Huawei CloudEngine CE8865-4C – Data Center Switch

Name: Huawei CloudEngine CE8865-4C – Data Center Switch - SunSpike
SKU: CE8865-4C

Product Overview

The Huawei CloudEngine CE8865-4C is a next-generation, high-performance modular Ethernet switch designed for data center (DC) environments. It features high performance, high density, low latency, and flexible card options, built on an advanced hardware architecture that provides high-density 400GE, 100GE, and 25GE ports.

The switch chassis is 2U high and supports four half-width flexible subcard slots, enabling flexible combinations of five types of interface cards. It supports up to 16 × 400GE QSFP-DD ports, 64 × 100GE QSFP28 ports, 40 × 200GE ports, or 96 × 25GE SFP28 ports, depending on the interface cards installed.

The CE8865-4C runs on the Huawei YunShan software platform and supports abundant data center features. It works seamlessly with CloudEngine 16800, 8800, 6800, and 5800 switches to build an elastic, virtual, and high-quality data center network (DCN). The switch can function as a core or aggregation switch in data center networks and can also be deployed as an aggregation or core switch in campus networks.

The chassis is supplied without fan boxes and power modules, which must be ordered separately. It supports 1+1 redundant, hot-swappable power modules and N+1 redundant, hot-swappable fan modules.

Key differentiators of the CE8865-4C include its modular flexible-card architecture, support for 400GE/200GE/100GE/25GE/10GE port densities, RTU-based on-demand port upgrades, advanced VXLAN capabilities, intelligent lossless network features (AI ECN, PFC deadlock prevention), and comprehensive Telemetry and IFIT for intelligent O&M.

Product Specifications

Category	Specification
Model	CE8865-4C
Part Number	02355RTA
Product Type	Mainframe (Data Center Switch)
Chassis Height	2U
Subcard Slots	4 half-width flexible card slots
Switching Capacity	16 Tbps / 256 Tbps
Forwarding Rate	4800 Mpps
CPU	16-core, 2 GHz
DRAM Memory	8 GB
NOR Flash	64 MB × 2
SSD Flash	4 GB
MAC Address Table	128,000
Port Configuration	4 subcard slots; supports up to 16×400GE QSFP-DD, 64×100GE QSFP28, 40×200GE, or 96×25GE SFP28 ports
Power Supply Type	AC / HVDC / DC (pluggable)
Rated Voltage Range (AC)	100V to 240V
Rated Voltage Range (HVDC)	240V to 380V
Rated Voltage Range (DC)	-48V to -60V
Maximum Voltage Range (AC)	90V to 290V
Maximum Voltage Range (HVDC)	188V to 400V
Maximum Voltage Range (DC)	-38.4V to -72V
Power Module Options	PAC1K8S12-PF, PAC2KS12-PB, PHD2KS12-PB, PDC2K2S12-PB, PDC2K2S12-PF
Typical Power Consumption	Configured with 4×CE88-D16CQ-H: 650W – 728W (100% load, dual AC); Configured with 4×CE88-D10CQ-H: 315W – 338W (100% load, dual AC)
Power Supply Redundancy	1+1 redundant, hot-swappable
Fan Slots	3
Fan Redundancy	N+1 redundant, hot-swappable
Fan Module Options	FAN-180E-B, FAN-180E-F
Management Ports	2 × ETH management ports (RJ45)
Console Port	1 × Console port (RJ45)
USB Port	1 × USB port (USB 2.0 Type A)
Dimensions (H × W × D)	88.1 mm × 442.0 mm × 600.0 mm (3.47 in × 17.4 in × 23.6 in)
Weight	16.54 kg (chassis only)
Operating Temperature	0°C to 40°C (0m–1800m)
Storage Temperature	-40°C to +70°C
Operating Humidity	5% to 95% (non-condensing)
Mounting	Rack-mountable (cabinet installation)
RTC (Real-Time Clock)	Supported
Stacking	Not supported

Supported Interface Cards

Card Model	Description
CE88-D8YS4DQ-H	8-port 400GE QSFP-DD + 8-port 25GE SFP28 interface card
CE88-D10CQ-H	10-port 100GE QSFP28 interface card (upgradable to 10×200GE via RTU)
CE88-D16CQ-H	16-port 100GE QSFP28 interface card (4 ports upgradable to 200GE via RTU, supporting 12×100GE + 4×200GE)
CE88-D24T2CQ-H	24-port 10GE Base-T (electrical) + 2-port 100GE QSFP28 interface card (upgradable to 2×200GE via RTU)
CE88-D24YS2CQ-H	24-port 25GE SFP28 + 2-port 100GE QSFP28 interface card (upgradable to downlink 50GE and uplink 200GE via RTU)

Key Features Supported

Feature Category	Supported Capabilities
Virtualization	VXLAN routing and bridging, BGP EVPN
Intelligent Lossless Network	AI ECN, ECN Overlay, PFC deadlock prevention, Enhanced NSLB
Intelligent O&M	Telemetry, IFIT (In-situ Flow Information Telemetry), packet loss/ultra-long latency visualization, buffer microburst status collection, VXLAN OAM (ping/tracert)
QoS	3.3 ms latency; CAR, re-marking, scheduling; PQ, DRR, PQ+DRR queue scheduling; WRED and tail drop congestion avoidance; Traffic shaping
High Availability	VRRP, VRRP load sharing, BFD for VRRP; BFD for BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, static routing; BFD for VXLAN
Security	MACsec, DHCP Relay/Snooping, Defense against DoS/ARP/ICMP attacks, Port isolation, port security, sticky MAC, IP-MAC-port-VLAN binding
Authentication	AAA, LDAP, RADIUS, HWTACACS
Configuration & Maintenance	Console/Telnet/SSH terminal login; SNMPv1/v2/v3; FTP/TFTP file transfer; BootROM upgrade; hot patching; user operation logs; configuration rollback
Zero-Touch Provisioning	ZTP support
Traffic Analysis	RMON
ACL	Ethernet ACL (MAC, TIME, VLAN, NUM, CVLAN), ACL Counter, ACL Deny Logging, Vlan-Based ACL
SDN Integration	Seamless integration with iMaster NCE-Fabric