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Chapter 2
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2.3 System Requirements
Component
Requirement
System Requirements
Switch Fabric Capacity
Non-blocking full wire speed on all packet sizes
Forwarding Architecture
Store and forward or cut-through
Port Packet Forwarding
Rate
• 595,200,000 pps (400GbE)
• 148,800,000 pps (100GbE)
• 59,520,000 pps (40GbE)
• 14,880,000 pps (10GbE)
MAC Address Entries
supported
Up to 288K entries
Memory Type
64MB buffer memory
OOB Port
10/100/1000Mbps, auto sensing, auto negotiation
Spanning Tree Support
• Support IEEE802.1d STP
• Support IEEE802.1s MSTP
• Support IEEE802.1w RSTP
L3 Hosts
• IPv4 UC up to 16K; IPv6 UC up to 8K
• IPv4 MC up to 8K; IPv6 MC up to 4K
L3 LPM
T-CAM mode: IPv4/32b 4K; IPv6/64b 2K; IPv6/128b 1K
L3 Multicast Groups
512
Serial Console
• Provide visual feedback of the boot process to the user
• Timeout after period of inactivity
Port Trunking
IEEE802.3ad Link Aggregation (LAG) up to 2K
Port requirements
Speed Capability per Port
• 100/400Gbps (QSFP-DD port)
• 25/50/100/200Gbps (QSFP-DD port, working in breakout cable)
Full-Duplex Flow Control
Support the IEEE 802.3x PAUSE frame