The port breakout capability offers a robust and secure solution for divide 400GbE ports into multiple port, ensuring a reliable network infrastructure. In today's networks, there's a demand for a diverse range of Ethernet interface speeds, including 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, and 100GbE. It is essential to have a variety of cost-effective cabling options. This flexibility is crucial to address connectivity requirements and facilitate seamless migrations as network speeds and density needs continue to evolve.

Each 400GbE port (QSFP-DD) has the capacity to support up to eight SERDES, with each SERDES capable of delivering 50G of bandwidth. This capability allows for the following port configurations. The default SERDES mode operates at 50G.

Breakout configurations facilitate the connection between network devices with varying port speeds, allowing for the optimal utilization of port bandwidth.

The breakout mode on network equipment, such as switches, routers, and servers, opens up new possibilities for network operators to keep up with the pace of bandwidth demand. By adding high-speed ports that support breakout mode, network operators can increase the front port density and incrementally enable an upgrade to higher data rates.

The 400G platforms empower data centers and high-performance computing environments to meet the increasing demand for greater bandwidth at a reduced cost and power consumption per gigabit. Some key benefits of these platforms include:

• Upgrades from 100G to 400G systems increases the available switching bandwidth by a factor of 4, effectively addressing the need for higher data throughput.

• Enables the use of optical or copper breakouts to create higher density 100G ports, providing more options for data connectivity and transmission.

• Reduces the number of optical fiber links, connectors, and patch panels required, achieving a fourfold reduction in infrastructure components when compared to 100G platforms with the same aggregate bandwidth. This reduction contributes to cost savings and simplifies network management.

Use the config# qsfp dd application command to select the application ID to be configured for this QSFP-DD module.

Use the show qsfp dd port no > advertisement applications command to check the application modes.

The platform supports splitting a single 400G (QSFP-DD) port into any of the following ports.

The following table outlines the configuration steps for dividing a single port into multiple ports through channelization.

The below show command displays output for “SO-TQSFPDD4CCZRP” optics.

Execute the “show qsfp-dd 3 eeprom” command in the terminal window.

The following table outlines the configuration steps for port breakout.

Use this command to validate the port breakout configuration.

 

The following table outlines the configuration steps for port breakout.

The following table outlines the configuration steps for port breakout.

Use this command to validate the port breakout configuration.

 

The following table outlines the configuration steps for port breakout.