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RG-N18006-X Data Center Modular Core Switch with Four Line Card Slots

Fit for the core or aggregation node of a legacy data center or core node of a cloud data center, enabling smooth evolution to 400GE in future

Models

RG-N18006-X

4 line card slots, 7 RU

RG-N18010-X

8 line card slots, 12 RU

Series

Seria RG-N18000-X

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Diverse port types and flexible access capability with 200GE, 100GE, 40GE, and 10GE line cards
Cross-device link aggregation (de-stacking/M-LAG/VSU), implementing device-level redundancy, flexible networking, and high reliability
Hardware-level reliability, ensuring service continuity and network stability
VXLAN tunneling technology, achieving unlimited data transmission and flexible resource allocation and scheduling
Midplane-free design, improving data transmission efficiency
Telemetry/gRPC/sFlow/SPAN-based network monitoring and automated O&M, making management simple and efficient

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Features

100GE Data Center Modular
Core Switch RG-N18006-X

Up to 192 x 100GE ports, 144 x 40GE ports, and 576 x 10GE ports for line-rate forwarding
Ultra-large distributed buffer design, 200 ms buffering per port, and 24 GB buffer per card,
ensuring zero packet loss upon traffic burst.

Line cards:

M18000X-48DC-CE:
CE series line card with 48 x 200GE QSFP56 ports
M18000X-48CQ-CE:
CE series line card with 48 x 100GE QSFP28 ports
M18000X-36QXS-CB:
CB series line card with 36 x 40GE QSFP+ ports
M18000X-48XS2CQ-CB:
CB series line card with 48 x 10GE SFP+ ports and 2 x 100GE QSFP28 ports

Cross-device Link Aggregation, Implementing Device-level Redundancy, Flexible Networking, and High Reliability

De-stacking

M-LAG

VSU

De-stacking technology logically aggregates multiple switches through LACP to allow servers on the same network segment or on different network segments to communicate. This eliminates the need to synchronize data between switches, without affecting service transmission.

Midplane-free Design, Improving Data Transmission Efficiency

Midplane-free design

Clos architecture

Eliminates the need for a midplane between the line card and the switch fabric module. This enables direct data transmission from the line card to the switch fabric module, reducing distance and minimizing transmission loss. As a result, data transmission efficiency is significantly improved.

VXLAN Tunneling Technology, Achieving Unlimited Data Transmission and Flexible Resource Allocation and Scheduling

VXLAN technology creates virtual tunnels on an IP network by building a virtual Layer 2 network, implementing cross-region and cross-DC data migration, and flexible resource allocation and scheduling. The switch supports EVPN VXLAN to enhance the number of tenants, meeting requirements of identification and isolation between different networks on a large scale.

Hardware-level Reliability, Ensuring Service Continuity and Network Stability

N+1 redundancy of switch fabric modules:
Secures nonstop traffic transmission through loading sharing and redundancy.

M+N redundancy of power modules:
Achieves failover within seconds and delivers uninterrupted service upon power replacement, providing link-level protection.

M+N redundancy of fan modules:
Supports smart speed regulation for efficient heat dissipation.

1+1 redundancy of supervisor modules:
Guarantees service continuity.

Telemetry-based Network Monitoring and Automated O&M, Making Management Simple and Efficient

The switch enabled with Telemetry/gRPC/sFlow/SPAN provides clear data status and hierarchy.
The switch uses the push mode to proactively collect and push information and to provide sub-second-level network monitoring in real time, making network management more efficient and accurate.

