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Table of Contents

• Ruckus/ICX
• Ruckus/ICX-6450
• Ruckus/ICX-6450-48
• Ruckus/ICX-7150
• Ruckus/ICX-7150-48
• Ruckus/ICX-7250
• Ruckus/ICX-7450
• Ruckus/License

CLI

See ICX

Models

6xxx

End of Life

Ruckus/ICX-6450

ICX-6450 end of sale Oct 2016 - end of support Dec 2021

7xxx

Ruckus/ICX-7150

7250

7450

7550

7650

7750

7850

ICX 7xxx Switch Consolidation

In an effort to Consolidate Products Rucks is focusing on the ICX 7150, 7550 and 7850 series of switches. The 7250, 7450, 7650 and 7750 are being discontinued.

End of Sale:

• 7250 - Feb 2022 (end of support Dec 2027)
• 7450 - Nov 2024 (end of support Nov 2029)
• 7650 - Dec 2023 (end of support Dec 2028)
• 7750 - Dec 2023 (end of support Dec 2028)

Reference: https://support.ruckuswireless.com/documents/3631-end-of-sale-and-end-of-life-product-datelines

Product Line

RUCKUS Ethernet Switches | RUCKUS Networks
https://www.ruckusnetworks.com/products/ethernet-switches/

ICX® switches: flexible scalability and simplified management

Our RUCKUS® ICX family of fixed form-factor switches works together to simplify network set-up and management, enhance security, minimize troubleshooting and make upgrades easy. Our low-latency, non-blocking architecture provides excellent throughput for the most demanding applications.

ICX switches work seamlessly with RUCKUS wireless access points (APs), RUCKUS SmartZone™ network controllers and RUCKUS Cloud™ to deliver a high-performance, cost-effective unified wired and wireless access solution.

Whether you’re deploying a standalone switch, a stack or a fabric network—you’ll reap the benefits of RUCKUS performance, flexibility and investment protection.

ICX access switches

The RUCKUS family of stackable access switches delivers the performance, flexibility and scalability required for enterprise access deployment. These switches raise the bar with non-blocking performance and 1, 10, 40 and 100 GbE uplinks and stacking options. These switches deliver seamless interoperability with RUCKUS wireless products to deliver unified wired and wireless network access. In addition, RUCKUS Multigigabit Ethernet technology offers bandwidth speeds needed to optimize performance of the latest generation high-performance wireless APs and edge devices, over standard Ethernet cables.

• ICX 7150 - Entry-Level Enterprise-Class Stackable Access Switch
• ICX 8200 - Entry-Level+ Enterprise-Class Stackable Access Switch
• ICX 7450 - Mid-Range Enterprise-Class Stackable Access/Aggregation Switch with 100GbE
• ICX 7550 - Mid-Range Enterprise-Class Stackable Access/Aggregation Switch with 100GbE
• ICX 7650 - High-End Enterprise-Class Stackable Access/Aggregation Switch with 100GbE

ICX aggregation switches

The aggregation switches appear to have an "F" in the model number, likely to indicate all "Fiber" ports. Eg. RUCKUS ICX 7450-48F or RUCKUS ICX 7850-48F.

Today’s enterprise network aggregation layers are quickly moving to 10, 40 and 100 Gbps speeds as organization rapidly deploy latest generation wireless APs and applications such as 4K video and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), which drive the need for resilient, high-bandwidth aggregation switches. To meet these challenges, RUCKUS campus network solutions provide better performance, port density, reliability, security, quality of service (QoS) and lower total cost of ownership (TCO).

• ICX 7450 - Mid-Range Enterprise-Class Stackable Access/Aggregation Switch with 100GbE
• ICX 7550 - Mid-Range Enterprise-Class Stackable Access/Aggregation Switch with 100GbE
• ICX 7650 - High-End Enterprise-Class Stackable Access/Aggregation Switch with 100GbE
• ICX 7750 - High-End Enterprise-Class Stackable Core/Aggregation Switch with 40GbE
• ICX 7850 - High-End Enterprise-Class Stackable Core/Aggregation Switch with 100GbE

ICX core switches

The core switches appear to have:

• an "F" in the model number, likely to indicate all "Fiber" ports: Eg. ICX 7750-48F or RUCKUS ICX 7850-48F
• or a "Q" in the model number, likely to indicate QSFP ports: Eg. RUCKUS ICX 7750-26Q or RUCKUS ICX 7850-32Q
• or a "C" in the model number, likely to indicate Combo ports: Eg. RUCKUS ICX 7750-48C or RUCKUS ICX 7850-48C
• or a "FS" in the model number, likely to indicate Fiber with MACsec: Eg. RUCKUS ICX 7850-48FS

Traditional enterprise networks were architected to utilize chassis systems to deliver reliable, high-speed, and scalable routing capabilities to the campus. With recent advances in network processors, these capabilities can be packaged into a more flexible stackable switch design. This opens the door to new network architectures where the core can be distributed across the campus—deploying ports and switching capacity directly where they are needed. 

RUCKUS core switches are designed to meet the most demanding enterprise requirements. They deliver non-blocking line-rate performance on all ports concurrently, with a switching capacity up to 6.4 Tbps—supporting next-generation Ethernet speeds with 10/25 Gigabit Ethernet at the aggregation and 40/100 Gigabit Ethernet to meet the high volume of traffic driving from the edge into the core. They also support a rich array of routing protocols and deliver a range of high-availability hardware and software features

• ICX 7750 - High-End Enterprise-Class Stackable Core/Aggregation Switch with 40GbE
• ICX 7850 - High-End Enterprise-Class Stackable Core/Aggregation Switch with 100GbE