H3C Technology Co., Ltd. provides various
ways for you to obtain documentation, through which you can obtain the product
documentations and those concerning newly added features. The documentations
are available in one of the following ways:
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CD-ROMs shipped with the devices
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H3C website
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Software release notes
H3C delivers a CD-ROM together with each
device. The CD-ROM contains a complete product document set, including the
operation manual, command manual, installation manual, and compatibility
manual. After installing the reader program provided by the CD-ROM, you can
search for the desired contents in a convenient way through the reader
interface.
The contents in the manual are subject to
update on an irregular basis due to product version upgrade or some other
reasons. Therefore, the contents in the CD-ROM may not be the latest version.
This manual serves the purpose of user guide only. Unless otherwise noted, all
the information in the document set does not claim or imply any warranty. For
the latest software documentation, go to the H3C website.
Perform the
following steps to query and download the product documentation from the H3C
website.
Table 1-1 Acquire product documentation
from the H3C website
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How to apply for an account
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Access the homepage of H3C at http://
www.h3c.com and click on Registration at the top right. In the displayed
page, provide your information and click on Submit to register.
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How to get documentation
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Approach 1:
In the homepage of H3C at http://
www.h3c.com, select Technical Support & Document > Technical Documents
from the navigation menu at the top. Then select a product for its documents.
Approach 2:
In the homepage of H3C at http:// www.h3c.com,
select Support > Technical Documents. Then select a product for its
documents.
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With software upgrade, new software
features may be added. You can acquire the information about the newly added
software features through software release notes.
H3C S5500-SI Series Ethernet Switches
(hereinafter referred to as S5500-SI series) are Gigabit Ethernet switching
products developed by H3C Technology Co., Ltd. S5500-SI series have abundant
service features. They provide the IPv6 forwarding function and 10 GE ports.
Through H3C-specific cluster management, you can streamline network management.
S5500-SI series are designed as convergence and access devices for enterprise
networks and metropolitan area networks (MANs), and can also be used for
connecting server clusters in data centers.
Currently, S5500-SI series include the
following models:
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S5500-28C-SI
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S5500-52C-SI
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S5500-28C-PWR-SI
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S5500-52C-PWR-SI
The feature-rich S5500-SI series switches
support the following services:
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Broadband Internet access
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Access of MAN and enterprise network users
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Multimedia services, such as VOD
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Delay-sensitive voice services, such as VoIP
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Multicast audio and video services
S5500-SI series feature the following
advantages:
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Provides full-Gigabit access ports
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Provides 10 GE ports
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Supports IPv4/IPv6 dual stack and hardware
forwarding
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Supports jumbo frames
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Supports LACP
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Supports 4k VLANs
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Supports QACL
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Supports port- and flow-based mirroring
Table 2-1 lists the system features of S5500-SI series.
Table 2-1 System features of S5500-SI
series
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Item
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S5500-28C-SI
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S5500-52C-SI
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S5500-28C-PWR-SI
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S5500-52C-PWR-SI
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Dimensions
(height × width × depth)
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43.6 × 300 × 440 mm (1.72 × 11.8 × 17.3
in.)
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43.6 × 420 × 440 mm (1.72 × 16.5 × 17.3
in.)
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Weight
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4 kg (8.1 lb)
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4.5 kg (9.9 lb)
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6 kg (13.2 lb)
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6.5 kg (14.3 lb)
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Console port
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One Console port
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GE ports on the front panel
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24 10/100/1,000 M electrical ports
4 Gigabit SFP Combo ports
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48 10/100/1,000 M electrical ports
4 Gigabit SFP Combo ports
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24 10/100/1,000 M electrical ports
4 Gigabit SFP Combo ports
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48 10/100/1,000 M electrical ports
4 Gigabit SFP Combo ports
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Optional modules
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1-port 10 GE XFP module
2-port 10 GE XFP module
2-port 10 GE CX4 module for short haul
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Voltage
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AC
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Rated voltage range: 100 VAC to 240 V AC,
50/60 Hz
Max voltage range: 90 VAC to 264 VAC,
47/63 Hz
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DC
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Rated voltage range: 10.8 VDC to 13.2 VDC
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Rated voltage range: -52 VDC to -55 VDC
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S5500-SI series provide abundant service
features that meet varied customer requirements. Table
2-2 summarizes the service features provided by S5500-SI series.
