Security Level: Huawei Data Center Network in the Eyes of Third Parties

Security Level: Huawei Data Center Network in the Eyes of Third Parties

World s Leading SDN Vendor 2016 Market share in China leaped to No.1 in H1 Receive the ShowNet Award at Interop Tokyo Authoritative report on SDN vender leadership 2015 The only Chinese company among leading SDN vendor 2014 2013 Fastest-growing data center network supplier in the world An annual growth rate of 137% Fastest-growing data center network supplier in the world 2012 First roll-out on Interop amazed the world Industry's highest performance Source: 2015 Infonetics Data Center and Enterprise SDN Vendor Leadership Analysis by IHS 2

Huawei Revenue Ranked No.1 in China (2016, H1) Q2: 45.3% Market Share H1: No.1 (China) Source: (IDC 2016Q2) Authorization for the Use of IDC Data Q2: No.3 (Worldwide) Source: IDC s APeJ Quarterly Datacenter Networks 2Q 2016 Final Release Source: (IDC 2016Q2) Authorization for the Use of IDC Data 3

In 2015, Huawei Achieved an over 70% YOY Revenue Growth and Saw a Significant Increase of Execution Score in the Magic Quadrant Huawei gained significant traction in 2015 as it became the fastest-growing vendor in this analysis, with year-over-year revenue growth of more than 70%. In 2015, Huawei enhanced its CloudFabric architecture, CloudEngine switching platforms and SDN controller offerings, which leverage open standards. Huawei's goal focuses on open SDN innovation in the market. Huawei is driving toward more flexible procurement models that will allow customers to pay as they go, as requirements change. 2015 2014 Source: Magic Quadrant for Data Center Networking 2016 4

CloudEngine Switches Receive the ShowNet Product Award at Interop Tokyo 2016 At Interop Tokyo 2016, Huawei CE8860 and CE6851 data center switches received the Best of Show Award Grand Prix in the ShowNet Product category. ShowNet is a comprehensive demonstration of the Interop and has always been recognized as an important occasion to verify interoperability between multi-vendor equipment. Exhibitors from all over the world demonstrated their latest technologies and products, and tested their solutions in a real network environment. Huawei showcased the open SDN architecture composed of CE8860 and CE6800 at the exhibition, and verified the Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) and Ethernet VPN (EVPN) features of the switches, which can be used to establish SDN networks within and between data centers. During the demonstration, Huawei switches also interoperated with products from other vendors to establish EVPN networks successfully. 5

Huawei Awarded the Best Practice Award of 2015 by the SDN/NFV Industry Alliance China s first end-to-end data center SDN solution testing started on December 14, 2015, which was sponsored by the SDN/NFV Industry Alliance and jointly conducted by China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom. The testing lasted for two months and tested data center network solutions of multiple vendors including Huawei. Huawei s data center hybrid overlay SDN solution underwent the benchmark testing for SDN solutions applicable to data centers. The solution met requirements defined in the data center SDN solution testing specifications (version 2.0) released by the SDN/NFV Industry Alliance and was awarded the Best Practice Award of 2015. The data center hybrid overlay SDN solution is composed of Huawei CE12800 and CE68000 data center switches, CE12800V virtual switch, and Agile Controller, an SDN controller. The solution uses a cloud platform to implement unified resource application and provisioning, shortening the service provisioning time. Moreover, it enables quick and flexible deployment of differentiated value-added services on a per tenant basis. 6

Huawei CE12800 Series Data Center Switches Awarded Miercom Performance Verified Certification 2 Tbit/s Bandwidth Per Slot High-Density 10GE/40GE Access Ultra-Low Latency (2 to 5 μs) High Reliability Low Power Consumption (50% Lower Than the Industry Average) 7

Huawei CE12800 Series Awarded Best of Show at Interop First Chinese Vendor Awarded at Interop Huawei s CE12800 received the Best of Show Award Special Prize in the Data Center and Storage Category at Interop Tokyo 2013. With its industry-leading switching capacity and high-speed forwarding performance, Huawei s CloudEngine (CE) 12800 data center switch outperformed at Interop Tokyo 2013 and was awarded a Best of Show Award. Interop awards are regarded as the Oscars of enterprise networking. Link For details, click here. Mr. Osuma Tabata, Senior Network Specialist, Huawei Enterprise Japan (right) receives the Best of Show Award in the Data Center and Storage Category for the CE12800 data center core switch from the Interop Tokyo judge (left). 8

