Switching Capacity: 6.4 Tbps; stacking capacity up to 57.6 Tbps中关村在线
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Forwarding Performance: 2030 Mpps line‑rate L2/L3 forwarding中关村在线
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Packet Buffer: 32 MB中关村在线
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Power: Hot‑swappable AC /‑48V DC /240V HVDC /380V HVDC modules, supports 1+1 redundancy
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Fans: 2 hot‑swap fan trays with 1+1 redundancyMade-in-Ch...
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Operating environment:0 °C ~ +40 °C (0‑1800 m altitude); 5%‑95% RH non‑condensing
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Note: Power, fan and service subcard modules are sold separately. Actual port quantity and feature set depend on installed hardware and software version.
Compatible Hardware
CE88‑series half‑width service subcards; QSFP28 / SFP28 / SFP+ optical transceivers, high‑speed DAC/AOC cables; hot‑swap AC / DC / HVDC power modules, fan trays, stacking cables, rack‑mounting kits.
Note: CE8868‑4C‑EI is a modular chassis without fixed service ports. Service ports are implemented via plug‑in subcards. Feature availability depends on subcards, power‑fan variant and software release.
Application Scenarios
Modular leaf‑node deployment for cloud‑data‑center spine‑leaf fabrics; aggregation / core switch for enterprise‑DC and large‑size higher‑education campus networks; mixed‑rate networking for virtualization and big‑data environments; scenarios requiring iStack stacking, M‑LAG, BGP‑EVPN VXLAN, RoCE‑v2 lossless Ethernet and zero‑touch batch deployment.
Short Version (For Invoice / E‑commerce Listing)
Huawei CloudEngine CE8868‑4C‑EI, 2U 19‑inch rack‑mount modular data‑center leaf/aggregation switch with 4 half‑width subcard slots (max 32×100GE via subcards), VRP8 operating system, supports iStack stacking, M‑LAG, SVF2.0 Super Virtual Fabric, VXLAN with BGP‑EVPN, RoCE‑v2 lossless Ethernet, MACsec, 32 MB packet buffer, full Layer‑2/Layer‑3 & IPv4/IPv6 dual‑stack, OPS open programmability, ZTP zero‑touch provisioning, high‑precision Telemetry & IFIT, hot‑swappable 1+1 redundant power & 1+1 redundant fans, reversible airflow direction. Power, fan and service subcards sold separately.
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