The CloudEngine CE12816 is the flagship model of the CE12800 series modular core switches, and also the one with the largest chassis and strongest expansion capabilities in the series. It adopts a 36U chassis design, providing 16 service slots, and is positioned for hyperscale data center cores and cloud service provider backbone networks, making it a core device for building hyperscale data center networks.

The CE12808 is an enterprise-grade Layer 3 switch from Huawei, belonging to the CloudEngine 12800 series of data center switches. This device features a modular port architecture, configured with 8 service expansion slots, a backplane bandwidth of 32Tbps, a packet forwarding rate of 9600Mpps, and supports full-duplex/half-duplex adaptive transmission modes. The device measures 442×938×752mm, weighs less than 90kg unloaded, and supports AC 90-290V input with a maximum power consumption of ≤10800W. It runs on the VRP8 operating system, supports VLAN multi-mode, QoS traffic classification, and RADIUS/HWTACACS security authentication, and has a switching capacity of 64Tbps and a 512-node TRILL networking capability. As a core data center device, its modular design can be expanded to 192 100GE ports to achieve network virtualization.