CloudEngine Switches Passed OpenFlow1.3 Certification the Earliest In Sep. 2015, Huawei CloudEngine switches passed the OpenFlow1.3 conformance certification test conducted in BII Group s Global SDN Certified Testing Center. They are among the first switches that have passed OpenFlow1.3 conformance certification. All the tests for OpenFlow v1.3 conformance certification were completed using OFsuite, the world s first tool suite covering all ONF OpenFlow v1.3 testing specifications. It provides automatic testing on network devices in the Global SDN Certified Testing Center, and also offers comprehensive monitoring and diagnosis functions, helping to modify and upgrade devices during testing. Dan Pitt, ONF chairman and Zhang Pan, deputy chairman of ONF test working group and senior engineer of BII Group s Global SDN Certified Testing Center, awarded the OpenFlow v1.3 conformance certificate to CloudEngine switches 9

Huawei CloudFabric 2.0 Cloud Connect Data Center Solution Functionalities Verified by Tolly The Tolly Group companies have been delivering world class IT services for more than 20 years. Tolly is a leading global provider of third-party validation services for vendors of IT products, components, and services. Based on its ICT convergence concept, Huawei s CloudFabric 2.0 Cloud Connect Data Center Solution passed Tolly s Software-Defined Networking (SDN) capability openness as well as function and performance tests. CloudFabric 2.0 uses a service-oriented open architecture that supports fullscale SDN openness. It can seamlessly connect to mainstream data center cloud platforms and common virtualization platforms (for example, VMware and Microsoft). Working with cloud platforms, Huawei s CloudFabric 2.0 can deliver network policies to mainstream data center cloud platforms and thirdparty controllers. Additionally, Huawei CloudEngine series data center switches can serve as hardware gateways in overlay networks (VXLAN/NVGRE). OpenFlow 1.3 High-Performance Overlay Gateways Seamless Connection to Third-Party Controllers 10

Huawei CE Series Switches Passed CC Certification and Were Awarded Seller s Permits in Europe, U.S., and Japan The Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation (abbreviated as Common Criteria or CC) is a widely recognized product information security certification, which adopts IEC/ISO15408 standards, also known as CC standards. CC certification is supervised by the national security departments of 26 CC member countries. Members include developed countries such as the U.S., Japan, and European countries, as well emerging market countries such as India. CC certification covers technical tests and evaluations including product security, vulnerability analysis, encryption technology, and product manual tests, as well as system tests and evaluations including development process, configuration management, and production delivery. 11

Huawei CE12800 Series Awarded TÜV Rheinland Green Mark Certificate Huawei's Unique Certificate TÜV Rheinland Group in Germany is a worldrenowned inspection, test, and authentication organization with 140 years of experience. TÜV Rheinland has established 500 branches in 65 countries and its 17,000+ employees provide professional services for global customers. TÜV Rheinland Greater China has about 3,000 employees. Its services cover a wide variety of industries. TÜV Rheinland is well-known for its high-quality test and certification services as well as its secure, high-quality, and environmentally friendly services and solutions for local enterprises. 12

Huawei CE12800 Series Rated Shockproof at Level 8/9 by MIIT Huawei's Unique Certificate The Seismic Test Center of Telecommunications Equipment (STCTE) is affiliated with the Research Institute of Telecommunications Transmission, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) of China. STCTE formulates standards for shockproof test of telecommunications devices, researches telecommunications technologies and shock test technologies, supervises and inspects the performance and quality of various telecommunications devices, and provides technical support for shockproof work in the IT industry. 13

Huawei CE Series TOR Switches Certified for Energy Saving Huawei's Unique Certificate China Quality Certification Center (CQC) is a thirdparty professional certification organization established by the Chinese government and widely recognized by many countries and international authorities. CQC is dedicated to helping customers improve product and service quality through certification and promoting communication and cooperation among diverse industries. With 30 years of product certification experience, CQC has become one of the top certification brands in the world because of its high reputation in certification services. 14

