VDX 8770 Switch - Extreme Networks

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A Data Center Switch with Immediate ROI

The Extreme VDX 8770 Switch is a highly scalable, low-latency modular switch, perfectly suited for helping respond to demanding network environments based on booming data usage and cloud computing. Designed to support VCS data center networking fabrics, the VDX 8770 supports complex, highly dynamic environments with dense virtualization, extensive automation and high availability requirements.

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VDX 8770 Data Sheet

Data Center Fabric Technologies

Address your network needs with a choice of architectures
Get simple scalability for L2 and expansive scalability for large L3 deployments
Use resilient, elastic, self-forming, and self-healing fabrics
Centrally manage all VDX switches as a single logical element
Delivers low latency and efficiency with load-balanced multipathing at Layers 1,2, 3
Simplify VM mobility and management with automated and dynamic port profile configuration and migration

1/10/40/100 GbE ready

Deliver ideal application performance with optimized buffers and low latency
Get wire-speed switching across all ports and all packet sizes
Auto-trunking Inter-Switch Links (ISLs)
Non-disruptive scaling
Support more than 10,000 servers using VCS multi-fabrics with overlays and 500,000 servers with IP Fabrics
Four-microsecond latency assures rapid response for latency sensitive applications

Network stack multi-pathing

Scale out fabrics with automatic fabric provisioning and network virtualization
Enable cloud-like agility and rapid innovation through open interfaces: Puppet, Ansible, VMware vRealize plugins, REST and Netconf APIs
Easily orchestrate fabric services through the OpenStack and OpenDaylight-based SDN Controller
Reduce maintenance costs and gain high availability through automated service and resource upgrades

Immediate ROI and Investment Protection

Support virtualized data centers and cloud-based architectures, reduce network congestion and improve application performance. Extreme VDX 8770 offers wire speed and non-blocking packet forwarding to meet the capacity requirements of 1/10GbE servers and storage with 40/100 GbE uplinks and deep buffers. The 8770 can support more than 10,000 ports using multi-fabrics with overlays.

Simplicity and Automation

Streamline configuration and management, maximize efficiency and improve automation in your highly virtualized data centers. Extreme VCS Fabric and IP Fabric innovations have enabled scalable multi-tenancy, unification of virtual and physical environments, automated storage traffic prioritization, and support for open cloud orchestration.

Efficiency and Resiliency

Create more efficient, resilient and flexible fabrics that adapt to changing business conditions and traffic patterns. Extreme optimizes your networking traffic with dynamic, intelligent load balanced multipathing at L 1/2/3 and multiple active layer 3 gateways to ensure you get the most out of your data center infrastructure.

VDX 8770 Feature Overview

	VDX 8770-4	VDX 8770-8
Port-to-port latency (64-byte packets)	4 microseconds	4 microseconds
Form factor	8U	15U
Slots	4	8
Dimensions and weight	Width: 43.74 cm (17.22 in.)	Width: 44 cm (17.32 in.)
	Height: 34.7 cm (13.66 in.)	Height: 66.2 cm (26.06 in.)
	Depth: 66.04 cm (26 in.)	Depth: 66.04 cm (26 in.)
	Weight: 31.75 kg (70 lb)	Weight: 61.24 kg (135 lb)
	Weight (fully loaded): 86.18 kg (190 lb)	Weight (fully loaded): 165.55 kg (365 lb)
1 GbE SFP/SFP copper ports	192	384
10 GbE SFP+/RJ45 ports	192	384
40 GbE QSFP+ ports	108	216
100 GbE CFP2 ports	24	48
Power supplies	4 max	8 max
Cooling fans	2	4
Airflow	Side-to-back airflow	Front-to-back airflow

VDX 8770 Scalability Information

Connector options	1 GbE copper SFP options
	10 Gbps SFP+ options: 1/3/5 m direct-attached copper (Twinax)
	10 GbE SR and 10 GbE LR
	10 GbE 10GBASE-T RJ45
	40 GbE QSFP+
	100 GbE CFP2
Maximum VLANs	4,096
Maximum MAC addresses	384,000
Maximum IPv4 routes	352,000
Maximum IPv6 routes	88,000
Maximum ACLs	57,000
Maximum port profiles (AMPP)	1,024
Maximum ARP entries	128,000
Maximum members in a standard LAG	64
Maximum switches in a VCS fabric	48
Maximum ECMP paths in a VCS fabric	16
Maximum trunk members for VCS fabric ports	16
Maximum switches that a vLAG can span	8
Maximum members in a vLAG	64
Maximum jumbo frame size	9,216 bytes
DCB Priority Flow Control (PFC) classes	8

