Huawei CloudEngine CE8860-4C-EI Data Center Switch – Documentation List & Full Specifications

1. Reference Materials List

#	Document / Source	Description
1	Huawei Carrier – CloudEngine 8800 Series Data Center Switches Product Overview	Official product brochure covering the CE8800 series, including CE8860-4C-EI as a 2U modular chassis supporting four half-width flexible interface cards
2	Huawei Support – CloudEngine 8800, 7800, 6800, and 5800 Series Switches Hardware Description (Versions earlier than V200R020C00)	Official hardware description document covering chassis, power modules, fan modules, cards, cables, and pluggable interfaces for CE8860-4C-EI
3	Huawei Support – Info-Finder Hardware Center	Online tool for hardware compatibility, supported versions, and commands query for CE8860-4C-EI
4	Icecat – Huawei CloudEngine CE8860-4C-EI Product Data Sheet	Comprehensive specifications including switching capacity, forwarding rate, MAC address table, and networking standards
5	ycict.com – CloudEngine 8860-4C-EI Product Page	Detailed product description, part numbers, bundle configurations, and physical interface descriptions
6	Telecomate.com – CE8860-4C-EI Product Page	Specifications including part numbers, slot mappings, applicable cards, power modules, fan modules, and environmental parameters
7	ZOL Product Listing – Huawei CE8860-4C-EI	Specifications including backplane bandwidth, forwarding rate, power supply, dimensions, and weight

2. Product Overview (Full English)

The Huawei CloudEngine CE8860-4C-EI is a next-generation, high-performance, high-density, low-latency modular Ethernet switch designed for data centers and high-end campus networks. As part of Huawei’s CloudEngine 8800 series, the CE8860-4C-EI is positioned as a core or aggregation switch, helping enterprises and carriers build scalable data center network platforms for the cloud computing era.

Modular chassis design – The CE8860-4C-EI features a 2U chassis with four half-width flexible interface card slots at the rear of the chassis. Through flexible combination of different interface cards, the switch can achieve:

Up to 32× 100GE QSFP28 ports
Up to 64× 40GE QSFP+ ports
Up to 128× 25GE SFP28 ports
Up to 128× 10GE SFP+ ports

High switching capacity – The switch delivers 6.4 Tbps switching capacity (backplane bandwidth) and up to 3200 Mpps L2/L3 wire-speed forwarding performance.

Advanced hardware and software platform – The CE8860-4C-EI employs an advanced hardware architecture with high-density 100GE/40GE/25GE/10GE ports and is built on Huawei’s next-generation VRP8 software platform. It supports:

Extensive data center service features including high-performance stacking
Flexible airflow direction (front-to-back or back-to-front)
Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) – automatic loading of version files from USB flash drive or file server, freeing network engineers from onsite configuration
1+1 power supply redundancy and dual hot-swappable fan modules for high reliability

Seamless interoperability – The CE8860-4C-EI can work with Huawei CloudEngine 16800, 12800, 7800, 6800, and 5800 series switches to build elastic, virtualized, and high-quality fabrics for cloud-computing data centers.

3. Technical Specifications (Parameter Table)

Category	Parameter	Details
General	Product Type	Modular Data Center Ethernet Switch
	Model	CE8860-4C-EI
	Part Number (base chassis)	02350SUK (CE8860-4C-EI Mainframe with 4 subcard slots, without fan box and power module)
	Series	CloudEngine 8800 Series
	Device Type	Modular 2U Data Center Switch
	Installation Type	2U rack-mounted
	Switch Type	Managed
	Switch Layer	L2/L3/L4
	First Supported Version	V100R006C00 and later versions
Performance	Switching Capacity (Backplane Bandwidth)	6.4 Tbps
	Packet Forwarding Rate	Up to 3200 Mpps
	MAC Address Table	136,000 entries
Ports & Interface Cards	Card Slots	4 half-width flexible interface card slots at rear of chassis
	Maximum Port Configuration (via card combination)	32× 100GE QSFP28 / 64× 40GE QSFP+ / 128× 25GE SFP28 / 128× 10GE SFP+
	Supported Interface Cards	CE88-D8CQ (8× 100GE QSFP28); CE88-D16Q (16× 40GE QSFP+); CE88-D24T2CQ (24× 10GE BASE-T + 2× 100GE QSFP28); CE88-D24S2CQ (24× 10GE/25GE SFP28 + 2× 100GE QSFP28); CE88-D24S2CQ-U (24× 25GE Ethernet / 16G FC SFP28 + 2× 40GE/100GE QSFP28)
Management	Console Port	1× RJ45 console port
	Mini USB Port	1× Mini USB port
	USB Port	1× USB 2.0 port
	ETH Management Ports	2× RJ45 Ethernet management ports
	ESN and MAC Label	Physical label on chassis
Physical Dimensions	Chassis Height	2U (88.1 mm / 3.47 in)
	Chassis Width	442 mm (17.40 in)
	Chassis Depth	600 mm (23.62 in)
	Weight (fully configured)	~27 kg
Power	Power Supply Slots	2 (supports 1+1 hot-swappable redundancy)
	Supported Power Modules	1200W AC&240V DC power module; 1200W high-voltage DC power module; 1200W DC power module
	Input Voltage	AC 100-240V; 50/60Hz
	Maximum Power Consumption	~800W (theoretical value)
Cooling	Fan Slots	2 (hot-swappable)
	Supported Fan Modules	FAN-180A series fan modules
	Airflow Direction	Flexible: front-to-back or back-to-front (field-replaceable)
Environmental	Operating Temperature	0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F) at altitude 0-1800m; at 1800-5000m, max operating temperature reduces by 1°C (1.8°F) per 220m altitude increase
	Storage Temperature	-40°C to +70°C (-40°F to +158°F)
	Relative Humidity	5% RH to 95% RH, non-condensing
Networking Standards	Standards	IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.3az
Stacking	Stacking Support	Supported (high-performance stacking capability)
Data Center Features	Features	VXLAN support; advanced data center service features; Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP)
Virtualization	Support	High-performance stacking (multi-device virtualization)
Reliability	Features	1+1 power supply redundancy; dual hot-swappable fan modules; control and data plane redundancy in stack