Specifications

Hardware Specifications

Item	RG-N18018-X	RG-N18010-X	RG-N18006-X
Dimensions (W x D x H)	442 mm x 961 mm x 934.5 mm (17.40 in. x 37.83 in. x 36.79 in.), without the cable management bracket; 442 mm x 1017 mm x 934.5 mm (17.40 in. x 40.04 in. x 36.79 in.), with the cable management bracket.	442 mm x 961 mm x 534 mm (17.40 in. x 37.83 in. x 21.02 in.), without the cable management bracket; 442 mm x 1017 mm x 534 mm (17.40 in. x 40.04 in. x 21.02 in.), with the cable management bracket.	442 mm x 893 mm x 308.4 mm (17.40 in. x 35.16 in. x 12.14 in.), without the cable management bracket; 442 mm x 956 mm x 308.4 mm (17.40 in. x 37.64 in. x 12.14 in.), with the cable management bracket.
Rack height	21 RU	12 RU	7 RU
Unit weight	12.88 kg (28.40 lbs., a chassis with three fan modules)	52 kg (114.640 lbs., a chassis with three fan modules)	49 kg (108.03 lbs., a chassis with three fan modules)
Switching capacity	307.2 Tbps	153.6 Tbps	28.8 Tbps
Packet forwarding rate	69,120 Mpps	34,560 Mpps	17,280 Mpps
Module slots	2 x supervisor module slots 16 x line card slots 6 x switch fabric module slots 16 x power module slots 3 x fan module slots	2 x supervisor module slots 8 x line card slots 6 x switch fabric module slots 8 x power module slots 3 x fan module slots	2 x supervisor module slots 4 x line card slots 6 x switch fabric module slots 4 x power module slots 3 x fan module slots
Power input	RG-PA2700I (AC input) Rated input voltage: 100 V AC to 240 V AC, 50 Hz/60 Hz Maximum input voltage: 90 V AC to 290 V AC, 47 Hz to 63 Hz Rated input current: 16 A Power port type: C20 RG-PA2700I (HVDC input): Rated input voltage: 240V DC Maximum input voltage: 192V~350V DC Rated input current: 16 A Power port type: C20 Note: When the switch is equipped with the high-voltage DC power supply, a PDU that supports high-voltage DC power supply must be used. To ensure safety, connect the external power supply to the power cord first and then to the PDU. The switch can only connect to a specific power system (UPS) but not to the DC power grid. The DC voltage tolerance range is from 188 V DC to 400 V DC. RG-PD2400I (DC input): Rated input voltage: –48 V DC to –60 V DC Maximum input voltage: –40 V DC to –72 V DC Rated input current: 60 A Power port type: Dedicated port	RG-PA2700I (AC input) Rated input voltage: 100 V AC to 240 V AC, 50 Hz/60 Hz Maximum input voltage: 90V AC to 290 V AC, 47 Hz to 63 Hz Rated input current: 16 A Power port type: C20 RG-PA2700I (HVDC input): Rated input voltage: 240V: 192~288V DC Maximum input voltage: 192V~350V DC Rated input current: 16 A Power port type: C20 Note: When the switch is equipped with the high-voltage DC power supply, a PDU that supports high-voltage DC power supply must be used. To ensure safety, connect the external power supply to the power cord first and then to the PDU. The switch can only connect to a specific power system (UPS) but not to the DC power grid. The DC voltage tolerance range is from 188 V DC to 400 V DC. RG-PD2400I (DC input): Rated input voltage: –48 V DC to –60 V DC Maximum input voltage: –40 V DC to –72 V DC Rated input current: 60 A Power port type: Dedicated port	RG-PA3000I-F (AC input) Rated input voltage: 100 V AC to 240 V AC, 50 Hz/60 Hz Maximum input voltage: 90 V AC to 290 V AC, 47 Hz to 63 Hz Rated input current: 16 A Power port type: C20 RG-PA3000I-F (HVDC input): Rated input voltage: 240V DC Maximum input voltage: 192V~350V DC Rated input current: 16 A Power port type: C20 Note: When the switch is equipped with the high-voltage DC power supply, a PDU that supports high-voltage DC power supply must be used. To ensure safety, connect the external power supply to the power cord first and then to the PDU. The switch can only connect to a specific power system (UPS) but not to the DC power grid. The DC voltage tolerance range is from 188 V DC to 400 V DC.
Temperature	Operating temperature: 0ºC to 40ºC (32ºF to 104ºF) Storage temperature: –40ºC to +70ºC (–40ºF to +158ºF) Note: At altitudes ranging from 3,000 m (9,842.52 ft.) to 5,000 m (16,404.20 ft.), the maximum temperature decreases by 6°C (10.8°F) for every 1,000 m (3280.84 ft.) increase in elevation.		Operating temperature: 0°C to 45°C (32°F to 113°F) Storage temperature: –40ºC to +70ºC (–40ºF to +158ºF) Note: At altitudes ranging from 3,000 m (9,842.52 ft.) to 5,000 m (16,404.20 ft.), the maximum temperature decreases by 1°C (1.8°F) for every 200 m (656.17 ft.) increase in elevation.
Humidity	Operating humidity: 10% to 90% RH (non-condensing) Storage humidity: 5% to 95% RH (non-condensing)
Altitude	Operating altitude: ≤ 3,000 m (9,842.52 ft.) Storage altitude: ≤ 5000 m (16,404.20 ft.)
Cooling	Air cooling, front-to-rear airflow (port-side air intake)

