EXA48800
Network Packet Broker
The Cubro EXA48800 is a high-performance network packet broker built to deliver advanced visibility for today’s complex, high-speed networks. It aggregates, filters, replicates, and load balances traffic, ensuring that monitoring, security, and management tools receive exactly the data they need.
Powered by a multi-core programmable switch chip combined with two high-performance ARM CPUs in a single chassis, the EXA48800 offers exceptional flexibility and functionality. This unique architecture makes it ideally suited for advanced visibility and security use cases.
With comprehensive multi-layer filtering and tunnel removal capabilities, the EXA48800 is the ideal solution for achieving full visibility into overlay networks, while simplifying operations and enhancing monitoring efficiency.
Main Features of EXA48800
- Filters and load-balances traffic from 1, 10, 25, 40 or 100 Gbps links to multiple monitoring tools
- Aggregates multiple inputs with different interface speeds to one or more output ports/monitoring tools
- 48 x 10/25 Gbps (SFP+/SFP28) and 8 x 40/100 Gbps (QSFP/ QSFP28) ports
- 40/100 Gbps ports support break-out to 4 x 10/25 Gbps
- IPv6 support
- Tunnel removal and inside tunnel filtering
- Deduplication to remove unwanted packets
- Complex filtering inside packet payload
- Open for 3rd party transceivers
- 2-year base warranty period
Functions & Benefits of EXA48800
- Easy to configure: Secure Web GUI / ReST API
- Load balancing: Hash-based, session-aware load balancing on either outer or inner tunnel headers
- Ultra high port density: Supports up to 8 x 40/100 Gbps or 32 x 25/10 Gbps ports and 48 dedicated SFP+/ SFP28 ports for 10G or 25 Gbps
- Supports 4 x 1 Gbps ports
- Tunnel termination and filtering on multiple parameters including inner tunnel (VXLAN, GTP, ERSPAN, MPLS, SRv6, etc)
- Regex filtering to search for complex ASCII strings or Hex patterns anywhere in packets
- Deduplication function
- Data Masking
- SNMPv2c and SNMPv3 support
Number of Ports | 44 x SFP+/SFP28 for 10/25 Gbps; 4 x SFP/SFP+/SFP28 for 1/10/25 Gbps; 8 x QSFP/QSFP28 for 40/100 Gbps – these ports can be used in break-out mode to support 4 x 10/25 Gbps |
| Link/Port Aggregation | 1:1; 1:n; n:1; n:n – at all port/link speeds |
| Traffic distribution/load balancing | Traffic can be easily distributed to single ports, parallel ports or load-balancing groups |
| Tunnel termination and inner tunnel filtering | MPLS, MPLS over UDP, GRE, GTP, ERSPAN, VXLAN |
| Deduplication | Supported at all ports and port speeds |
| Data masking | Overwrite any part of a packet to comply with GDPR regulations |
| Packet Buffer | 22 MB |
| Supervision/Logging | SNMPv2c and SNMPv3; Syslog and Activity Log function |
| Unit Control | WebUI via https and RestAPI via 10/100/1000B-T management interface |
| MTBF | 189.858 hours |
| Electrical Power | Dual 100-240 V AC or 36-72 V DC available |
| Jumbo Frame Support | The EXA48800 supports jumbo Ethernet frames with a size of up to 9192 bytes. |
| Cubro Vitrum Support | Yes |
Ports
- 4 x 1 Gbps / 10 Gbps / 25 Gbps full duplex ports for any kind of SFP/SFP+/SFP28
- 44 x 10 Gbps / 25 Gbps full duplex ports for any kind of SFP+/SFP28
- 8 x 40 Gbps / 100 Gbps full duplex ports for any kind of QSFP/QSFP28
- *Each port can be input and / or output depending on the application and configuration
- *All QSFP/ QSFP28 ports support breakout cables to 4 x 10G or 4 x 25G interfaces
Performance
- Performance up to 4000 Gbps
- Non-blocking design
- Boot time from power on to working 300 sec
Management
- Management Port: (1) RJ45 10/100/1000 Mbit Configuration
Operating specifications
- Operating Temperature: 0ºC to 40ºC
- Storage Temperature: -10ºC to 70ºC
- Relative Humidity: 10% min, 95% max (non-condensing)
