Modern data centers that supercharge AI
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Why choose Nokia for data center networks?
The data center landscape is evolving rapidly to meet the demands of the AI-era.
We help the world's most innovative companies transform their data centers, unlocking new revenue streams and boosting operational efficiency with our advanced data center networking solutions.
Nokia has an established track record building business and mission-critical networks. Our quality-first philosophy is a big part of why our customers trust us to build data center networks that “just work”.
Data center switches
We offer a comprehensive portfolio of data center switches that can help you implement back-end and front-end networks that meet the demands of artificial intelligence (AI) and traditional workloads.
Management switches
The Nokia 7215 IXS-A1, 7215-IXR-C1 and 7220 IXR-D1 platforms provide reliable out-of-band management network solutions for data center servers, spine nodes and leaf nodes.
7215 IXS-A1
- Ports: 4 x 10G SFP+, 48 x 10/100/1000M RJ45
- Height: 1RU
- Full-duplex system throughput: 88 Gb/s
7215 IXS-C1
- Ports: 2 x 1G SFP, 1 x 10/100/1000M RJ45, 48 x RS232 RJ45 serial ports
- Height: 1RU
- System aggregate throughput: 1 Gb/s
7220 IXR-D1
- Ports: 4 x 10G SFP+, 48 x 10/100/1000M RJ45
- Height: 1RU
- Full-duplex system throughput: 88 Gb/s
Shallow buffer switches
The Nokia 7220 IXR series provides fixed-configuration, high-capacity platforms that let you bring unmatched scale, flexibility and operational simplicity to your data center networks and cloud environments. The 7220 IXR-D and 7220 IXR-H platforms provide high-capacity, high-density, fixed configuration platforms designed for data center leaf–spine deployments.
7220 IXR-D2L
- Ports: 8 x 100G QSFP28, 48 x 25G SFP28, 2 x 10G SFP+
- Height: 1RU
- Full-duplex system throughput: 2.0 Tb/s
7220 IXR-H2
- Ports: 128 x 100G QSFP28
- Height: 4RU
- Full-duplex system throughput: 12.8 Tb/s
7220 IXR-H6-64
- Ports: 64 x 1.6T OSFP, 2 x 25G SFP28
- Height: 3RU
- Full-duplex system throughput: 102.4 Tb/s
Deep buffer fixed configuration switches
The Nokia 7250 IXR-X1b, IXR-X3b and IXR-X4 platforms offer high-speed, high-density interfaces in a 1RU form factor. They are suitable for data center spine and data center interconnect roles.
7250 IXR-X1b
- Ports: 12 x 400G QSFP-DD, 24 x 100G QSFP28
- Height: 1RU
- Full-duplex system throughput: 7.2 Tb/s
7250 IXR-X3b
- Ports: 36 x 400G QSFP-DD
- Height: 1RU
- Full-duplex system throughput: 14.4 Tb/s
7250 IXR-X4 (OSFP)
- Ports: 32 x 800G OSFP
- Height: 1RU
- Full-duplex system throughput: 25.6 Tb/s
Modular chassis switches
The Nokia 7250 IXR-6e, IXR-10e and IXR-18e are high-capacity modular chassis platforms built for the largest data center spine and super-spine deployments, offering massive port density and scale-out headroom as AI workloads grow.
7250 IXR-6e
- 4 slots, 28.8 Tb/s (FD) each
- Ports: up to 144 x 800G QSFP-DD/OSFP or 1,152 x 100G QSFP28
- Height: 10RU
- Full-duplex system throughput: 115.2 Tb/s
7250 IXR-10e
- 8 slots
- Ports: up to 288 x 800G QSFP-DD/OSFP or 2,304 x 100G QSFP28
- Height: 16RU
- Full-duplex system throughput: 230.4 Tb/s
7250 IXR-18e
- 16 slots, 28.8 Tb/s (FD) each
- Ports: up to 576 x 800G QSFP-DD/OSFP, 4,608 x 100G QSFP28 or 4,608 x 50GE
- Height: 35RU
- Full-duplex system throughput: 460.8 Tb/s
Data center networking for the AI era
Welcome to a new era of extreme networking innovation and operational transformation.