NetEngine AR8700 Series Router
In today's distributed enterprise, the network edge is a critical point of performance and vulnerability. The Huawei NetEngine AR8700 Series Router is engineered to address the demanding requirements of large campus networks and enterprise headquarters, delivering high-performance, secure, and reliable SD-WAN egress connectivity.
Built on a foundation of ARM-based multi-core processors and a non-blocking switching architecture, the AR8700 provides the throughput necessary to handle complex traffic loads. With up to 24 Gbps of SD-WAN IPsec performance, it ensures that your critical applications run smoothly and securely without creating a network bottleneck, empowering your organization to adopt cloud services and complex applications with confidence.
The NetEngine AR8700 Series is designed with operational resilience at its core. It features a sophisticated architecture that separates the control and forwarding planes, preventing management tasks from impacting data traffic flow. This design is further enhanced by support for dual Main Processing Units (MPUs), ensuring continuous service and a seamless failover mechanism for mission-critical operations.
Hardware redundancy is built into every layer to mitigate single points of failure. The AR8700 incorporates a 1:1 power redundancy design and a 2+1 fan redundancy system, maintaining network uptime even in the event of a component failure. This commitment to reliability makes it a suitable choice for industries like finance and government, where network availability is non-negotiable.
Selecting the right enterprise router requires a thorough evaluation of its performance, reliability, and architectural fit within your existing infrastructure. The NetEngine AR8700 Series offers a powerful feature set, but its true value is realized when it is perfectly aligned with your specific business and technical requirements.
NEXUS ITX facilitates a comprehensive evaluation process. We help organizations analyze the technical specifications of the AR8700 in the context of their unique operational goals, ensuring the chosen solution delivers on performance, scalability, and long-term value.
Q: What is the primary use case for the Huawei NetEngine AR8700 Series Router?
A: The NetEngine AR8700 is specifically designed as a high-performance and high-reliability egress router for SD-WAN scenarios in large campus networks and enterprise headquarters.
Q: What are the key performance metrics for the NetEngine AR8700-8 model?
A: The AR8700-8 delivers a forwarding performance of 30 Gbps (IMIX with NAT+ACL+QoS), an SD-WAN IPsec performance of 24 Gbps (IMIX), and a standard IPsec performance of 20 Gbps (IMIX).
Q: How does the AR8700 series ensure high availability and continuous operation?
A: It ensures high reliability through a multi-layered approach, including a design with separated control and forwarding planes, support for dual MPUs, 1:1 power supply redundancy, and a 2+1 fan redundancy design.
Q: What types of fixed WAN ports are available on the AR8700-8?
A: The device is equipped with a versatile set of fixed ports, including one 40GE QSFP+ port, eight 10GE SFP+ ports, and eight GE Combo ports, which offer flexible configuration options.
Q: Can the NetEngine AR8700 also function as a wireless access controller?
A: Yes, it includes integrated WAC (Wireless Access Controller) functionality. It can manage 32 Access Points (APs) by default and can be expanded via licenses to manage up to 1024 APs, unifying wired and wireless management.
Q: What underlying architecture does the AR8700 use for its performance?
A: The router is built on an advanced architecture that leverages ARM-based multi-core processors and a non-blocking switching design to deliver efficient, high-speed packet processing.
Q: How can I determine if the AR8700's capabilities align with my network's specific needs?
A: Nexus ITX can assist in this process by helping you evaluate your specific throughput, security, and redundancy requirements and comparing them against the AR8700's technical specifications and intended use cases.
Contact our team to review the technical specifications and align the AR8700's capabilities with your network architecture and performance goals.
