Comprehensive Overview of Planet’s Data Center Switch
Planet’s DCS-7342-48Y8C data center switch, tailored to meet the complex demands and high-performance standards of modern data centers, offers high performance and flexibility. It excels in providing comprehensive Layer 2, Layer 3, and Layer 4 functionalities, supporting up to 48 25G SFP28 ports and 8 100G/40G QSFP28 ports capable of 40G and 100G connectivity. The switch is equipped with robust Layer 3 routing protocols including OSPF, and BGP, addressing the complexities of network architectures. This ensures seamless data transmission and high bandwidth, making it ideal for cloud computing environments, large enterprise data centers, high-frequency trading, and large-scale content delivery networks (CDN).
Robust Data Center Switch Solution for Scalable Networks
Designed for scalability and robust performance, Planet’s data center switch features powerful Layer 3 routing capabilities and supports 100G/40G uplink interfaces. It is built into a durable chassis, allowing administrators to select suitable QSFP transceivers for efficient network expansion and coverage. The switch securely handles large data volumes, making it perfect for data center backbone networks and high-capacity servers. It excels in supporting critical applications like VoIP, video streaming, and multicast, ensuring reliable network performance.
Enhanced Reliability with MLAG
Planet’s data center switch integrates MLAG (Multi-chassis Link Aggregation Group) technology, enhancing network reliability in critical environments. MLAG allows multiple switches to function as a unified entity, ensuring seamless failover and increased bandwidth utilization. This technology synchronizes configurations and state information between paired switches, minimizing downtime and optimizing network resilience. Ideal for high-demand applications like enterprise data centers and cloud environments, MLAG on Planet’s switch supports uninterrupted connectivity and scalability without compromising performance.
VXLAN Technology Support and Application
Support for VXLAN technology, including Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching functionalities and EVPN VXLAN support, extends IPv6 application capabilities over IPv4 infrastructure.
Enhance Network Management and Scalability through Stacking
Planet’s data center switch supports stacking functionality. With stacking technology, administrators can virtualize multiple switches into a single logical device, simplifying network management and expansion. Stacking enhances network reliability and availability by sharing ports and enables intelligent management functions, thereby optimizing resource utilization and facilitating flexible network configurations. This makes Planet’s data center switch an ideal choice for handling large-scale network requirements, meeting enterprises’ needs for high performance and scalability.
High Availability, Advanced Security and Energy Efficiency
Ensuring high availability, the switch features redundant power supplies and smart fans. Built-in CLI management tools enhance configuration and monitoring convenience, ensuring reliability in various environments. Advanced Security features and an energy-efficient design enhance operational efficiency and environmental sustainability. Layer 4 functionalities refine network management, improving the overall efficiency and responsiveness.
High-Density Port Configuration
The switch supports high-density port configurations such as 25G, 40G and 100G ports, facilitating large-scale data transmission and high-bandwidth applications.
Advanced QoS and Data Security
Advanced Quality of Service (QoS) support ensures efficient transmission of critical business data through intelligent traffic management and prioritization. Advanced security features including ACLs, port security, and data encryption protect against unauthorized access and malicious attacks.
Energy-Efficient Design
Optimizing energy utilization efficiency, the switch reduces energy consumption and meets environmental standards. Smart fans adjust speed based on temperature and workload, ensuring efficient cooling with minimal power usage and noise.
VLAN, Q-in-Q and Traffic Management
Extensive VLAN support with up to 4,000 VLAN IDs and support for Q-in-Q and flexible Q-in-Q functionalities enable dynamic network segmentation and secure isolation. Support for IGMP and MLD Snooping optimizes multicast traffic management, ensuring efficient network operations and resource utilization.
Network Performance and Flexibility
Integrated features make the data center switch an ideal choice for handling large-scale data and complex network environments, providing robust support for network architecture and future expansions.
Cloud Computing Data Centers
Planet’s DCS-7342-48Y8C data center switch is deployed in a large cloud computing data center to handle the high demands of virtual machine migration, big data analytics, and real-time processing. With 48 25G SFP28 ports and 8 QSFP28 ports capable of 40G and 100G connectivity, the switch ensures high bandwidth and low latency, essential for efficient cloud operations. The advanced Layer 2, Layer 3, and Layer 4 functionalities enable seamless integration and management of diverse cloud services, improving overall performance and reliability.
Enterprise Data Centers
In a large enterprise data center, PLANET DCS-7342 series is deployed to connect hundreds of servers and storage devices, supporting critical business applications such as enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and database services. The powerful VXLAN routing capabilities and 100G uplink support of these switches ensure efficient network segmentation and high availability, facilitating smooth operation for mission-critical applications.
High-Frequency Trading Networks
In a high-frequency trading firm, Planet’s data center switch is deployed to ensure ultra-low latency and high reliability for trading operations. The switch supports MLAG technology, allowing multiple switches to function as a unified entity, which is crucial for seamless failover and maximizing bandwidth utilization. Advanced security features and an energy-efficient design further enhance the switch’s performance in handling the demanding environment of high-frequency trading, ensuring uninterrupted and secure trading activities.
