WD-GS-56XC
- Service Slots: 48× 25G SFP28/10G SFP+/1G SFP port, 8X 100G QSFP28/ 40G QSFP+.
- Out-of-band management port: 1×10/100/1000BASE-T
- Fan Tray Slots: 4 Hot-swappable fans
- Power Module: Dual Power module
WD-GS-18QF
- Service Slots: 2x 100G QSFP28/ 40G QSFP+ port, 2 expansion slots
- Out-of-band management port: One GE copper port and one GE fiber port
- Fan Tray Slots: 5 Hot-swappable fans
- Power Module: Dual Power module
Key Features
High-Density 25GE Access
The WatchDog Data Center Leaf 25G Switch Series offers a versatile and high-performance solution with high- density 100G, 40G, 25G, and 10G ports, delivering a wire-speed forwarding capacity of up to 4 Tbps. This impressive capacity ensures seamless handling of the growing data traffic in modern data center environments. With its standard 25G ports, the switch is perfectly suited for high-density server access in high-end data centres, providing efficient, high-bandwidth connections that can handle demanding applications such as cloud computing, virtualization, and big data processing.
VSS (second generation intelligent resilience architecture)
Facing the application requirements of the unified switching architecture of the data center, the series switches support the VSS technology, which virtualizes multiple devices into one logical. The equipment has strong advantages in scalability, reliability, distributed and availability. VSS not only can achieve a long-distance intelligent elastic architecture within a rack, across racks, and even across regions.
Abundant data center features
The Data Center Leaf 25G Switch Series enables scalable Layer 2 networking with VXLAN, improving network flexibility and efficient utilization of available paths. MP-BGP EVPN functions as the VXLAN control plane, simplifying configuration, reducing traffic flooding, and minimizing full-mesh connectivity between VTEPs through BGP route reflectors. Support for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) allows storage, data, and compute traffic to converge on a single infrastructure, lowering deployment and operational costs. Integrated support for PFC, ETS, and DCBX ensures low latency and lossless transport for FC storage, RDMA applications, and high- performance computing environments.
WatchDog distributed resilient network interconnection (DRNI)
With DRNI (M-LAG) support, links from multiple switches can be aggregated into one logical interface to provide device-level link redundancy. This capability is ideal for servers dual-homed to a pair of access switches, ensuring node-level resilience. Simplified topology: DRNI reduces network complexity and streamlines spanning tree configuration by virtualizing two physical devices into a single logical device. Independent upgrades: Member devices can be upgraded individually and sequentially, minimizing the impact on traffic forwarding.
Software
SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS
IP Services
- Static/Dynamic/Gratuitous/proxy ARP
- ARP snooping/fast reply/direct route advertisement/ping
- ARP attack detection
- ARP source suppression
- DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
- DHCP Server/relay agent/client/snooping
- DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System)
- mDNS (Multicast Domain Name System)
- IRDP (ICMP Router Discovery Protocol)
- UDP helper
- ND (Neighbor Discovery)
- ND snooping/proxy/direct route advertisement/ping
- DHCPv6 Server/relay agent/client/snooping/guard
- DNS (Domain Name System)
- GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation)
- HTTP redirect
- GRE tunneling