Huawei and Spirent Completed Large-Scale TRILL Networking Test for Huawei CE12800 Series Core Switches TRILL-based full mesh and network size test: Huawei CE12816 chassis provides 16 line cards with 48 x 10GE ports (480 Gbit/s) per line card. The test results show that the CE12816 supports TRILL-based networking with up to 512 nodes. In addition, the CE12816 implements TRILL-based line-speed forwarding for 768 x 10GE ports. This test is China s largest-scale full-frame 10GE port full mesh test and also the largestscale TRILL-based full mesh test. The CE12816 is currently the only data center switch that passed this test in China. This test further verifies that the CE12816 supports TRILL standards and provides industry-leading forwarding performance. We are pleased to confirm that Huawei used our latest test platform to test the CE12816 s industry-leading TRILL-based networking capability and high-speed forwarding performance. Spirent s 400G high-density test module can simulate a real-world networking environment and provides a flexible, cost-effective solution, helping device vendors verify their data center TOR and EOR switches. Zhang Jing, Global VP and General Manager of APAC, Spirent Communications Onsite test environment: Huawei CE12816 core switch (right); Spirent tester (left) 15

Huawei CE12800 Series Passed Ixia s Full-Frame, Full Mesh Forwarding Performance Test Huawei CE12804 chassis provides four line cards with 24 x 40GE per line card. The test results show that the CE12804 implements line-speed forwarding for 96 x 40GE ports without packet loss. The highest bidirectional service flow traffic reaches up to 3.84 Tbit/s. The CE12804 is currently the only data center core switch that passed Ixia s full-frame 40GE port full mesh test in China. Huawei CE12808 chassis provides eight line cards with 48 x 10GE per line card. The test results show that the CE12808 implements line-speed forwarding for 384 x 10GE ports without packet loss. The highest bidirectional service flow traffic reaches up to 3.84 Tbit/s. Using a large-scale, real-world service flow test environment, we have witnessed the powerful performance of Huawei s data center switch products. To meet the test requirements for ultra-large scale and performance, Ixia is dedicated to improving the port rate, density, and protocol scalability of devices under test. Zhang Wei, General Manager of Ixia Greater China Onsite test environment for Huawei CE12800 series data center core switch full mesh test 16

Huawei CE Series Switches in the Words of Customers Jiang Zhixiong, Deputy Chief Engineer, CNPC Changping Data Center We ve purchased 322 Huawei CE12816 data center core switches to build a high-performance, high-bandwidth network platform in our Changping Data Center, which supports large-scale service access. The Huawei devices we've purchased can fully support network virtualization. Huawei uses its TRILL-based large Layer 2 network technology to support server virtualization, implementing server resource pooling and sharing. Huawei s solution supports a network architecture that features deployment in two places and three centers, helping us integrate the resources of multiple data centers. The automatic deployment subsolution helps us implement fast and flexible network resource deployment. 17

Huawei CE Series Switches in the Words of Customers Zhang Wei, General Manager of Resource Management, ChinaCache International Holdings Limited We are deeply impressed with Huawei CE12800 series data center switches. For example, the CE12800 provides 4 Tbit/s bidirectional bandwidth per slot, and the entire device provides 64 Tbit/s switching capacity. In addition, the CE12800 supports 12 x 100GE and 24 x 40GE highperformance cards. It also provides abundant data center features, such as virtualization and end-to-end traffic management and control capabilities. All these features provide strong support for our infrastructure network. 18

Huawei CE Series Switches in the Words of Customers Mike Ma, DCBG VP, 21Vianet Group, Inc. After much research, we decided to select Huawei's Agile TE Solution, which greatly reduces planning and O&M difficulties by deploying CE12800 as the core node of the SDN backbone network and the Agile Controller as the central control management platform. In addition, the CE12800 includes the SDN-based capability of freely adjusting paths. This series of data center core switches is very stable and helps us build highly reliable and high-quality network services for our customers. 19

