Descriptions
1. Open application architecture
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.
2. High-density 10GE forwarding
The switch offers high-density 10GE forwarding and can expand 10GE ports flexibly. It provides 48/24 10/1GE autosensing SFP+ ports, two QSFP28 or QSFP+ ports onboard, and two expansion slots that support up to 11 kinds of modules range from GE to 10GE, 25GE, 40GE, 100GE and Multi-giga 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.
3. Embedded Access Controller
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. Max.256 AP supported on one single switches.
4. H3C Intelligent Resilient Framework 2 (IRF2)
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 uses 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.
Specifications
| Item | S6520X-54HC-HI/S6520X-54QC-HI | S6520X-30HC-HI/S6520X-30QC-HI |
| Switching capacity | 2160Gbps/1140Gbps | 1680Gbps/960Gbps |
| Packet forwarding rate | 1607Mpps/1071Mpps | 1250Mpps/714Mpps |
| Dimensions (H × W × D) | 43.6 × 440 × 360 mm (1.72 × 17.32 × 14.17 in) | |
| Weight | ≤ 7.5 kg (16.53 lb) | ≤ 7.5 kg (15.43 lb) |
| Flash/SDRAM | 1GB/2GB | |
| Console ports | 1 | |
| Management Ethernet ports | 1 | |
| USB ports | 1 | |
| Micro USB ports | 1 | |
| Service ports | 48 × 1/10GE SFP+ fiber ports | 24 × 1/10GE SFP+ fiber ports |
| 2 × QSFP28 fiber ports (for S6520X-54HC-HI) | 2 × QSFP28 fiber ports(for S6520X-30HC-HI) | |
| 2 × QSFP+ fiber ports(for S6520X-54QC-HI) | 2 × QSFP+ fiber ports(for S6520X-30QC-HI) | |
| Expansion slots | 2 | |
| Compatible interface modules | 8-Port 10G SFP+ Interface Module | |
| 8-Port 10G SFP+ with MACSec Interface Module | ||
| 8-Port 1/2.5/5G BASE-T Ethernet Copper Interface Module | ||
| 8-Port 1/2.5/5/10G BASE-T Ethernet Copper Interface Module | ||
| 2-port 25GE SFP28 interface module | ||
| 2-port 40GE QSFP+ interface module | ||
| 8-port 25GE SFP28 interface module | ||
| 2-port 100GE QSFP28 interface module(for S6520X-30HC-HI and S6520X-54HC-HI) | ||
| Input voltage range | Rated: 100 VAC to 240 VAC @ 50 Hz/60 Hz | |
| Max.: 90 VAC to 264 VAC @ 47 Hz to 63 Hz | ||
| Fan trays | Hot swappable fan trays, invertible airflow | |
| Power consumption | MIN: | MIN: |
| single AC: 39W; dual AC: 44W | single AC: 38W; dual AC: 43W | |
| MAX: | MAX: | |
| single AC: 231W; dual AC: 234W | single AC: 179W; dual AC: 183W | |
| Operating temperature | 0ºC to 45ºC (32°F to 113°F) | |
| Operating humidity | 10% RH to 90% RH, non-condensing | |
| VxLAN | VXLAN Layer 2 switching | |
| VXLAN routing switching | ||
| VXLAN gateway | ||
| Centralized VXLAN control through OpenFlow+Netconf | ||