Ruijie Network Updates: AI Switch Growth, NPO Interoperability and Campus Hardware Changes

By: Network-Switch.com | November 12, 2026

Quick Summary

Between October 20 and November 9, 2026, Ruijie's updates included strong data-center switch deliveries, a clear limit on NPO supernode interoperability, an enterprise operations event and several hardware lifecycle transitions. The period also brought updated documentation for an outdoor Wi-Fi 7 remote unit and Gigabit campus switches. The coverage includes independent reports, company notices and product materials. Updated brochures are not treated as new product launches. The Cybrey roadshow and the October 16 integrated-network announcement were covered previously and are not repeated here.

Oct. 22: Data-Center Switching Drives Ruijie's Third-Quarter Growth

Independent telecom outlet C114 reported on October 22 that Ruijie Networks recorded RMB 5.764 billion in third-quarter revenue, up 42.98% from a year earlier. Revenue for the first nine months reached RMB 14.596 billion. The company said its data-center switching business contributed approximately RMB 9.47 billion during those nine months, an increase of about 70% year over year.

According to the company figures quoted by C114, 400G and 800G switches accounted for approximately 87% of data-center switch revenue. More than 90% of data-center switching revenue came from internet-sector customers. Ruijie said high-end switch-chip supply remained tight and its full supernode-rack solution was not expected to reach volume production until 2027. These are October business updates, not new launches of products already shown in September.

Growth in orders does not guarantee component availability. Integrators planning high-speed fabrics should confirm lead times, optics qualification, port configurations and the production status of switch trays separately from headline growth figures.

Oct. 29: Ruijie Clarifies the Limits of NPO Supernode Interoperability

In an investor-platform response reported by 10jqka iNews on October 29, Ruijie said its current NPO switch products cannot connect natively to Huawei's Lingqu (UB) supernode interconnect. The company explained that the proprietary Lingqu UB bus is not ordinary Ethernet.

Ruijie referred to the 102.4T four-chip NPO switch and 3.2T NPO module prototypes previously displayed at CIOE 2026. These products had already been demonstrated before October. The October update clarified the interoperability limitation and stated that volume delivery would depend on customer deployment demand.

Optical packaging technology alone does not establish protocol compatibility. Customers must distinguish Ethernet switching fabrics, proprietary accelerator interconnects and the exact physical and protocol interfaces before designing a mixed-vendor supernode.

Oct. 21: Ruijie Holds an Enterprise AI Operations Practice Session

Ruijie held an online enterprise intelligent-operations session on October 21. The announced program included an Angang digital-operations case, a LeXiang 3.0 product demonstration and discussion of automated asset discovery, business-system monitoring and preventive operations.

The event materials cited targets of five to ten minutes for fault location and more than 95% reconciliation of asset inventories. These figures were presented as event claims and should not be treated as independently measured results across customer environments.

IT teams need to assess whether dependency maps, device inventories and alert correlation can reliably distinguish a physical network fault from an application or service issue. The session was an operations-technology event, not a new Ethernet switch or wireless AP launch.

Oct. 20: Wall-Mounted Wi-Fi 6 APs Enter End-of-Sale

Ruijie issued an October 20 lifecycle notice ending new orders for RG-AP180-AC, RG-AP180-PE and RG-MA2810. The first two are embedded Wi-Fi 6 wall-panel access points using different power methods. Ruijie identifies RG-MA3511 and RG-MA3510 Wi-Fi 7 variants as replacement choices for the wall-panel units.

The notice lists October 20, 2031 as the final service date for all three retired models. The RG-MA2810 has a different migration note: Ruijie names RG-MA3505 as a planned successor, which should not be mistaken for confirmation that the replacement is already generally available.

The notice applies to the specified AC/PE and MA2810 models. It is separate from the Japan-oriented RG-AP180(JA/JP) and MA2610 retirement reported in an earlier news period. Before substituting a wall AP, confirm mounting form factor, power input, telephone pass-through and management-system support.

