
Huawei S6720-EI Series Next-Generation Enhanced 10GE SwitchesFeature Validation and Performance Evaluation
Sponsor: Huawei Technologies, Co. Ltd
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Document Number: 217108
Publication Date: 1/16/2017
Page Count: 6
Abstract
The S6720-EI series switches are high performance fixed switches
developed by Huawei, providing high-density 10GbE service ports
and 40GbE uplink ports with line-rate forwarding. Based on next-generation
high-performance hardware and Huawei Versatile
Routing Platform (VRP), the S6720-EI switches provide super large
table capacity and a wide variety of services, comprehensive security
policies, various QoS features and easy management and
maintenance. All of these features make the S6720-EI an ideal choice
as access switches in data centers or core switches in campus
networks.
Tolly engineers evaluated Huawei S6720-EI series switches in multiple
areas including the high-density 10GbE ports hardware, forwarding
capability, table capacity, long-distance and high performance stack,
security, MPLS, sFlow traffic statistics monitoring, Zero Touch
Provisioning, high availability, and Super Virtual Fabric.