- VXLAN tunneling and VXLAN-DCI tunnelling
- IPv4/IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling
- IPv4/IPv6 over IPv6 tunneling
- IPv4/IPv6 Fast Forwarding
- Lag
Layer 2 Technologies
- VLAN ID range 0 to 4095(Total 4096, 0 and 4095 are reserved)
- Access/Trunk/Hybrid VLAN
- Port-based VLAN
- MAC-based VLAN
- IP subnet-based VLAN
- Loop detection (VLAN and VXLAN network)
- MVRP (Multiple VLAN Registration Protocol)
- GVRP (Generic VLAN Registration Protocol)
- DCBX (Data Center Bridging Exchange Protocol)
- Broadcast/multicast/unknown unicast storm constrain
- BPDU filter
- Protocol-based VLAN
- IEEE 802.1P(CoS priority)
- Super VLAN
- Private VLAN
- Voice VLAN
- QinQ (802.1Q-in-802.1Q)
- VLAN mapping
- RSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol)
- MSTP (Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol)
- PVST (Per-VLAN Spanning Tree) compatible with PVST+/RPVST+/PVRST+
- L2PT (Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling)
- Jumbo frame
- Port isolation
- Static/Dynamic/Blackhole/Multiport unicast MAC
- MAC automatic learning and aging
- Port-based/VLAN-based MAC learning limit
- MAC filter
- BPDU/root/loop/TC-BPDU/PVST BPDU/dispute loopback guard
- Role/TC-BPDU transmission restriction
- LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) and LLDP-MED
- Store-and-forward (Default)
- Cut-through-forward
- STP (Spanning tree protocol)
Ethernet configuration
- Dynamic aggregation
- 10GE/25G/40GE/100GE port aggregation Ethernet configuration
- S-MLAG
- LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol)
- Static aggregation
- AutoMDIX
- M-LAG (Multichassis Link Aggregation)
- Duplex Auto/Full/Half
Visualization
- gRPC (Google remote procedure call)
- INT (Inband Telemetry)
- Flow group
Quality of Service (QoS)
- ACL (Access Control List)
- Advanced ACL User-defined
- ACL Ingress and Egress ACL
- Ingress/Egress CAR Diff-Serv QoS
- Priority marking and remarking
- 802.1p, TOS, DSCP, and EXP priority mapping
- Traffic shaping and Time ranges
- Traffic classification based on source MAC, destination MAC
- Flexible queue scheduling algorithms including SP, WRR, SP+WRR, WFQ, SP+WRR
- Eight queues on a port 802.1P/DSCP
- Congestion avoidance, Tail-Drop, RED (Random Early Detection) and WRED (Weighted Random Early Detection)
- Source IP, destination IP, port, protocol, and VLAN
Routing
- Static routing, RIP, OSPF, IS-IS, and BGP
- IPv4/IPv6 dual stack
- IPv4/IPv6 ECMP (Equal-cost multi-path routing)
- IPv4/IPv6 PBR (Policy-based routing)
- IPv4/IPv6 Routing policy
- IPv6 static routing, RIPng, OSPFv3, IS-ISv6, and BGP4+
- Pingv6, Telnetv6, FTPv6, TFTPv6, DNSv6, ICMPv6
- Dual-stack PBR
Security
- RBAC (Role-based access control)
- AAA (Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting)
- RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service)
- SSH1.x and SSH2.0 (Secure Shell), SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), HTTPS
- Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
- COA (Change of Authorization)
- Control Plane Protection (CoPP), Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS)
- MACsec (Media Access Control Security) All ports AES256 MACsec
- Micro segmentation
- EAD (Endpoint Admission Defense)
- Sticky MAC
- TACACS (Terminal Access Controller Access Control System)
- WDTACACS (WD Terminal Access Controller Access Control System)
- MFF (MAC-forced forwarding)
- SAVI (Source Address Validation Improvement)
- FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards)
- Hierarchical user management and password protection
- ARP attack protection
