Industrial Grade H3C S5580X-HI Series Network Switch Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet

H3C S5580X-HI series switches are a new generation of high-performance, high-port density, high-security Layer 3 Ethernet switches developed by H3C Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as H3C) using industry-leading ASIC technology, supporting IPv4/IPV6 Dual-stack management and forwarding, support static routing protocols and routing protocols such as RIP, OSPF, BGP, ISIS, etc., and support rich management and security features. It is a Gigabit Layer 3 Ethernet switch product for converged service networks.

In the campus network, H3C S5580X-HI series switches can be used as aggregation layer equipment, or as the core of small and medium-sized enterprises; downward can provide high-density GE tandem lower layer switches, upward through 10G/25G fiber or link aggregation is aggregated to the core switch to build a high-performance end-to-end IP network solution together with other H3C products.

H3C S5580X-HI switches series includes the following models:

• S5580X-32P4X4YC-HI: 32*10/100/1000BASE-T ports(PoE++), 4*1G/10G SFP+ ports, 4*10G/25G SFP28 ports, 2*fan tray slots, 2*power supply slots, 1*expansion slot;
• S5580X-48P4YC-HI: 48*10/100/1000BASE-T ports(PoE++), 4*10G/25G SFP28 ports, 2*fan tray slots, 2*power supply slots, 1*expansion slot;
• S5580X-32T4X4YC-HI: 32*10/100/1000Base-T Ports, 4*1G/10GBase-X SFP Plus Ports, 4*10G/25GBase-X SFP28 Ports, 2*fan tray slots, 2*power supply slots, 1*expansion slot;
• S5580X-48T4YC-HI: 48*10/100/1000Base-T Ports, 4*10G/25GBase-X SFP28 Ports, 2*fan tray slots, 2*power supply slots, 1*expansion slot;
• S5580X-32S8T4X4YC-HI: 32*100/1000Base-X SFP Ports, 8*10/100/1000Base-T Combo Ports, 4*1G/10GBase-X SFP Plus Ports, 4*10G/25GBase-X SFP28 Ports, , 2*fan tray slots, 2*power supply slots, 1*expansion slot;
• S5580X-48S4YC-HI: 48*100/1000Base-X SFP Ports,4*10G/25GBase-X SFP28 Ports, 2*fan tray slots, 2*power supply slots, 1*expansion slot;

Comware is a network operating system developed by H3C for use in network equipment. It includes rich networking functions and supports a full range of network equipment from campus to data center and from enterprise to carrier-grade.

Based on Comware V7, Comware V9 has been upgraded and adjusted in terms of openness, containerization, programmability, and visualization to better meet the current trends in network operating systems.

Advantages of Comware V9:

• Comware V9 adopts a native Linux kernel, and all its functionalities are fully implemented in user space, making it easy to upgrade the kernel version.
• Comware V9 supports containerization, allowing Comware to be deployed in the form of containers. It also supports the deployment of third-party applications in containers on devices running Comware V9, enhancing the openness of Comware.
• Comware V9 deepens the modular design concept, making the business modules independent and allowing them to be deployed separately or released as independent software. This enables the Comware V9 platform to be more flexible and adaptable to different network environments. The modular design also makes it easier to upgrade or enhance individual functions without affecting the overall operation of the system.
• Comware V9 has been designed to fully consider the needs of virtualization-based products. It features a lightweight support architecture, which enables faster and more flexible deployment of virtualized products.

As the network scale increases, a large number of access devices are required at the network edge, which makes the management of these devices very cumbersome. The main purpose of SmartMC is to solve the problem of centralized management of a large number of scattered network devices. It is designed to solve the switch-based operation and maintenance tasks of small enterprises. SmartMC provides unified operation, maintenance, and management of the network by built-in graphical operation platform.

SmartMC simplifies the operation, maintenance, and management of Small and Medium-sized campuses:

• Smart management: includes device role selection, FTP server configuration, global configuration, and network management port configuration, etc.
• Intelligent operation and maintenance: include group management, equipment, or group upgrade backup, monitoring and equipment failure replacement, etc.
• Visualization: includes networking topology visualization and management, device list display, device ports display, etc.
• Smart business: includes user management, etc. After network access users are created and successfully activated, these users can access the SmartMC network through the one-key-armed port.

The H3C S5580X-HI series switches can be used as the management device of SmartMC. You can log in to the SmartMC network through the S5580X-HI to manage the entire network in a unified manner.

H3C S5580X-HI switch series support M-LAG, which enables links of multiple switches to aggregate into one to implement device-level link backup. M-LAG is applicable to servers dual-homed to a pair of access devices for node redundancy.

• Streamlined topology: M-LAG simplifies the network topology and spanning tree configuration by virtualizing two physical devices into one logical device.
• Independent upgrading: The DR member devices can be upgraded independently one by one to minimize the impact on traffic forwarding.
• High availability: The DR system uses a keepalive link to detect multi-active collision to ensure that only one member device forwards traffic after a DR system splits.