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RG-N18006-X Series Data Center Core Switch with 6-Slot Chassis and Zero Midplane for Cloud Architecture Networks

The RG-N18006-X is the next-generation high-performance core switch launched by Ruijie Networks. It meets design requirements of the spine-leaf three-layer network architecture, and can be deployed in

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Highlight Features

Midplane-free design and Clos orthogonal architecture, ensuring non-blocking data forwarding
6-slot chassis, various ports, and 24 GB large cache on a single card, better handling data center surge traffic
Midplane-free design, direct airflow, and cold and hot airflow isolation, greatly improving heat dissipation efficiency
Counter-rotating fan design, improving heat dissipation efficiency; titanium-level power supply, delivering up to 96% power conversion efficiency

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Midplane-Free Design
New Architecture

Pioneer in the platform with 100 Tbit/s switching capacity and zero midplane, upgrading the core
engine of a data center to a new level

Innovative energy-saving design, ensuring product quality

All-round virtualization, allowing network resources to be allocated on demand

Core Switch with the Most Powerful
Performance in the World, Greatly
Improving Data Center Capacity

Rich interface types are provided to meet requirements of various access modes. Line-rate line cards
at the highest density in the industry are supported.

A single card provides a 24 GB buffer for storing burst traffic of data centers.

The CLOS multi-level multi-plane switching architecture ensures data forwarding, without blocking and
provides continuous bandwidth upgrade and service support.

Pioneer in the Platform with 100 Tbit/s Switching
Capacity and Zero Midplane, Upgrading the Core Engine
of a Data Center to a New Level

Service line cards are directly connected to switch fabric modules, so that data can be directly transmitted to the switch fabric modules, which dramatically reduces the transmission loss.
The switch transmission efficiency and device performance are improved continuously, supporting smooth upgrade in the coming 10 years.

Innovative Energy-Saving Design Ensuring Quality

Direct airflow for higher cooling efficiency

30° internal bend for each service line card and 106% open area of relative vertical plane for improved air intake volume

Counter-rotary fans for improved heat dissipation efficiency and reduced noise

Top-level power supplies in the industry for 96% power conversion rate

No PHY chip on service line cards for board power consumption reduced by 5.63%

High Performance

The RG-N18006-X provides rich interfaces to support various access modes.
A single line card supports up to 48 x 100GE ports, 36 x 40GE ports, and 144 x 10GE ports.
The RG-N18006-X provides line-rate line cards with industry-leading high density, and supports a maximum of 768 x 100GE, 576 x 40GE, and 2304 x 10GE line-rate ports.

Graphical Card-Grade GDDR5 SDRAM

With Capacity improved by 33% compared with other products in the industry, and 24 GB buffer of a single line card to store burst traffic of data centers.

Cell-based Clos Architecture, Delivering
Non-Blocking Data Forwarding

The RG-N18006-X uses the new Clos multi-stage multi-plane switching architecture to isolate the forwarding plane from the control plane. That is, switch
fabric modules and supervisor engines can be configured independently. The cell-based switching architecture ensures non-blocking data forwarding,
allowing continuous bandwidth upgrade and service support.

Next-Generation Multi-Process
Modular Operating System
RGOS 11.X, Ensuring High
System Stability

Multi-process modular design, high software stability
Hot patch technology, ensuring nonstop services upon software upgrade
OpenFlow 1.3, allowing smooth upgrade to SDN networks
More powerful virtualization features and association of VSU and VSD.

Midplane-Free Design, Achieving
Significant Bandwidth Upgrade

During operation, RG-N18006-X can be upgraded by using higher-specification line cards and switch fabric modules.
The RG-N18006-X allows smooth upgrade across generations, for example, upgrade from 50GE to 400GE, satisfying requirements in the coming 10 years.

Orthogonal Connection Between Service Cards and Switch Fabric
Modules, Reducing Signal Transmission Interference by 8%

Highly Rugged Chassis Construction Design
Supporting Midplane-Free Design

The midplane of the original device can provide support. When the midplane is removed, Ruijie Networks provides a solid chassis structure through
the design of the rail, reinforcing ribs on both sides of the chassis, and reinforcing partition card inside the chassis.

Accurate Interconnection Between Line Cards and Switch Fabric Modules with Zero Midplane

The patented design of 5-level accurate guiding ensures accurate
interconnection between line cards and switch fabric modules.
Line cards are positioned through the limit post and inserted into the chassis through rails.
The positioning pin of the keel corrects the line card direction.
and the line card direction is further corrected using the connector cover and pin,
thereby achieving accurate guiding.

