Mellanox SN2700 – 32x QSFP28 Managed Switch

Guide price: Price range: £1,930.29 through £12,280.83 Ex. VAT

Product Overview

The NVIDIA/Mellanox MSN2700 (SN2700-series) is a high-performance, open-Ethernet 1U switch designed for modern data-centre fabrics — suitable for spine, leaf or high-throughput aggregation roles. Its Spectrum ASIC delivers exceptional density, throughput and low latency while running any ONIE-compatible NOS (e.g. Onyx, Cumulus, SONiC).

Ideal deployment/environment: Spine/leaf fabrics, high-density aggregation, HPC, AI/ML or large-scale cloud infrastructure requiring full 100GbE or mixed-speed connectivity, high throughput, low latency, and flexible open-Ethernet NOS integration.

Key Features

  • Port density & speeds: 32 × QSFP28 ports (native 40/50/56/100 GbE), with support for lower speeds (10/25/50 GbE) via breakout or transceivers.
 
  • Massive switching capacity: Up to 6.4 Tb/s total throughput; processing up to 4.76–9.5 billion packets per second depending on firmware/revision.
 
  • Ultra-low latency: Up to 300 ns port-to-port latency (cut-through), consistent across L2 and L3 forwarding.
 
  • Flexible OS & open networking: Ships ONIE-ready; supports vendor NOS such as Mellanox Onyx, Cumulus Linux, SONiC — enabling automation, open-toolchain integration and avoiding vendor lock-in.
 
  • Full L2/L3 & advanced features: Broad feature set including VXLAN, EVPN overlays; VLANs, MLAG, link-aggregation, L3 routing (BGP/OSPF), ECMP, IPv4/IPv6; QoS/flow-control features like PFC, WRED, ECN; jumbo frames.
 
  • Compact, data-centre friendly chassis: 1U rack-mountable, dual hot-swappable AC power supplies, adjustable airflow (P2C or C2P), full module and break-out cable support — optimised for dense spine/leaf deployments.

Specification

Additional information

MSN2700 Licensing Options
MSN2700-BS2FIncludes: 40GbE Forwarding License
MSN2700-BS2FCIncludes: 40GbE Open Networking (ONIE) License
MSN2700-BS2FOIncludes: 40GbE Open Networking (ONIE) License
MSN2700-BS2RIncludes: 40GbE Routing Licence
MSN2700-BS2RCIncludes: 40GbE Open Networking (ONIE) License
MSN2700-CBBFOIncludes: 100GbE Open Networking (ONIE) License
MSN2700-CS2FIncludes: 100GbE Forwarding License
MSN2700-CS2FCIncludes: 100GbE Cloud Licence
MSN2700-CS2FOIncludes: 100GbE Open Networking (ONIE) License
MSN2700-CS2RIncludes: 100GbE Routing Licence
MSN2700-CS2RCIncludes: 100GbE Routing Licence (Cloud Edition)
MSN2700-CS2ROIncludes: 100GbE Routing Licence (Open Networking)

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