The Extreme 7720 Series is a purpose-built switch designed for high-performance aggregation and core applications. The 7720 Series provides end-to-end secure network segmentation and advanced policy capabilities. The 7720 Series is Universal Hardware, providing a user-selectable choice of Extreme‘s flagship switch operating systems.
The 7720 Series network hardware platform enables organizations to design networks that accommodate a variety of applications and east-west traffic patterns. With its high-density scale-out architecture, leading power efficiency, and airflow options, the 7720 Series platform delivers a cost-effective solution that optimizes power, cooling, and equipment room space, wherever your network operating center might be.
An RJ45 serial console port on the front panel of the 4120 Series 7720 Series switch enables you to connect a terminal and perform local management. An Ethernet management port can be used to connect the system to an out-of-band management network for administration. Alternatively, you can use an Ethernet cable to connect this port directly to a laptop to view and locally manage the switch configuration. The Ethernet management port supports 10/100/1000 Mbps speeds.
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There is also a Type A USB 2.0 port that can host removable devices like flash drives.
Hot-swappable fan modules that provide either front-to-back or back-to-front airflow for switch cooling are available for 7720 Series switches. The six fan slots on all models are located on the rear panel. Switch fans are not responsible for cooling the power supplies; power supplies have integrated cooling fans that operate independently of the switch fan. The direction of the airflow in the fans and power supplies must be the same.
Fans are ordered separately for base model 7720-32C. Fans are included with other models.
Hot swappable 800 W AC or DC power supplies are available to power the switch. The power supplies have integrated cooling fans that operate independently of the switch fans. The fans provide either front-to-back or back-to-front airflow. The direction of the airflow in the power supplies and the switch fans must be the same. The two power supply slots on all models are located on the rear panel.
Power supplies are ordered separately for the base model 7720-32C. Power supplies are included with other models.
For more information about the power supplies used in the 7720 Series switches, see Power Supplies for Use with Your Switch.
Each 4120 Series 7720 Series switch comes equipped with two 400GbE stacking ports, also referred to as Universal Ethernet ports. When running Switch Engine, up to eight systems can be stacked using qualified QSFP28 direct attach cables and optical transceivers located on the front panel of the switch. Stacking is not supported when running Fabric Engine. The stacking ports on 7720-32C models are ports 31 and 32
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The two stacking/SFP-DD ports are “Universal Ethernet” ports, labeled “U1” and “U2.” These ports can operate either as stacking ports with Switch Engine or as Ethernet ports with Switch Engine and with Fabric Engine in non-fabric mode. By default the stacking ports operate as Ethernet ports. Use the enable stacking-support command to set the stacking ports in stacking mode.
When running Fabric Engine, the stacking (or Universal Ethernet) ports are reserved for use by advanced features on the switch by default. For more information, see the advanced-feature-bandwidth-reservation Boot Flag documentation in the Fabric Engine User Guide for your version of the Fabric Engine operating system.
Stacking cables are ordered separately.
For information about QSFP28 optical modules, see the Extreme Optics website.
Secure boot establishes a chain-of-trust relationship in the boot process. The chain-of-trust is established by cryptographic checks at each stage of the boot process to validate the integrity and authenticity of the next stage before it can execute. The current implementation validates boot images. It cannot be disabled after it has been programmed on the device. There is no command-line interface or commands to enable or disable secure boot. The status of the boot image verification can be monitored in the operating system.
For more information, see Secure Boot.
The 7720 Series supports the following operating temperatures with front-to-back cooling:
The 7720 Series supports the following operating temperatures with back-to-front cooling:
The 7720 Series switches support Unified Licensing, so that you can use them with multiple operating systems. There are two methods of acquiring feature licenses: manual or through ExtremeCloud™ IQ (XIQ).
For Switch Engine licensing, see the Feature License Requirements for your version of the Switch Engine software.
For Fabric Engine licensing, see the Licensing chapter in the Fabric Engine User Guide for your version of the Fabric Engine operating system.
For XIQ licensing, see ExtremeCloud IQ.