Midplane-Free Design Provides Direct Airflow
Greatly Improving the Heat Dissipation Efficiency

Ruijie Networks is the pioneer in using front-to-rear direct airflow in the 100 Tbit/s switch. The cold airflow is isolated from the hot airflow, which is combined with the heat dissipation design
of the data center equipment room.
The design improves RG-N18006-X's heat dissipation efficiency, reduces system wind resistance, lowers energy consumption, and helps build a green and energy-saving data center.

The Panel of Each Service Line Card is Bent Within 30 Degrees and
the Open Area is as High as 106%, Doubling the Air Intake

Counter-Rotating Fan Design Improves Heat
Dissipation Efficiency and Greatly Reduces Fan Noises

Service Line Cards Adopt the Design of No PHY Chip
Reducing the Power Consumption by More than 5.63%

VSD - 1:N Virtualization

VSU 3.0 technology can virtualize multiple physical devices into one logical device, and VSD can virtualize one switch into multiple logical devices.
The two technologies substantially simplify the network architecture and pool network resources.

VSD - 1:N Virtualization

VSU 3.0 technology can virtualize multiple physical devices into one logical device, and VSD can virtualize one switch into multiple logical devices.
The two technologies substantially simplify the network architecture and pool network resources.

Comprehensive Virtualization

VSU and VSD can be associated to virtualize multiple Newton switches into one logical switch, and then to virtualize this logical switch into subordinate logical switches.
Network resources can be fully integrated and pooled, and flexibly allocated on demand.

Documents

Ruijie RG-N18000-X Series Switch RGOS11.3(1)B9 Firmware

[Product Datasheet] RG-N18000-X Data Center Switch Datasheet

Specifications

Hardware Specifications

Hardware Specifications	RG-N18018-X	RG-N18010-X	RG-N18006-X
Module slots	18 (2 for supervisor modules)	10 (2 for supervisor modules)	6 (2 for supervisor modules)
Switch fabric module slots	6	6	6
Switching capacity	307.2 Tbps	153.6 Tbps	28.8 Tbps
Packet forwarding rate	69,120 Mpps	34,560 Mpps	17,280 Mpps
Large buffer	Ultralarge distributed buffer design and 200 ms buffer for each port to prevent packet loss in burst traffic
Dimensions (W × D × H)	442 mm x 1017 mm x 934.5 mm, 21 RU	442 mm x 1017 mm x 534 mm, 12 RU		442 mm x 956 mm x 308.4 mm, 7 RU
Power supply	RG-PA2700I: AC: 90 VAC to 290 VAC HVDC: 192 VDC to 288 VDC			RG-PA3000I-F: AC: 90 VAC to 290 VAC HVDC: 192 VDC to 288 VDC
Ventilation type	Front-to-rear ventilation
MTBF	≤ 200,000 hours
Working temperature	0℃ to 40℃		0℃ to 45℃
Storage temperature	–40℃ to 70℃
Working humidity	10% to 90% RH (non-condensing)
Storage humidity	5% to 95% RH (non-condensing)
Working altitude	–500 m to 5000 m above the ground

