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Huawei CloudEngine Switches

byHuawei
in
4.8
2025
Market Presence: Data Center and Cloud Networking (Transitioning to Data Center Switching), Data Center Switching

Overview

Product Information on Huawei CloudEngine Switches

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Huawei CloudEngine Switches?

Huawei CloudEngine Switches is a software designed to provide high-performance data center and campus network switching solutions. It offers features such as high-density port configurations, low latency, and advanced virtualization capabilities to support efficient data traffic management. The software enables automation and intelligent operations through programmable interfaces and network management tools, supporting multiple networking protocols for compatibility across environments. It aims to address challenges in network scalability, reliability, and security by providing centralized control, traffic optimization, and security policy enforcement for enterprise and carrier networks. The software helps organizations manage growing network demands by delivering consistent connectivity and operational efficiency across complex IT infrastructures.

Huawei CloudEngine Switches Pricing

Huawei CloudEngine Switches software utilizes a pricing model that is typically based on hardware configuration, switch model, network capacity, and support level. Pricing may vary according to options selected for performance tiers and warranty services. Licensing fees and subscriptions for management software and additional features can be applied separately depending on deployment requirements.

Overall experience with Huawei CloudEngine Switches

PRESALES
<50M USD, Software
FAVORABLE

“Examining Deployment Flexibility and Delivery Time of New Equipment”

4.0
Dec 30, 2024
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Senior Network engineer
50M - 250M USD, Finance (non-banking)
CRITICAL

“HUAWEI SWITCHES CLOUDENGINE 7800 SERIES”

3.0
Apr 23, 2019
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2025
For Market:
Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN

About Company

Company Description

Updated 26th April 2024

Huawei is a global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) solutions. The company's main focus is to enrich human progress through innovative technologies. Huawei aims to ensure that connectivity is a basic need, emphasizing the importance of access to ICT and the benefits it can provide to a wide audience. The firm specializes in creating customer-focused innovations and establishing strong partnerships, developing capabilities across carrier networks, enterprise, consumers, and cloud computing sections. With operations in over 170 countries, Huawei has a significant global presence. The company's objective is to digitally connect every person, home, and organization in order to achieve a comprehensive connected, intelligent world. Through this, Huawei works to narrow the digital gap, facilitating access to broadband services.

Company Details

Updated 26th April 2024
Company type
Private
Year Founded
1987
Head office location
Shenzhen, China
Number of employees
10001+
Website
https://www.huawei.com/en/

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Huawei CloudEngine Switches Reviews and Ratings

4.8

(159 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
77%
4 Star
21%
3 Star
3%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?
  • PRESALES
    <50M USD
    Software
    Review Source

    Examining Deployment Flexibility and Delivery Time of New Equipment

    4.0
    Dec 30, 2024
    it is a good choice of equipment and has very good processing capacity.
  • PRESALES
    <50M USD
    Software
    Review Source

    Examining Deployment Flexibility and Delivery Time of New Equipment

    4.0
    Dec 30, 2024
    it is a good choice of equipment and has very good processing capacity.
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Reviewer Insights for: Huawei CloudEngine Switches
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Huawei CloudEngine Switches Likes & Dislikes

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capabilities and deployment flexibility

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capabilities and deployment flexibility

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We are using ACL on our switch but its not working properly, As we are not able to see the traffic counters for the access-list and some of our traffic is not getting the passthrough from ACL even we had allowed the same in ACL.

Dislike

We are using ACL on our switch but its not working properly, As we are not able to see the traffic counters for the access-list and some of our traffic is not getting the passthrough from ACL even we had allowed the same in ACL.

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We are using ACL on our switch but its not working properly, As we are not able to see the traffic counters for the access-list and some of our traffic is not getting the passthrough from ACL even we had allowed the same in ACL.