Data center switch MES5400-24
- Level:
- L3
- Bandwidth:
- 1.68 Tbps
- Interfaces:
- 24х10G SFP+, 6х100G QSFP28
- Power supply:
- AC/DC
Description
MES5400-24 switches are high performance devices with 40GBASE-R and 100GBASE-R interfaces that can be used as aggregation switches in carrier networks and as Top-of-Rack or End-of-Row switches for data centers.
The switch ports support speed of 1 Gbps (SFP), 10 Gbps (SFP+), 40 Gbps (QSFP+), and 100 Gbps (QSFP28). HG interface split mode supports speed of 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, and 25 Gbps. Split mode allows to split up to 6 HG interfaces for a total of 24 TWE interfaces .
Fault tolerance of the devices is ensured by redundant power supplies (1+1) and the use of replaceable fans.
The redundant and hot-swappable fans and AC/DC power supplies along with advanced hardware monitoring functions provide high reliability and uninterrupted services.
The devices support EVPN/VXLAN technology to create networks with simple, high-performance and scalable data center architecture.
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Specifications
- Interfaces:
- 24х10G SFP+, 6х100G QSFP28
- MAC table:
- 65536
- Dynamic routing:
- RIP/OSPF/IS-IS/BGP
- ARP:
- 32759
- Bandwidth:
- 1.68 Tbps
- Power supply:
- AC/DC
- Cooling:
- front-to-back
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Features and capabilities
For full specifications and manuals see Documents and files section below
Interfaces:
10/100/1000BASE-T (OOB)
1
1000BASE-X (SFP)/10GBASE-R (SFP+)
24
40GBASE-R4 (QSFP+)/100GBASE-R4 (QSFP28)
6
USB 2.0
1
Console port RS-232 (RJ-45)
1
Performance:
Bandwidth
1.68 Tbps
Buffer memory
12 MB
RAM (DDR4)
8 GB
ROM (embedded uSSD)
8 GB
MAC table
65536
VLAN table
4094
VRRP routers
127
Link Aggregation Groups (LAG)
128, up to 8 ports in one LAG
Quality of Service (QoS)
8 egress queues per port
Jumbo frames
10240 bytes
Stacking
Up to 8 devices
Physical parameters:
Power supply
100–240 V AC, 50–60 Hz
36–72 V DC
Power supply options
One AC/DC power supply
Two AC/DC hotswappable power supplies
Dying Gasp support
No
Operating temperature
From 0 to +45 °С
Storage temperature
From -50 to +70 °С
Cooling
Front-to-Back, 4 fans
Operating humidity
No more than 80 %
Dimensions
440x44x321 mm
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Basic warranty
Up to 5 years
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Monday to Friday (GMT +7)
Priority support
Monday to Friday (GMT +7)
Priority support
Monday to Friday (GMT +5)
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Documents and files
Firmware version 6.6.7.5 R4 (Issue date: 15-04-2025)
ZIP, 51.3 Mb
MIB files (Issue date: 15-04-2025)
ZIP, 1.49 Mb
Firmware version upgrade guide (Issue date: 18-04-2025)
PDF, 969 Kb
The firmware is compatible with other device models:
MES3300-08F, MES3300-16F, MES3500I-08P, MES3500I-10P, MES5312, MES5310-48, MES2300D-24P, MES2300-48P, MES5324A rev.C/C1, MES2300B-24F, MES2300B-24, MES3300-24F, MES5500-32, MES5332A, MES3300-24, MES3300-48F, MES2300B-48, MES5316A rev.C/C1, MES2300-24P, MES2300DI-28, MES5400-48, MES5332A rev.C, MES5316A, MES3300-48, MES5410-48, MES5324A, MES2300-24, MES2300-24F
Firmware updates
Firmware version 6.6.7.5
Added:
- Added information about the hardware version of the device to the output of the show system id command;
- The possibility of adding VLANs on LAG interfaces via the WEB has been implemented;
- Added support for LACP Force operation mode;
- Increased the number of ports in one LAG to 32 for MES5500-32, 5400-XX, 5410-48 switches;
- Added the display of static multicast records in the ip igmp snooping table;
- Added support for collaboration between DHCP relay and DHCP server;
- Added the ability to disable the USB port;
- Added the ability to statically configure OSPF neighbors;
- Added OSPF network type non-broadcast, point-to-multipoint non-broadcast;
- Added VRF support in DHCP Relay;
- Added support for TCP adjust-mss;
- Added the possibility of extended IS-IS database output;
- The collaboration of DHCP Relay with EVPN/VXLAN is supported;
- Added Multi-VRF support for hardware BFD sessions;
- Added the ability for VPC peer detection to work in VRF;
- Added synchronization of ARP records between switches of the same EVPN multihoming ESI group.
