Huawei NetEngine 40E‑8 (NE40E‑8) Universal Service Router Full Product Description

1. Short Overview

Naming & Variant Breakdown

• NE40E‑8: 15U modular chassis, total 12 slots: 2 SRU main‑control slots, 2 SFU switching fabric slots, 8 LPU service slots; supports AC and ‑48V DC power supply中关村在线.
• NE40E‑4: Compact 4U chassis with 4 LPU slots for space‑limited sites.
• NE40E‑X8/X16: New‑generation high‑capacity upgraded models of NE40E series.
• NE80E: Large‑size backbone‑level core router.

Difference vs other models: NE40E‑8 is a classic mid‑range distributed router. Compared with compact NE40E‑4, it provides more service slots and higher total capacity for medium‑large metro aggregation. Different from later‑generation NE40E‑X8 high‑performance platform, NE40E‑8 belongs to early NE40E generation, widely deployed in existing live networks. It is smaller than the large‑sized NE80E backbone chassis, mainly oriented to metro and enterprise core instead of national backbone deployment抖音百科.

Core Differentiators

1. 15U 19‑inch rack‑mount chassis; SRU main‑control boards, SFU switch fabric units, LPU line cards, power modules and fan trays support hot‑swap; 1:1 SRU redundancy plus 1+1 SFU switching fabric redundancy, meeting carrier‑grade high‑reliability requirements.
2. Up to640 Gbps bidirectional switching capacity,400 Mpps forwarding performance, 8 LPU service slots, supports mixed deployment of GE, 10GE, POS and low‑rate interfaces for smooth network evolution中关村在线.
3. Full‑feature MPLS support including L3VPN, VPLS, PWE3, rich multicast services and complete IPv4/IPv6 dual‑stack capability; supports QinQ, traffic policing and hierarchical QoS for refined service scheduling.
4. Supports BFD fast convergence, IP/MPLS FRR, VRRP and hot‑standby of main control units to realize millisecond‑level service protection. Supports Synchronous Ethernet for timing distribution.
5. Supports ISSU in‑service upgrade, NetStream traffic statistics, multi‑dimension attack defense, compatible with traditional carrier services, protecting existing network investment.

2. Hardware Interface & Physical Specifications

Core Hardware Performance

• Switching Capacity:640 Gbps (bidirectional)中关村在线
• Forwarding Performance:400 Mpps中关村在线
• Slot allocation: Total 12 slots, including 2×SRU main‑control slots (1:1 redundancy), 2×SFU switching fabric slots (1+1 redundancy), 8×LPU service slots中关村在线
• Max power consumption: 2200 W中关村在线
• Full‑configuration weight: 147 kg中关村在线

Mechanical Parameters

• Dimensions (W × D × H): 442 mm × 669 mm × 886 mm (15U)中关村在线
• Installation: Standard IEC 19‑inch rack‑mount
• Operating environment
  • Operating temperature: 0 °C ~ +45 °C
  • Storage temperature: −40 °C ~ +70 °C
  • Relative humidity: 5%‑85% non‑condensing
  • Altitude: < 5000 m (temperature derating at high altitude)

Supported Interfaces (via LPU line cards)

• High‑speed optical: 10GE‑LAN / 10GE‑WAN, GE, STM‑64/STM‑16/STM‑4 POS
• Low‑rate services: FE, E1/T1, CPOS, CE1
• Management interfaces: RJ45 CON/AUX console port, out‑of‑band GE management Ethernet port

3. Software Feature Suite (VRP Platform)

Routing & WAN Connectivity

• IPv4 / IPv6 dual‑stack: Static route, RIP, OSPFv2/v3, IS‑IS, BGP‑4/BGP4+, policy‑based routing(PBR), ECMP load‑balance
• MPLS: LDP, RSVP‑TE, L3VPN, VPLS, PWE3 Martini & Kompella mode
• Multicast: IGMPv1/v2/v3, PIM‑SM/SSM, MSDP, MBGP

Slicing & Protection

• Layer‑2 features: VLAN, QinQ, Ethernet link aggregation
• Protection suite: IP FRR, MPLS FRR, multi‑protocol BFD, VRRP, ISSU in‑service upgrade, NSR/GR non‑stop routing

QoS & Clock Synchronization

• QoS: Traffic policing, shaping, queue scheduling, WRED congestion avoidance, DSCP / 802.1p marking, hierarchical H‑QoS
• Clock: Synchronous Ethernet timing support

Security Features

• ACL, URPF, anti‑DoS & anti‑ARP‑attack defense
• AAA authentication: RADIUS, HWTACACS+
• IPsec VPN tunnel, GTSM security mechanism

Management & O&M

• Local management: CLI over CON/AUX console port
• Remote management: SSHv2, SNMP v1/v2c/v3, Syslog, NTP, NetStream traffic sampling
• Network management: Compatible with Huawei NCE network management platform

4. Typical Deployment Scenarios

1. Metro Aggregation / MAN Edge Node: Aggregates broadband, private‑line and mobile bearer traffic for medium‑scale metropolitan area networks, bears large‑scale MPLS VPN services.
2. Large‑enterprise WAN Core Gateway: Acts as core router for large government and enterprise networks, implements interconnection between multiple branches.
3. IDC Egress Gateway: Serves as egress node for medium‑size data centers, bears internet egress and VPN interconnection services.
4. Carrier Service Bearer Edge Node: Applied for bearer network edge of NGN and early‑generation mobile services.

5. Standard Package Contents of NE40E‑8

Note: LPU line cards, optical transceivers are sold separately according to project requirements.

Software Licensing Information

Short Commercial Catalog Summary