- MAB (Mac Authentication Bypass)
- 802.1X authentication
- Portal authentication
- MAC authentication
- Web authentication
- Triple authentication
- Port security
- Attack detection and prevention
- TCP attack prevention IPSG (IP source guard)
- ND attack protection
- Basic and advanced ACLs for packet filtering
- OSPF, RIPv2, BGPv4 plain text and MD5 authentication
- uRPF (Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding)
- IPv6 RA Guard
VXLAN
- VXLAN L2 switching
- VXLAN L3 routing
- Centralized VXLAN gateway
- Distributed VXLAN gateway
- VXLAN M-LAG and VXLAN-DCI
- OVSDB (Open vSwitch Database)
- EVPN control plane
- EVPN VXLAN, EVPN M-LAG
- VXLAN / VTEP MP-BGP
- EVPN ES
High Availability
- Ethernet OAM (IEEE 802.3ah)
- CFD (Connectivity Fault Detection) (IEEE 802.1ag and ITU-T Y.1731)
- DLDP (Device Link Detection Protocol)
- RRPP (Rapid Ring Protection Protocol)
- ERPS (G.8032 Ethernet Ring Protection Switching)
- BFD (Bidirectional forwarding detection)
- Hardware BFD
- BFD for VRRP/BGP/IS-IS/OSPF/RSVP/static routing, with a failover detection time less than 50 milliseconds track
- Process redundancy/placement
- Secure boot
- CPU protection
- Hot patching
- Link aggregation
- VCT (virtual cable test)
- Smart-Link
- ISSU (In-Service Software Upgrade)
- VRRPv2/v3 (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol)
- Smart Link Monitor Link
Multicast
- PIM-DM, PIM-SM, PIM-SSM
- Any-RP
- PIM snooping
- IGMPv1/IGMPv2/IGMPv3
- MLD snooping proxying
- IPv6 PIM snooping
- MLD proxying / MLD Snooping
- IGMP proxying / IGMP Snooping
- IGMP snooping proxying
- IGMP Filter and IGMP Fast leave
- IPv6 PIM-DM, PIM-SM, PIM-SSM, and Any-RP
- MLDv1 / MLDV2
- Multicast policy and Multicast QoS
- Multicast routing and forwarding
- Multicast VLAN, MVPN (Multicast VPN)
- MSDP (Multicast Source Discovery Protocol)
Stacking
- Intelligent Resilient
- VSS (fast convergence within 50ms)
- Server-based automatic configuration
- USB-based automatic configuration
- Distributed device management
- Distributed link aggregation
- Distributed resilient routing
- Stacking through standard Ethernet ports
- Local device stacking and remote device stacking
- LACP-, BFD-, and ARP-based multi-active detection (MAD)
- Automatic configuration
MPLS
- Static LSP (label switched path)
- LDP (Label Distribution Protocol)
- IPv6 LDP
- Tunnel policies
- VRF
- MPLS
- L2VPN
- MPLS L3VPN
- MPLS Ping/Tracert
- SRv6
- MCE (Multi-VPN Instance Customer Edge)
- IPv6 MCE
- MPLS OAM
OpenFlow
- Multiple controllers (EQUAL, master/slave)
- Multiple tables flow
- Group table
- OpenFlow 1.3
Intelligent lossless network
- PFC (Priority-based Flow Control) deadlock watchdog
- ECN Overlay, ROCE stream analysis
- NVMe-oF (NVMe over Fabrics)
- DCQCN
- RoCEv2 (RDMA over Converged Ethernet v2)
- ECN (Explicit Congestion Notification) DCBX, RDMA and RoCE
Programmability and Automation
- Auto DevOps by using Python, NETCONF, TCL, and Restful APIs for automated network programming
- Ansible
Network management
- BGP-EVPN, NQA (Network quality analyzer)
- performance management through gRPC or NETCONF
- NTP (Network Time Protocol)
- PTP (Precision Time Protocol) IEEE 1588 version 2/IEEE 802.1AS/SMPTE ST 2059-2/AES67-2015
- System logs, Alarming based on severity
- Power, fan, and temperature alarming
- Loading and upgrading through XModem/FTP/TFTP/SFTP/USB
- Embedded AC, maximum support management 2K AP
- NMS network management system
- SNMPv1/SNMPv2c/SNMPv3
- RMON (Remote Network Monitoring) and groups 1,2,3 and 9
- NETCONF/YANG (XML-based network management protocol)
