Ruckus ICX Switches Innovative Foundation for Integrated Network Edge Solutions
Simon PollardEMEA Switching Product Manager
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 7585 975 184
Trends Driving Enterprise Edge Networks
• IoT devices, smart buildings, etc.
• Increasing use of video – Video calls: 1:1 and conference
– Training and marketing
• Real-time data and file access – Storage and application services
• Rapid increases in Wi-Fi speeds– WiFi 6 - 802.11AX
• Increasing wired speeds– Multigigabit - 802.3bz
• Increasing demand for PoE power– 90W PoE – 802.3bt
WAN/CloudCORE
1G → 2.5/5G
1/10G →25/40/100G
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Multi-gig Applications – Beyond APs
Enterprise•Switch•Wireless AP•Desktop•Storage
Industrial•Switch•Wireless AP•Workstation•Storage•Local compute•Imaging
Home•Switch•Wireless AP•Media server•Home gateway
Service Provider•Small cell•Home gateway
Apple Mac Mini with built-in multi-gig port
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Campus Network Connectivity is Changing
Source: Dell’Oro Group 2019
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Ruckus ICX 7000 Switch Families
Performance and Features
Pri
ce
ICX 7250Access
+ 8xSFP+ uplinks
+ L3: VRF/GRE+ EEE
+ PoE/PoE+ or non-PoE
ICX 7450Access-Aggregation
+ 10G/40G Modules
+ Hot-swap PSU & Fans+ L3: BGP
+ PoE/PoE+ or non-PoE
Entry Level Access
Aggregation/Core
ICX 7750
Aggregation-Core
+ High density 10G/40G
+ Hot-swap PSU & Fans+ Campus Fabric Control
Bridge
+ MCT
ICX 7650Premium Access
AggregationSmall Core
+ 10G/40G/100G
+ Hot-swap PSU & Fans
+ Multigigabit 2.5/5/10G
ICX 7150Access
ICX 7150 Z-Series+ High Availability
+ Multi-gigabit (2.5 GbE)
+ 12/24/48-Port
+ 4xSFP+ + 2x1 uplinks+ PoE/PoE+ or non-PoE or Fiber
Premium AccessICX 7850
Premium Aggregation-Core
+ High density 10G/25G/40G/100G
+ Hot-swap PSU & Fans
+ High density 10G MACsec
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Features Common to all ICX Switches
Ruckus Stacking Advantage• Up to 12 switches (homogeneous)• Standard Ethernet cables & optics• No dedicated stacking ports/modules• Up to 10Km between switches • Distributed forwarding• Hitless failover and ISSU
High PoE Density and Power• PoE/PoE+ on all ports • Up to 90W 802.3bt PoE on
”ZP” switches
Lifetime Warranty• ALL switch models• NBD replacement• Includes PSU and fans
Open Standards• SDN with OpenFlow 1.3• sFlow, Syslog, SNMP, etc.• Ansible API• No vendor Lock-in
Flexible deployment options• Common operating system and
feature set across all models• Common CLI• Common hardware and
software for all applications
SmartZone Unified Management• Single pane of glass management• Scale: 30,000 APs/6,000 switches
with multi-tennacy• Automated deployment• GUI based configuration, health
check and troubleshooting
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Ruckus ICX Distributed Campus Solutions
Evolution of Switching Technology The Move To Scale Out Network Architectures
Flexible deployment options – put the ports where they are needed
Superior scalability• Each core device adds switching capacity
• Allows very large scale 10G and 40G port deployments
• No forklift upgrades – add capacity incrementally
Single point of management
Reduce up-front costs and ongoing power, cooling and space expenses• 75% lower capex and 4x greater port density
Distributed forwarding and resiliency
SCALE UP
SCALE OUT
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A Second Opinion
“Fixed form factor switches are pretty heavy duty.”…
“The reliability and performance that were once only associated with “big iron” chassis-based switches now extend to fix form factor switches as well.” …
“Thus, in many environments, fixed-form factor switches are less expensive and easier to support than their chassis-based counterparts.”