Mechanical specifications
- Dimension (WxDxH): 444 x 538 x 44 mm
- Weight: 12,5 kg
- Airflow: Front-back
Electrical specifications
- Input Power: 100-240 V AC or 36-72 V DC
- Maximum Power Consumption: 450W
- Power Supply Module: 2 (redundant & hot- swappable)
Certifications
- Compliance and Safety: EN 61000-3-2:2019; EN 61000-3-3:2013/A1:2019; EN 62368-1:2014; EN 55035/2017/A11:2020
- EN 55032:2015/A1:2020
- EU Directives compliance:2014/35/EU and 2014/30/EU RoHs Compliance: RoHS 6
Deduplication
The EXA48800 is capable of finding and deleting duplicate packets. Duplicates can cause numerous issues. The obvious issue is that double the amount of data requires double the amount of processing power, memory, power, etc. However, the main issue is false positives: errors that are not really errors or threats that are not actually threats. One common way that duplicates effect analysis is by an increase in TCP out-of-order or retransmission warnings. Debugging these issues takes a lot of time, usually the time an overworked, understaffed network operations or security team does not have. In addition, any analysis performed based on this information is probably not reliable, so this only exacerbates the issue. The Cubro EXA48800 offers a deduplication function to eliminate duplicated packets and protect monitoring equipment from getting overloaded.
State-of-the-art tunnel functionality
The EXA48800 supports the termination of various tunnels such as:
- ERSPAN II and III
- GRE
- GTP
- MPLS over UDP
- VXLAN
Every port of the EXA48800 supports an independent MAC and IP setup. Thus, the EXA48800 can be used as an active tunnel end-point. Besides tunnel termination, it also allows filtering inside tunnels. This superior functionality makes the EXA48800 perfectly suited for any modern overlay network.
IP fragmentation is the process of breaking down a large IP datagram (packet) into smaller pieces, called fragments, to fit across network links with a smaller Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size. The EXA48800 supports fragmentation to any selectable MTU size between 512 Byte and 2048 Byte. In addition, fragmented packets can be encapsulated into a GRE tunnel to be transmitted over a routed Layer 3 network.
On the receiving end the EXA48800 is able to reassemble the received IP fragments into original packets so that original information can be delivered to connected monitoring tools.
For additional applications, see the datasheet.
Product Components
- Cubro EXA48800
- AC/DC power supply
- European Power cord
- Transceivers not included
| Part Number | Description |
|---|---|
| CUB.APM-EXA48800-12 | Advanced Packetmaster EXA48800, 12x10G/25G and 8x40G/100G, AC powered |
| CUB.APM-EXA48800-24 | Advanced Packetmaster EXA48800, 24x10G/25G and 8x40G/100G, AC poweredx25G and 8x40G/100G, AC powered |
| CUB.APM-EXA48800-36 | Advanced Packetmaster EXA48800, 36x10G/25G and 8x40G/100G, AC powered |
| CUB.APM-EXA48800-48 | Advanced Packetmaster EXA48800, 48x10G/25G and 8x40G/100G, AC powered |
| CUB.APM-EXA48800-12-DC | Advanced Packetmaster EXA48800, 12x10G/25G and 8x40G/100G, DC powered |
| CUB.APM-EXA48800-24-DC | Advanced Packetmaster EXA48800, 24x10G/25G and 8x40G/100G, DC powered |
| CUB.APM-EXA48800-36-DC | Advanced Packetmaster EXA48800, 36x10G/25G and 8x40G/100G, DC powered |
| CUB.APM-EXA48800-48-DC | Advanced Packetmaster EXA48800, 48x10G/25G and 8x40G/100G, DC powered |
| CUB.APM-EXA48800-12U | Advanced Packetmaster EXA48800 12x10G/25G Port Upgrade |
Spare parts
| Part Number | Description |
|---|---|
| CUB.PM-AC-G | AC Power supply module for CUBRO EX48800/EXA48800 |
| CUB.PM-DC-G | DC Power supply module for CUBRO EX48800/EXA48800 |
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