A new generation of Huawei switch – challenging Cisco switch

A new generation of the switch from "core" change

"Although our share of the market is Metro card still far from Cisco, but our switch products can transcend their. "Recently, released a new generation ofexchange in Beijing, Huawei business group CEO Xu Wenwei said. This isHuawei is defined as "the world's first agile switch" equipment, the Huawei self-developed programmable chip, through the "core" of change, Huawei hasmore flexible programmable ability in the new generation of switches, made a key breakthrough in the cache. According to the insiders, this is perhaps thefirst shot of the Cisco Huawei started challenge.

For a long time, Cisco switches are in dominated the market. According to research firm IDC (Internet Data Center) released data, the first quarter of 2013, Cisco Ethernet switch market share is 62.7%. In contrast, Huawei in bothmarket share and scale, and Cisco far. In fact, as the field of China Telecomequipment giant Huawei, only in the past two years to strengthen the businessinvestment.

"Software defined network" challenge the original model

Perhaps it is "this momentum Chushengniudu not afraid of the tiger", Huaweiadopted the "software defined network (SDN)" this new model, trying to challenge the original switch industry business model. "Obviously bringconvenience software defined network" mode: enterprises can like upgrading,installation software like structure of the network is modified, to satisfy the adjustment, the whole site architecture of enterprise expansion or upgrade requirements. While the underlying switches, routers and other hardware does not need to be replaced, at substantial cost savings at the same time, iterativecycle network architecture will also greatly shortened.

According to Xu Wenwei, a new generation of switch changes brought in manyaspects, such as: IP network is perceived quality, meet the fault can be located quickly, software can be controlled, scalable. In the past, the quality of network security can only be "do everything in one's power", the fault is difficult to locate, response speed is relatively slow business.

Huawei hope that through this model, buy CSHD since the break Cisco years by sellinghardware business model, and this will enable enterprises to network equipment provider from selling hardware to sell software.