VDX 8770 Modules and Line Cards

Management Module (half-slot)	Multicore processor
	8 GB SDRAM, USB port
	Console, management port, auxiliary service port (all RJ-45)
Flash memory support	One 8 GB compact flash in each Management Module
	Two 4 GB compact flash in each line card
1 GbE access (fiber/copper) line card	48-port SFP/SFP-copper
1 GbE/10 GbE access (copper) line card	48-port RJ45
10 GbE access or aggregation line card	48-port SFP+ (10 GbE/1 GbE)
	48-port RJ45 (10 GbE/1 GbE)
40 GbE aggregation line card	12-port QSFP+ module
	27-port QSFP+ module
100 GbE aggregation line card	6-port CFP2 module

VDX 8770 Mechanical

Enclosure,19-inch EIA-compliant power from port side

VDX 8770 Environmental

Temperature	Operating: 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)
	Non-operating and storage: -25°C to 70°C (-13°F to 158°F)
Humidity	Operating: 10% to 85% non-condensing
	Non-operating and storage: 10% to 90% non-condensing
Altitude	Operating: Up to 3,000 meters (9,842 feet)
	Non-operating and storage: Up to 12 kilometers (39,370 feet)
Airflow	VDX 8770-4 •Maximum: 675 CFM •Nominal: 200 CFM
	VDX 8770-8 •Maximum: 1,250 CFM •Nominal: 375 CFM

VDX 8770 Power

Max power utilization	VDX 8770-4: 3,250 W
	VDX 8770-8: 6,387 W
Power inlet	C19
Input voltage	200 to 240 VAC (Operating voltage range: 180 to 264 VAC)
Input line frequency	50/60 Hz
Maximum current	AC: 16.0 A max per power supply
	DC: 70,0 A max per power supply

VDX 8770 Safety Compliance

UL 60950-1 Second Edition

CAN/CSA - C22.2 No. 60950
No. 60950-1 Second Edition

EN 60950 - 1 Second Edition

IEC 60950 - 1 Second Edition

AS/NZS 60950-1

VDX 8770 EMC

47CFR Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A

AS/NZS CISPR22 Class A

CISPR22 Class A

EN55022 Class A

ICES003 Class A

VCCI Class A

EN61000-3-2

EN61000-3-3

KN22 Class A

VDX 8770 Immunity

EN55024

CISPR24

EN300386

KN 61000-4 series

VDX 8770 Environmental Regulatory Compliance

RoHS-6-compliant (with lead exemption) Directive 2002/95/EC

NEBS-compliant

VDX 8770 Standards Compliance

The VDX 8770 products conform to the following Ethernet standards:

IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP

IEEE 802.3 Ethernet

IEEE 802.3ae 10G Ethernet

IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Tagging

IEEE 802.1p Class of Service Prioritization and Tagging

IEEE 802.1v VLAN Classification by Protocol and Port

IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)

IEEE 802.3x Flow Control (Pause Frames)

IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol

IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree

IEEE 802.1w Rapid Reconfiguration of Spanning Tree Protocol

VDX 8770 RFC Support

RFC 768	User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
RFC 783	TFTP Protocol (revision 2)
RFC 791	Internet Protocol (IP)
RFC 792	Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
RFC 793	Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
RFC 826	ARP
RFC 854	Telnet Protocol Specification
RFC 894	A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagram over Ethernet Networks
RFC 959	FTP
RFC 1027	Using ARP to Implement Transparent Subnet Gateways (Proxy ARP)
RFC 1112	IGMPv1
RFC 1157	Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) v1 and v2
RFC 1305	Network Time Protocol (NTP) Version 3
RFC 1492	TACACS+
RFC 1519	Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)
RFC 1584	Multicast Extensions to OSPF
RFC 1765	OSPF Database Overflow
RFC 1812	Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers
RFC 1997	BGP Communities Attribute
RFC 2068	HTTP Server
RFC 2131	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
RFC 2154	OSPF with Digital Signatures (Password, MD-5)
RFC 2236	IGMPv2
RFC 2267	Network Ingress Filtering
RFC 2328	OSPF v2
RFC 2370	OSPF Opaque Link-State Advertisement (LSA) Option—Partial Support
RFC 2375	IPv6 Multicast Address Assignments
RFC 2385	Protection of BGP Sessions with the TCP MD5 Signature Option
RFC 2439	BGP Route Flap Damping
RFC 2460	Internet Protocol, Version 6 (v6) Specification (on management interface)
RFC 2462	IPv6 Stateless Address Auto-Configuration
RFC 2464	Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks (on management interface)
RFC 2474	Definition of the Differentiated Services Field in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers
RFC 2571	An Architecture for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks
RFC 2711	IPv6 Router Alert Option
RFC 2865	Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS)
RFC 3101	The OSPF Not-So-Stubby Area (NSSA) Option
RFC 3137	OSPF Stub Router Advertisement
RFC 3176	sFlow
RFC 3392	Capabilities Advertisement with BGPv4
RFC 3411	An Architecture for Describing SNMP Frameworks
RFC 3412	Message Processing and Dispatching for the SNMP
RFC 3413	Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Applications
RFC 3587	IPv6 Global Unicast Address Format
RFC 3623	Graceful OSPF Restart—IETF Tools
RFC 3768	VRRP
RFC 4271	BGPv4
RFC 4291	IPv6 Addressing Architecture
RFC 4292	IP Forwarding MIB
RFC 4293	Management Information Base for the Internet Protocol (IP)
RFC 4443	ICMPv6 (replaces 2463)
RFC 4456	BGP Route Reflection
RFC 4510	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Technical Specification Road Map
RFC 4601	Protocol Independent Multicast—Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)
RFC 4724	Graceful Restart Mechanism for BGP
RFC 4861	IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
RFC 4893	BGP Support for Four-Octet AS Number Space
RFC 5082	Generalized TTL Security Mechanism (GTSM)
RFC 5880	Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
RFC 5881	Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for IPv4 and IPv6 (Single Hop)
RFC 5882	Generic Application of Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
RFC 5883	Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for Multihop Paths
RFC 5942	IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
RFC 7432	BGP-EVPN—Network Virtualization Using VXLAN Data Plane
IPv6 Routing
RFC 2545
Use of BGP-MP Extensions for IPv6
RFC 2740
OSPFv3 for IPv6
IPv6 Multicast
RFC 2710	Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6
VRRP/VRRPe
RFC 5798
VRRP Version 3 for IPv4 and IPv6

