The X870 product family are high-density, purpose-built 100Gb switches designed for high-performance enterprise and cloud data centers. With 32 QSFP28 ports, the X870 can support a range of interface speeds, including 10Gb, 25Gb, 40Gb, 50Gb and 100Gb, all in a compact 1RU form factor. This enables the X870 to be flexibly deployed in either spine/leaf or high-density top of rack architectures. Low-latency cut-through switching and an advanced feature set make it ideal for high-performance data center applications.
Two models of the X870 are available:
X870-32c — Spine switch with 32 10Gb/25Gb/40Gb/50Gb/100Gb QSFP28 ports
Up to 32 100Gb Ethernet ports
Up to 64 50Gb Ethernet ports
Up to 128 25Gb Ethernet ports
Up to 32 40Gb Ethernet ports
Up to 128 10Gb Ethernet ports
X870-96x-8c — High density 10Gb leaf switch with 96 10Gb ports on 24 QSFP28 ports and 8 10Gb/25Gb/40Gb/50Gb/100Gb QSFP28 ports
10Gb Ethernet connectivity is supported via QSFP+ transceivers and direct attach cables with a 4 x 10Gb Ethernet configuration.
10Gb QSFP+ Ethernet ports can be enabled to add 25Gb/40Gb/50Gb/100Gb capability with a license for groups of 6 QSFP ports. Up to four licenses can be applied per system.
8 ports of 10Gb/ 25Gb/40Gb/ 50Gb/100Gb QSFP28 in base system.
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