EXA64100
Advanced Network Packet Broker
The EXA64100 is a high-performance advanced network packet broker that aggregates, filters, duplicates, and load balances network traffic to security, monitoring and management tools. The EXA64100 is based on programmable switching fabric. It is based on an advanced multi-core, industry leading programmable switch chip architecture.
This platform allows all filtering features to be implemented at the hardware level for unmatched throughput and performance. The EXA64100 enables high-performance deep protocol identification and processing, and data message pre-processing at the chip forwarding logic level. The multi-layer filtering capabilities of the EXA64100 is a powerful feature of this device which enables enhanced network visibility and better network performance.
Main Features of EXA64100
- Filter and load-balance traffic from 10, 25, 40 or 100 Gbps links to multiple monitoring tools
- Aggregates multiple 10 Gbps links to 25, 40, or 100 Gbps monitoring tools
- 64 x 40/100 Gbps (QSFP/QSFP28)
- QSFP28 ports support breakout to 4 x 10/25G
- Supports data burst buffering
- Packet slicing support (any configurable packet size)
- IPv6 support
- Tunnel header stripping
- No additional port licensing fees or software feature licensing. All features and applications included in the unit price.
- 2-year base warranty period
Functions & Benefits of EXA48200
- Easy to configure: secure Web GUI / ReST API
- Load balancing: hash-based, session aware load balancing on either outer or inner tunnel headers
- Ultra high port density: supports up to 64 x 40/100 Gbps or 256 x 25/10 Gbps ports and two dedicated SFP+/SFP28 ports for 10G or 25Gbps
- Tunnel termination and filtering on multiple parameters including inner tunnel (VXLAN, GTP, ERSPAN, CFP, MPLS, etc)
- Up to 115688 simultaneously filtering rules without performance restrictions to see the traffic that is really needed
- ASCII string filtering inside the payload
- SNMPv2c and SNMPv3 support
- Straight and easy development of filtering strings using MS Excel with download function.
| Link/Port Aggregation | Aggregation many to any, and any to many at all link speeds |
| 100G distribution/load balancing | Traffic can be easily distributed across 10G, 25G, and 40G links to monitor highly loaded 100 Gbps links. |
| Jumbo Frame Support | The Sessiomaster supports jumbo Ethernet frames with a size of up to 9192 bytes. |
| Support of IPv4 and IPv6 | Yes |
| Ports | 64 x QSFP 40 Gbps or QSFP28 100 Gbps with break-out possibility to 10Gbps or 25Gbps 2 x SFP+ 10Gbps or SFP28 25Gbps 1 x 10/100/1000 Base-T (Management) 1 x RS232 Console |
| Configuration / Communication | Web GUI, REST API |
| Performance | 12,8 Tbps backplane 100 % throughput without any packet loss 4,8 Billion PPS |
| Aggregation latency | Average < 700 ns for 64-byte frames |
| MTBF | 200.742 hours |
| Packet Buffer | 22 MB |
| Different Power Versions | Dual 100-240V AC or 36-72V DC available |
Inputs
- 64 x 40 Gbps / 100 Gbps full duplex Ports for any kind of QSFP/QSFP28
- 2 x SFP+ 10Gbps or SFP28 25Gbps
- Each port can be input and / or output depending on the application and configuration
- All QSFP/ QSFP28 ports support breakout cables to 4x10G or 4x25G interfaces
Outputs
- 64 x 40 Gbps / 100 Gbps full duplex Ports for any kind of QSFP/QSFP28
- 2 x SFP+ 10Gbps or SFP28 25Gbps
- Each port can be input and / or output depending on the application and configuration
- All QSFP/ QSFP28 ports support breakout cables to 4x10G or 4x25G interfaces
Performance
- Performance up to 12,8 Tbps
- 4,8 Billion PPS
- Non-blocking design
- Boot time from power on to working 180 sec
Management
- Management Port: (1) RJ45 10/100/1000 Mbit Configuration
- Easy to use Web UI
Operating specifications
- Operating Temperature: 0ºC to 40ºC
- Storage Temperature: -10ºC to 70ºC
- Relative Humidity: 10% min, 95% max (non-condensing)
Mechanical specifications
- Dimension (WxDxH): 442 x 590 x 88 mm
- Weight: 16 kg
- Airflow: Front-back
Electrical specifications
- Input Power: 100-240V AC or 36-72V DC
- Maximum Power Consumption: 540W
Certifications
- Fully RoHS compliant
- CE compliant
- Safety – UL 60950-1 / CSA C22.2 60950-1-07 / IEC 62368-1: 2014 EN 62368-1: 2014
Deduplication by filtering in VXLAN overlay networks (VXLAN VNI and IP filtering)
Duplicate packets increase the data bandwidth and thus force the monitoring tools dimensioning to be higher. Therefore, eliminating duplicate packets will improve monitoring performance and reduce costs. The EXA64100 allows filtering VXLAN VNI & IP inner / TCP&UDP inner at the same time without requiring loopback ports.
State-of-the-art tunnel functionality
The EXA64100 supports the termination of various tunnels such as:
- ERSPAN II and III
- GRE
- MPLS over UDP and MPLS over GRE
- GTP
- VXLAN
- IPinIP
GRE De-encapsulation
To transport filtered packets from site A to site B over a routed Layer 3 network, the EXA64100 supports a GRE encapsulation function.
GTP Load Balancing
GTP user-plane load-balancing User-data interfaces in mobile networks such as S1-U are usually heavily loaded carrying up to Tbps of data. To make analysis possible these user-data needs to be spread across many analyzers and thus load-balancing is a key criteria. In order to keep the efforts for the analyzing/probing part as low as possible it is extremely important that user sessions stay together so that every packet of a user session arrives at the same analyzer interface.
The Cubro EXA64100 distributes the packets based on a hash-key. The best choice for mobile user-data is that this hash-key is based on the inner IP address (=user IP) of the arriving packets. The EXA64100 handles inner IP load-balancing in hardware and supports Tbit/s of processing power.
Web User Interface
Similar to the other advanced network packet brokers, the EXA64100 features an extremely easy to use graphical way of operation. The innovative and logical WebUI allows the user to create a backup, setup new users, check port link status/statistics or define a powerful filtering scenario that will help to do the job quickly. Filters can also be created using Microsoft® Excel and uploaded to the EXA64100.
Product Components
- Cubro EXA64100
- AC/DC power supply
- European power cord
- Transceivers not included
| Part Number | Description |
|---|---|
| CUB.SM-EXA64100 | EXA64100 Advanced Network Packet Broker, 64×40/100G, AC power supply |
| CUB.SM-EXA64100- DC | EXA64100 Advanced Network Packet Broker, 64×40/100G, DC power supply |
Spare parts
| Part Number | Description |
|---|---|
| CUB.PS-EXA64100-AC | AC Power supply module for CUBRO EXA64100 |
| CUB.PS-EXA64100-DC | DC Power supply module for CUBRO EXA64100 |
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