PRODUCTS

Aurora 721
  • Broadcom Trident3-X7
  • 32 ✕ 100G
  • Intel Atom C3508 CPU
  • BMC-enabled
  • SONiC-ready
  • Ubuntu-ready

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Datasheet.

The Netberg Aurora 721 is a 100GbE switch suited for Top-of-Rack/Spine Datacenter, Enterprise, and CSP network deployments. It has 32 x 100GbE QSFP28 interfaces and supports up to 128 interfaces using DAC break-out cables.

The system uses Broadcom Trident3-X7 silicon that introduces data plane programmability. The programmable pipeline allows new features to be added after deployment using in-field upgrades, providing capex investment protection for operators.

Support for new overlays and tunneling such as GENEVE, NSH, VXLAN, GPE, MPLS, MPLS over GRE/UDP, GUE, ILA, and PPPoE, new instrumental features bring intelligence to the network and push service capacity to the next level.

Performance is backed by a quad-core Intel Atom C3508 processor, up to 32GB DDR4 memory, and 64GB SSD drive for application deployment. RAS features include a redundant hot-swappable power supply (1+1) and fans (N+1) for lower maintenance costs. The switch has a BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) onboard to provide server-like monitoring and power control functions through a shared Ethernet interface.

The system supports Netberg SONiC as the complete switching package, Ubuntu Linux and OpenBCM Broadcom Core Switch Software Development Kit (SDK) allow custom application development, and InfiniCore Visibility Studio for network visibility and management solutions.

 

Simplified deployment
  • With full Open Network Install Environment (ONIE) support, network operators can install the target Network Operating Systems (NOS) as part of data center provisioning in the fashion that servers are provisioned.
Network monitoring
  • Programmable support for enhanced network telemetry, including per-packet timestamping, Flow Tracker, microburst detection, latency/drop monitor, Active-probe-based in-band network telemetry, and in-band OAM processing; integrated with open-source BroadView v2 telemetry agent and analytics software
Performance
  • 32 x 100/40GbE QSFP28
  • 3.2Tbps Broadcom Trident3-X7 BCM56870
  • Intel Atom C3508 quad core processor for application deployment
  • Up to 32GB of DDR4 memory (8GB default)
Reliable hardware platform
  • Redundant 750W 1+1 power
  • Redundant N+1 cooling
Network OS (NOS) options
  • Ubuntu Linux with open Broadcom SDK for application development.
  • SONiC offers a full suite of network functionality, like BGP and RDMA, that has been production-hardened in the data centers of some of the largest cloud service providers.
  • InfiniCORE Network Visibility Studio transforms the Aurora 721 into a visibility powerhouse, leveraging the programmability in the Trident3-X7 chipset. Visibility Studio provides a full data path design environment known as the NextIO Design Environment right from the Web-based UI.
Specification
MSRP Buy Broadcom Trident3-X7 in Aurora 721 bare metal switch preloaded with ONIE for US$6,500
Ports 32x 100/40GbE QSFP28 ports in 1 RU
Up to 128 x 10/25G SFP28 ports via break-out cables
1x 10G SFP+ management port
1x RJ45 out-of-band (10/100/1000) management
1x RJ45 console (RS232)
1x USB 3.0 Type-A
Front IO Fan LED
System status LED
PSU1 status LED
PSU2 status LED
ID LED
Reset button
Performance Switching silicon: 3.2Tbps Broadcom Trident3-X7 BCM56870
Latency: <800 ns (PHY-less)
Packet Buffer: 32MB
Intel® Atom™ Processor C3508
8GB DDR4 ECC (up to 32GB)
64GB SSD
Management ASPEED AST2620 BMC
IPMI 2.0, shared Ethernet port
Power 1+1 750W redundant, load sharing, hot-swappable PSU modules
AC/HVDC input: 100-240V~, 10-5A/190-310VDC, 5A (AC Inlet: IEC 60320 C14)
DC input: -36 to -72V, 16A

Typical power: 190Watts (without optics)
Cooling 3 N+1 redundant fans
Front-to-Back/Back-to-Front airflow
Dimensions (WxDxH) 1U, 440 x 480 x 44 mm
Rackmount kit
Environment Operating temperature: 0~45°C
Operating humidity: 20-95% maximum relative humidity (non-condensing)
Warranty 3 year
EMC and safety Aurora 721 Safety and Regulatory Information
Compatible NOS ONIE bootloader
Ubuntu 20.04 and OpenBCM Core Switch SDK
SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud)
InfiniCORE Network Visibility Studio
Netberg SONiC SONiC.202311

Layer 2:
* LLDP
Link aggregation:
* LAG 802.3ad with LACP
* LACP Fallback
* MC-LAG
VLAN:
* IEEE 802.1Q
* Port-based
* Vlan Trunk

Layer 3:
* FRR as default routing stack
* BGP
** BGP Graceful restart helper
** BGP MP
** FRR BGP NBI
** BGP/Neighbor-down fib-accelerate
** IPv6 Link Local and BGP Unnumbered
* ECMP
** Consistent ECMP (fine grain ECMP)
* Proxy ARP
* Mgmt VRF
* VRF
* L3 RIF counter support
* SONiC for MPLS Dataplane

QoS:
* QoS - ECN
* QoS - RDMA
* WRED
* COS

Management:
* Standard Linux shell tools
* Linux application integration
* Industry standard CLI
* CLI filtering
* Telnet/SSH
* SNMP
* Warm Reboot
* Incremental Config (IP, LAG, Port shut/unshut)
* CoPP Config/Management
* Streaming telemetry
* sFlow
* Syslog
* Sysdump
* NTP
* DHCP Relay Agent
* Fast Reload
* Critical Resource Monitoring
* MAC Aging
* gRPC
* Sensor transceiver monitoring
* Routing Stack Graceful Restart
* Dynamic Port breakout
* Port Mirroring
* Everflow V2 - IPV4/IPv6 Portion 2.0
* Sub-port support
* Configurable drop counters
* HW resource monitor
* NAT
* LLDP extended MIB
* SONiC to SONiC upgrade
* One Image
* MAC Aging
* MTU Setting

Security:
* ACL permit/deny
* IPv6 ACL
* MAC ACL
* Dynamic ACL Upgrade
* TACACS+
* RADIUS AAA
* Egress mirroring and ACL action support
* Egress shaping (port, queue)

Data Center:
* Priority Flow Control
** PFC WD
** Asymmetric PFC
** PFC Watermark
* Tunnel Decap
* L3 VXLAN
* BGP-EVPN
* EVPN/VXLAN
* Dynamic headroom calculation (RoCEv2)
* Dynamic policy based hashing for NVGRE/VxLAN packets
* PINS (P4 Integrated Network Stack)