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Chapter 1  Product Overview

 

&  Note:

For the convenience of users, units of Mega bps/1000 Mega bps in the following chapters are simplified as M/G.

 

1.1  Introduction

H3C Technologies' H3C S3100-SI Series Ethernet Switches (hereinafter referred to as S3100-SI series) are wire-speed Layer 2 Ethernet switching products. They are intelligent network manageable switches designed for the network environments that require high performance, high port density and easy installation.

The S3100-SI series provide 10/100 Mbps downlink and 1000 Mbps uplink Ethernet ports. In enterprise networks, they can serve as access devices for 100 Mbps-to-desktop applications. In metropolitan area networks (MANs) or various industry networks, they connect end users or aggregate low end switches through 100 Mbps electrical interfaces in the downlink direction, and converge at an IP switching center or a large capacity Layer 3 switch in the uplink direction through GE interface or link aggregation.

Currently, the S3100-SI series include the following models:

l           S3100-26T-SI

l           S3100-16T-SI

l           S3100-8T-SI

l           S3100-26C-SI

l           S3100-16C-SI

l           S3100-8C-SI

S3100-SI series switches feature the following advantages:

1)         Fan-free mute design, suitable for some quiet environment such as corridors and offices.

2)         Virtual cable test (VCT) supported, convenient for troubleshooting.

3)         Bidirectional port rate-limiting with the granularity of 64 Kbps, supporting finer bandwidth allocation.

4)         Up to 4 K IEEE 802.1Q-compliant VLANs, convenient for networking.

5)         Remote switched port analyzer (RSPAN), enhancing the monitoring of the network.

1.2  Service Features

1.2.1  S3100-26T-SI/S3100-16T-SI/S3100-8T-SI

Table 1-1 Service features for S3100-26T-SI/S3100-16T-SI/S3100-8T-SI Ethernet switches

Item

S3100-26T-SI

S3100-16T-SI

S3100-8T-SI

Wire-speed Layer 2 switching

Switching capacity

All ports support wire-speed forwarding

8.8 Gbps

All ports support wire-speed forwarding

5.2 Gbps

All ports support wire-speed forwarding

3.6 Gbps

Packet forwarding rate

6.55 Mpps

3.87 Mpps

2.68 Mpps

Switching mode

Store and forward

VLAN

Up to 4K IEEE 802.1Q-compliant VLANs (virtual local area networks)

GVRP (GARP VLAN registration protocol)

VLAN interface

One VLAN virtual interface

Broadcast storm suppression

Port bandwidth percentage-based suppression

Multicast

IGMP Snooping (Internet group management protocol snooping)

Spanning tree protocol

STP, RSTP (rapid STP), MSTP (multiple STP)

Up to 16 spanning tree instances

Port aggregation

Manual link aggregation through command line

FE/GE (Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet) link aggregation

Up to three link aggregation groups; up to eight ports for one FE aggregation group, and up to two ports for one GE aggregation group (the ports in the same group must be of the same type)

Port mirroring

Many-to-one port mirroring (that is, multiple mirroring ports, and one monitor port)

Remote switched port analyzer (RSPAN)

Port isolation

Supported

Port self-loop detection

Supported

Port loopback (internal/external test)

Supported

MAC address table

Address self-learning

IEEE 802.1D standard-compliant

Up to 8 K MAC addresses

1 K static MAC addresses

Adding of dynamic/static unicast MAC address, multicast MAC address, and blackhole MAC address

Flow control

IEEE 802.3x flow control (full duplex)

Back-pressure based flow control (half duplex)

Loading and upgrade

XModem

FTP (file transfer protocol), TFTP (trivial file transfer protocol)

Management

Configuration through CLI (command line interface)

Remote configuration through Telnet

Configuration through console port

SNMP (simple network management protocol)

1/2/3/9 group MIBs of RMON (Remote Monitoring)

H3C Quidview NMS

Web-based network management

System log

Hierarchical alarm

Maintenance

Debug information output

Ping, traceroute, multicast traceroute

Telnet

VCT (virtual cable test)

QoS/ACL

Four output queues on each port

802.1p, DSCP (differentiated services codepoint priority), and IP-precedence priorities

WRR (weighted round robin), and HQ+WRR (high-priority queuing + WRR) queue scheduling algorithm

