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Which network operating systems can I run on the EXP800-16O? |
Hardware Nation 12-Oct-2026 |
Answer: |
Community SONiC, Xsight OS and Edgecore MACH NOS. The switch comes with ONIE for installing the selected NOS. Community SONiC is the open-source option; MACH NOS is Edgecore’s integrated hardware-and-software offering with a single support relationship. Other NOS options may be available as the ecosystem evolves. |
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What switch chip does it use? |
Hardware Nation 10-Oct-2026 |
Answer: |
The Xsight Labs X2, a fully programmable chip, with 12.8 Tbps full-duplex throughput and 100 Gbps PAM4 SerDes in a retimer-less design. |
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Can the 800G ports be split into lower speeds? |
Hardware Nation 10-Oct-2026 |
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Yes. Each of the 16 OSFP800 ports can break out to 2 x 400G, 4 x 200G or 8 x 100G. Use breakout cables for the selected port configuration. |
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Is it a good fit for AI/ML networks? |
Hardware Nation 10-Oct-2026 |
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Edgecore designed it for enterprise, data center and AI networks, including interconnecting AI/ML, storage and compute clusters. Its X2 hardware supports programmable congestion signaling and congestion-aware load balancing, including flowlet-based load balancing and packet spraying. The features available in your deployment depend on the NOS and software release you choose. |
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What airflow does it support? |
Hardware Nation 10-Oct-2026 |
Answer: |
Front-to-back or back-to-front, with 5+1 hot-swappable redundant fans. Tell us which direction you need when you order; replacement fans and power supplies must match the switch's airflow direction. |
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Does it have redundant power supplies? |
Hardware Nation 10-Oct-2026 |
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Yes. Two (1+1) redundant, load-sharing, hot-swappable AC power supplies (90 to 240 VAC). |
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How do I manage it? |
Hardware Nation 12-Oct-2026 |
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Through an RJ-45 serial console port and an RJ-45 1G management port. There is also a USB storage port. A BMC is optional. |
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What CPU, memory and storage does it have? |
Hardware Nation 10-Oct-2026 |
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An Intel Xeon D-1713NTE (4 cores, 2.2 GHz), 32 GB of DDR4 ECC memory and a 1 TB M.2 NVMe SSD. |
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How is it different from the EXP400-32X? |
Hardware Nation 10-Oct-2026 |
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Both use the Xsight Labs X2 chip at 12.8 Tbps in 1RU. The EXP800-16O has 16 x 800G OSFP ports; the EXP400-32X has 32 x 400G QSFP112 ports. The EXP100-32X is the 100G model (32 x 100G QSFP28, 3.2 Tbps). |
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Can it replace a Tofino-based switch? |
Hardware Nation 10-Oct-2026 |
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It’s a programmable alternative for a Tofino-based deployment. The EXP800-16O uses Xsight X2 with 16x800GbE OSFP ports and 12.8Tbps switching capacity. X2 uses a programmable instruction set with parallel execution. Moving from Tofino is a platform migration: the forwarding software and control-plane integration need to be adapted for X2. It isn’t a drop-in hardware or software replacement. |
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Can I move my Tofino P4 code to it? |
Hardware Nation 10-Oct-2026 |
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P4 applications can be ported to Xsight X2 using its P4 compiler and X-SDK development toolchain. The forwarding code and control-plane integration need to target X2; existing Tofino binaries are not interchangeable. Oxide has completed a Tofino 2-to-X2 migration of its P4 forwarding code. Custom P4 development uses the X2 toolchain separately from installing a standard NOS image. |