Huawei NetEngine 8000E M8 Compact Modular All‑Scenario Intelligent Router Full Product Description

1. Short Overview

Naming & Variant Breakdown

• NetEngine 8000E M8: 3U compact modular router; DC chassis supports 8 service slots with industrial wide‑temperature capability; AC chassis provides 6 service slots for standard equipment‑room deployment, supports AC, HVDC and ‑48 V DC power supply options.
• NetEngine 8000E M4/M6/M14: Other modular models of 8000E M family with different slot quantities and capacity.
• NetEngine 8000E F1A/F8: Fixed‑port box‑type routers of 8000E F series.
• NetEngine 8000E X‑series: High‑end orthogonal‑fabric backbone core chassis.

Difference vs other models: Compared with 8000E M4/M6, 8000E M8 provides higher switching capacity and more service slots for larger‑traffic metro‑level aggregation. Compared with fixed‑port F‑series boxes, it supports hot‑swap of diverse service cards for flexible interface expansion. Different from X‑series backbone chassis, it maintains the shallow‑depth advantage, focusing on metro aggregation and 5G backhaul rather than national backbone deployment.

Core Differentiators

1. 3U 19‑inch / ETSI 21‑inch rack‑mount chassis with 220 mm depth; main‑control boards, service line‑cards, power modules and fan trays support hot‑swap; 1:1 main‑control redundancy and N+1 power/fan redundancy, adapting to space‑limited equipment‑rooms and unmanned outdoor cabinet sites (DC variant).
2. Up to4.8 Tbps bidirectional switching capacity,1086 Mpps forwarding performance, maximum 8 service slots on DC chassis; per‑slot bandwidth up to 400 Gbps, supporting high‑density 400GE/100GE/50GE/25GE/10GE/GE and legacy low‑speed interfaces such as CPOS, POS and E1 for smooth network evolution华为企业业....
3. Native SR‑MPLS / full‑feature SRv6 suite, EVPN‑VXLAN, FlexE hard slicing, abundant multicast protocols and multiple 50‑ms‑level fast‑reroute protection mechanisms; supports mini‑BNG and CGNAT for broadband‑user service bearer.
4. Compliant with ITU‑T G.8275.1/G.8275.2, built‑in high‑precision clock system supporting 1588v2 PTP and Synchronous‑Ethernet, satisfying strict timing requirements for large‑scale 5G bearer; DC version supports industrial wide‑temperature from −40 °C to +65 °C.
5. NCE‑enabled intelligent O&M: zero‑touch provisioning, Telemetry/iFIT real‑time streaming, NQA network‑quality detection and fast fault location, realizing full‑lifecycle automation for large‑scale networks.

2. Hardware Interface & Physical Specifications

Core Hardware Performance

• Switching Capacity:4.8 Tbps (bidirectional)华为企业业...
• Forwarding Performance:1086 Mpps华为企业业...
• Main‑Control Boards: 2 units, 1:1 hot‑standby redundancy
• Service Slots: 8 slots (DC chassis); 6 slots (AC chassis)
• Maximum per‑slot bandwidth: 400 Gbps
• Power modules: N+1 redundancy; AC / 240V HVDC / ‑48 V DC optional
• Fan trays: redundant fans, front‑to‑rear airflow
• Typical power consumption: 428 W‑774 W (subject to actual board configuration)

Mechanical Parameters

• Dimensions (W × D × H): 442 mm × 220 mm × 132.6 mm (3U)
• Installation: standard IEC 19‑inch or ETSI 21‑inch rack‑mount
• Operating environment
  • DC version: −40 °C ~ +65 °C (industrial wide‑temperature)
  • AC version: −5 °C ~ +55 °C
  • Storage temperature: −40 °C ~ +70 °C
  • Relative humidity: 5%‑95% non‑condensing
  • Altitude: < 5000 m (temperature derating above 1800 m)

Supported Interfaces (via different PIC/IPU line‑cards)

• High‑speed optical: 400GE QSFP‑DD, 100GE QSFP28, 50GE, 25GE SFP28, 10GE SFP+
• GE optical / electrical, FE
• Legacy services: CPOS, POS, E1
• Management interfaces: RJ45 CON/AUX console, Mini‑USB console, out‑of‑band GE management Ethernet, USB 2.0 Host port

3. Software Feature Suite (VRP V800R023 / V800R024 and later)

Routing & WAN Connectivity

• IPv4 / IPv6 dual‑stack: Static route, RIP, RIPng, OSPF, OSPFv3, IS‑IS, IS‑ISv6, BGP, BGP4+, policy‑based routing (PBR), ECMP / UCMP load‑balance
• MPLS: LDP, RSVP‑TE, SR‑MPLS, full‑function SRv6 suite, VLL, VPLS, L3‑VPN, EVPN‑VXLAN, Seamless‑MPLS
• Multicast: IGMP, MLD, PIM‑SM / SSM, MSDP, MBGP, NG‑MVPN
• Access: Ethernet, PPPoE, mini‑BNG broadband‑user access, CGNAT

Slicing & Protection

• FlexE hard network slicing, port slicing, fine‑granularity channelized sub‑interfaces
• Protection suite: IP FRR, MPLS FRR, SR‑FRR, SRv6 FRR, 50 ms‑level fail‑over, G.8032 ERPS ring protection, multi‑protocol BFD

QoS & Clock Synchronization

• QoS: traffic policing, shaping, PQ/CBWFQ queue scheduling, DSCP / 802.1p marking, MQC traffic‑policy, hierarchical QoS
• Clock: 1588v2 PTP, Synchronous‑Ethernet, G.8275.1 / G.8275.2

Security Features

• ACL, URPF, multi‑dimensional anti‑attack & anti‑DDoS defense
• VPN security: IPsec, GRE, MACsec, L2TPv3
• AAA: RADIUS, HWTACACS+, 802.1X, MAC‑authentication, Web‑authentication
• Telemetry & iFIT for real‑time traffic monitoring and end‑to‑end anomaly detection

Management & O&M

• Local management: CLI over CON/AUX / Mini‑USB console
• Remote management: SSHv2, HTTPS, NETCONF, RESTCONF, SNMPv1/v2c/v3, Syslog, NTP, TWAMP
• Intelligent automation: NCE‑driven full‑lifecycle automation, zero‑touch provisioning, real‑time telemetry streaming, NQA network‑quality‑detection

4. Typical Deployment Scenarios

1. Metro Aggregation Node: Aggregates 5G backhaul, enterprise private‑line and residential broadband traffic for operator metro networks, supports SRv6 multi‑tenant isolation.
2. Mini‑BNG Broadband Access Gateway: Medium‑capacity BNG for large‑scale broadband‑user access scenarios.
3. 5G Mobile Backhaul Aggregation Node: Converges massive base‑station backhaul traffic with high‑precision clock synchronization; DC variant applies to outdoor cabinets and harsh unmanned sites.
4. Government‑enterprise WAN core / aggregation gateway: Aggregates multi‑branch large‑volume traffic and implements large‑scale SRv6 / L3VPN interconnection.
5. Medium‑scale Data‑Center Gateway: Acts as DC‑GW for medium‑size IDCs and data‑center interconnection.

5. Standard Package Contents of NetEngine 8000E M8

Note: Service PIC/IPU line‑cards, optical transceivers and advanced‑function software licenses are sold separately according to project requirements.

Software Licensing Information

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