Bidirectional port rate-limiting with the granularity of 64 Kbps:

l      100 Mbps port: the rate limit ranges from 64 Kbps to 99,968 Kbps

l      Gigabit port: the rate limit ranges from 64 Kbps to 1,000,000 Kbps

Drop of unknown multicast packets

Security

Hierarchical user management and password protection

Guest VLAN

IEEE 802.1x authentication

HWTACACS

MAC address-based authentication

Centralized MAC address authentication

SSH2.0

DHCP (dynamical host configuration protocol)

DHCP Client

DHCP snooping

NTP

Supported

HGMP V2

Supported

Not supported

Not supported

 

1.2.2  S3100-26C-SI/S3100-16C-SI/S3100-8C-SI

Table 1-2 Service features for S3100-26C-SI/S3100-16C-SI/S3100-8C-SI Ethernet switches

Item

S3100-26C-SI

S3100-16C-SI

S3100-8C-SI

Wire speed Layer 2 switching

Switching capacity

All ports support wire-speed forwarding

8.8 Gbps

All ports support wire-speed forwarding

7.2 Gbps

All ports support wire-speed forwarding

3.6 Gbps

Packet forwarding rate

6.55 Mpps

5.36 Mpps

2.68 Mpps

Switching mode

Store and forward

VLAN

Up to 4 K IEEE 802.1Q-compliant VLAN

GVRP

VLAN interface

One VLAN virtual interface

Broadcast storm suppression

Port bandwidth percentage-based suppression

Multicast

IGMP Snooping

Spanning tree protocol

STP/RSTP/MSTP, up to 16 spanning tree instances

Port aggregation

Manual link aggregation through command line

FE/GE link aggregation

Up to three link aggregation groups; up to eight ports for one FE aggregation group, and up to two ports for one GE aggregation group (the ports in the same group must be of the same type)

Port mirroring

Many-to-one port mirroring (that is, multiple mirroring ports, and one monitor port)

RSPAN

Port isolation

Supported

Port self-loop detection

Supported

Port loopback (internal/external test)

Supported

MAC address table

Address self-learning

IEEE 802.1D standard-compliant

Up to 8 K MAC addresses

1 K static MAC addresses

Adding of dynamic/static unicast MAC address, multicast MAC address, and blackhole MAC address

Flow control

IEEE 802.3x flow control (full duplex)

Back-pressure based flow control (half duplex)

Loading and upgrade

XModem

FTP, TFTP

Management

Configuration through CLI

Remote configuration through Telnet

Configuration through console port

SNMP

1/2/3/9 group MIBs of RMON

H3C Quidview NMS

Web-based network management

System log

Hierarchical alarm

Maintenance

Debug information output

Ping, traceroute, multicast traceroute

Telnet

VCT (Virtual Cable Test)

QoS/ACL

Four output queues on each port

802.1p, DSCP, and IP-precedence priority

WRR and HQ+WRR queue scheduling algorithm

Bidirectional port rate-limiting with the granularity of 64 Kbps:

l      100 Mbps port: the rate limit ranges from 64 Kbps to 99,968 Kbps

l      Gigabit port: the rate limit ranges from 64 Kbps to 1,000,000 Kbps

Drop of unknown multicast packets

Security

Hierarchical user management and password protection

Guest VLAN

IEEE 802.1x authentication

HWTACACS

MAC address-based authentication

Centralized MAC address authentication

SSH2.0

DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol)

DHCP Client

DHCP snooping

NTP

Supported

HGMP V2

Supported

Supported

Not supported

 


Chapter 2  Network Design

The S3100-SI series can be flexibly deployed in networks. They can be used in enterprise networks, or serve as broadband access points. The following examples are two typical networks using the S3100-SI series.

2.1  MAN Access Solution

In a metropolitan area network (MAN), the S3100-SI series can serve as access devices. In the downlink direction, they directly connect to users through 100 Mbps interfaces; and in the uplink direction, they connect to an aggregation layer (Layer 3) switches or Quidway MA5200 intelligent service gateways, which further connect to the core of the MAN through routers. This provides you a comprehensive gigabit-to-backbone 100-Mbps-to-desktop MAN solution.

Figure 2-1 Network diagram for a MAN using S3100-SI series

2.2  Education Network Solution

In a campus network, the S3100-SI series can serve as desktop switching devices at the access layer. They directly connect to users in education buildings through 100 Mbps downlink interfaces; and connect to the core switch in the campus through a 1000 Mbps uplink interface; the core switch further connects to the education network through a router. This enables the users in the campus to exchange information and share resources in the scope of the education network.

Figure 2-2 Network diagram for an education network using S3100-SI series