Huawei CloudEngine CE9860-4C-EI – Data Center Switch

Name: Huawei CloudEngine CE9860-4C-EI – Data Center Switch - SunSpike
SKU: CE9860-4C-EI

Product Overview

The Huawei CloudEngine CE9860-4C-EI is a next-generation, high-performance modular Ethernet switch designed for data center (DC) environments. As part of the CloudEngine 9800 series, it features an advanced hardware architecture that delivers high-density 400GE, 100GE, and 40GE ports with ultra-low latency.

The switch chassis supports four flexible full-width card slots, enabling flexible combinations of interface cards. It supports up to 32 × 400GE QSFP-DD ports or 128 × 100GE QSFP28 ports (also compatible with 40GE QSFP+ optical modules) depending on the interface cards installed.

The CE9860-4C-EI runs on Huawei’s next-generation VRP8 software platform and supports abundant data center features. It seamlessly integrates with CloudEngine 16800, 8800, 6800, and 5800 series switches to build an elastic, virtual, and high-quality data center network (DCN), meeting networking requirements of data centers in the cloud computing era. The switch can function as a core or aggregation switch on data center networks and can also be deployed as an aggregation or core switch on campus networks.

Key differentiators of the CE9860-4C-EI include its high-density 400GE/100GE/40GE aggregation capacity, large 65 MB system buffer to effectively handle incast traffic bursts, M-LAG for cross-device link aggregation with independent upgrade capability for zero service interruption, the iLossless intelligent algorithm for lossless networking to meet RoCEv2 application performance requirements, comprehensive Telemetry and iFIT for intelligent O&M, OPS (Open Programmability System) with open APIs for flexible network programmability and automation, and ZTP (Zero Touch Provisioning) for automated deployment.

The chassis is supplied without fan boxes and power modules, which must be ordered separately. It supports 2+2 redundant, hot-swappable power modules and N+1 redundant, hot-swappable fan modules.

Product Specifications

Category	Specification
Model	CE9860-4C-EI
Product Type	Data Center Switch (Modular)
Chassis Height	4U
Card Slots	4 full-width flexible card slots
Switching Capacity	25.6 Tbps
Forwarding Performance	8000 Mpps (L2/L3 full line-rate forwarding)
System Buffer	65 MB
CPU	2.2 GHz, 4 cores
DRAM Memory	16 GB
NOR Flash	Two 32 MB flash memories
SSD Flash	64 GB
MAC Address Table	128,000
Port Configuration	4 slots; supports up to 32×400GE QSFP-DD ports or 128×100GE QSFP28 ports (also compatible with 40GE QSFP+)
Power Supply Type	AC / HVDC (pluggable, hot-swappable)
Power Module Options	1200W AC & 240V DC
Power Supply Redundancy	2+2 backup, hot-swappable
Rated Voltage Range (AC)	100V to 240V, 50/60Hz
Rated Voltage Range (HVDC)	240V DC
Maximum Voltage Range (AC)	90V to 290V
Maximum Voltage Range (HVDC)	190V to 290V
Management Ports	1 × GE management port
Console Port	1 × RJ45 console port
USB Port	1 × USB port
Dimensions (W × D × H)	442.0 mm × 765.0 mm × 175.0 mm (17.4 in × 30.1 in × 6.9 in)
Weight (excluding optical transceivers, power modules, and fan assemblies)	26.0 kg
Weight (including AC power modules and fan assemblies, excluding optical transceivers)	46.2 kg
Operating Temperature	0°C to 40°C
Storage Temperature	-40°C to +70°C
Operating Humidity	5% to 95% (non-condensing)
Mounting	Rack-mountable (4U)
Stacking	Not supported

Supported Interface Cards

Card Model	Description
CE98-D32CQ	32-port 100GE/40GE QSFP28 interface card (Typical power: 242W; Max power: 284W)
CE98-D8DQ	8-port 400GE QSFP-DD interface card (Typical power: 198W; Max power: 238W)

Key Features Supported

Feature Category	Supported Capabilities
Virtualization	VXLAN routing and bridging, BGP-EVPN
Intelligent Lossless Network	iLossless intelligent algorithm for RoCEv2 applications, PFC (Priority Flow Control), AI ECN, PFC deadlock prevention, NSLB
Link Aggregation	M-LAG (Multichassis Link Aggregation Group) – cross-device link aggregation, active-active load sharing, independent node upgrade with zero service interruption
High Availability	Hardware BFD (minimum 3.3ms interval), VRRP, M-LAG, DPFR, DPCF
QoS	ACL, CAR, Remark, Schedule; PQ, DRR, PQ+DRR queue scheduling; WRED and tail drop congestion avoidance; Traffic shaping
VLAN	Access, Trunk, Hybrid modes; default VLAN; GVRP
Precision Time Protocol	IEEE 1588v2 (PTP)
O&M & Telemetry	Telemetry, NetStream, sFlow, SPAN/RSPAN/ERSPAN enhanced, iFIT (In-situ Flow Information Telemetry), Packet Event root-cause analysis
SDN & Automation	OpenFlow, OPS (Open Programmability System) with open APIs, Ansible automation
Zero-Touch Provisioning	ZTP – automatic version file loading from USB or file server, embedded script language support (Python)
Security	MACsec, Micro-segmentation security isolation, DoS/ARP/ICMP attack prevention, Port isolation, Port security, Sticky MAC, IP-MAC-port-VLAN binding, AAA, RADIUS, HWTACACS authentication
IPv4 Routing	RIP, OSPF, ISIS, BGP dynamic routing protocols
IPv6	IPv6 ND, PMTU discovery, RIPng, OSPFv3, ISISv6, BGP4+
Multicast	IGMP Snooping, IGMP Proxy, IGMP, PIM-SM, MSDP multicast routing protocols; IPv6 multicast
Configuration & Maintenance	Console, Telnet, SSH terminal services; SNMPv1/v2c/v3; RMON; FTP/TFTP file transfer; Hot patching; Configuration rollback