Software Specifications

Software Specifications	RG-N18018-X	RG-N18010-X	RG-N18006-X
Device virtualization	Virtual Switching Unit 3.0
Data center features	VXLAN bridge VXLAN gateway BGP-EVPN VXLAN VXLAN mapping IPv6 VXLAN over IPv4 M-LAG
SDN	OpenFlow 1.3.
Traffic analysis	sFLOW IPFIX NetFlow
L2 features	Jumbo frame IEEE 802.3ad (static link aggregation, LACP, cross-card link aggregation, cross-device link aggregation) IEEE 802.1Q STP, RSTP, MSTP GVRP QinQ LLDP Static MAC addresses, address filtering, and limit on the number of MAC addresses
IPv4 features	Static routing, RIP, OSPF, IS-IS, and BGP4 VRRP ECMP Policy-based routing
IPv6 features	Static routing, OSPFv3, BGP4+, IS-ISv6, and MLDv1/v2 VRRPv3 ECMP Policy-based routing Pingv6, Telnetv6, FTPv6, TFTPv6, DNSv6, ICMPv6
Multicast	IGMP v1/v2/v3 IGMP Snooping IGMP Proxy MLDv1, MLDv2 Multicast static routing Fast leave
ACL	Standard, extended, and expert-level ACLs Global ACLs Ingress/Egress ACLs IPv6 ACLs
QoS	Mapping of IEEE 802.1p, DSCP, and ToS priorities Priority marking/remarking Multiple queue scheduling mechanisms, including SP, WRR, DRR, SP+WRR, and SP+DRR Congestion avoidance mechanisms such as RED and WRED Port-based rate limit
Reliability	Independent switch fabric modules and independent supervisor engines to implement thorough separation of the forwarding plane from the control plane 1+1 redundancy for supervisor modules N+1 redundancy for switch fabric modules N+M redundancy for power supply modules and fan modules Midplane-free design to avoid single point of failures Hot swapping of components Hot patching BPDU guard/Loop guard/Root guard ISSU NSR DLDP FRR Micro-segmentation security isolation GR for OSPF/IS-IS/BGP BFD for VRRP/OSPF/BGP4/ISIS/ISISv6/static routing
Security	Network Foundation Protection Policy (NFPP) and CPU protection policy (CPP) to prevent protocol packet attacks Prevention against DDoS, ARP, and ICMP attacks DAI, port security, IP source guard, and protected ports uRPF RADIUS and TACACS user login authentication, password security, hierarchical user management, and password protection Source IP address restriction Function of not sending unknown multicast packets to the CPU Suppression of unknown multicast, unknown broadcast, and unknown multicast packets SSHv2, providing encrypted security channels for user login ITU-T Y.1731 Prevention against MAC address flapping Plaintext and MD5 ciphertext authentication for OSPF, RIPv2, and BGP4 packets
Management	Console/AUX Modem/Telnet/SSH2.0 CLI configuration FTP, TFTP, Xmodem, and SFTP SNMP V1/V2c/V3 NETCONF RMON NTP clock Fault alarm and auto-recovery System operation logging Traffic analysis Zero-touch provisioning (ZTP) Reliable network service (RNS), which probes specific services provided by the peer device to monitor the service availability Telemetry Buffer status monitoring and traffic microburst identification Port mirroring, traffic mirroring, and ERSPAN Physical ports on all line cards support the routing mode and IP addresses can be configured independently. Monitoring of fan modules and power supply modules

Order Information

The configuration procedure for the RG-N18000-X series switches is as follows:

Select the chassisand supervisor module.
Select the powersupply module
Select the switch fabric module.
Select the line card.
Select the optical transceiver.

Switch Chassis and Supervisor Engines

Model	Description
RG-N18018-X	18-slot chassis (without power module), equipped with fans
RG-N18010-X	10-slot chassis (without power module), equipped with fans
RG-N18006-X	6-slot chassis (without power module), equipped with fans
M18000X-CM	Supervisor module of RG-N18010-X and RG-N18018-X. It is used in combination with type-C switch fabric modules and CB cards.
M18000X-CM II	2nd-generation supervisor module of RG-N18000-X and RG-N18018-X. It is used in combination with type-C switch fabric modules and CB cards.
M18006X-CM II	2nd-generation supervisor module of RG-N18006-X. It is used in combination with type-C switch fabric modules and CB cards.
M18000X-CM X	Supervisor module of RG-N18000-X and RG-N18018-X. It is used in combination with type-E switch fabric modules and CE cards.

Power Modules

Model	Description
RG-PA2700I	Power module of RG-N18000-X series (available for redundancy, AC, 2700 W, 16 A)
RG-PA3000I-F	Power module of RG-N18000-X series (available for redundancy, AC, 3000 W, 16 A)

Switch Fabric Modules

Model	Description
M18018X-FE-C II	Type-C switch fabric module II of RG-N18018-X
M18018X-FE-C V	Type-C switch fabric module V of RG-N18018-X
M18010X-FE-C I	Type-C switch fabric module I of RG-N18010-X
M18010X-FE-C II	Type-C switch fabric module II of RG-N18010-X
M18006X-FE-C I	Type-C switch fabric module I of RG-N18006-X
M18010X-FE-E II	Type-E switch fabric module II of RG-N18010-X
M18018X-FE-E IV	Type-E switch fabric module IV of RG-N18018-X

