Zyxel XS3900-48F User Manual

Ultra-low Latency Top-of-rack Switch for
Data Center Bridging Deployments

• 1.28Tbpsnon-blocking

switching capacity

• Forty-eight(48)10GbESFP+

ports and four (4) 40GbE QSFP+
uplinks

• All48SFP+portssupport

1GbE/10GbE speeds

• Datacenteroptimizedwith

DCBX, 802.1Qaz (ETS) and

802.1Qbb (PFC) protocol
support

• Redundantandhot-swappable

fan trays and power supply
modules

• Modularandexiblerack-by-

rack deployment

• IPv6support

• Lowpowerconsumptiondesign

Data centers today are facing a new generation of challenges. Virtualization and data center

consolidation have imposed higher bandwidth demands on data center networks. The

competitive business landscape has also pushed forward the need for faster application

deployments. Next-generation data centers need to provide the eciency, exibility and

availability to facilitate business agility and competitiveness.

The ZyXEL XS3900-48F is a high-density top-of-rack (ToR) switch designed to facilitate fast

and modularized application deployments in next-generation data centers. It supports DCBX,

802.1Qaz (ETS) and 802.1Qbb (PFC) protocols, and oers 10GbE and 40GbE connectivity to

provide high bandwidth and ultra-low latency performance for converged networks and

virtualized applications. The 48 xed 10GbE SFP+ ports can also support 1GbE SFP transceivers

for added exibility and easy network transitions. With redundant and hot-swappable fan trays

and power supply modules, the XS3900-48F oers the redundancy, reliability and availability for

non-stop services.

Benets

Ultra-low latency performance

The ZyXEL XS3900-48F is a high-density ToR switch designed to provide ultra-low latency performance

for Data Center Bridging deployments. It features forty-eight (48) 10GbE SFP+ ports and four (4) 40GbE

QSFP+ uplinks for high-performance and scalable networking. Built with non-blocking switching

architecture, the XS3900-48F delivers 1.28 Tbps switching capacity and 952.4 Mpps forwarding rate, with

an additional 9 MB packet buer. The XS3900-48F oers ultra-low latency IP switching performance on

all ports, making it the ideal choice for ToR deployments in data centers.

Data center optimized service quality

The ZyXEL XS3900-48F is optimized to deliver the service quality required in demanding converged

data center networks. This high-performance ToR switch oers enhanced management of data center

trac with support for Data Center Bridging Exchange (DCBX), 802.1Qaz Enhanced Transmission

Selection (ETS) and 802.1Qbb Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) protocols. The switch can discover and

communicate with other DCB-enabled network devices with the DCBX protocol, and utilize PFC and

ETS to manage, pause and schedule the behavior of dierent trac to avoid trac congestions, ensure

lossless operation, and guarantee bandwidth for critical applications.

XS3900-48F

48-port 10GbE Top-of-rack
Switch with 40GbE Uplink

Modular and exible rack-by-rack deployment

To meet the demands of rapidly changing business operations, data centers today need to be more

agile and exible than ever before. Purpose-built for top-of-rack deployments, the ZyXEL XS3900-48F

facilitates modular data center deployments, which oer fast and easy rack-by-rack server changes

or upgrades. Not only do top-of-rack data center designs require less cabling infrastructure and oer

cleaner cable management, they also enable quicker deployment and easier scaling of network

applications.

KeyApplications

XS3900-48F

48-port 10GbE Top-of-rack Switch with 40GbE Uplink

Data Center Core

XS3900-48F

ToR Switch

XS3900-48F

ToR Switch

Server and Storage Racks

40GbE Fiber

Specications

Model XS3900-48F

Switch class Layer 2

Port Density

Total port count 52

10-Gigabit SFP+ 48

40-Gigabit QSFP+ 4

Performance

Switching capacity (Gbps) 1,280

Forwarding rate (Mpps) 952.4

Packet buffer (byte) 9 M

MACaddresstable 128 K

Power

Input 100 - 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz

Max. power consumption (watt) 232

Removable power module Yes

Physical Specifications

Dimensions (WxDxH)(mm/in.) 440 x 455 x 43/17.32 x 17.91 x 1.69

Weight (kg/lb.) 10.2/22.49

Removable power & fan modules Yes

Environmental Specifications

Operating

Storage

MTBF (hr) 156,472

Heat dissipation (BTU/hr) 1,024.32

Temperature 0°C to 50°C/32°F to 122°F

Humidity 10% to 95% (non-condensing)

Temperature -47°C to 70°C/-52.6°F to 158°F

Humidity 10% to 90% (non-condensing)

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Features

XS3900-48F

48-port 10GbE Top-of-rack Switch with 40GbE Uplink

Standard Compliance

• IEEE 802.3x ow control

• IEEE 802.1Qbb Priority-based Flow Control

(PFC)

• IEEE 802.1Qaz Enhanced Transmission

Selection (ETS)

• IEEE 802.3ad LACP aggregation

• IEEE 802.3ah OAM

• IEEE 802.1ag CFM

• IEEE 802.1AB LLDP

• IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)

• IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol

(RSTP)

• IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol

(MSTP)

• IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging

• IEEE 802.1p Class of Service (CoS)

prioritization

• IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-X

• IEEE 802.3aq 10GbE

• IEEE 802.3ba 40GbE

• IEEE 802.1X port authentication

Data Center Bridging (DCB)

• IEEE 802.1Qbb Priority-based Flow Control

(PFC)

• IEEE 802.1Qaz Enhanced Transmission

Selection (ETS)

• IEEE 802.1Qaz DCB capability exchange

protocol (Proposed under the DCB task group

of the IEEE 802.1 working group)