Huawei CE Series Switches in the Words of Customers New network construction and network capacity expansion have typically involved considerable adjustment and time investment from our labor force. Huawei s end-to-end replicable network design solution helps us solve this problem easily. Today, new network construction and capacity expansion are much simpler than ever before. We can easily build a new high-performance network and Yang Wenyong, Director of O&M Technology Department, Vipshop Holdings Limited scale the live network. Media Report Link: http://www.c114.net/news/126/a804384.html 20

Huawei CE Series Switches in the Words of Customers APT ultimately chose to partner with Huawei because we value Huawei s CloudEngine series nextgeneration data center switches, their high-reliability end-to-end data center products, and their cloud computing network solutions. Yao Hanrong, Deputy General Manager, APT Datamatrix Limited Media Report Link: http://www.51cto.com/art/201312/42 0612.htm 21

Huawei CE Series Switches in the Media Huawei is on the list of Top 10 SDN Solution Providers of 2016 selected by Enterprise Networking, a famous American magazine. Value: Huawei SDN technology transforms IT infrastructure from traditional static model capabilities into programmable automation optimized environments that significantly improves application deployment velocity and service innovation. This helps IT to become more responsive to fast changing market pressures, customer needs, and competitive dynamics. Huawei s various enterprise Information and Communications Technology (ICT) solutions like Agile Campus Network Solution, CloudFabric Data Center Network Solution, and Agile WAN Solution are tailored to enable the enterprise to follow an open framework and ecosystem for better agility and visibility. Media Report Link: http://www.enterprisenetworkingmag.com/vendor/ article9/huawei_technologies 22

Huawei CE Series Switches in the Media On GITC 2015, Huawei CloudEngine 12800 data centers switches were awarded the Most Valuable Internet Product of the Year. Media Report Link: http://www.51cto.com/art/201511/498243.htm Huawei CloudEngine 12800 series data center switches were awarded the Most Valuable Internet Product of the Year for the highest performance and remarkable contribution made to the Internet industry. Huawei CE12800 has been recognized as the 10GE engine of the cloud era and showed superb performance in the market. With rapid growth of cloud services, Huawei data center switches will assist more customers to build sustainable, stable, and green data center networks, and enrich people s life through communication. 23

Huawei CloudFabric in the Media Huawei CloudFabric Data Center Network Solution received the Product of the Year Award from ZOL. COM. CN in 2014. Huawei CloudFabric Data Center Network Solution is designed to build elastic, simple, and open cloud data center networks that can support long-term development of enterprise cloud services. The overall solution consists of the fullyconnected SDN, 100G interconnection+25g access, and open cloud ecosystem solutions. Huawei offers end-to-end network products to provide one-stop services for customers and facilitate data center construction. The CloudFabric Data Center Network Solution is built on Huawei CloudEngine 12800 series core switches, CloudEngine 8800/7800/6800/5800 high-performance ToR switches, and 1800V virtual switches, and is capable of building a highly scalable data center network for customers. Media Report Link: http://best.zol.com.cn/topic/4951975.html?big_type=2&a ward_type=11&sub_type=526&s=2 24

Huawei CloudFabric in the Media DOIT presented Huawei CloudFabric Data Center Network Solution with the Preferred Brand for Cloud Computing Network Solutions in 2013 Award. Media Report Link: http://www.doit.com.cn/subject/2013itaward/cloud.html 25

Huawei CE Series Switches in the Media Top Enterprise-Grade IT Products and Solutions Providers in China 2013 Annual Excellent Product Trusted by CIOs Huawei CE12800 series switches are next-generation, high-performance core switches designed for data center networks and high-end campus networks. Using Huawei s Versatile Routing Platform version 8 (VRPv8), CE12800 series switches provide stable, reliable, secure, and high-performance L2/L3 switching capabilities to help build a scalable, virtualized, and high-quality network. They feature an advanced hardware architecture design and offer the highest performance among all core switches. The CE12800 provides a maximum of 64 Tbit/s switching capacity and high-density line-speed ports. Each switch accommodates up to 128 x 100GE and 384 x 40GE ports, or 1,536 x 10GE ports. Media Report Link: http://network.chinabyte.com/261/12843261.shtml 26

