ZTE ZXR10 RS-2918E-PS, Managed, L2, Fast Ethernet (10/100), Power over Ethernet (PoE), Rack mounting, 1U

RS-2918E-PS Overview

ZXR10 2900E series switches are the superior layer 2 switches presented by ZTE. With innovative "easy" concept incorporated in every detail, ZXR10 2900E series switches bring users ultimate efficiency, cutting down the maintenance costs of the network through simple yet efficient methods.

ZXR10 2900E provides enhanced layer 2 threat defense capabilities to mitigate network attacks. Multiple measures like bi-directional ACL, dynamic ARP inspection and MAC/IP/port automatic binding after 802.1X authentication help operators better secure their networks.

The state-of-the-art ZXR10 2900E series switches fully support for all the leading L2 features and are suitable to be placed in service provider networks. ZXR10 2900E provides full service support, ease-of-maintenance experiences and highly secure and reliable networking methods to ensure sound network operation.

Smart VLAN Support
ZXR10 2900E series switches not only support 1:1 VLAN mapping, but also support N: 1 VLAN mapping. VLAN aggregation can thus be implemented at the access layer to increase the efficiency of VLAN utilization.

ZXR10 2900E also supports other VLAN features, including port-based VLAN, subnet VLAN, Protocol-based VLAN, QinQ and flexible selective QinQ. Network administrator can distinguish users and services effectively and apply different strategies thereafter.

ZXR10 2900E supports voice VLAN (which means the automatic assignment of dedicated VLAN and QoS strategy to voice equipments), thus enabling the voice traffic to enjoy high priority.

Improve Video Bearing Capabilities
Multicast service is the profitable point of many operators. ZXR10 2900E fully supports L2 multicast, including IGMP snooping, Filtering, Proxy and Fastleave, MVR (Multicast VLAN Registration) to facilitate the deployment of these services.

Besides that, ZXR10 2900E series products support IPTV, which means they are capable of providing rich CAC (channel access control) rules.

Multicast Qos are also supported to minimize the risks of delay, jitter of the multicast traffic. The time needed to get new user on-line is very short.

IPv6 Features
ZXR10 2900E supports IPv6 features, including Telnet v6, Ping V6, ICMPv6, ND, MLD Snooping, IPV6 ACL and DHCP V6 Snooping to facilitate the deployment of these services.

Intelligent Power Over Ethernet
All the electrical access interfaces of ZXR10 2910E-PS, 2918E-PS and 2928E-PS support POE and POE+, which go in line with 802.3af and 802.3at standards, and are compatible with PD equipments that doesn't support 802.3af and 802.3at. For POE, the power output per single interface can reach 15.4W; For POE+, the power output per single interface can reach 30W. ZXR10 2900E supports assigning POE time-ranges and maximum POE output for specific interfaces. During the time when power output is unnecessary, the POE function can be turned off to save energy for the customer.

ZXR10 2910E-PS, 2918E-PS and 2928E-PS support negotiating POE power through LLDP-MED; once the needed power is bigger than the output power, alarms will be generated and sent to the OAM centre.

PPPoE+ and VBAS

PPPoE+ and VBAS (Virtual Broadband Access Server) are two very useful measures to provide user circuit identification means in user access network.

When acting as a L2 switch or L2 switch and enabled with PPPoE+ or VBAS, ZXR10 2900E can insert user circuit information into the packets so the BRAS can have the detailed user location info for future billing/control/ACL implementation purposes.

Enhanced Reliability
ZXR10 2900E series switches support Ethernet smart ring protection function, which goes in line with RFC3619 and ITU.T G.8032 standard. Ethernet smart ring protection can be implemented in both close ring and open ring topology; Multiple instances can be configured in order to realize load-balancing. The switchover time can be kept below 50ms.

ZESS (ZTE Ethernet Smart Switch) and LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol) can help guarantee the reliability of the uplink connection.

With technologies like DHCP snooping and IP source guard, user validity can be guaranteed; DAI (dynamic ARP inspection) function can help effectively mitigate the influence caused by ARP attacks.

2900E supports MFF (MAC forced forwarding), L2 separation and L3 inter-communication can be realized;

Network traffic monitoring technologies including mirroring (SPAN and RSPAN) and sFlow are all supported, further enhancing the security of the network.

Enhanced Security
ZXR10 2900E supports rich security related measures to ensure the customer can have a robust network.

With egress ACL, important access terminals can be protected with fewer configurations, users don't have to configure ingress ACL on each access interface.

After the user passes 802.1X authentication, the MAC/IP/port relationship can be automatically frozen, so that future MAC/IP spoofing attacks can be prevented.

With DAI (Dynamic ARP inspection) function and IP/MAC binding, the DOS attacks would be effectively restricted;

Traffic mirroring/analyzing functions like SPAN, RSPAN and sFlow help network administrator better understand network running status.

2900E supports SSL and can act as a SSL server.

Easy-Maintenance
The innovative M-Button function enables the network administrator to fetch important equipment information including port/memory/CPU status in case of network problems, enabling instant trouble-shooting, and thus reducing OPEX to the utmost extent.

GVRP VLAN Registration Protocol can help network administrators reduce network configuration workloads and easily deploy large amounts of VLANs in complicated networking environments. ZXR10 2900E series switches support the implementation, distribution, registration and transmission of VLAN attribute in dynamic GVRP pattern, which can simplify VLAN configuration management, and reduce network interconnection problems caused by inconsistent configuration.

ZXR10 2900E series switches support Zero Configuration, which means the switch can automatically download software images and configurations. Zero Configuration enables plug and play and drastically reduces maintenance cost.

Two software image files can be stored for backup purpose.

RS-2918E-PS Specifications

Frequently Asked Questions