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All productsThis article will make a comparison between Huawei switches and Cisco switches in terms of 10GE aggregation.
Huawei 10GE Aggregation Optical Switches
Huawei has a broad portfolio of next-generation 10GE aggregation optical switches that provide line-rate all-10GE downlink ports and 100GE uplink ports. These feature-rich switches are designed with abundant service features, comprehensive security control policies, and refined QoS, thereby meeting the scalability, reliability, manageability, and security needs of campus and data center networks.
Table 1 Huwei 10GE aggregation optical switches
| Huawei Switch | S6720-EI Series S6720-30C-EI-24S S6720-54C-EI-48S |
S6730-H Series S6730-H24X6C S6730-H48X6C |
S6730-S Series S6730-S24X6Q |
| Port quantity | • 24 x 10GE SFP+, 2 x 40GE QSFP+ • 48x 10GE SFP+, 2 x 40GE QSFP+ |
• 24 x 10GE SFP+, 6 x 40GE/100GE QSFP28 • 48 x 10GE SFP+, 6 x 40GE/100GE QSFP28 |
• 24 x 10GE SFP+, 6 x 40GE QSFP+ |
| Extended slot | 1 extended slot, supporting a 4-port 40GE card, 4-port 10GE card, or 8-port 10GE card | – | – |
| Switching capacity | 2.56 Tbps | 1.68 Tbps/2.4 Tbps* 2.16 Tbps/2.4 Tbps* |
960 Gbps/2.4 Tbps* |
| Integrated wireless access controller (WAC) |
N | Y, managing up to 1K APs | N |
Huawei and Cisco Switch Comparison by Model
| Huawei | Cisco |
| S6720-30C-EI-24S-AC S6720-30C-EI-24S-DC S6730-S24X6Q S6730-H24X6C |
C9500-16X C9500-24Y4C |
| S6720-54C-EI-48S-AC S6720-54C-EI-48S-DC S6730-H48X6C |
C9500-40X C9500-48Y4C |
Huawei and Cisco Switch Comparison by Feature
| Feature | Huawei S6720-EI Series |
Huawei S6730-H Series |
Huawei S6730-S Series |
Cisco C9500 Series |
| 10GE downlink port density | S6720-30C-EI-24S: 24 x SFP+ S6720-54C-EI-48S: 48 x SFP+ |
S6730-H24X6C: 24 x SFP+ S6730-H48X6C: 48 x SFP+ |
S6730-S24X6Q: 24 x SFP+ | C9500-40X: 40 x SFP+ C9500-16X: 16 x SFP+ C9500-24Y4C: 24 x SFP28 C9500-48Y4C: 48 x SFP28 |
| Uplink port density | Fixed ports: 2 x QSFP+ Ports extended using a card: 4 x QSFP+ |
6 x 40GE QSFP28 (upgraded to 100GE with a license) |
6 x 40GE QSFP | C9500-16X: 2 x 40GE QSFP C9500-40X: 2 x 40GE QSFP C9500-24Y4C: 4 x QSFP28 C9500-48Y4C: 4 x QSFP28 |
| Switching capacity | 2.56 Tbps | S6730-H24X6C*: 1.68 Tbps/2.4 Tbps S6730-H48X6C: 2.16 Tbps/2.4 Tbps |
960 Gbps/2.4 Tbps | C9500-40X: 960 Gbps C9500-16X: 480 Gbps C9500-48Y4C: 2 Tbps C9500-48Y4C: 3.2 Tbps |
| Dynamic MAC address entries | 288K | Default:128K Max.:384K |
64K | C9500-16X & 40X: 64K C9500-24Y4C & 48Y4C: 82K |
| ARP entry specifications | 96K | Default:140K (shared) Max.:140K (shared) |
64K | C9500-16X & 40X: 80K C9500-24Y4C & 48Y4C: 90K |
| Stack members | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 (10GE cannot stack with 25GE, 40GE cannot stack with 100GE) |
| Integrated WAC | N | Y, managing up to 1K APs | N | Y, support management of 200 APs, need Cisco DNA Advantage/Cisco DNA Premier |
*: The value before the slash (/) refers to the device’s switching capability, while the value after the slash (/) means the system’s switching capability
Huawei Switch Difference
From the above comparison, hope you can have a perfect understanding of Huawei and Cisco switch. If more questions, please contact us at sales@thunder-link.com.