Physical Ports
48-Port 25G SFP28
8-Port 100G/40G QSFP28
RJ45 to DB9 console interface for switch basic management and setup
Stacking Features
Hardware Stacking
Virtualized multiple Planet`s data center switch series stacked into one logical device
Connects with stack member via 25G SFP28 and 100G/40G QSFP28 interfaces
Single IP address stack management, supporting up to 2 hardware units stacked together
Stacking architecture supports redundant ring mode
IP Routing Features
IPv4 static routing
IPv4 dynamic routing protocols such as OSPFv2, IS-IS and BGP
IPv6 dynamic routing protocols such as OSPFv3, RIPng, BGP4 and BGP4+
DHCP/DHCPv6 snooping VLAN-based
GRE tunneling
Equal-cost routing
Policy-based routing
Neighbor Discovery (ND)
Path MTU Discovery (PMTU)
IPv6 Ping and IPv6 Telnet
ACL based on source IPv6 address, destination IPv6 address, Layer 4 port, and protocol type
Dual-stack for IPv4 and IPv6
Multiple tunneling techniques
BFD session binding static routes, VRRP, OSPF, IS-IS, and BGP
Supports port configuration and management
Monitors and manages port status
Provides port mirroring functionality
Port loopback detect
Port Status
Monitors and displays the operational status of each port
Provides real-time information on port link status (up/down)
Reports port-specific statistics such as traffic throughput, error rates, and packet counts
Supports detection and notification of port-related events and alarms
Port Mirroring
Supports port mirroring functionality
Allows the replication of traffic from a source port or VLAN to a destination port for monitoring and analysis purposes
VLAN
EEE 802.1Q tag-based VLAN
IEEE 802.1ad Q-in-Q and enhanced flexible Q-in-Q capabilities
Supports up to 4K VLANs
Multicast VLAN Register (MVR)
Spanning Tree Protocol
Supports 802.1d STP
Implements 802.1w RSTP
Utilizes 802.1s MSTP
Features BPDU protection, root protection, loop protection, and BPDU tunneling
IPv4 IGMP Snooping
IPv4 IGMP v1/v2/v3 snooping
IGMP Fast Leave
IPv4 Querier
8 priority queues on all switch ports
Traffic Supervision and Traffic Shaping
Scheduling for priority queues
Weighted Round Robin (WRR)
Strict priority (SP)
SP+WRR
Traffic classification:
IEEE 802.1p CoS
DSCP
DiffServ
Precedence
TOS
VLAN ID
IP ACL
MAC ACL
Policy-based ingress and egress QoS
802.1p and DSCP priority remark
Supports queue management policies such as tail drop and WRED (Weighted Random Early Detection)
Ring
Supports ERPS, and complies with ITU-T G.8032
Security Functions
Access Control List
ACL support based on source IPv6 address, destination IPv6 address, Layer 4 port, and protocol type
ACL support based on time periods
Supports L2-L4 packet filtering with filters based on MAC, IP, port, protocol, IP ToS, 802.1p priority, VLAN ID, SVLAN ID, VLAN range, etc.
DLF (Destination Lookup Failure) storm suppression, multicast storm suppression, and broadcast storm suppression
Security
DDoS attack prevention
IP Source Guard support
MAC black hole support
MAC address quantity limitation
Port isolation
DHCP snooping, DHCP Option 43/60/82
Defend against DOS attacks
Port security
AAA
Supports 802.1x, RADIUS, and TACACS+ authentication
User level quantity limitation
User binding (port, source MAC and source IP address access control)
Network Access Control
SNMP login terminal restriction
SSH v2.0 support
Management Functions
System Configuration
Supports Console and Telnet terminal services
Supports SNMPv1/v2c network management protocols and standard MIB for general features
Secure Management Interfaces
Supports SSH v2.0 and SNMPv3
User permission classification management and command line classification protection
SNMP login terminal restriction
Authentication support for 802.1x, RADIUS, and TACACS+
System Management
Supports file upload and download via FTP and TFTP methods and unified management of logs, alarms and debug information
Supports BootROM upgrade, remote online upgrade and hot patch
Supports NETCONF network management protocol
Supports user operation logs
Supports temperature and fan monitoring with alerts
Supports MIB and TRAP
Supports Ping / traceroute
Supports Syslog
Supports transceiver DDM
Event Management
Supports port mirroring and flow mirroring
Supports RMON (Remote Monitoring)
Supports DDoS attack prevention
Supports MAC black hole support
Hardware Stacking
Supports hardware stacking
Virtualizes multiple physical devices into a logical device
Stacking virtualization technology improves reliability
Hardware Stacking Compatibility List
Supports 2 units for virtual stacking
Supports 50Gbps/200Gbps stacking bandwidth
