The CE16816 is Huawei's CloudEngine 16800 series 16-slot flagship modular data center core switch, positioned as the core of ultra-large-scale data centers, financial institution headquarters, and supercomputing/intelligent computing clusters. It adopts a backplane-less Clos architecture, embeds an AI chip, and focuses on ultra-dense 400GE/800GE, intelligent lossless operation and maintenance, and extreme reliability.

The CE16808 is a mid-to-high-end modular data center core switch with 8 slots in the Huawei CloudEngine 16800 series. It is positioned as the core of medium and large data centers, provincial cores for finance, and cores for high-density intelligent computing clusters. It adopts a backplane-less Clos architecture, embeds an AI chip, and focuses on high-density 400GE/800GE, intelligent lossless operation and maintenance, AI operation and maintenance, and smooth evolution.