Software Specifications

Item	RG-N18018-X	RG-N18010-X	RG-N18006-X
Device virtualization	Virtual Switching Unit 3.0
Data center features	VXLAN bridge VXLAN gateway BGP-EVPN VXLAN VXLAN mapping IPv6 VXLAN over IPv4 M-LAG
SDN	OpenFlow 1.3.
Traffic analysis	sFLOW IPFIX NetFlow
Layer 2 features	Jumbo frame IEEE 802.3ad (static link aggregation, LACP, cross-module link aggregation, M-LAG) IEEE 802.1Q STP, RSTP, MSTP GVRP QinQ LLDP Static MAC addresses, address filtering, and limit on the number of MAC addresses
IPv4 features	Static routing, RIP, OSPF, IS-IS, and BGP4 VRRP ECMP Policy-based routing
IPv6 features	Static routing, OSPFv3, BGP4+, IS-ISv6, and MLDv1/v2 VRRPv3 ECMP Policy-based routing Pingv6, Telnetv6, FTPv6, TFTPv6, DNSv6, ICMPv6
Multicast	IGMP v1/v2/v3 IGMP Snooping IGMP Proxy MLDv1, MLDv2 Multicast static routing Fast leave
ACL	Standard, extended, and expert-level ACLs Global ACLs Ingress/Egress ACLs IPv6 ACLs
QoS	Mapping of IEEE 802.1p, DSCP, and ToS priorities Priority marking/remarking Multiple queue scheduling mechanisms, including SP, WRR, DRR, SP+WRR, and SP+DRR Congestion avoidance mechanisms such as RED and WRED Port-based rate limit
Reliability	Independent switch fabric modules and independent supervisor engines to implement thorough separation of the forwarding plane from the control plane 1+1 redundancy for supervisor modules N+1 redundancy for switch fabric modules N+M redundancy for power modules and fan modules Midplane-free design to avoid single point of failures Hot swapping of components Hot patching BPDU guard/Loop guard/Root guard ISSU NSR DLDP FRR Micro-segmentation security isolation GR for OSPF/IS-IS/BGP BFD for VRRP/OSPF/BGP4/ISIS/ISISv6/static routing
Security	Network Foundation Protection Policy (NFPP) and CPU protection policy (CPP) to prevent protocol packet attacks Prevention against DDoS, ARP, and ICMP attacks DAI, port security, IP source guard, and protected ports uRPF RADIUS and TACACS user login authentication, password security, hierarchical user management, and password protection Source IP address restriction Function of not sending unknown multicast packets to the CPU Suppression of unknown multicast, unknown broadcast, and unknown multicast packets SSHv2, providing encrypted security channels for user login ITU-T Y.1731 Prevention against MAC address flapping Plaintext and MD5 ciphertext authentication for OSPF, RIPv2, and BGP4 packets
Management	Console/AUX Modem/Telnet/SSH2.0 CLI configuration FTP, TFTP, Xmodem, and SFTP SNMP V1/V2c/V3 NETCONF RMON NTP clock Fault alarm and auto-recovery System operation logging Traffic analysis Zero-touch provisioning (ZTP) Reliable network service (RNS), which probes specific services provided by the peer device to monitor the service availability Telemetry Buffer status monitoring and traffic microburst identification Port mirroring, traffic mirroring, and ERSPAN Physical ports on all line cards support the routing mode and IP addresses can be configured independently. Monitoring of fan modules and power modules

