Overview:
The Virtual Services Platform (VSP) 7400 Series are space-efficient, high-performance Ethernet switches, available delivering wire-speed 100 Gigabit and 25Gb Ethernet connectivity. Supporting a range of interface speeds, including 1Gb, 10Gb, 25Gb, 40 Gb and 100Gb, all in a compact 1RU form factor, the VSP 7400 Series can be flexibly deployed in either core/aggregation or spine/leaf high-density top-of-rack architectures. It also support s Extreme Fabric Connect for simplified, automated network services delivery.
Two models of the VSP 7400 Series are available:
- VSP7400-32C:Ā Core or spine switch with 32 x 100Gb QSFP28 ports. QSFP28 ports can also be optionally run at 10Gb, 25Gb or 40Gb with channelization for high-density applications.
- VSP7400-48Y-8C:Ā Aggregation or leaf switch with 48 x 25Gb SFP28 port s and 8 x 40/100Gb QSFP28 uplink ports. SFP28 ports on the VSP7400-48Y can also run at 1Gb, 10Gb or 25Gb to support a range of connectivity options.
The VSP 7400 can handle a variety of high bandwidth applications, including high-density 10Gb, emerging 25Gb, as well as 40Gb and 100Gb core/aggregation and spine/leaf fabric deployments. A variety of QSFP28, QSFP+, SFP28 and SFP+ transceivers are also available to support a range of fiber interface needs.
Target Applications
- High-Densit y 25 Gigabit and 100 Gigabit fixed-form switches for core, aggregation, and spine/leaf applications
- 32 ports of 100 Gigabit or 48 port s of 25 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
- Compact 1U form factor for reduced power and footprint
- Non-blocking, wire-speed switching architecture
- Wide range of port speeds including 1Gb, 10 Gb, 25Gb, 40Gb and 100Gb
- Support s both Fabric Connect and/ or conventional Routed IP deployments
- Extreme Insight Architecture for real-time monitoring, streamlined analysis and troubleshooting
- Hot-swappable modular power and fans
- Front-to-back and back-to-front air flow options
- AC and DC power supply options
Features:
Extreme Fabric Connect
The VSP7400 Series natively support s the Extreme Fabric Connect technology. Based on an extended implementation of Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) standards of IEEE 80 2.1aq and IETF RFC 6329, Fabric Connect offers the ability to create a simplified virtualized network that simplifies network provisioning and reduces the strain on network and IT personnel. Benefit s include:
- Eliminates need to configure network-wide VLANs
- Replaces legacy protocols with a single unified protocol
- Removes the risk of network loops
- Delivers an edge-only provisioning model that seamlessly integrates with orchestration and automation
- Support s both L2 and L3 virtualization, including IP multicast routing
Traditionally, provisioning new network services required engineers to touch every device in the service path, configuring each device to enable both the active and redundant links. The bigger the network the more complex this task becomes.
Leveraging Fabric Connect delivers fundamental change. Rather than the network appearing as a mass of individual devices, it becomes a single cloud, so that engineers only need to touch the unique device that is providing service directly to the end-point. Fabric Connect instantly propagates all the end-point?s service attributes to every other node within the fabric.
Specific Fabric Connect features supported on the VSP7400 Series include: L2 Virtual Service Networks (VSNs), Layer 3 Virtual Service Networks, Inter-VSN Routing, IPv4/ IPv6 IP Shortcuts, IP Multicast over Fabric Connect, Fabric Extend and Fabric Attach Server.
Advanced Layer 3 Services
The VSP7400 Series also support s advanced Layer 3 services that enable it to satisfy conventional IP routing deployment s, in addition to it s fabric-based services. Layer 3 services include IPv4 and IPv6 dynamic routing, as well as IP multicast services.
Specific IP routing technologies supported include RIPv1/ 2, RIPng, OSPFv2/ v3, BGP/ BGP+ and VRF. Multicast services include PIM-SM/ SSM, IGMP v1/ v2/ v3, as well as Fabric Connect to PIM gateway. The VSP7400 also support s Distributed Virtual Routing (DvR) and VXLAN Gateway services.
Extreme Insight Architecture
Extreme’s Insight Architecture leverages an innovative combination of VSP7400 Series operating software and hardware features to provide pervasive visibility without impacting switching or network performance. This flexible and open solution enables organizations to deploy Extreme-provided and/ or third-party applications and tools directly on the VSP7400 system for realtime visibility.
The Insight Architecture on the VSP7400 Series consist s of a pre-configured Virtual Machine (VM) environment with support for multiple VMs. These VMs leverage the high-performance VSP7400 multi-core processor design and can be used to host applications for monitoring, troubleshooting or extended visibility into the network, based on customer need.
Figure 1: Extreme Insight Architecture on VSP7400 Series
Benefit s of the Extreme Insight Architecture on the VSP7400 Series include:
- Flexible deployment of VM-based applications within the network using the hardware resources of the VSP7400
- Ability of VM-based applications to extract data without disrupting forwarding or control plane traffic within the VSP7400
- Availabilit y of dedicated memory and SSD storage for flexible packet capture and off-line visibilit y processing
Network Intelligence
The VSP7400 Series can provide insight and intelligence into the network via it s native analytics capabilities. This includes deep packet inspection via the ExtremeAnalytics engine provided as part of the VSP7400 Insight Architecture. The VSP7400 Series also provides line-rate, hardware-accelerated IPFIX and sFlow. With these tools, the VSP7400 Series can deliver actionable insight s into both network and application performance without the need for expensive sensors or collectors.
Management
The VSP7400 Series can be managed in a variety of ways. Simple on-box management functions are delivered by a web-based GUI and a generic CLI is available for manual configuration.
For centralized management, the Extreme Management Center (XMC) delivers a comprehensive unified management capability. XMC provides a consolidated view of users, devices and applications for wired and wireless networks – from data center to edge. Zero touch provisioning let s one quickly bring new infrastructure online. A granular view of users, devices and applications with an easy to understand dashboard enables efficient inventory and network topology management.
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