·         High-density 100GE ports

NSS5950-32QFP provides fixed 32*40/100GE interfaces in compact 1U device. The port combination fully satisfies the interface density requirement of data center scenarios. NSS5950 series have a maximum 32 40/100GE QSFP28 interfaces, which can work with NSS18500 core switches to build a non-blocking network architecture.

·         M-LAG for cross-device link aggregation

NSS5950-32QFP support multi-chassis link aggregation group (M-LAG), which enables links of multiple switches to aggregate into one to implement cross-device link backup. The rest of switches in the M-LAG group are working actively regardless any switch failure. During the upgrade, other switches in the system take over traffic forwarding to ensure uninterrupted services.

·         VxLAN and EVPN for L2 Virtualized Deployment

NSS5950-32QFP can work with the industry's mainstream virtualization platforms and acts a hardware gateway on a VxLAN overlay network. Virtual extensible LANs (VxLAN), a common network virtualization overlay protocol that expands the layer 2 network address space from 4,000 to 16 million.  NSS5950-32QFP support BGP-EVPN, which is used as the overlay control plane and provides virtual connectivity between different layer 2/3 domains over an IP network.

·         RoCEv2 Standard Compliance

NSS5950-32QFP series fully support the RoCEv2 standards, meeting the requirements for switch performance in high-performance data center scenarios. NSS5950-32QFP supports a wide range of lossless Ethernet technologies, including ETS, PFC, ECN, DCBX, etc. This helps create an end-to-end, zero-jitter, low-latency, lossless Ethernet network that meets the demands of cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing deployments in data centers.

·         Southbound and Northbound API

NSS5950-32QFP supports NETCONF and RESTCONF API which can work with 3rd party SDN controller for simplified device remote configuration and management.

·         Telemetry for intelligent OAM

NSS5950 provides telemetry technology to collect device data in real time and send the management data to customer network analyzer platform. Telemetry systems, done properly, play an important role in providing you with information about the health of your network, so you can respond intelligently to prevent hardware failure and network downtime. It can help customers to identify and analyze network problems which affect user experience.

·         Reliable hardware design and energy-saving

NSS5950-32QFP use a standard airflow design which isolates cold air channels from hot air channels. This design improves heat dissipation efficiency and meets design requirements of data center. It adopts hot swap redundant power modules and fans which ensure hardware reliability and non-stopping operation. The fan speed can be adjusted dynamically based on system workload. NSS5950-32QFP has energy-saving chipsets with EEE technology and can save system power consumption in real time. 

·         Free Licensing Policy

Maipu always insists on “One-time investment” free license policy, the standard features and advanced features will be never divided to different version. For any new firmware version, Maipu will share to customers without extra charge. Compared with other manufacturers, Maipu free license policy can better protect users' short-term and long-term investment.