Huawei CX916 Quick reference guide

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About This Document

Overview

This document describes the functions, advantages, appearance, specifications, internal

networking, standards, and certifications of the CX916 switch module.

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lEnterprise presales engineers

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Contents

About This Document.....................................................................................................................ii

1 Overview......................................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 Functions........................................................................................................................................................................ 2

1.2 Advantages................................................................................................................................................................... 10

1.3 Appearance................................................................................................................................................................... 12

1.4 Ports.............................................................................................................................................................................. 15

1.5 Indicators...................................................................................................................................................................... 19

1.6 Internal Networking of a Chassis................................................................................................................................. 21

1.7 Software and Hardware Compatibility......................................................................................................................... 24

1.8 Technical Specifications............................................................................................................................................... 26

2 Standards and Certifications.....................................................................................................29

2.1 Standards Compliance.................................................................................................................................................. 30

2.2 Certifications................................................................................................................................................................ 32

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1 Overview

1.1 Functions

1.2 Advantages

1.3 Appearance

1.4 Ports

1.5 Indicators

1.6 Internal Networking of a Chassis

1.7 Software and Hardware Compatibility

1.8 Technical Specifications

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1.1 Functions

The CX916 is a switching control unit that provides data switching functionality for compute

nodes in the blade server chassis and centrally provides service and management ports to

connect to external devices. The Ethernet and FC switching planes of the CX916 are

physically isolated from each other and work independently.

The CX916 is installed in a rear slot of the E9000 chassis and is connected to compute nodes

and management modules through the chassis midplane. It exchanges internal data packets

and control and management packets through high-speed data transmission.

Table 1-1 describes the functions of the Ethernet switching plane. Table 1-2 describes the

functions of the FC switching plane.

Table 1-1 Functions of the Ethernet switching plane

Function Description

Ethernet features Ethernet lFull-duplex and autonegotiation working

modes

lEthernet ports support 10GE, 25GE, and

40GE.

NOTE

lDownlink ports connected to compute nodes

operate at 10GE. Uplink ports connected to

aggregation switches operate at 10GE, 25GE, or

40GE.

l25GE ports support 25GE passive direct attached

cables, 25GE multi-mode or single-mode optical

modules, 10GE passive cables, and 10GE multi-

mode or single-mode optical modules.

l40GE ports support multi-mode and single-mode

optical modules and passive cables. A 40GE port

can be split into four 10GE ports.

lPort traffic control

lJumbo frames

lLink aggregation

lLoad balancing among links of a trunk

lPort isolation and forwarding restriction

lBroadcast storm suppression

l40GE port splitting

l25GE ports can operate at 10GE.

lProtocol-based packet statistics

lM-LAG

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Virtual Local

Area Network

(VLAN)

lMultiple access modes: access, trunk, and

hybrid

lPort-based, MAC-based, and IP subnet-based

VLANs

lVLAN aggregation

lMultiplex VLAN (MUX VLAN)

lTransparent transmission of protocol packets

in a VLAN

lBatch configuration of VLANs

QinQ (802.1Q in

802.1Q)

lBasic QinQ

lFlexible QinQ

VLAN mapping l1 to 1

l2 to 1

l2 to 2

GARP VLAN

Registration

Protocol (GVRP)

GVRP

Media Access

Control (MAC)

lSticky MAC

lAutomatic MAC address learning and aging

lStatic, dynamic, and blackhole MAC address

entries

lFiltering based on source MAC addresses

lMAC address limiting

Link Layer

Discovery

Protocol (LLDP)

LLDP

Ethernet loop

protection

Multiple

Spanning Tree

Protocol (MSTP)

lSpanning Tree Protocol (STP)

lRapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)

lMSTP

lVLAN-based Spanning Tree (VBST)

lBridge protocol data unit (BPDU), root, and

loop protection

lPartitioned STP and Layer-2 protocol

transparent transmission

Ethernet Ring

Protection

Switching (ERPS)

G.8032 v1/v2

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IP features Address

Resolution

Protocol (ARP)

lStatic and dynamic ARP entries

lARP in a VLAN

lARP entry aging

lGratuitous ARP

lProxy ARP

lARP-Ping

lARP gateway anti-collision

IPv6 lIPv4/IPv6 dual-stack

lNeighbor Discovery (ND)

lIPv6 over IPv4 manual tunnel

lIPv6 over IPv4 GRE (Generic Routing

Encapsulation)

l6to4 tunnel

Dynamic Host

Configuration

Protocol (DHCP)

lDHCP server

lDHCP snooping

lDHCP relay

lDHCPv6 relay

IP forwarding Unicast routing lIPv4 and IPv6 static routing

lRouting Information Protocol version 1/2

(RIP-1/RIP-2) and Routing Information

Protocol Next Generation (RIPng)

lOpen Shortest Path First version 2 (OSPFv2)

and OSPFv3

lIntermediate System to Intermediate System

(IS-IS)

lBorder Gateway Protocol Version 4 (BGP4)

and BGP4+

lRouting policies

lPolicy-based routing

lUnicast Reverse Path Forwarding (URPF)

check

Virtual Private

Network (VPN)

features

lMulti-VPN-Instance CE (MCE) and IPv6

MCE

lGRE tunneling

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Multicast routing lInternet Group Management Protocol Version

1/2/3 (IGMPv1/v2/v3)

lProtocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode

(PIM-SM) IPv4 and IPv6

lProtocol Independent Multicast Source-

Specific Multicast (PIM-SSM) IPv4 and IPv6

lMulticast Listener Discovery version 1

(MLDv1) and MLDv2

lMLD Source-Specific Multicast (SSM)

Mapping

lMultiprotocol BGP (MBGP)

lMulticast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)

lMulticast routing policies

lReverse Path Forwarding (RPF)

lBidirectional PIM IPv4 and IPv6

Reliability Bidirectional

Forwarding

Detection (BFD)

lBFD IPv4 and IPv6

lAssociation between BFD and Eth-Trunks

lAssociation between BFD and OSPF

lAssociation between BFD and OSPFv3

lAssociation between BFD and IS-IS

lAssociation between BFD and IS-IS IPv6

lAssociation between BFD and BGP

lAssociation between BFD and BGP4+

lAssociation between BFD and PIM IPv4

lAssociation between BFD and PIM IPv6

lAssociation between BFD and IPv4 static

routing

lAssociation between BFD and IPv6 static

routing

lAssociation between BFD and Virtual Router

Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)

lAssociation between BFD and VRRP6

Other lVRRP and VRRP6

lDevice Link Detection Protocol (DLDP)

lSmart Link

lEthernet in the First Mile (EFM) 802.3ah

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