VDX 8770 OS Software Capabilities

		VCS Fabrics	IP Fabrics
Software scalability	Maximum switches in a fabric	48	Unlimited
	Maximum ECMP paths in a fabric	32	32
	Maximum LAGs in a fabric	2,000	384
Layer 2 switching	Service Node Load Balancing BFD/ARP Optimizations	X	X
	Conversational MAC Learning	X	X
	Virtual Link Aggregation Group (vLAG) spanning	X	X
	Layer 2 Access Control Lists (ACLs)	X	X
	Supports 2K ingress and egress ACLs	X	X
	Edge Loop Detection (ELD)	X	X
	Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) RFC 826	X	X
	Private VLANs	X
	Maintenance Mode/Graceful Traffic Diversion	X
	Distributed VXLAN Gateway	X
	Diagnostic Ports	X
	IP Maps Support	X
	L2 Loop prevention in an overlay environment		X
	High availability/In-Service Software Upgrade—hardware-enabled	X	X
	IGMP snooping support for multicast flooding	X	X
	IGMPv1/v2 Snooping	X	X
	IGMPv1/v2 Snooping	X	X
	IGMPv3	X	X
	MAC Learning and Aging	X	X
	Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) IEEE 802.3ad/802.1AX	X	X
	Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)	X	X
	VLAN Encapsulation 802.1Q	X	X
	Per-VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST+/PVRST+)	X	X
	Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) 802.1w	X	X
	Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) 802.1s	X	X
	STP PortFast, BPDU Guard, BPDU Filter	X	X
	STP Root Guard	X	X
	Pause Frames 802.3x	X	X
	Static MAC Configuration	X	X
	Uni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD)	X	X
	Uplink switch for VDX switches, VCS fabrics, and the VCS Virtual Fabric feature	X
	Transparent LAN Services	X
	L2 Traceroute for VXLAN	X	X
	BUM Storm Control	X	X
Layer 3 switching	Border Gateway Protocol (BGP4+)	X	X
	DHCP Helper	X	X
	Layer 3 ACLs	X	X
	Multicast: PIM-SM, IGMPv2	X	X
	OSPF v2/v3	X	X
	Static routes	X	X
	IPv4/v6 ACL	X	X
	IPv4/v6 ACL	X	X
	Policy-Based Routing (PBR)	X	X
	Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)	X	X
	32-Way ECMP	X	X
	VRF Lite	X	X
	VRF-aware OSPF, BGP, VRRP, static routes	X	X
	VRRP v2 and v3	X	X
	uRPF for IPv4 and IPv6	X
	IPv4/IPv6 dual stack	X	X
	IPv6 ACL packet filtering	X	X
	BGP automatic neighbor discovery for IP fabric		X
	BGP Additional-Path	X	X
	BGP-Allow AS	X	X
	BGP Generalized TTL Security Mechanism (GTSM)	X	X
	BGP graceful shutdown for maintenance mode		X
	BGP Peer Auto Shutdown	X	X
	Multicast Refactoring	X	X
	IPv6 routing	X	X
	OSPF Type-3 LSA Filter	X	X
	Wire-speed routing for IPv4 and IPv6 using any routing protocol	X	X
	BGP-EVPN Control Plane Signaling RFC 7432		X
	BGP-EVPN VXLAN Standard-based Overlay		X
	Multi-VRF	X	X
	IP Unnumbered Interface		X
	Intersubnet Routing (Symmetric and Asymmetric)		X
	IP over Port Channel		X
	VRRP-E	X	X
	Fabric Virtual Gateway	X	X
	Static Anycast Gateway		X
	ARP Suppression		X
Automation and programmability	OpenFlow 1.3	X	X
	REST API with YANG data model	X	X
	Puppet	X	X
	Python	X	X
	PyNOS libraries	X	X
	VMware vRealize plugins	X	X
	DHCP automatic fabric provisioning	X	X
	Netconf API	X	X
Mulititenancy and virtualization	TRILL FGL-based VCS Virtual Fabric feature	X
	Virtual fabric extension	X
	VM-Aware Network Automation	X
	BFD for virtual fabric extension	X
	Automatic Migration of Port Profiles (AMPP)	X	X
DCB	Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) 802.1Qbb	X
	Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) 802.1Qaz	X
	Manual configuration of lossless queues for protocols other than FCoE and iSCSI	X
	Data Center Bridging Exchange (DCBX)	X
	DCBX Application Type-Length-Value (TLV) for FCoE and iSCSI	X
Fibre Channel/FCoE	Multi-hop Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE); requires VCS Fabric technology	X
	FC-BB5 compliant Fibre Channel Forwarder (FCF)	X
	Native FCoE forwarding	X
	FCoE to Fibre Channel Bridging	X
	FCoE on VDX 8770	X
	FCoE on QSFP+ port	X
	Multi-hop Access Gateway Support	X
	End-to-end FCoE (initiator to target)	X
	FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) v1 support for FCoE device login and initialization	X
	Name Server-based zoning	X
	Supports connectivity to FIP Snooping Bridge (FSB) device	X
	FCoE traffic over standard LAG	X
	Interface Binding	X
	Dual Personality Ports	X
	Logical SANs	X
High availability	ISSU L2 and L3	X	X
	BFD	X	X
	OSPF3-NSR	X	X
	BGP4-GR	X	X
	Management Module Failover	X	X
Quality of Service (QoS)	ACL-based QoS	X	X
	Eight priority levels for QoS	X	X
	Class of Service (CoS) IEEE 802.1p	X	X
	DSCP Trust	X	X
	DSCP to Traffic Class Mutation	X	X
	DSCP to CoS Mutation	X	X
	DSCP to DSCP Mutation	X	X
	Random Early Discard	X	X
	Per-port QoS configuration	X	X
	ACL-based Rate Limit	X	X
	Dual-rate, three-color token bucket	X	X
	ACL-based remarking of CoS/DSCP/Precedence	X	X
	ACL-based sFlow	X	X
	Scheduling: Strict Priority (SP), Deficit Weighted Round-Robin (DWRR), Hybrid Scheduling (Hybrid)	X	X
	Queue-based Shaping	X	X
	Flow-based QoS	X	X
Management and monitoring	Logical chassis management	X
	IPv4/IPv6 management	X	X
	Industry-standard Command Line Interface (CLI)	X	X
	Netconf API	X	X
	REST API with YANG data model	X	X
	VDX Plugin for OpenStack	X	X
	Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) IEEE 802.1AB	X	X
	MIB II RFC 1213 MIB	X	X
	Switch Beaconing	X	X
	Management VRF	X	X
	Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN)	X	X
	Telnet	X	X
	SNMP v1, v2C, v3	X	X
	sFlow RFC 3176	X	X