Fixed:
- Fixed reboot when copying configuration via scp/tftp/flash;
- Optimized work with flash memory;
- Fixed a reboot when entering the show logging command in the stack;
- Fixed a bug that causes stack units to reboot when there is a high CPU load;
- The do show ip interface vrf all command has been restored;
- Fixed the issue of LAG LACP recovery in timeout short mode;
- Fixed an erroneous change of the OSPF zone in the settings when executing the passive-interface command;
- Fixed mac address authorization in multi-sessions mode;
- Fixed an error when copying a configuration containing the switchport trunk allowed vlan all command;
- Fixed an error in displaying the role of neighbors in the output of the show ip ospf neighbor command;
- Fixed the problem of interrupting traffic processing on the master's CPU when there is a high load on the stack;
- Fixed a problem with VXLAN traffic transmission when using trunk ports between spine/leaf;
- Fixed a problem with traffic routing via L3VNI VXLAN when there is a default route;
- Fixed the error of removing standard ipv4/ipv6 ACLs from the configuration;
- Fixed the possibility of restarting the device at the time of removing the ACL from the VLAN interface with qos advanced-mode trust dscp configured;
- Fixed a problem with blocking traffic on slave units when configuring BPDU Guard in RPVST mode;
- Fixed an issue with an i2c bus failure in the stack;
- Fixed an issue with resetting the exp label in the mpls header in transit traffic;
- Fixed a bug with MAC Flapping in the VPC scheme when using the Po interface, number above 48;
- Fixed critical errors that occur when editing device configurations in a VPC pair;
- Fixed an error with rebooting the switch during SNMP requests for DDM information;
- Fixed an error with switching to local command authorization when there is no response from the tacacs server;
- Fixed an error with authorization of commands on the backup tacacs+ server when the main server is unavailable;
- Fixed an error with rebooting the switch when authenticating on the tacacs+ server in single-connection mode;
- Fixed an error indicating an incorrect port in the logs when receiving TC BPDU;
- Improved stability of the SSH server;
- Fixed the error of long Port-Channel transition to the Forwarding state when the portfast spanning-tree is configured on it;
- Improved VPC stability;
- Fixed incorrect operation of the BFD via the Port-Channel interface.
Previous versions
Firmware Version 6.6.5.4
Added:
- Ability to configure OOB interface as a source-interface for SNMPv2;
- Ability to configure OOB interface as a source-interface for SNMPv3;
- SNMPv2 support in VRF;
- SNMPv3 support in VRF;
- GRE tunnel support;
- Hardware BFD implemented;
- Support for multihomed connections for EVPN/VxLAN scenario with Ingress Replication.
Fixed:
- Improved stability of peer-detection functionality in VPC;
- Erroneous removal of voice vlan from interface by timeout in the presence of port security settings;
- SSH session hangs due to an error in calculating Message authentication code in SSH packet.
Firmware Version 6.6.5
Added:
- Added support for BGP Route Map, Community List and AS-Path List in VRF;
- Added BFD support for BGP in VRF;
- Added BFD support for OSPF in VRF;
- Added support for encryption of the user's password using the SHA512/md5 algorithm;
- Added BFD support for IS-IS;
- Added the ability to change the ipv4 gateway address in EVPN type 5 routes;
- Added support for the RADIUS client in VRF;
- Added the ability to configure the source-interface OOB for SYSLOG;
- Added the ability to configure the OOB source-interface for TACACS+;
- Added BFD support for OSPF;
- Added support for VCT cable diagnostics for SFP-T;
- Added support for an extended number of UDBs in the ACL;
- Increased the number of ACEs in ACL to 512;
- Added support for filtering routes by the value of the as-path attribute in BGP;
- Added community support in BGP;
- Added the ability to configure the source-interface OOB for SNTP;
- Added support for SNTP operation in VRF;
- Added support for SYSLOG operation in VRF;
- Added support for the TACACS+ client in VRF;
- Added support for SSH server operation in VRF;
- Added ARP suppression support for EVPN/VXLAN.
