N5860-48SC is a high density switch in a compact 1U form factor with full line rate 48 1/10GbE and 8 40/100GbE ports. It adopts Broadcom chips to deliver 1.28 Tbps switching capacity and 1920 Mpps forwarding rate.It is packed with redundant hot-swappable power supplies and smart fans for network reliability.
Comprehensive Layer 2 and Layer 3 capabilities with support for stacking, MLAG, and EVPN-VXLAN make it ideal for data centers of all sizes and cloud computing services.
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Product Highlights
N5860-48SC, 48-Port Ethernet L3 Data Center Switch, 48 x 10Gb SFP+, with 8 x 100Gb QSFP28, Support MLAG/Stacking, Broadcom Chip
Software Spotlights
Support MLAG/Stacking
Support Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
Support GR perfect restart, BFD fast forwarding detection and other mechanisms
Support IPv4/IPv6 Dual Protocol Stack
Support Unicast Routing and IS-IS
Support Hot swap without affecting normal operation of other devices
Support GVRP(similar to VTP) and QinQ
Support QOS, PBR and Port Mirroring (SPAN)
Support EVPN-VXLAN
Support BGP4/BGP4+
Support Ansible, OpenFlow, NETCONF, etc. Configuration and Automation Tools
Support RoCEv2 (RDMA over Converged Ethernet Version 2), PFC, ECN, and DCBX
Realized lossless Ethernet low-latency forwarding based on RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access)
Support DHCP snooping
Support hardware-based IPv6 ACLs
Support port-port latency
Support SNMP (SNMPv1,v2c,v3), RMON, gRPC
Support the Secure Shell (SSH) and SNMPv3
Support the source IP-based Telnet device access control
Support In-band Network Telemetry (INT)
Support Network Foundation Protection Policy (NFPP)
Support hardware CPU protection mechanism
Support Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP)
Simplify duplicate network configuration by automation helpers like NETCONF, Python, Zero Configuration, Ansible, gRPC, OpenFlow, greatly save daily operation costs and time.
Dimensions (HxWxD) | 1.73"x 17.4"x 15.2" (44x 442x 387mm) | 1.73"x 17.4"x 16.5" (44x 442x 420mm) | 1.73"x 17.4"x 22" (44x 442x 560mm) | 3.46"x 17.4"x 17.7" (88x 442x 450mm) |
Weight | 17.6 lbs (8kg) | 27.6 lbs (12.5kg) | 28.2 lbs (12.8kg) | 27.6 lbs (12.5kg) |
Ports | 48x 10G SFP+ 8x 100G QSFP28 | 48x 25G SFP28 8x 100G QSFP28 | 32x 100G QSFP28 | 64x 100G QSFP28 |
Switching Capacity | 1.28 Tbps | 2 Tbps | 3.2 Tbps | 6.4 Tbps |
Forwarding Rate | 1920 Mpps | 1929 Mpps | 2980 Mpps | 4288 Mpps |
Power Supplies | 2 (1+1 Redundancy) Hot-swappable, AC | 2 (1+1 Redundancy) Hot-swappable, AC | 2 (1+1 Redundancy) Hot-swappable, AC | 2 (1+1 Redundancy) Hot-swappable, AC |
Fans | 4 (3+1 Redundancy), Front-to-Back | 4 (3+1 Redundancy), Front-to-Back | 5 (4+1 Redundancy), Front-to-Back | 3 (2+1 Redundancy), Front-to-Back |
Max. Power Consumption | <300W | <300W | <450W | <600W |
MLAG | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Stacking | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
VXLAN/EVPN | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
8x 100G QSFP28
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