H3C S7500E Series Ethernet Switches Operation Manual

Operation Manual – Product Overview
H3C S7500E Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 3 Product Overview
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Chapter 3 Product Overview
3.1 Preface
H3C S7500E Series Ethernet Switches (hereinafter referred to as the S7500E series)
are cost-effective Layer 3 switch with high capacity. It is designed to operate at the core
layer of small and medium-sized networks, convergence layer of large enterprise
networks, and convergence layer and access layer of the metropolitan area networks
(MANs).The S7500E switch has been optimized to meet users’ diversified demands for
devices used on these networks.
3.2 Switch Models
The S7500E series Ethernet switches (also referred to as S7500E series switches)
include five models, as described in
Table 3-1.
Table 3-1 S7500E series switch models
Model
Type of
plugboard and
slot
Number of slots SRPU slot
S7502E Horizontal 4 2 half-sized slots
S7503E Horizontal 5 2
S7506E Horizontal 8 2
S7510E Horizontal 12 2
S7506E-V Vertical 8 2
For the S7500E series switches, SRPUs are the core in the control and management
plane and switching network. Four types of SRPUs are applicable to an S7500E switch.
Table 3-2 describes the SRPUs.
Table 3-2 SRPUs and matched chassis
SRPU
Chassis
LSQ1MP
UA0
LSQ1SRP2XB0
(Salience
VI-10GE)
LSQ1SRPB0
(Salience VI)
LSQ1SRP1CB0
(Salience
VI-Turbo)
S7502E Yes No No No
S7503E No Yes Yes Yes
S7506E No Yes Yes Yes