Andrew LernerVP, Gartner Research
2015 blog post
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Ruckus Stacking AdvantageAdvanced Stacking Features Using Standard Ethernet Ports
• Up to 12 units per stack
• No dedicated modules required for stacking
• Standards-based dual-purpose data/stacking ports use standard Ethernet connectivity
• Multiple 10G, 40G or 100G links depending on the platform
• 0ne link or LAG multiple ports for resiliency and greater bandwidth
• Flexible deployment options
• 0.5m to 10km between switches
• Shortest path and redundant links for efficient and reliable traffic flow
• Rolling ISSU for software updates
• Hitless stacking failover for HA
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Distributed Virtual Backplane AdvantagesGreater Simplicity And Resilience
Simplified Management
• All the benefits of stacking in a distributed solution
• Single IP address for all switches
Resilient
• Fast auto recovery
Non-Blocking
• No “shut” links (unlike STP)
• LAG provides redundant backhaul
Floor 1
Floor 4
Floor 3
Floor 2
LAG Link to Agg/Core
Layer
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Campus Fabric – Distributed ChassisAll the benefits of stacking and a chassis and more…
• Single point of management• High availability
- Redundant controllers- Hitless software upgrades- Hot swappable modules
• Easy upgrades• High scalability• High performance
Benefits Of A Chassis
• Reduced up-front investment• Buy only what you need
- No fixed limitations
• Distributed configuration- Up to 10km
• Reduced power & cooling• Flexible deployment: Stand-alone;
ToR; Stack; Fabric
Plus The FlexibilityOf Stackables
• Scales to 36 access switches- Over 1,700 ports
• Across all ICX 7000 families• Simplified management
- Zero-touch deployment- Automated maintenance- Policy & feature inheritance- STP-free Layer 2 design
• 75% lower TCO
And Much More
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Supervisor
Power Supply
Fan
Ruckus Campus FabricAll the Benefits of a Chassis
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Campus Fabric
Core Attributes of Campus Fabric
• Single point of management• High availability (ISSU)• Redundant controllers• Hot swappable modules• Pay-as-you-grow
• Highly scalable• High performance• High port density• Mixed port speeds• Deployment flexibility
Core Attributes of a Chassis
• Single point of management• High availability (ISSU)• Redundant controllers• Hot swappable modules
• Highly scalable• High performance• High port density• Mixed port speeds
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Automated Deployment and Management
SmartZone Network Controller
• SmartZone OS powers a family of network controllers
• Unified: Control and management of Ruckus APs and switches
• Flexible: Physical and Virtual Appliances deployment options
• Scalable: From midsize organizations to large service providers
• Extensible: Custom dashboards and management automation
• Automated: Simple deployment of switches and Access Points
SmartZone OS
Virtual Physical
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SmartZone Network ControllerSwitch Management
Supports all ICX 7000 series switches • Switch license independent of AP license
• One license per switch (L09-0001-SGCX)
Full integration into SZ multi-tenant environment
API support
Key features• Switch registration and authentication• Switch configuration via GUI• Inventory• Network topology views• Network health monitoring & alarms• Port status (including neighbor information) • Switch config. file – backup & restore• Traffic statistics
SmartZone Platform
Common AP and Switch Management Infrastructure
SCI (Reporting & Analytics)SZ-Mon (Multi-cluster Manager)
SmartZone UISingle pane of glass
3rd
Party Tools
API
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SmartZone Based Auto Provisioning
Automatic discovery of ICX switches
• Use DHCP option 43
• Switch registrar
• Manually via CLIsz active-list <sz ip address>
Auto assignment of switches to groups
DHCP Requests
1. My IP / Name?
DHCP Responses
1. Device IP / Name + IP address of SZ controller
Register with SmartZone
Device Configuration
DHCP ServerSmartZone
Provisioned Device
Switch issues DHCP client request at boot
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Reporting and Analytics
Long term reporting and predictive analytics across wired and wireless networks with SmartCell Insight (SCI)
Cloud Management
Single pane of glass with either Smartzone-based on-premises management or unified Ruckus Cloud management
Unified Policy
One access policy for granular control and access rights along with consistent onboarding and guest management utilizing Cloudpath
Ruckus Optimized Wired and Wireless Solutions
Better Together
Deploy, configure and manage ICX switches from the Ruckus cloud web interface and app.
Unified Management
1 2 3
Available Now
Q1 2020
SmartZoneAvailable Now
UnleashedQ1 2020
Available Now
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Ruckus Delivers Simple, Robust and Unified Networks
“We needed to invest in our wired network. Our wireless network was experiencing oversubscription; speed, connectivity, and latency issues; and packet loss.”Patrick Gittisriboongul, Huntington Beach UHSD
“The Ruckus wired and wireless networks really work together. It’s incredible to see both networks through a single pane of glass,”Chris Knowles, District of Mission
“Networks should be simple, but only Ruckus got the approach right.”Jim Turner, Network Manager, Chichester High School
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For More Information
Product details and specifications
• https://www.ruckusnetworks.com/products/ruckus-icx-family-switches
• Includes the Switch Finder application and access to all relevant documentation
Whitepapers
• Re-Architecting Enterprise Networks with High-Performance Stackable Switches
Videos
• Advanced Stacking with Ruckus Switches
Customer case studies
• www.ruckusnetworks.com/company/case-studies
Documentation
• https://docs.arris.com/
Support
• https://support.ruckuswireless.com
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Simon PollardEMEA Switching Product Manager
+44 7585 975 184
Thank You
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