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Huawei CloudEngine Switches

byHuawei
in
4.7
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
it is a good choice of equipment and has very good processing capacity.
Senior Network engineer
50M - 250M USD, Finance (non-banking)
CRITICAL

“HUAWEI SWITCHES CLOUDENGINE 7800 SERIES”

3.0
Apr 23, 2019
The CloudEngine 7800 series switches are GE 40 switches designed for Data Center and high-end campus area networks. They offer high performance, high port density and low latency.offers 32 ports of 40 GE in a single 1U device that provides exceptional throughput and low latency as a core or aggregation switch for Data Centers.

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Gartner Peer Insights recognizes vendors who meet or exceed both the market average Overall Experience and the market average User Interest and Adoption score through a Customers’ Choice distinction.
2025
For Market:
Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure (Transitioning to 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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Performance of Huawei CloudEngine Switches Across Market Features

Huawei CloudEngine Switches Likes & Dislikes

Like

capabilities and deployment flexibility

Like

Below are some points due to this reason i love this products. 1-The CE7800 switches support Border Gateway Protocol - Ethernet VPN (BGP-EVPN), which can be run as a VXLAN control plane to simplify VXLAN configuration in and between Data Centers. 2-Each GE 40 port can be used as multiple 10 GE ports, allowing for flexible networking

Like

Versatile Routing Platform:-Built in huawei's unified VRP , these switches offer robust functionality and flexibility

Dislike

equipment delivery times and integrations with multi-brand ecosystems.

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.

Dislike

Compatibility issue:-There might be some compatibility issue with devices or system's from other vendor's, which could required additional configuration or integration efforts

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Peer Discussions

Huawei CloudEngine Switches Reviews and Ratings

Showing data for 159 ratings and reviews for Data Center and Cloud Networking (Transitioning to Data Center Switching) market. View all 215 ratings and reviews across markets for a complete picture.

4.7

(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?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.8

Integration & Deployment

4.8

Service & Support

4.8

Product Capabilities

4.8

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  • 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.
  • Manager of IT Services
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Versatile Routing Platform of Switeches: Built on Unified VRP

    5.0
    Oct 17, 2024
    The Switeches supports various IDN Features such as integrated wireless access controller's and free mobility.
  • NETWORK ADMIN
    50M-1B USD
    Telecommunication
    Review Source

    Demystifying the Features of Huawei Switches in Networking

    5.0
    Oct 10, 2024
    Huawei Switches has easy to configure and manage with small and large networks. We can use these switches in all segments like SME and Local network as well as enterprise business. It has a simple configuration with healthy features. We use Huawei 5700/5720/5735 and 6720/6730 series in our network. We are using the switches in LAN (Outdoor/Indoor) and WAN(Data center) networks.
  • Network & Security Engineer
    50M-1B USD
    Media
    Review Source

    Exploring Huawei's High Performance Datacenter Switch Series

    5.0
    Oct 9, 2024
    Huawei Datacenter Switch series includes High Performance, Scalable range Port/Interface Density, and enhanced throughput performance switches, which cater to core/aggregation layer requirements
  • Engineer
    50M-1B USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Exploring SNMP Monitoring & CLI Configuration on Switch Models

    4.0
    Sep 27, 2024
    I've been working on these switches for more than 4 years on models like S5735-L8T4X-A1, L8T4S-A1, L12-T4S-A1, and have had great experience working on CLI configuration, maintenance and monitoring.
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