Product Overview

The S6700 series switches (S6700s) are next-generation 10G box switches. The S6700 can function as an access switch in an Internet data center (IDC) or a core switch on a campus network.

The S6700 has industry-leading performance and provides up to 24 or 48 line-speed 10GE ports. It can be used in a data center to provide 10 Gbit/s access to servers or function as a core switch on a campus network to provide 10 Gbit/s traffic aggregation. In addition, the S6700 provides a wide variety of services, comprehensive security policies, and various QoS features to help customers build scalable, manageable, reliable, and secure data centers.

Large-capacity, high-density 10 Gbit/s access

To provide sufficient bandwidth for users, many servers, particularly those in data centers, use 10G network adapters. The S6700 can be used in data centers to provide high forwarding performance and 10GE ports. The S6700 has the highest density of all 10GE ports and the largest switching capacity among its counterpart switches. Each S6700 provides a maximum of 48 line-speed 10GE ports. 
S6700 ports support 1GE and 10GE access and can identify optical module types, maximizing the return on investment and allowing users to flexibly deploy services. 
The S6700 has a large buffering capacity and uses an advanced buffer scheduling mechanism to ensure non-block transmission when data center traffic volume is high.

 Comprehensive security policies

The S6700 provides multiple security measures to defend against Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, as well as attacks against networks or users.
The S6700 supports DHCP snooping, which generates user binding entries based on users' access interfaces, MAC addresses, IP addresses, IP address leases, and VLAN IDs.
The S6700 supports strict ARP learning, which prevents ARP spoofing attacks that exhaust ARP entries. 
The S6700 supports centralized MAC address authentication and 802.1x authentication.

Deployment Scenarios

1 Data Centers

The S6700 can be used in Huawei's sustainable data center solution, which has four major highlights: evolution, availability, pooling, and visualization.

As shown in the following figure, the S9700 Terabit routing switches function as core switches in a data center and use firewall and load balancer boards to ensure security and perform load balancing. The S6700s function as access switches and provide high-density 10GE ports to connect to 10G servers.

2 Campus Networks

The S6700 can function as a core switch on a campus network and provide high-density line-speed 10GE ports, rich service features, and comprehensive security mechanisms. This makes the S6700 a cost-effective option.

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