Ruckus ICX Switches · 2019-12-28 · Ruckus ICX 7000 Switch Families Performance and Features ICX 7250 Access + 8xSFP+ uplinks + L3: VRF/GRE + EEE + PoE/PoE+ or non-PoE ICX 7450

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


Campus Network Connectivity is Changing

Source: Dell’Oro Group 2019


Ruckus ICX 7000 Switch Families

Performance and Features

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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


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


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


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


https://blogs.gartner.com/andrew-lerner/2015/02/03/morethantor/

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


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


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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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


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


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


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


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


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


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


https://www.ruckusnetworks.com/products/ruckus-icx-family-switches

https://www.ruckusnetworks.com/products/icx-finder

https://ruckus-www.s3.amazonaws.com/pdf/wp/wp-re-architecting-enterprise-networks.pdf

https://youtu.be/tn9oN9M9FwY

http://www.ruckusnetworks.com/company/case-studies

https://docs.arris.com/

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/

Simon PollardEMEA Switching Product Manager

[email protected]

+44 7585 975 184

Thank You


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Ruckus ICX Switches · 2019-12-28 · Ruckus ICX 7000 Switch Families Performance and Features ICX 7250 Access + 8xSFP+ uplinks + L3: VRF/GRE + EEE + PoE/PoE+ or non-PoE ICX 7450