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Data Sheet

ExtremeSwitching

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VSP 8600

The demands on IT have never been greater: do more, do it quicker, and

reduce costs. The Virtual Services Platform 8600 Series is engineered

from the ground up to deliver against a checklist of must-have capabilities.

Innovative design re-imagines how the modular Ethernet Switch should be

architected, but more importantly, it’s been engineered to solve the most

demanding challenges.

Network infrastructure needs to be both agile and powerful and decade-

old products aren’t up to the job of delivering what’s needed. One platform,

multiple solutions: the new Virtual Services Platform 8600 Series is

powerful enough to be at the heart of the Campus or Data Center, versatile

enough to deliver multi-rate Ethernet ranging from 1 to 100 Gigabit, and

compact enough to be deployed as an end- or middle-of-row. The network

foundation, re-imagined with network operators in mind.

An innovative architecture empowers the Virtual Services Platform

8600 Series to deliver more of what you need - ports and performance -

while consuming less of what’s ﬁnite - money, space, time, and power.

The multi-terabit Switch Fabric capacity enables a fully non-blocking

switching architecture.

Leveraging today’s most ecient switching chipset designs, the VSP 8600

provides more of the crucial 1/10/25/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet speeds that

you need for agile service delivery. All this while consuming less precious

real estate. At just 7RU, the product boasts an industry-leading ultra-low

proﬁle form-factor and a best-in-class Port/RU ratio.

Highlights

• Flexible multi-rate Gigabit Ethernet

support: up to 48 ports of 100G, up

to 128 ports of 40G, or up to 192

ports of 10G

• High port density, reduced footprint

• Innovative design, reduced hardware

requirements

• Future-ready architecture, pay-as-

you-grow software licensing

• Leverages full-featured, tried and

tested VSP Operating System

Software

• Supports both conventional Routed

IP and/or Fabric-based network

deployments

Beneﬁts

• Engineered from the ground up to

deliver must-have capabilities

• Enterprise-ready with battle-tested

software

• Pioneering design delivers next-

generation capabilities

• Revolutionary and evolution-ready

• Get more from less

• Pay-as-you-grow, literally

Features and Capabilities

• Support for 10/25/40/100 Multi-Rate

Gigabit Ethernet

• Raw system capacity of up to

21.6Tbps

• Extreme Fabric Connect

• Extreme Switch Cluster

• Broad support for IP Routing

techniques

• Hot-swappable & IPv6-optimized

hardware

• MACsec and Enhanced Security

Mode options

Summary of content (8 pages)

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Data Sheet Highlights • Flexible multi-rate Gigabit Ethernet support: up to 48 ports of 100G, up to 128 ports of 40G, or up to 192 ports of 10G • High port density, reduced footprint • Innovative design, reduced hardware requirements • Future-ready architecture, pay-asyou-grow software licensing • Leverages full-featured, tried and tested VSP Operating System Software • Supports both conventional Routed IP and/or Fabric-based network deployments Benefits • Engineered from the ground up to deliver must-hav
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The VSP 8600 also supports the Extreme Networks Fabric Connect architecture, which greatly simplifies network operations. With Fabric Connect, it's possible for the network to handle once-manual functions automatically. This reduces the potential for error and accelerates timeto-service. It also allows IT to quickly respond to changing business requirements with precision and flexibility.
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And, finally, five Fan Trays are installed into the rear of the chassis and deliver front-to-back cooling airflow. By default, the system ships with all five Fan Modules installed, and spare units can be purchased to provide for on-site replacement to cover any failure eventualities. The VSP 8608 supports up to three 8600SF Modules in a load-sharing, high-availability configuration, providing a raw system capacity of up to 21.6Tbps of aggregate throughput.
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Benefits The VSP 8600 adds significant flexibility to the Extreme Networks portfolio, and is compatible with, and complementary to, existing products and technologies. It represents a highly compact, next-generation, highperformance Chassis-based Modular Ethernet Switching platform. It is positioned as a highly scalable platform delivering a broad range of interface connectivity, and focused primarily for demanding Core/Spine Switch applications in the Campus and Data Center.
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Specifications General • Physical Connectivity: - up to 48 ports of 100GBASE-QSFP28 - up to 128 ports of 40GBASE-QSFP+ - up to 192 ports of 10GBASE-SFP+ or 10GBASE-T • Switch Fabric Capacity: 7.2Tbps per Switch Fabric Module, up to 21.6Tbps • Switching Capacity per IOC Module: up to 1.44Tbps • Channelization of 100 Gigabit ports - 1x40Gbps, 4x25Gbps4, 4x10Gbps • Channelization of 40 Gigabit ports - 4x10Gbp • Frame forwarding rate: up to 952.32Mpps per Slot • Jumbo Frame support: up to 9,600 Bytes • (802.
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Supported Transceivers and Cables Standards Compliance 100 Gigabit Ethernet IEEE • 100GBASE-SR4 QSFP28 Transceiver, up to 100m over MMF (MPO) • 100GBASE-CDWM4 QSFP28 Transceiver, up to 2km over SMF (Duplex LC) • 100GBASE-LR4 QSFP28 Transceiver, up to 10km over SMF (Duplex LC) • 100GBASE-QSFP28 Direct-Attach Cable, Passive Copper: 1.0m, 3.0m, 5.0m • 100GBASE-QSFP28 Direct-Attach Cable, Active Optical: 10.0m 4 • 100GBASE-QSFP28/4x25GBASE-SFP28, Break-Out Cable, Passive Copper: 1.0m, 3.0m,5.
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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 305 NTPv3 1321 MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm 1340 Assigned Numbers 1350 TFTPv2 1398 Ethernet MIB 1442 SMIv2 of SNMPv2 1450 SNMPv2 MIB 1519 CIDR 1541 DHCP 1542 Clarifications and Extensions for BOOTP 1573 Evolution of the Interfaces Group of MIB-II 1587 OSPF NSSA Option 1591 DNS Client 1650 Definitions of Managed Objects for Ethernet-like Interface Types • 1657 Definitions of Managed Objects for BGP-4 using SMIv2 • 1723 RIPv2 Carrying Additional Information • 18
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• 5798 VRRPv3 for IPv4 and IPv6 • 6105 IPv6 Router Advertisement Guard • 6329 IS-IS Extensions supporting IEEE 802.1aq SPB • 6933 Entity MIBv4 (Partial Support) • 7358 VXLAN: A Framework for Overlaying Virtualized L2 Networks over L3 Networks (partial support)4 • 7610 DHCPv6 Shield: Protecting against Rogue DHCPv6 Servers • Internet-Draft IP/IPVPN services with IEEE 802.