Fixed:
- Fixed the process of removing the VRF setting from the OOB interface;
- Fixed the behavior in which STP root BPDU packets did not pass through the VPC peer-link;
- Fixed a reboot that occurred when the number of ACL rules with port-range was exceeded;
- Fixed L3VNI collaboration with VXLAN in multicast replication mode;
- Fixed incorrect operation of PBR with VRRP;
- Fixed device freeze when configuring SNMPv3;
- Fixed a behavior where a MAC-flapping storm started in a VPC;
- Fixed incorrect isolation of VPC groups from peer-link;
- Fixed a issue with OSPF neighbours breaking when CPU utilisation is high;
- Fixed issue with sending BGP update EVPN Type-2 when MAC address re-learning in a different ethernet-segment;
- Fixed issue with traffic switching via VRRP backup;
- Fixed problem with parasitic ICMP Redirect from VRRP backup when pinging a VRRP IP;
- Fixed a critical error occurring when CPU utilisation is high;
- Fixed critical error occurring when adding OUI for VOICE VLAN;
- Fixed critical error occurring when configuring sflow in stack;
- Fixed a critical error occurring when stack links are broken;
- Fixed critical errors occurring when building STP tree or VPC neighborhoods;
- Fixed L3VNI collaboration with VXLAN in multicast replication mode;
- Fixed PBR collaboration with VRRP;
- Fixed device freeze when removing ACL;
- Fixed device reboot related to the operation of the BGP protocol;
- Fixed device reboot when adding ACLs with UDP and TCP port ranges to the interface;
- Fixed device reboot when deleting VLAN bound to VXLAN;
- Fixed mac flapping between LAG when using VPC;
- Fixed incorrect addition of outgoing VRRPv2 protocol packets;
- Fixed a behavior in which STP root BPDU packets did not pass through the VPC peer-link.
Firmware Version 6.6.4
Added:
- The bit depth of the uptime counter has been increased;
- Added support for macro operation based on track status;
- Added support for displaying information about QSFP28 in the output of the show inventory command;
- Added support for J9285D DAC cables;
- Added VRRP support to VRF;
- Added support for tftp in VRF;
- Added VRF support for the OOB interface;
- Added the ability to disable sending an empty packet to check the availability of the TFTP server;
- Added route-map support for OSPF;
- Added support for policy base routing next-hop;
- Increased the number of BGP sessions to 64 for MES5400-xx and MES5500-32 devices;
- Added the ability to summarize routes in BGP;
- The value of the upper limit for the rate-limit has been increased;
- Added the ability to redistribute routes from eBGP to L3VPN;
- Added support for password encryption when logging commands;
- Added the possibility of simultaneous operation of MAC and IP access lists on interfaces;
- Added the ability to check the source mac address in the IP source-guard;
- Added the ability to limit the number of DHCP clients per port;
- Added the ability to send an snmp trap to the login/logout event.
Fixed:
- Software flow control is disabled for the console port;
- Fixed vulnerability of the Web interface;
- The position of the AAA command block in the configuration has been changed;
- Fixed the operation of the DHCP server when sending DHCP NAK packets;
- The operation of optical and copper switches in the same stack has been restored;
- Fixed an error that causes a cyclical reboot of a Slave unit in the stack when upgrading to version 6.6.3.8;
- Fixed rebooting of switches in the scheme with VxVLAN/EVPN when restarting the ospf process;
- Fixed single-hop BFD for eBGP neighborhoods;
- Fixed an error that caused the device to reboot when adding a non-existent VPC domain to the VPC group;
- Fixed an error that causes the role to be retransmitted after the Primary device is rebooted in the VPC;
- Fixed the problem of device freezing when flapping MLAG links in VPC;
- Fixed the problem of incorrect VPC assembly after restarting one of the paired devices;
- Fixed a cyclic reboot of the device when there is an ethertype switchport dot1q setting on the interface;
- Fixed an error in restoring the switchport default-vlan tagged command when updating software;
- Fixed an error where the L3 interface of the physical port did not switch to the Up state when rapid-pvst was enabled;
- Fixed the problem of blocking MLAG, after restarting it, in RPVST;
- Changed the default value of the spanning-tree cost parameter for 25G/40G/100G ports;
- Fixed spanning-tree cost calculation for port-channel interfaces;
- Fixed device reboot when polling the dot1dTpFdbEntry SNMP table;
- Fixed an error that occurs when deleting the SNMPv3 server settings from the configuration;
- Fixed an error when binding the ACL to the interface vlan.
Firmware Version 6.6.3.5
Added:
- Support for breakout mode on 100G ports (4x25G, 4x10G) on MES5400-XX, MES5410-48, MES5500-32;
- FEC operation support for 25G ports.
Fixed:
- Fixed switching part of the links to the UP status when using the FH-DP4T26QS05 40G QSFP/4 SFP+ Fang Zhang Copper Twinax Cable 5M cable.
