Huawei CloudEngine CE8850-32CQ-EI Data Center Switch

Name: Huawei CloudEngine CE8850-32CQ-EI Data Center Switch - SunSpike
SKU: CE8850-32CQ-EI

Product Overview

The Huawei CloudEngine CE8850-32CQ-EI is a high-performance fixed-form-factor data center switch belonging to the CloudEngine 8800 series. Designed for cloud-optimized data center networks and demanding campus environments, this switch delivers exceptional port density combined with ultra-low latency. It provides comprehensive data center features, advanced Software-Defined Networking (SDN) capabilities, and high-performance stacking technologies.

The CE8850-32CQ-EI offers 32 × 100GE QSFP28 ports and 2 × 10GE SFP+ ports, delivering a switching capacity of 6.44 Tbps and a forwarding rate of 3,200 Mpps. It supports advanced network virtualization technologies including VXLAN routing and bridging, BGP-EVPN, and TRILL. The switch also features comprehensive lossless networking capabilities with support for RDMA and RoCE (RoCE v1 and RoCE v2), DCBX, PFC, and ETS.

With SDN programmability through iMaster NCE-Fabric, OPS programming, and Ansible automation, the CE8850-32CQ-EI is well-suited for core and aggregation layer deployments in modern data center architectures.

Product Specifications

Category	Item	Specification
General	Model	CE8850-32CQ-EI
	Product Family	Huawei CloudEngine CE8800 Series Data Center Switch
	Device Type	Fixed Data Center Switch
	Installation Type	Rack-mounted
	First Supported Version	V200R021C10
Ports	Fixed Ports	32 × 100GE QSFP28 + 2 × 10GE SFP+
	Management Port	1 × ETH management port (RJ45)
	Console Port	1 × Console port
	USB Port	1 × USB port
Performance	Switching Capacity	6.44 Tbps / 103.04 Tbps
	Forwarding Rate	3,200 Mpps
	Buffer	16 MB or 22 MB
	MAC Address Table	Supports automatic learning and aging; static, dynamic, and blackhole MAC entries; source MAC filtering; port- and VLAN-based MAC learning limits
Power	Number of Power Modules	2
	Redundant Power Supply	1+1 backup
	Rated Input Voltage	AC: 100 V to 240 V, 50/60 Hz; DC: 240 V
	Input Voltage Range	AC: 90 V to 290 V, 45 Hz to 65 Hz; DC: 190 V to 290 V
	Maximum Input Current	AC: 8 A (100 V to 240 V); DC: 4 A (240 V)
	Rated Output Power	600 W
	Maximum Power Consumption	450 W
Cooling	Number of Fan Modules	4
	Redundant Fans	3+1 backup, hot standby mode
	Heat Dissipation Mode	Air cooling
	Airflow Direction	Port-side air intake or port-side air exhaust (depends on fan and power modules)
	Maximum Heat Dissipation	1,535 BTU/hour
	Static Heat Dissipation	563 BTU/hour
Physical	Dimensions (H × W × D)	43.6 mm × 442 mm × 420 mm (1.72 in × 17.40 in × 16.54 in)
	Weight	9.0 kg (19.84 lb)
Environment	Operating Temperature	0°C to 40°C
	Storage Temperature	-40°C to 70°C
	Relative Humidity	5% to 95%, non-condensing
Reliability	Availability	0.999993932
	MTBF	35.88 years
Noise	Noise at Normal Temperature (27°C)	Port-side exhaust: 49.8 dB(A) average / 53.6 dB(A) maximum; Port-side intake: 47.8 dB(A)
VLAN	VLAN Features	Access, Trunk, Hybrid; default VLAN; QinQ; MUX VLAN; GVRP
QoS	QoS Features	Layer 2/3/4-based traffic classification; ACL, CAR, Remark; PQ, DWRR, PQ+DWRR scheduling; WRED, tail drop; traffic shaping
Multicast	Multicast Management	IGMP Snooping; IGMP Proxy; IGMP, PIM-SM, PIM-DM, MBGP; multicast traffic suppression; multicast VLAN; multicast over VXLAN
Security	Security Features	802.1x authentication; RADIUS and HWTACACS; MAC attack prevention, broadcast storm attack prevention, large traffic attack prevention; command-line hierarchical protection; port mirroring and flow mirroring; RMON
Network Virtualization	VXLAN	VXLAN routing and bridging
	EVPN	BGP-EVPN
	TRILL	Supported
	QinQ access VXLAN	Supported
SDN & Programmability	SDN Controller	iMaster NCE-Fabric
	Programmability	OPS programming
	Automation	Ansible automation, Module open-source release
Traffic Analysis	Netstream	Supported
	sFlow	Supported
Network Convergence	FCoE	Supported
	DCBX, PFC, ETS	Supported
	RDMA / RoCE	RoCE v1 and RoCE v2 supported
Stacking	iStack	Supported
	M-LAG	Supported
Data Center Interconnect	VXLAN Mapping	Supports multi-DC Layer 2 interconnection