H3C S7500 Series Ethernet Switches Operation Manual

Operation Manual – Overview
H3C S7500 Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 3
Product Overview
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Chapter 3 Product Overview
3.1 Introduction
H3C S7500 Series Ethernet Switches (hereinafter referred to as the S7500 series) are
a series of wire-speed Layer 2/3 Ethernet switching products with modular architecture
and high-capacity. Among this series, S7503, S7506 and S7506R are oriented to the
aggregation layer of IP metropolitan area networks (MANs) and the core layer of small-
and medium-sized enterprise networks and campus networks; and S7502 is oriented to
the aggregation and access layers of IP MANs and the core layer of small- and
medium-sized networks. The S7500 series provide powerful switching capability and
increase network availability; they have good scalability, high performance and
powerful network control ability.
3.2 Available Switch Models
Table 3-1 lists the available models of the S7500 series.
Table 3-1 Available models of the S7500 series
Switch
Model
Power
supply
Total
slots
Switching engines Service cards
S7502 2
Single switching engine, in slot
0
One, in slot 1
S7503 4
Single switching engine, in slot
0
Three, in slot 1 to
3
S7506 7
Single switching engine, in slot
0
Six, in slot 1 to 6
S7506
R
AC/DC
redundan
t power
supplies
8
Dual redundant switching
engines, in slot 0 and 1
Six, in slot 2 to 7
3.3 Switching Engines
Switching engines are the cores of the S7500 series. The switching engines you can
select depend on the switch model you select.
Table 3-2 and Table 3-3 list the switching
engines available to different S7500 switch models.