	Out-of-band management	X	X
	Remote SPAN (RSPAN)	X	X
	RMON-1, RMON-2	X	X
	NTP	X	X
	Management Access Control Lists (ACLs)	X	X
	Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)	X	X
	Range CLI support	X	X
	UDLD	X	X
	OpenStack Neutron ML2 plugin	X	X
	Python	X	X
	Puppet	X	X
	Distributed Configuration Management	X
	Maps switch health monitoring	X
Security	Port-based Network Access Control 802.1X	X	X
	RADIUS (AAA)	X	X
	TACACS+	X	X
	Secure Shell (SSHv2)	X
	BPDU Drop X X	X	X
	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)	X	X
	Secure Copy Protocol	X	X
	Port Security	X	X

VDX 8770 Ordering Information

SKU	Description
BR-VDX8770-4-BND-AC	4-slot chassis with three Switch Fabric Modules, one Management Module, two fans, two 3,000 W power supply units AC
BR-VDX8770-4-BND-DC	4-slot chassis, three Switch Fabric Modules, one Management Module, two fans, two 3,000 W power supply units DC
BR-VDX8770-8-BND-AC	8-slot chassis, six Switch Fabric Modules, one Management Module, four fans, three 3,000 W power supply units AC
BR-VDX8770-8-BND-DC	4-slot chassis, no Switch Fabric Modules, no Management Modules, two fans, no power supply units
XBR-VDX8770-4	8-slot chassis, no Switch Fabric Modules, no Management Modules, four fans, no power supply units
XBR-VDX8770-8	48×1 GbE, SFP module, no optics
BR-VDX8770-48X1G-SFP-1	48×1/10 GbE, SFP/SFP+ module, no optics
BR-VDX8770-48X10G-SFPP-1	48×1/10 GbE, RJ45 module, no optics
BR-VDX8770-48X10G-T-1	12×40 GbE, QSFP+ module, no optics
BR-VDX8770-12X40G-QSFP-1	27×40 GbE, QSFP+ module, no optics
BR-VDX8770-27X40G-QSFP-1	6×100 GbE, CFP2 module, no optics
BR-VDX8770-6X100G-CFP2-1	Management Module
BR-VDX8770-MM-1	Switch Fabric Module
BR-VDX8770-SFM-1	Fan FRU for 4- and 8-slot chassis
XBR-FAN-FRU	Fan FRU for 4- and 8-slot chassis
XBR-ACPWR-3000	3,000 W power supply unit AC
XBR-DCPWR-3000	3,000 W power supply unit DC
BR-VDX8770-LIC-FCOE	FCoE feature chassis license
BR-VDX8770-LIC-VCS	Layer 3 feature chassis license
BR-VDX8770-LIC-LAYER3	Layer 3 feature chassis license
BR-VDX8770-LIC-ADV	Advanced feature chassis license (includes Layer 3, FCoE, and VCS licenses)
BR-VDX8770-LIC-UPG	Upgrade license from VCS, FCoE, or Layer 3 features to Advanced license

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