Product Overview

The S9300 series switches (S9300s) are next-generation high-end terabit routing switches, developed by Huawei and designed for multiservice convergence. The S9300 design is based on Huawei's intelligent multilayer switching technology to provide high-definition video services, large-capacity wireless networks, elastic cloud computing, IPv6-capable hardware, and integrated security, in addition to high-performance L2/L3 switching services. The S9300 is a highly extensible and reliable platform, integrating switching and routing functions to facilitate end-to-end integrated networks. It is widely used in WANs, MANs, campus networks, and data centers to help enterprises build application-oriented networks. 

Advanced Switching Architecture to Improve Network Expansibility

Huawei's advanced switching architecture permits rapid bandwidth expansion. The highly expansible backplane enables ports to be upgraded to a rate of 40 Gbit/s or 100 Gbit/s, and is compatible with the currently used cards, helping enterprises maximize their ROI.

Reliable Design to Ensure Consistent Service

The S9300 provides redundant backup for key components, including MPUs/SRUs, power supply units, and fans, all of which are hot swappable.

A cluster requires multiple switching processes across chassis, which reduces the switching efficiency. The S9300 implements the Cluster Switching System (CSS) function, solving this problem by switching fabrics. In this way, the switching fabrics of the switches in a cluster are connected. This method saves line card slots and provides 256 Gbit/s bandwidth, which is the highest rate in the industry.

Full-Service Ethernet Switching Platform

The S9300 supports distributed Layer 2 and Layer 3 MPLS VPN functions, including MPLS, VPLS, HVPLS, and VLL, meeting the access requirements of enterprise VPNs.

The S9300 supports Layer 2 and Layer 3 multicast protocols, implements multicast replication among VLANs at the line rate, provides independent multicast QoS queues, and gives priority to services requiring minimal delay, such as voice and video services.

Excellent Security Design

The S9300 comes equipped with an integrated firewall card. It supports virtual firewalls and NAT multi-instance, allowing multiple VPN customers to share the same firewall.

The S9300 performs authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) on access users according to pre-defined policies. In addition, the S9300 supports 802.1x, portal, guest VLAN, and dynamic user access authentication.

 Application in Large-Scale Campus Networks

The S9300 can be used to build highly reliable, expansible, and manageable high performance enterprise campus networks. The S9300 supports distributed IPv4/IPv6/MPLS wire-speed switching and provides high-density 10G data throughput for core and convergence nodes on enterprise campus networks. The S9300 supports the wireless AC module and can integrate it with the campus core device, saving the network investment. The S9300 also supports hardware CPU queues to protect the enterprise core against DDoS attacks and security threats.

Specifications

Item	S9303	S9306		S9312
Backplane capacity	3 Tbps	6 Tbps		12 Tbps
Switching capacity	768 G/1.92 T	2 T/5.12 T		2 T/5.12 T
Throughput	576 Mpps/1440 Mpps	1152 Mpps/ 2880Mpps		1344 Mpps/3360 Mpps
LPU slots	3	6		12
VLAN	Supports access, trunk, and hybrid VLAN.
	Supports the default VLAN.
	Supports VLAN switching.
	Supports QinQ and selective QinQ.
	Supports dynamic VLAN allocation based on MAC.
MAC address	Supports dynamic learning and aging of MAC addresses.
	Supports static, dynamic, and blackhole MAC address entries.
	Filters packets based on source MAC addresses.
	Restricts MAC address learning based on ports and VLANs.
STP	Supports STP(IEEE 802.1d), RSTP(IEEE 802.1w), and MSTP(IEEE 802.1s).
	Supports BPDU protection, root protection, and loop protection.
	Supports BPDU tunnels.
IP routing	Supports IPv4 routing protocols, such as RIP, OSPF, BGP, and IS-IS.
	Supports IPv6 routing protocols, such as RIPng, OSPFv3, ISISv6, and BGP4+.
Multicast	Supports IGMP v1/v2/v3 and IGMP v1/v2/v3 snooping.
	Supports PIM DM, PIM SM, and PIM SSM.
	Supports MSDP and MBGP.
	Supports prompt leave of multicast members.
	Supports multicast traffic control.
	Supports the multicast querier.
	Supports suppression on multicast packets.
	Supports multicast CAC.
	Supports multicast ACL.
MPLS	Supports basic MPLS functions.
	Supports MPLS OAM.
	Supports MPLS TE.
	Supports MPLS VPN/VLL/VPLS.
Reliability	Supports LACP and Enhanced-Trunk.
	Supports VRRP and BFD for VRRP.
	Supports BFD for BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, and Static routing.
	Supports NSF and GR for BGP, IS-IS, OSPF and LDP.
	Supports TE FRR and IP FRR.
	Supports Ethernet OAM (802.3ah and 802.1ag).
	Supports ITU-Y.1731.
	Supports DLDP.
	Supports ISSU.
	Supports CSS.
QoS	Supports traffic classification based on the Layer-2 header, Layer-3 information, Layer-4 information, and 802.1p priority.
	Supports the actions of ACL, CAR, re-mark, and schedule.
	Supports the queue scheduling algorithms of PQ, WRR, DRR, PQ+WRR, and PQ+DRR.
	Supports congestion avoidance mechanisms, such as WRED and tail drop.
	Supports H-QoS.
	Supports traffic shaping.
Configuration and maintenance	Supports Console, Telnet, and SSH terminals.
	Supports network management protocols, such as SNMPv1/v2/v3.
	Supports file uploading and downloading through FTP and TFTP.
	Supports BootROM upgrades and remote upgrades.
	Supports hot patches.
	Supports user operation logs.
Security and management	Supports 802.1x authentication and portal authentication.
	Supports NAC.
	Supports RADIUS and HWTACACS authentication for login users.
	Provides hierarchical protection for commands to prevent unauthorized users from accessing the equipment.
	Defends against DoS attack, TCP SYN Flood attack, UDP Flood attack, broadcast storm, and heavy traffic attack.
	Provides 1K CPU queues for CPU protection.
	Supports the ping and tracert functions based on ICMP packets.
	Supports RMON.
Service function	Supports Firewall.
	Supports NAT.
	Supports Netstream.
	Supports IPSec.
	Supports Load Balance.
	Supports WLAN AC.
Energy Management	Supports IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet.
Chassis dimensions (width x depth x height) (mm)	442×476×175	442×476×442	442×476×664
Chassis weight (empty)	<15Kg	<30Kg	<45Kg
Working voltage	DC: –38.4V to –72V AC: 90V to 290V
Chassis power supply capability (without PoE power supply)	800W	1600W		1600W
Chassis PoE power supply capability	2200W	8800W		8800W