Firmware Version 6.6.3
Added:
- Added support for displaying information about QSFP28 by the show inventory command;
- Added sending a bgp update when retraining a mac address from the evpn-vxlan type to static;
- Added sending a bgp update when retraining a mac address from the evpn-vxlan type to dynamic;
- Added the ability to configure the number of telnet/ssh authorization attempts before the TCP session is terminated;
- Added support for MAC-mobility mechanisms;
- Added information about the current MTU to the output of the show ports jumbo-frame;
- Added the ability to filter traffic by S-VLAN tags between ports, with Double QinQ configured;
- Added the ability to configure private-vlan in trunk mode;
- Added the ability to configure fast convergence timers for the OSPF protocol;
- Increased the number of OSPF processes to 20;
- Added support for selecting FEC modes on 25G interfaces.
Fixed:
- Fixed a bug that caused the device to reboot when receiving a Join/Leave packet from RP for S,G records;
- Fixed traffic degradation in the EVPN/VXLAN + symmetric IRB scheme when Spine-Leaf links are broken;
- Fixed an error that caused the device to reboot when removing the ACL from the vlan interface;
- Fixed a bug that caused the device to reboot when storm-control was set up;
- Fixed CLI hangup when configuring multicast group in Vxlan;
- Fixed an error that caused the device to reboot when the show ip ospf command was output with a certain device configuration;
- Fixed a bug that caused the private-vlan primary configuration to disappear from the configuration after a reboot;
- Fixed a bug that caused the backup switch in the stack to restart again after the first reboot;
- Fixed the problem of filtering stp BPDUs on ports with STP disabled and pvid other than default vlan;
- Fixed a situation where erps and flex-link were not activated due to a conflict with the already disabled STP protocol;
- Fixed an error that caused the device to reboot when repeatedly displaying information of show commands in a telnet session using scripts;
- Fixed an error copying files from the device via scp if there are directories in the file path;
- Fixed an error that caused the device to reboot when connected via SSH;
- Fixed errors that cause the device to reboot when connecting via SSH using the 3des encryption algorithm;
- Fixed errors that cause the device to reboot when connected via SSH;
- Fixed an error due to which, with some probability, 100G ports could not switch to the UP state when connecting QSFP28 FH-A100M3QQ03 and FH-A100M3QQ01.
Firmware Version 6.6.2.9
Fixed:
- Fixed an error disabling hardware routing in VRRP;
- Fixed the error of selecting the Endpoint address of the tunnel when rebuilding the IGP;
- Fixed a peer-link blocking error when receiving PVST bpdu;
- Fixed the SFP-T status error;
- Fixed the error of processing OSPF Hello packets;
- Fixed the collision of MAC addresses of VRRP processes;
- Fixed MD5 error for BGP neighbor's;
- Changed the MAC address of the OOB interface to the system one;
- Fixed the RPVST problem that causes SVI interfaces to be Down;
- Fixed a problem that leads to stack collapse with high traffic load on the CPU;
- Fixed a problem that causes ports to drop out of LAG when there is a high traffic load on the CPU;
- Fixed temperature display for all built-in MES5400-24 temperature sensors.
Firmware Version 6.6.2
Added:
- Added the option to select the checksum calculation method for VRRPv3;
- Added support for IP-MAC EVPN routes Type 2;
- Added the ability to change Administrative Distance for static routes and for OSPF routes;
- Added support for authentication in BGP;
- Added the ability to change the privilege level for commands;
- Added VRRP authentication;
- Added support for FangHang FH-DP10T30QQ03 100G QSFP28 Copper 3M DA module;
- The MTU size has been increased to 10240 bytes for transit routed traffic.
Fixed:
- Fixed behavior blocking the passage of a client ARP packet through a multicast VXLAN tunnel;
- Improved the stability of the ERPS sub-columns;
- Fixed a problem when copying configuration from BGP;
- Fixed the reboot of the backup unit in the stack when there is a negotiation bypass setting;
- Fixed an issue that causes the switch to reboot when polling it in the first seconds of booting via SNMP with OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.35265.41.1.1.1.1.4.0.5.
- Fixed the problem of detecting link drop on a neighboring device using SFP-T;
- Fixed a possible hang when configuring VxLAN Multicast replication;
- Fixed SSH server freezing when receiving a package with an empty SSH version;
- Fixed a reboot that occurred when re-creating a VPC group;
- Fixed incorrect status of VPC groups after rebooting one of the devices in a VPC pair;
- Added support for joint operation of the VRRP and VPC protocols.
