Cisco C8650-G2 | 8600 20-Port 10G + 6x 100G Router, Data Center

Q: What deployment scenarios is the C8650-G2 designed for?
A: The C8650-G2 is purpose-built for high-scale data center and colocation environments requiring massive VPN aggregation, high-density connectivity, and large-scale data-intensive operations. It excels at campus internet edge aggregation, WAN aggregation, and enterprise networking infrastructure with AI workloads.

Q: Can I use all ports simultaneously on the C8650-G2?
A: Yes, all twenty 1GE/10GE SFP+ ports and all six QSFP28 ports can be enabled at the same time. You can configure each QSFP28 port to operate at either 100GE or 40GE depending on your requirements. Breakout cables are not supported on this platform.

Q: What VPN and Layer 2 technologies does the C8650-G2 support?
A: The C8650-G2 supports FlexVPN, DMVPN, and GETVPN for site-to-site and remote access VPN. For Layer 2 tunneling, it supports L2TP v2 and v3, Ethernet VPN (EVPN), Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV), and Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS).

Q: Does the C8650-G2 support SD-WAN and advanced security features?
A: Yes, the C8650-G2 runs Cisco IOS XE and supports SD-WAN feature combinations including IPsec, Quality of Service (QoS), Deep Packet Inspection, and Flexible NetFlow. Security features include Secure Boot with signed images, hardware-anchored SUDI, and hardware-accelerated encryption with no performance penalty when enabling MACsec.

Q: What power supply configuration does the C8650-G2 use?
A: The C8650-G2 includes redundant power supplies by default (N+1 configuration), with optional N+2 redundancy available. A minimum of two power supplies is required, and all installed power supplies are used simultaneously with load distributed evenly. The fan tray is hot-swappable for maintenance without downtime.