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Switch Chassis and Supervisor Engines

Model	Description
RG-N18018-X	18-slot chassis (without power module), equipped with fans
RG-N18010-X	10-slot chassis (without power module), equipped with fans
RG-N18006-X	6-slot chassis (without power module), equipped with fans
M18000X-CM II	2-nd generation supervisor module of RG-N18010-X and RG-N18018-X. It is used in combination with type-C switch fabric modules and CB cards.
M18006X-CM II	2nd-generation supervisor module of RG-N18006-X. It is used in combination with type-C switch fabric modules and CB cards.
M18000X-CM X	Supervisor module of RG-N18010-X and RG-N18018-X. It is used in combination with type-E switch fabric modules and CE cards.

Power Modules

Model	Description
RG-PA2700I	Power module of RG-N18000-X series (available for redundancy, AC, 2700 W, 16 A)
RG-PA3000I-F	Power module of RG-N18000-X series (available for redundancy, AC, 3000 W, 16 A)
RG-PD2400I	DC power module of RG-N18018-X and RG-N18010-X series (available for redundancy, DC, 2400 W, 60 A)

Switch Fabric Modules

Model	Description
M18018X-FE-C II	Type-C switch fabric module II of RG-N18018-X
M18018X-FE-C V	Type-C switch fabric module V of RG-N18018-X
M18010X-FE-C I	Type-C switch fabric module I of RG-N18010-X
M18010X-FE-C II	Type-C switch fabric module II of RG-N18010-X
M18006X-FE-C I	Type-C switch fabric module I of RG-N18006-X
M18006X-FE-E I	Type-E switch fabric module I of RG-N18006-X
M18010X-FE-E II	Type-E switch fabric module II of RG-N18010-X
M18018X-FE-E IV	Type-E switch fabric module IV of RG-N18018-X

Line Cards

Model	Description
M18000X-36QXS-CB	CB card, providing 36 × 40GE optical ports (QSFP+)
M18000X-36CQ-CB	CB card, providing 36 × 100GE optical ports (QSFP28)
M18000X-18CQ-CB	CB card, providing 18 × 100GE optical ports (QSFP28)
M18000X-18QXS18CQ-CB	CB card, providing 18 × 40GE optical ports (QSFP+) and 18 × 100G Ethernet optical ports (QSFP28)
M18000X-48XS2CQ-CB	CB card, providing 48 × 10GE optical ports (SFP+) and 2 × 100G Ethernet optical ports (QSFP28)
M18000X-48CQ-CE	CE card, providing 48 × 100GE optical ports (QSFP28), used in combination with type-E switch fabric modules
M18000X-48DC-CE	CE card, providing 48 × 200GE optical ports (QSFP56), used in combination with type-E switch fabric modules

40G Optical Transceivers

Model	Description
40G-QSFP-SR-MM850	40G SR optical transceiver, QSFP+ form factor, MPO, 150 m (492.13 ft.) over multimode fiber (MMF)
40G-QSFP-LR4-SM1310	40G LR4 optical transceiver, QSFP+ form factor, Duplex LC, 10 km (32,808.40 ft.) over single-mode fiber (SMF)
40G-QSFP-LSR-MM850	40G SR optical transceiver, QSFP+ form factor, MPO, 400 m (1,312.34 ft.) over MMF
40G-QSFP-iLR4-SM1310	40G iLR4 optical transceiver, QSFP+ form factor, Duplex LC, 2 km (6,561.68 ft.) over SMF
40G-QSFP-LX4-SM1310	40G LX4 optical transceiver, QSFP+ form factor, Duplex LC, 150 m (492.13 ft.) over OM3/OM4 MMF, or 2 km (6,561.68 ft.) over SMF
40G-AOC-30M	40G QSFP+ active optical cable (AOC), 30 m (98.43 ft.)
40G-AOC-5M	40G QSFP+ AOC, 5 m (16.40 ft.)