ResilienceandAvailability

• IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)

• IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol

(RSTP)

• IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol

(MSTP)

• MRSTP (ZyXEL proprietary)

• IEEE 802.3ad LACP link aggregation

• Up to 24 aggregation groups, 8 ports per

group

• Link aggregation algorithm of source/

destination IP addresses

• Loop guard

• ErrDisable recovery

• Dual conguration les

• Dual hot-swappable 350 W AC power supplies

• Dual hot-swappable fan modules

Trac Control

• 802.1Q static/dynamic VLANs (4 K/4 K)

• Port-based VLAN

• Protocol-based VLAN

• IP-subnet-based VLAN

• VLAN trunking

• VLAN translation

• VLAN ingress ltering

• 802.1ad VLAN stacking (Q-in-Q)

• LACP algorithm of source/destination IP

addresses

• GVRP

• Selective Q-in-Q

• L2PT

Security

• IEEE 802.1x

• Port security

• MAC authentication

• Layer 2 MAC ltering

• Layer 3 IP ltering

• Layer 4 TCP/UDP socket ltering

• BPDU transparency

• Static MAC forwarding

• Multiple RADIUS servers

• Multiple TACACS+ servers

• IEEE 802.1x VLAN and bandwidth assignment

by RADIUS

• Login authentication by RADIUS

• Login authentication by TACACS+

• TACACS+ accounting

• RADIUS accounting

• Authorization on TACACS+

• SSH v1/v2

• SSL

• Intrusion lock

• MAC freeze

• DHCP snooping

• ARP inspection

• Static IP/MAC binding

• Policy-based security ltering

• Port isolation

• IP source guard

• Limit number of MAC per port

• MAC search

• Guest-VLAN

• ACL packet ltering (IPv4/IPv6)

• PPPoE relay agent

• PPPoE option 82

• PPPoE intermediate agent

• CPU protection

Quality of Service (QoS)

• IEEE 802.1p priority queues per port: 8

• IEEE 802.1p queuing method: SPQ/WRR/WFQ

• IEEE 802.1p class of service (SPQ, WFQ, SPQ/

WFQ combination capable)

• DiServ (DSCP)

• Policy-based CoS

• Broadcast storm control: Broadcast, multicast,

unknown unicast (DLF) storm control

• Port-based (ingress/egress) rate limiting

• Rate limiting per IP/TCP/UDP per port

• Policy-based rate limiting

• Policy-based bandwidth control granularity

• Ingress CIR for bandwidth control

• IEEE 802.3x ow control

• Port-based egress trac shaping CIR/PIR

supported

• Policy-based prioritization

• Two Rate Three Color Marking (TRTCM)

Layer 2 Multicast

• L2 multicast (Group)

• IGMP snooping (v1, v2, v3)

• IGMP snooping fast leave

• Congurable IGMP snooping timer and

priority

• IGMP snooping statistics

• IGMP throttling

• MVR support

• IGMP ltering

• IGMP snooping immediate leave

• IGMP proxy mode & snooping mode selection

• IPv6 MLD snooping proxy

• Manageability

• SNMP v1, v2c, v3

• SNMP trap group

• RMON (1, 2, 3, 9)

• ICMP echo/echo reply

• Syslog

• IEEE 802.3ah OAM (Link discovery, loopback)

• IEEE 802.1ag CFM

• IEEE 802.1AB LLDP

IPv6Management

• IPv6 over Ethernet (RFC 2464)

• IPv6 addressing architecture (RFC 4291)

• Dual stack (RFC 4213)

• ICMPv6 (RFC 4443)

• Path MTU (RFC 1981)

• Minimum path MTU size of 1280 (RFC 5095)

• Encapsulation for maximum PMTU of 1500

• Neighbor discovery (RFC 4861)

• DHCPv6 relay

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XS3900-48F

48-port 10GbE Top-of-rack Switch with 40GbE Uplink

Device Management

• iStacking

• Web interface

• Management through console, Telnet, SNMP

• Remote rmware upgrade by FTP/Web

• Conguration saving and retrieving

• Multiple logins supported

• Congure clone

• Multilevel CLI

• CLI (Cisco-like)

• DHCP relay per VLAN

• DHCP client

• DHCP option 82

• Daylight saving

• NTP

• Port mirroring

• Port mirroring per IP/TCP/UDP

• Policy-based port mirroring

• RJ-45 out-of-band management port

• USB type RS-232 out-of-band console port

• sFlow

MIB

• RFC 1066 TCP/IP-based MIB

• RFC 1213, 1157 SNMPv2c/v3 MIB

• RFC 1493 Bridge MIB

• RFC 1643 Ethernet MIB

• RFC 1757 RMON Group 1, 2, 3, 9

• RFC 2011, 2012, 2013 SNMPv2 MIB

• RFC 2233 SMIv2 MIB

• RFC 2358 Ethernet-like MIB

• RFC 2460 IPv6 specication

• RFC 2674 Bridge MIB extension

• RFC 2819, 2925 remote management MIB

• RFC 4022 management information base for

transmission control protocol

• RFC 4113 management information base for

user datagram protocol

• RFC 4292 IP forwarding table MIB

• RFC 4293 Management Information Base

(MIB) for IP

• RFC 4862 IPv6 stateless address auto-

conguration

Certications

• CE EMC Class A

• EN 60950-1

• RoHS compliant

Accessories

Transceivers (Optional)

Model Speed Connector Wavelength Max. Distance DDMI

SFP10G-LR 10-Gigabit Duplex LC 1310 nm 10000 m (10936 yd) Yes

SFP10G-SR 10-Gigabit Duplex LC 850 nm 300 m (984 ft) Yes

Other

Model Description

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