Line Cards

Model	Description
M18000X-36QXS-CB	CB card, providing 36 × 40GE optical ports (QSFP+)
M18000X-36CQ-CB	CB card, providing 36 × 100GE optical ports (QSFP28)
M18000X-18CQ-CB	CB card, providing 18 × 100GE optical ports (QSFP28)
M18000X-18QXS18CQ-CB	CB card, providing 18 × 40GE optical ports (QSFP+) and 18 × 100G Ethernet optical ports (QSFP28)
M18000X-12QXS12CQ-CB	CB card, providing 12 × 40GE optical ports (QSFP+) and 12 × 100G Ethernet optical ports (QSFP28)
M18000X-6QXS6CQ-CB	CB card, providing 6 × 40GE optical ports (QSFP+) and 6 × 100G Ethernet optical ports (QSFP28)
M18000X-48XS2CQ-CB	CB card, providing 48 × 10GE optical ports (SFP+) and 2 × 100G Ethernet optical ports (QSFP28)
M18000X-48XT2CQ-CB	CB card, providing 48 × 10GE electrical ports (RJ45) and 2 × 100G Ethernet optical ports (QSFP28)
M18000X-48CQ-CE	CE card, providing 48 × 100GE optical ports (QSFP28), used in combination with type-E switch fabric modules
M18000X-48DC-CE	CE card, providing 48 × 200GE optical ports (QSFP56), used in combination with type-E switch fabric modules

Optical Transceivers

Model	Description
40G-QSFP-SR-MM850	40GE SR optical module, QSFP+ package, MPO connector (used in combination with OM3/OM4 MPO optical fibers, 8-core/12-core, 850 nm wavelength) The transmission distance is 100 m when OM3 optical fibers are used and 150 m when OM4 optical fibers are used.
40G-QSFP-LR4-SM1310	40GE LR optical module, QSFP+ package, LC connector (used in combination with LC optical fibers, 2-core, 1310 nm wavelength), maximum transmission distance of 10 km
40G-QSFP-ER4-SM1310	40GE LR single-mode optical module, QSFP+ package, LC connector, wavelength of 1264 nm to 1337 nm, maximum transmission distance of 40 km
40G-QSFP-LSR-MM850	40GE SR optical module, QSFP+ package, MPO connector (used in combination with OM3/OM4 MPO optical fibers, 8-core/12-core, 850 nm wavelength) The transmission distance is 300 m when OM3 optical fibers are used and 400 m when OM4 optical fibers are used. The port supports the 1-to-4 10G SFP+ optical module.
100G-QSFP-SR-MM850	100GE SR optical module, QSFP28 package, MPO connector (850 nm wavelength) The transmission distance is 100 m when OM4 optical fibers are used.
100G-QSFP-LR4-SM1310	100GE LR single-mode optical module, QSFP28 package, LC connector (used in combination with LC optical fibers, 2-core, 1310 nm wavelength), maximum transmission distance of 10 km
100G-QSFP-iLR4-SM1310	100GE iLR optical module, QSFP28 package, LC connector (used in combination with LC optical fibers, 2-core, 1310 nm wavelength), maximum transmission distance of 2 km
100G-AOC-10M	100G QSFP28 port cable (including modules on both ends), with a length of 10 m

RG-N18006-X Series Data Center Core Switch with 6-Slot Chassis and Zero Midplane for Cloud Architecture Networks

Midplane-Free DesignNew Architecture

Pioneer in the platform with 100 Tbit/s switching capacity and zero midplane, upgrading the coreengine of a data center to a new levelInnovative energy-saving design, ensuring product qualityAll-round virtualization, allowing network resources to be allocated on demand

Core Switch with the Most PowerfulPerformance in the World, GreatlyImproving Data Center Capacity

Pioneer in the Platform with 100 Tbit/s SwitchingCapacity and Zero Midplane, Upgrading the Core Engineof a Data Center to a New Level

Innovative Energy-Saving Design Ensuring Quality

High Performance

Graphical Card-Grade GDDR5 SDRAM

With Capacity improved by 33% compared with other products in the industry, and 24 GB buffer of a single line card to store burst traffic of data centers.

Cell-based Clos Architecture, DeliveringNon-Blocking Data Forwarding

Next-Generation Multi-ProcessModular Operating SystemRGOS 11.X, Ensuring HighSystem Stability

Multi-process modular design, high software stabilityHot patch technology, ensuring nonstop services upon software upgradeOpenFlow 1.3, allowing smooth upgrade to SDN networksMore powerful virtualization features and association of VSU and VSD.

Midplane-Free Design, AchievingSignificant Bandwidth Upgrade

During operation, RG-N18006-X can be upgraded by using higher-specification line cards and switch fabric modules.The RG-N18006-X allows smooth upgrade across generations, for example, upgrade from 50GE to 400GE, satisfying requirements in the coming 10 years.