100G Optical Transceivers

Model	Description
100G-QSFP-SR-MM850	100G SR optical transceiver, QSFP28 form factor, MPO, 850 nm, 100 m (328.08 ft.) over MMF
100G-QSFP-LR4-SM1310	100G LR4 optical transceiver, QSFP28 form factor, Duplex LC, 1310 nm, 10 km (32,808.40 ft.) over SMF
100G-QSFP-iLR4-SM1310	100G iLR4 optical transceiver, QSFP28 form factor, Duplex LC, 1310 nm, 2 km (6,561.68 ft.) over SMF
100G-QSFP-ER4-SM1310	100G ER4 optical transceiver, QSFP28 form factor, Duplex LC, 1310 nm, 40 km (131,233.60 ft.) over SMF
100G-AOC-10M	100G AOC, QSFP28 form factor, 10 m (32.81 ft.)
100G-AOC-5M	100G AOC, QSFP28 form factor, 5 m (16.40 ft.)

1000M Optical Transceivers

Model	Description
GE-SFP-LH40-SM1310-BIDI	1G LH optical transceiver, SFP form factor, BIDI LC, 40 km (131,233.60 ft.) over SMF
GE-SFP-LX20-SM1310-BIDI	1G LX optical transceiver, SFP form factor, BIDI LC, 20 km (65,616.80 ft.) over SMF
GE-SFP-LX20-SM1550-BIDI	1G LX optical transceiver, SFP form factor, BIDI LC, 20 km (65,616.80 ft.) over SMF
MINI-GBIC-LH40-SM1310	1G LH optical transceiver, SFP form factor, Duplex LC, 40 km (131,233.60 ft.) over SMF
MINI-GBIC-LX-SM1310	1G LX optical transceiver, SFP form factor, Duplex LC, 10 km (32,808.40 ft.) over SMF
MINI-GBIC-SX-MM850	1G SR optical transceiver, SFP form factor, Duplex LC, 550 m (1,804.46 ft.) over MMF
MINI-GBIC-ZX80-SM1550	1G ZX optical transceiver, SFP form factor, Duplex LC, 80 km (262,467.20 ft.) over SMF

1000M Copper Transceivers

Model	Description
Mini-GBIC-GT	1G copper transceiver, SFP form factor, RJ45, 100 m (328.08 ft.) over Cat5e/6/6a cables

10GE Optical Transceivers

Model	Description
XG-LR-SM1310	10G LR optical transceiver, SFP+ form factor, Duplex LC, 10 km (32,808.40 ft.) over SMF
XG-SFP-ER-SM1550	10G ER optical transceiver, SFP+ form factor, Duplex LC, 40 km (131,233.60 ft.) over SMF
XG-SFP-LR-SM1310	10G LR optical transceiver, SFP+ form factor, Duplex LC, 10 km (32,808.40 ft.) over SMF
XG-SFP-SR-MM850	10G SR optical transceiver, SFP+ form factor, Duplex LC, 300 m (984.25 ft.) over MMF
XG-SFP-ZR-SM1550	10G ZR optical transceiver, SFP+ form factor, Duplex LC, 80 km (262,467.20 ft.) over SMF
XG-SR-MM850	10G SR optical transceiver, SFP+ form factor, Duplex LC, 300 m (984.25 ft.) over MMF
XG-SFP-AOC5M	10G SFP+ AOC, 5 m (16.40 ft.)
XG-SFP-AOC3M	10G SFP+ AOC, 3 m (9.84 ft.)
XG-SFP-AOC1M	10G SFP+ AOC, 1 m (3.28 ft.)

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