NEW CASTLE, DE — FS has introduced the N8550-24CD8D, a high-performance 200G switch engineered to support AI workloads and large-scale data center upgrades. With increasing demands on bandwidth from AI applications and cloud infrastructure, the new switch offers a scalable, flexible solution to bridge current 100G/200G deployments and future-ready 400G environments.
The N8550-24CD8D is built on Broadcom’s Trident 4-X9 chip and delivers up to 8 Tbps of throughput. It features 24 QSFP56 200G ports with breakout capabilities, enabling backward compatibility with 100G and 50G connections. The switch also includes eight 400G uplinks, making it well-suited for integration into spine-leaf topologies using FS’s 400G spine switches, such as the N9550-32D and N9550-64D.
Targeted at mid-to-large-scale deployments, the switch is optimized for hybrid infrastructure and AI storage networks. It supports protocols critical to high-performance computing and low-latency environments, including RoCEv2, PFC, ECN, MLAG, and EVPN-VXLAN.
Jaylnn He, FS’s Senior Manager of Product R&D, said the new switch highlights the company’s focus on delivering solutions that meet the evolving needs of HPC and AI data centers. “The N8550-24CD8D empowers our customers to build scalable, efficient, and future-proof data center fabrics,” she noted.
The product is managed through FS’s AmpCon-DC platform, offering full Day 0 to Day 2+ automation capabilities. It’s designed to provide consistent, lossless performance and a smooth migration path to next-generation 400G networking.
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