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Driving Next Generation Data Centers Toward 400G

Market Trend
How and why 400G networks are being used in the hyperscale data center As our data-centric world rapidly develops around us, the capacity of the networks that carry all the data traffic are constantly being stretched to their limits. The ever-increasing rise of more and more cloud applications and services, the expanding use of video in many applications, and a steady climb in the number of users all adds up to an unrelenting volume of data. With Hyperscale data center operators looking for solutions to the current traffic growth, they also have to cope with an upcoming traffic surge from new technologies. The advent of 5G mobile networks, the Internet of Things (IoT), edge computing, and AI machine learning and deep learning are all data intensive and are poised to cause a massive increase in network traffic.

A typical hyperscale data center has seen storage increasing more than 50% annually for some years, with by far the bulk of data traffic being moved within the data center. Hyperscale data center operators are now looking to the next-generation 400G network infrastructure to help absorb the demanding workloads. With greater server density and processing power in the data center, operators need the higher-bandwidth 400G links to replace the limited 100G/200G connections. But, 400G offers operators much more than that. The new advanced 400G network equipment delivers greater efficiency, at a lower cost per bit, lower power, with potentially fewer points of failure in the network. As operators struggle to meet high-volume network demands, reduce operational costs and reach sustainability goals, 400G offers an ideal solution.

Open networking is helping to transform the way IT is deployed and used by many types of businesses. Open networks are based on networking hardware whose designs are fully open-sourced, with a choice of independent open soſtware for NOS, SDN, virtualization and cloud orchestration.


How and why 400G networks are being used in the hyperscale data center

For years, hyperscale data center operators have been enjoying the benefits of open networking: automated and accelerated provisioning of network capacity and services, greater control over the development of enhanced network services, flexibility to work with best-in-class suppliers, reduced network equipment expenses and reduced operating expenses. These open network benefits are now available for many more network use cases. Public and private cloud data centers of all sizes are being deployed with network fabrics built from open TOR and spine switches. Open networks are addressing telecommunications service provider requirements for new central office architectures, managed services delivery, monitoring and analytics networks, and Internet exchanges. 

Now, the growth of IoT, AI and cloud computing machine learning has driven the requirement for higher processing speed and lower latency as well as high speed storage capability. All these demands require higher network bandwidth toward 400G or above.


Leaf and Spine Topology for Data Center


As an active member of OCP, DENT, TIP and SONiC open soſtware communities, Edgecore Networks actively offer choices of open-source soſtware that provide network operators with open platforms, as well as enable value-added application development. 

Together with its technology and integration partners, Edgecore Networks delivers leading open networks solutions for cloud data center, telecommunications and enterprise customers.

Edgecore/Accton Strength in Open Networking from design to manufacturing
‣ Experience/leading position for decades in IP networking design and manufacturing.
‣ Diversity of chipset development for open networking. Early partnership with Broadcom/Intel in design phase.
‣ Multiple choices of optic transceivers to support 100G/400G deployments, including DAC, AOC, and AEC cables.
‣ Advanced design capabilities in signal integrity, power integrity, and thermal analysis and management, which is essential for data center reliability.
‣ In-house experienced soſtware development team to enable system bring-up quicker than the competition.
‣ Data center-focused Enterprise SONiC development and support.



Solution/Product Details

DCS810 (AS9516-32D)      400GbE Data Center Switch- 32-Port 400G QSFP-DD switch with Intel Tofino2 silicon
DCS510 (AS9716-32D)      400GbE Data Center Switch - 32-Port 400G QSFP-DD switch with Tomahawk 3 silicon
DCS240 (AS9726-32DB)   400GbE Data Center Switch- 32-Port 400G QSFP56-DD switch with Trident 4 silicon
DCS802 (Wedge100BF-65X)      100GbE Data Center Switch - 65-Port 100G QSFP28 switch with Tofino 64Q silicon
DCS801 (Wedge100BF-32QS)    100GbE Data Center Switch - 32-Port 100G QSFP28 switch with Tofino 32Q silicon
DCS800 (Wedge100BF-32X)      100GbE Data Center Switch - 32-Port 100G QSFP28 switch with Tofino 32D silicon
DCS501 (AS7712-32X)      100GbE Data Center Switch - 32-Port 100G QSFP28 switch with Tomahawk silicon
DCS500 (AS7816-64X)      100GbE Data Center Switch - 64-Port 100G QSFP28 switch with Tomahawk 2 silicon
DCS204 (AS7726-32X)      100GbE Data Center Switch - 32-Port 100G QSFP28 switch with Trident 3 silicon