Brand: Arista | Category: Network Switches
SKU: DCS-7816-CH | Part #: DCS-7816-CH | MPN: DCS-7816-CH
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The Arista 7800R3 Series AI Spine Switch is a purpose-built fabric switch engineered for AI and GPU cluster interconnect at hyperscale. The 7816 variant delivers ultra-dense 400G and 800G port configurations optimized for collective communication patterns in large-scale machine learning training environments, offering non-blocking throughput and low-latency switching across thousands of GPU nodes.
Designed for modern data center architectures supporting transformer model training, fine-tuning, and inference workloads, this switch provides the high-radix switching capacity required for all-reduce operations, gradient synchronization, and distributed tensor computations. The 7800R3 line integrates Arista's CloudVision platform for unified management and observability across fabric deployments.
Deployed in tier-1 cloud platforms and enterprise AI infrastructure, the 7816-CH addresses acute interconnect bottlenecks in GPU-dense environments where network performance directly impacts model training throughput and accelerator utilization.
| Manufacturer | Arista |
| Model | 7800R3 |
| Variant | 7816 |
| PartNumber | DCS-7816-CH |
| FormFactor | Modular chassis |
| PortDensity | 128 × 400G or 64 × 800G equivalent |
| PortConfiguration | 400G QSFP112-DD or 800G QSFP112-DD |
| ThroughputNonBlocking | 51.2 Tbps (400G config), 102.4 Tbps (800G config) |
| Latency | <150 ns (packet switching latency) |
| BufferMemory | 3.2 GB |
| BackplaneCapacity | 204.8 Tbps |
| Architecture | Non-blocking, fixed-configuration spine |
| RackUnits | 12RU |
| PowerConsumption | Approximately 6000 W (typical, full config) |
| ManagementInterface | 1× 10/100/1000 Ethernet, serial console, USB |
| OperatingSystem | EOS (Extensible Operating System) |
| CloudVisionIntegration | Native support for CloudVision Portal and APIs |
| LaunchDate | 2023 Q3 |
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| Brand | Arista |
| Category | Network Switches |
| SKU | DCS-7816-CH |
| Part Number | DCS-7816-CH |
| Condition | New |
| Model | 7800R3 |
| Variant | 7816 |
| PartNumber | DCS-7816-CH |
| FormFactor | Modular chassis |
| PortDensity | 128 × 400G or 64 × 800G equivalent |
| PortConfiguration | 400G QSFP112-DD or 800G QSFP112-DD |
| ThroughputNonBlocking | 51.2 Tbps (400G config), 102.4 Tbps (800G config) |
| Latency | <150 ns (packet switching latency) |
| BufferMemory | 3.2 GB |
| BackplaneCapacity | 204.8 Tbps |
| Architecture | Non-blocking, fixed-configuration spine |
| RackUnits | 12RU |
| PowerConsumption | Approximately 6000 W (typical, full config) |
| ManagementInterface | 1× 10/100/1000 Ethernet, serial console, USB |
| OperatingSystem | EOS (Extensible Operating System) |
| CloudVisionIntegration | Native support for CloudVision Portal and APIs |
| LaunchDate | 2023 Q3 |