Firmware Version 6.5.2.1
Added:
- Added the ability to authorize input commands via the TACACS+ protocol;
- Added support for the NAS-ID (32) RADIUS attribute in Access-Request;
- IGMP snooping table size increased;
- Increased the number of LAG interfaces to 128;
- Added binding of Dying Gasp to OAM.
Fixed:
- Delays in switching traffic in the scheme with a VPC have been eliminated when one of the switches of the pair is rebooted;
- Fixed a bug with raising the link to SFP-T after the shutdown/no shutdown command;
- Fixed a bug in RPVST where the RPVST tree is built for a VLAN that is missing on the port;
- Fixed a reboot of the switch at the time of switching on the ERPS if there is an ACL binding to any port;
- Fixed switch reboot when arp table overflow;
- Fixed the appearance of Link flapping when using various DAC and SFP+ modules to connect to servers with an Intel X722 adapter;
- Fixed the hang of one device in the VPC pair after rebooting the second device;
- Fixed a bug in learning the mac address of a neighbor of a VPC pair on a peer link;
- Fixed incorrect cleaning of the arp table and output of the corresponding messages to the console.
Firmware Version 6.5.1.4
Fixed:
- Fixed incorrect disconnection of SFP-T when the port is turned off;
- Fixed non-connection of the link to the SFP-T after turning off/on the port;
- Fixed the problem of retraining MAC addresses on VPC devices of the pair.
Firmware Version 6.5.1.1
Added:
- Added the ability to configure the DHCP Option 82 format by templates;
- Added the possibility of simultaneous relabeling of VLAN ID, COS and DSCP via service policy;
- Added the ability to monitor the parameters of power supplies;
- Added the ability to configure storm control, rate-limit and policer in pps;
- Added the possibility of relabeling DSCP to COS traffic;
- Added Root guard for individual instances in mst;
- Added the ability to set 802.1p priority for VLAN management;
- Added the ability to configure SNMP trap to change the state for each port;
- Added support for Ethernet OAM;
- Added support for STP TC Protection;
- Added the ability to configure supported Ethertype for LAG;
- Added the ability to configure Lookup Length for the disposal of FDB for MES53xxA switches;
- Added logging when receiving STP BPDU with the Topology Check flag;
- Added information about the interface with the last accepted Topology code in the output of show spanning-tree;
- Added support for IGMP Snooping per-port Fast Leave.
Fixed:
- Fixed a problem with traffic transfer to VRF for stack units with backup and slave roles;
- Fixed the behavior in which the RPVST tree is built in VLANs forbidden on the port;
- Fixed hanging of one device from a VPC pair when rebooting;
- Fixed device reboot while using ERPS and binding the ACL to the physical interface at the same time.
Firmware Version 6.5.0.2
Added:
- Added stacking support;
- Added show-commands for displaying EVPN/VXLAN information;
- Added the ability to select algorithms for the SSH server;
- Added sending SNMP trap and syslog messages when the device is rebooted using the reload command;
- Added MSDP support;
- Added support for EVPN multihoming;
- The number of loopback interfaces has been increased to 64;
- Added support for Multicast VXLAN;
- Added support for IGMP static groups for PIM and IGMP-Proxy;
- Added support for Route Target Community;
- Added support for Symmetric IRB;
- Added support for PIM snooping;
- Added support for BGP in VRF;
- Added support for OSPF in VRF;
- Added support for static routes in VRF;
- Added display of BGP Community and Extended Community;
- Added the ability to configure the default route announcement condition in the BGP protocol.
Fixed:
- Fixed possible incorrect restart when the device is booting;
- Fixed error when ACL is deleted from vlan interface;
- Fixed displaying "Security level" field in the WEB interface;
- Fixed a problem with learning ARP for IP interfaces on Port-Channel;
- Fixed a critical error after the closed of a remote SSH session;
- Fixed error when viewing show inventory;
- Fixed error when loading configuration via TFTP;
- Fixed error when connecting to a device via SSH;
- Fixed local user authorization error when the Radius server is unavailable and the break method is enabled.
Firmware Version 6.4.1.3
Added:
- SFP+ Intel FTLX8571D3BCV-IT tranceivers are now supported;
- Added ability to ignore auto-negotiation on the ports.
Fixed:
- 8008 TCP port is now closed.
Firmware Version 6.4.1.2
Added:
- Added the ability to configure the default BGP route announcement;
- Added the ability to bind track to static routes;
- Added simplex communication mode for physical ports.
Fixed:
- Fixed reboot of the stack unit when PVST is enabled;
- Fixed incorrect output of information about CPU load;
- Fixed frequent change of port states in RPVST.