The Edgecore AS9716-32D is a spine switch for high-performance data centers. The switch provides line-rate L2 and L3 switching across the 32 x QSFP-DD ports, each supporting 1 x 400 GbE or 1 x 100 GbE, or via breakout cables 4 x 100 GbE or 4 x 25 GbE. The AS9716-32D can be deployed as a spine switch supporting 100/400 GbE spine interconnects. This open network switch is loaded with the Open Network Install Environment (ONIE), which supports the installation of compatible Network Operating System software, including the open source options Open Network Linux, plus commercial NOS offerings.