H3C S6520X-HI Series Campus Aggregation Switch 10GE Access Switching Solution

H3C S6520X-HI series switches — Industry-leading high performance and scalable 10GE access switching solution developed by H3C using ASIC technology with modular dual power, fixed or modular uplinks (10GE/40GE/100GE) and IRF for resiliency. The series offers OSPF/BGP and multicast, SDN enabled and flexible management.

H3C S6520X-HI series switches contain the following models:

• H3C S6520X-30QC-HI: 24 * 1/10GE SFP+ ports, 2 * QSFP+ ports (40GE, can be split into four 10GE ports.), 2 * expansion slots, 2 * fan tray slots, and 2 * power module slots
• H3C S6520X-54QC-HI: 48 * 1/10GE SFP+ ports, 2 * QSFP+ ports (40GE, can be split into four 10GE ports.), 2 * expansion slots, 2 * fan tray slots, and 2 * power module slots
• H3C S6520X-30HC-HI: 24 * 1/10GE SFP+ ports, 2 * QSFP28 ports(100GE, can be split into four 25GE ports), 2 * expansion slots, 2 * fan tray slots, and 2 * power module slots
• H3C S6520X-54HC-HI: 48 * 1/10GE SFP+ ports, 2 * QSFP28 ports(100GE, can be split into four 25GE ports), 2 * expansion slots, 2 * fan tray slots, and 2 * power module slots
• H3C S6520X-30HF-HI: 24 * 1/10GE SFP+ ports, 6 * QSFP28 ports, 3 * fan tray slots, and 2 * power module slots
• H3C S6520X-54HF-HI: 48 * 1/10GE SFP+ ports, 6 * QSFP28 ports, 3 * fan tray slots, and 2 * power module slots

48 * 1G/10G SFP+ Ports, 4 * 40G/100G QSFP28 Ports, and 2 * Slots.

In H3C open application architecture (OAA), the switch can accommodate high-performance OAP modules to offer dedicated services such as firewall, IPS, or load balancing in addition to conventional forwarding services. By installing OAP modules, the customers can use the switch as a multiservice device without having to buy separate service appliances, such as a firewall device.

The switch offers high-density 10GE forwarding and can expand 10GE ports flexibly. It provides 48/24*10/1GE autosensing SFP+ ports, six QSFP28 ports or two QSFP28 or QSFP+ ports onboard with two expansion slots that support up to 11 kinds of modules range from GE to 10GE, 25GE, 40GE,100GE and Multigiga ports. Using a QSFP+ to SFP+ splitter cable, you can split a QSFP+ port into four line-rate 10GE SFP+ ports. Max 72*10GE supported on one single switch.

H3C S6520X-HI implements the WLAN function by installing an AC feature pack on the main control unit, thereby implementing both the wired function and the WLAN function on a single device. Embedded AC is a low-cost WLAN solution, save overall investment, improve forwarding capacity, realized a true unified wired and wireless solution in Campus. Max256 AP supported on one single switches.

H3C Intelligent Resilient Framework 2 (IRF 2) virtualizes multiple S6520X-HI switches into one virtual switch and provides the following benefits:

• Scalability: IRF 2 allows you to add devices to the IRF 2 system easily. It provides a single point of management, enables switch plug-and-play, and supports software auto-update for software synchronization from the master to the new member devices. It brings business agility with lower total cost of ownership by allowing new switches to be added to the fabric without network topology change as business grows.
• High availability: The H3C proprietary routing hot backup technology ensures redundancy and backup of all information on the control and data planes and non-stop Layer 3 data forwarding in an IRF 2 fabric. It also eliminates single point of failure and ensures service continuity.
• Redundancy and load balancing: The distributed link aggregation technology supports load sharing and mutual backup among multiple uplinks, which enhances the network redundancy and improves link resources usage.
• Flexibility and resiliency: The switch use standard GE ports instead of specialized ports for IRF links between IRF member devices. This allows customers to assign bandwidth as needed between uplink, downlink, and IRF system connections. In addition, an S6520X-HI IRF fabric can span a rack, multiple racks, or multiple campuses.