- EAA (Embedded Automation Architecture)
- Debugging information output
- Device status monitoring mechanism, including the CPU engine, backplane, chips, and other key components
- Configuration through CLI, Telnet, and console port
- ZeroTouch Provisioning
- Port mirroring SPAN (Switch Port Analyzer)/RSPAN (Remote SPAN)
- Flow mirroring
- NetStream/IPv6 NetStream
- sFlow, Information center
- VCF (Virtual Converged Framework), CWMP (CPE WAN Management Protocol/TR-069)
- Fault alarm and automatic fault recovery
- SmartMC (embedded Smart Graphical Management Center)
- Support LLDP-MIB
- Support Entity MIB
- Restful/Restconf API
Hardware
Hardware Specifications
| Features | WD-GS-56XC | WD-GS-18QF |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | ≤ 10 kg (22.05 lb) | ≤ 16 kg (35.27 lb) |
| Serial console port | RJ45 | RJ45 |
| Out-of-band management port | 1 x 10/100/1000BASE-T | One GE copper port and one GE fibre port |
| Mini USB console port | - | 1 |
| USB port | 1 | 1 |
| 100G QSFP28 / 40G QSFP+ port | 8 | 2 |
| 25G SFP28 / 10G SFP+ / 1G SFP port | 48 | - |
| Expansion slot | - | 2 |
| CPU | C3000, 2.2 GHz @ 4 cores | 2000, 2.4 GHz @ 4 cores C3000, 2.2 GHz @ 4 cores |
| SDRAM | 8GB or (32 GB Premium) | 8GB or (32 GB Premium) |
| Flash | 4GB (128 GB Premium) | 4GB (128 GB Premium) |
| Latency | <1µs | <1µs |
| Switching capacity | 4 Tbps | 3.6 Tbps |
| Forwarding capacity | 2024 Mpps | 2024 Mpps |
| Buffer (byte) | 32M | 32M |
| MTBF (year) | 78.7 | 34 |
| MTTR (hour) | 0.5 | 1 |
| AC-input voltage | 90V AC to 264V AC | 90V AC to 264V AC |
| DC-input voltage | 190V DC to 310V DC | –40V DC to –72V DC |
| Power module slot | 2 | 2 |
| Typical power consumption (Fully configured with copper cables, at 50% load) |
Single AC input: 143 W Dual AC inputs: 150 W |
With two WDAP18CQ modules: 282 W With two WDAP18CQMSEC modules: 326 W With two WDAP116Q modules: 260 W With two WDAP18QC modules: 230 W With two WDAP124XG2Q modules: 286 W With two WDAP124XGT2Q modules: 348 W With two WDAP124XG2QFC modules: 286 W With two WDAP124XG2QL modules: 242 W With two WDAP124TG2H modules: 282 W With two WDAP116FC modules: 260 W |
| Maximum power consumption (Fully configured with transceiver modules, at 100% load) |
Single AC input: 424 W Dual AC inputs: 429 W |
With two WDAP18CQ modules: 421 W With two WDAP18CQMSEC modules: 451 W With two WDAP116Q modules: 385 W With two WDAP18QC modules: 325 W With two WDAP124XG2Q modules: 385 W With two WDAP124XGT2Q modules: 511 W With two WDAP124XG2QFC modules: 385 W With two WDAP124XG2QL modules: 337 W With two WDAP124TG2H modules: 421 W With two WDAP116FC modules: 385 W |
| Maximum thermal consumption | 1464 BTU/hr | With two WDAP18CQ modules: 1436 BTU/hr With two WDAP18CQMSEC modules: 1539 BTU/hr With two WDAP116Q modules: 1314 BTU/hr With two WDAP18QC modules: 1109 BTU/hr With two WDAP124XG2Q modules: 1314 BTU/hr With two WDAP124XGT2Q modules: 1744 BTU/hr With two WDAP124XG2QFC modules: 1314 BTU/hr With two WDAP124XG2QL modules: 1150 BTU/hr With two WDAP124TG2H modules: 1436 BTU/hr With two WDAP116FC modules: 1314 BTU/hr |
| Fan tray slot | 4 hot-swappable fans, fan speed adjustable and wind invertible | 5 hot-swappable fans, fan speed adjustable and wind invertible |
| Dimensions (H x W x D) | Without package: 44 x 440 x 400 mm (1.73 x 17.32 x 15.75 in) With package: 150 x 658 x 556 mm (5.91 x 25.91 x 21.89 in) |
44.2 x 440 x 660 mm (1.74 x 17.32 x 18.11 in) |
| Air flow direction | From front to rear or from rear to front | |
| Operating temperature | From -5 to 55 ℃ (23℉ to 131℉) | |
| Operating humidity | 5% to 95%, noncondensing | |