Huawei CE Series Switches in the Media TechTarget China IT Makes the Future Outstanding Enterprise- Class IT Products Selection in 2013 Best Switch Award Huawei CE12800 series switches are next-generation, highperformance core switches designed for data center networks and high-end campus networks. Using Huawei s VRPv8, CE12800 series switches provide stable, reliable, secure, and high-performance L2/L3 switching capabilities to help build a scalable, virtualized, and high-quality network. Best Switch Award Huawei CE12800 Series High- Performance Core Switches Media Report Link: http://www.techtarget.com.cn/microsites/2013/awards/result.html 27

Huawei CE Series Switches in the Media Network Infrastructure Network World Presents Huawei CE12800 Series Switches with 2012 Innovative Switch Product Award Value: Core switches enable cloud computing data centers to adapt to requirements for large capacity, high-density, and high reliability networks. As a new player in the enterprise networking market, Huawei has introduced its CE12800 series core switches, which demonstrate Huawei s strong competitiveness in this field. Product Highlights: Huawei CE12800 series data center core switches offer industry-leading Clos fabric architecture and industry-grade reliability as well as a strict front-to-back airflow design. The CE12800 also supports full-scale virtualization and abundant data center features. The CE12800 provides a switching capacity of up to 48 Tbit/s per chassis with 2 Tbit/s bandwidth per slot. The CE12812 supports 96 x 100GE, 288 x 40GE, or 1,152 x 10GE Ethernet ports. Working with CE6800/CE5800 series TOR switches, the CE12800 series can build a non-blocking switch fabric with up to 360 Tbit/s switch capacity. In addition, the CE12800 uses innovative energy-saving technologies, greatly reducing the energy consumption of devices. Media Report Link: http://www.cnw.com.cn/zhuanti/sk/banjiang2012/communication_2.html 28

Huawei CE Series Switches in the Media IT168 2012 Technical Excellence Award Huawei CE12800 Series High- Performance Core Switches Value: The CE12800 series is Huawei's most successful enterprise networking product since the company entered the enterprise networking market. The CE12800 series includes three models, which vary by the number of slots: the CE12812, CE12808, and CE12804. In terms of capacity and performance, the CE12800 series outperforms similar products from other vendors, providing up to 2 Tbit/s per slot with 1 Tbit/s per line card. The test report from Miercom in the U.S. confirms that the CE12800 series provides outstanding forwarding performance and energy saving. It supports full linespeed forwarding for high-density 24 x 40GE interface cards. Its power consumption is only 50% of the industry average. In addition, the CE12800 supports IETF TRILL standards, helping enterprises build large Layer 2 networks. The CE12800 also supports Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), implementing converged computing, storage, and data services. It is a key product that supports Huawei CloudFabric architecture, which can adapt to customer service growth demands for the next 10 years. Media Report Link: http://net.it168.com/a2013/0109/1445/000001445218_1.shtml 29

Huawei CE Series Switches in the Media enet.com.cn 2012 Golden e Award Huawei CE12800 Series High-Performance Core Switches Value: Huawei s CE12800 builds an elastic and scalable data center network that supports storage, data, and computing services and adapts to data center growth demands over the next 10 years. The CE12800 is the first choice for core devices in ultra large cloud data centers. The innovative CE12800 is a strong performer that helps enterprises achieve their goals in the era of Big Data. Media Report Link: http://www.enet.com.cn/article/2012/1130/a20121130200494.shtml 30

Huawei CE Series Switches in the Media ZDNet 2012 Best Data Center Core Switch Award Huawei CE12800 Series High-Performance Core Switches Value: Huawei CloudFabric Solution helps enterprise users and carriers build a 360 Tbit/s non-blocking switch fabric, supporting access of up to 10,000 10GE/GE servers. Huawei CE12800 series core switches use a nonblocking Clos fabric architecture. Working with Huawei s dynamic distributed large buffer technology (100 ms/port), the CE12800 can easily process burst traffic caused by cloud computing applications, ensuring zero packet loss during service transmission. Media Report Link: http://www.zdnet.com.cn/zdnet/2012/1226/2137956.shtml 31

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