Oct. 21: Two SMB Optical-Access Models Shift to 2.5G PON Replacements

On October 21, Ruijie stopped taking mainland-China orders for the non-PoE RG-NBF2100S-8GT1SC and RG-NBF2100S-16GT1SC optical-access units. The company lists RG-NBF3000E-8GT2MS and RG-NBF3000E-16GT2MS as replacements, respectively.

The outgoing products combine eight or sixteen Gigabit Ethernet ports with a single SC optical port. Their replacements provide two 2.5G PON interfaces while retaining the corresponding eight-port or sixteen-port Gigabit access configuration. Ruijie gives October 21, 2031 as the end-of-service date for the discontinued models.

These are not the same SKUs as the 4-port and PoE 8-port NBF2100S notices covered in August. For active project BOMs, check the interface type, optical-network compatibility and copper port count.

Nov. 2-3: RG-AP690-O-RU Outdoor Wi-Fi 7 Documentation Appears

Ruijie's marketing-document library lists a product brochure dated November 2 for the RG-AP690-O-RU, a dual-radio outdoor Wi-Fi 7 remote unit. The broader library index displays the material on November 3. Ruijie describes the device as intended for outdoor education, government, finance and commercial scenarios.

The document date does not establish when the hardware was first launched or shipped. The available public listing does not establish a new product-release date, and no independent hands-on evaluation within this reporting window was found.

Buyers considering a remote-unit design should check controller or host compatibility, outdoor mounting, power method, wired backhaul and firmware support. These should be confirmed from a current regional datasheet before adding the model to a procurement list.

Nov. 4-5: Updated RG-S5310 Access-Switch Materials Support BOM Checks

Ruijie posted a new RG-S5310 series product brochure dated November 4, followed by a hardware-installation manual entry dated November 5. Its product pages identify the RG-S5310-24GT4XS and RG-S5310-48GT4XS as Gigabit access switches with 24 or 48 copper ports, four 1G/10G SFP+ uplinks and two modular power-supply slots.

The RG-S5310 family itself was already documented before November, so this should be described as a documentation update, not a confirmed new product launch. A newly uploaded brochure does not establish that the hardware has been revised.

Before choosing these switches, verify that Gigabit endpoint ports and four 10G uplinks can handle the expected traffic. VLAN and security requirements, link redundancy, optics compatibility and software lifecycle should still be checked at the exact model and software-release level.

Network-Switch.com Observation

Two procurement issues stand out in this period. High-speed AI switching is being driven by actual customer orders, but delivery planning still depends on chip availability, optical qualification and fabric interoperability. At the campus edge, Ruijie is retiring selected Wi-Fi 6 and optical-access models while maintaining current documentation for newer equipment.

These developments do not mean every network needs 800G switching or Wi-Fi 7. A smaller office may still need Gigabit access and 10G uplinks, while a high-density campus or data center needs a different capacity envelope. BOM reviews should start with endpoints, traffic, PoE, optical links, software support and equipment lifecycle status. No independently verified new Ruijie standalone switch or AP launch, or major international exhibition announcement, was found for this exact window.

Sources

1. C114 Communications, October 22, 2026: Q3 performance, data-center switch revenue and chip supply
2. Jiemian News, October 22, 2026: independent analysis of Ruijie inventory, overseas sales and data-center switching
3. 10jqka iNews, October 29, 2026: Ruijie response on NPO and Lingqu UB compatibility
4. Ruijie Networks, October 21, 2026: enterprise intelligent operations practice event
5. Ruijie Networks, October 20, 2026: RG-AP180-AC, RG-AP180-PE and RG-MA2810 end-of-sale notice
6. Ruijie Networks, October 21, 2026: RG-NBF2100S-8GT1SC and RG-NBF2100S-16GT1SC end-of-sale notice
7. Ruijie marketing library, November 2, 2026: RG-AP690-O-RU product brochure listing
8. Ruijie marketing library, November 4, 2026: RG-S5310 series product brochure listing
9. Ruijie RG-S5310 product page: model-specific port and uplink specifications
10. Ruijie document center: RG-S5310 hardware installation manual entry, November 5, 2026