Table 2-2 Service
features of S5500-SI series
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Part
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Features
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01 Login
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Logging into a switch through the Console port
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Logging into a switch through an Ethernet port
by using Telnet or SSH
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Logging into a switch through the Console port
by using a modem
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Logging into a switch through Web or NMS
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02 System Maintenance and Debugging
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CLI
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Hierarchically grouped commands
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CLI online help
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Configuring system time
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Language (Chinese/English) selection
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Displaying and configuring system device state
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03 File System Management
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File system management
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Saving, restoring, and deleting the
configuration file
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Configuring the switch as an FTP server/client
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Configuring the switch as a TFTP client
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04 VLAN
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IEEE 802.1Q-compliant VLANs
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Port-based VLANs
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Voice VLANs
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GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)
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05 QinQ-BPDU TUNNEL
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QinQ
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Configuring TPID value
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BPDU TUNNEL
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06 Port Correlation Configuration
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Three port states supported: Access, Trunk,
and Hybrid
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Setting broadcast storm suppression globally
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Loopback detection
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Cable test
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Link aggregation control protocol (LACP)
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Port isolation group
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07 MAC Address Table
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Manually configuring dynamic, static, and
black hole MAC addresses
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Configuring the aging time for MAC addresses
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MAC address learning limit
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08 MSTP
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STP/RSTP/MSTP
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MSTP path cost compliant with private standards
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09 IP Address and Performance
Configuration
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Configuring an IP addresses for a switch
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Configuring the TCP attributes of a switch
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10 IPv6 Configuration
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IPv6 overview
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IPv6 basic applications
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11 Routing Overview
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Routing protocol overview
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12 IPv4 Routing Protocols
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IPv4 static route
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Routing information protocol (RIP) v1/v2
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IPv4 routing policy
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13 IPv6 Routing Protocols
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IPv6 static route
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RIPng
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IPv6 routing policy
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14 802.1x-HABP-MAC Authentication
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802.1x authentication
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Guest VLAN
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Huawei authentication bypass protocol (HABP)
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Centralized MAC address authentication
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15 AAA-RADIUS-HWTACACS
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Authentication, authorization, and accounting
(AAA)
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Remote authentication dial-in user service
(RADIUS)
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Huawei terminal access controller access
control system (HWTACACS)
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16 Multicast Protocols
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Internet group management protocol snooping
(IGMP Snooping)
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17 ARP
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Gratuitous ARP
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Manually configuring ARP entries
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18 DHCP
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DHCP relay
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DHCP Snooping
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Using Option82 in DHCP relay
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19 ACL
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Basic ACLs
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Advanced ACLs
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Layer2 ACLs
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20 QoS
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Quality of Service (QoS) policy
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Congestion management
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Port priority
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VLAN policy
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Traffic mirroring
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21 Port Mirroring
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Port mirroring
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22 Cluster
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Huawei group management protocol (HGMP) v2
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Neighbor discovery protocol (NDP)
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Neighbor topology discovery protocol (NTDP)
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23 SNMP-RMON
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Simple network management protocol (SNMP) v3,
compatible with SNMP v1/v2
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Remote monitoring (RMON)
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24 NTP
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Network time protocol (NTP)
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25 DNS
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Domain Name System (DNS)
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26 Information Center
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System logs
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Hierarchical alarms
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Debugging information output
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27 NQA
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Network Quality Analyzer (NQA)
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28 SSH Terminal Service
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Secure Shell (SSH)
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Secure FTP (SFTP)
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29 UDP Helper
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Forwarding UDP broadcast packets by using
UDP Helper
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30 SSL-HTTPS
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Secure socket layer (SSL) support
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HTTP security (HTTPS) support
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31 PKI
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Public key infrastructure (PKI) support
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32 PoE-PoE Profile
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Power over Ethernet (PoE)
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Power over Ethernet profile (PoE profile)
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