Orthogonal Connection Between Service Cards and Switch FabricModules, Reducing Signal Transmission Interference by 8%

Highly Rugged Chassis Construction DesignSupporting Midplane-Free Design

The midplane of the original device can provide support. When the midplane is removed, Ruijie Networks provides a solid chassis structure throughthe design of the rail, reinforcing ribs on both sides of the chassis, and reinforcing partition card inside the chassis.

Accurate Interconnection Between Line Cards and Switch Fabric Modules with Zero Midplane

Midplane-Free Design Provides Direct AirflowGreatly Improving the Heat Dissipation Efficiency

The Panel of Each Service Line Card is Bent Within 30 Degrees andthe Open Area is as High as 106%, Doubling the Air Intake

Counter-Rotating Fan Design Improves HeatDissipation Efficiency and Greatly Reduces Fan Noises

Service Line Cards Adopt the Design of No PHY ChipReducing the Power Consumption by More than 5.63%

VSD - 1:N Virtualization

VSU 3.0 technology can virtualize multiple physical devices into one logical device, and VSD can virtualize one switch into multiple logical devices.The two technologies substantially simplify the network architecture and pool network resources.

VSD - 1:N Virtualization

VSU 3.0 technology can virtualize multiple physical devices into one logical device, and VSD can virtualize one switch into multiple logical devices.The two technologies substantially simplify the network architecture and pool network resources.

Comprehensive Virtualization

VSU and VSD can be associated to virtualize multiple Newton switches into one logical switch, and then to virtualize this logical switch into subordinate logical switches.Network resources can be fully integrated and pooled, and flexibly allocated on demand.

Documents

Ruijie RG-N18000-X Series Switch RGOS11.3(1)B9 Firmware

[Product Datasheet] RG-N18000-X Data Center Switch Datasheet

Specifications

Order Information

Midplane-Free Design
New Architecture

Pioneer in the platform with 100 Tbit/s switching capacity and zero midplane, upgrading the core
engine of a data center to a new level

Innovative energy-saving design, ensuring product quality

All-round virtualization, allowing network resources to be allocated on demand

Core Switch with the Most Powerful
Performance in the World, Greatly
Improving Data Center Capacity

Pioneer in the Platform with 100 Tbit/s Switching
Capacity and Zero Midplane, Upgrading the Core Engine
of a Data Center to a New Level

Cell-based Clos Architecture, Delivering
Non-Blocking Data Forwarding

Next-Generation Multi-Process
Modular Operating System
RGOS 11.X, Ensuring High
System Stability

Multi-process modular design, high software stability
Hot patch technology, ensuring nonstop services upon software upgrade
OpenFlow 1.3, allowing smooth upgrade to SDN networks
More powerful virtualization features and association of VSU and VSD.

Midplane-Free Design, Achieving
Significant Bandwidth Upgrade

During operation, RG-N18006-X can be upgraded by using higher-specification line cards and switch fabric modules.
The RG-N18006-X allows smooth upgrade across generations, for example, upgrade from 50GE to 400GE, satisfying requirements in the coming 10 years.

Orthogonal Connection Between Service Cards and Switch Fabric
Modules, Reducing Signal Transmission Interference by 8%

Highly Rugged Chassis Construction Design
Supporting Midplane-Free Design

The midplane of the original device can provide support. When the midplane is removed, Ruijie Networks provides a solid chassis structure through
the design of the rail, reinforcing ribs on both sides of the chassis, and reinforcing partition card inside the chassis.

Midplane-Free Design Provides Direct Airflow
Greatly Improving the Heat Dissipation Efficiency

The Panel of Each Service Line Card is Bent Within 30 Degrees and
the Open Area is as High as 106%, Doubling the Air Intake

Counter-Rotating Fan Design Improves Heat
Dissipation Efficiency and Greatly Reduces Fan Noises

Service Line Cards Adopt the Design of No PHY Chip
Reducing the Power Consumption by More than 5.63%

VSU 3.0 technology can virtualize multiple physical devices into one logical device, and VSD can virtualize one switch into multiple logical devices.
The two technologies substantially simplify the network architecture and pool network resources.

VSU 3.0 technology can virtualize multiple physical devices into one logical device, and VSD can virtualize one switch into multiple logical devices.
The two technologies substantially simplify the network architecture and pool network resources.

VSU and VSD can be associated to virtualize multiple Newton switches into one logical switch, and then to virtualize this logical switch into subordinate logical switches.
Network resources can be fully integrated and pooled, and flexibly allocated on demand.