The Role of Huawei S5700 Series in a Network

What’s the role of Huawei S5700 Series in a network? In brief, the S5700 series gigabit enterprise switches (S5700 for short) are next-generation energy-saving switches developed by Huawei to meet the demand for high-bandwidth access and Ethernet multi-service aggregation.

The S5700 is for use in various enterprise network scenarios. For example, it can function as an access or aggregation switch on a campus network, a gigabit access switch in an Internet data center (IDC), or a desktop switch to provide 1000 Mbit/s access for terminals.

Main Features–The Huawei S5700 Series

Dual power slot
Intelligent stacking(iStack), supporting a maximum of 9 switches in a stack
Hardware BFD, hardware Ethernet OAM
Netstream
Energy-Efficient Ethernet(EEE)

It is available in a limited version (LI), a standard version (SI), an enhanced version (EI), and an advanced version (HI).

Differences among the Four Series of Huawei S5700

S5700LI vs. S5700SI vs. S5700EI vs. S5700HI…

Features	LI	SI	EI	HI
IPv4 Routing Protocol	Static route	Static route/RIP	Static route/RIP/OSPF /BGP/ ISIS	Static route/RIP/ OSPF/ BGP/ ISIS
IPv6 Routing Protocol	Static route	Static route/RIPng	Static route/RIPng/ OSPFv3/ BGP4+/ ISIS for IPv6	Static route/RIPng/OSPFv3/BGP4+/ ISIS for IPv6
Multicast	IGMP snooping/MLD snooping	IGMP Snooping/MLD Snooping	IGMP Snooping/MLD Snooping/IGMP/MLD /MSDP /PIM(IPv4)/ PIM(IPv6)	IGMP Snooping/MLD Snooping/ IGMP/MLD/MSDP/PIM(IPv4) / PIM(IPv6)
MPLS	Not supported	Not supported	MPLS LDP/MPLS TE/MPLS VPN NOTE:Only the S5710-EI supports these functions.	MPLS LDP/MPLS TE/ MPLS VPN
OAM/BFD	Software level	Software level	Software level	S5700HI: Hardware level S5710HI: Software level
Traffic analysis	sFlow	Not supported	S5700EI: sFlow S5710EI: NetStream/sFlow	NetStream/sFlow
iStack	Stacking through service ports NOTE: The S5700-10P-LI-AC, S5700-10P-PWR-LI-AC, S5700-28P-LI-BAT, S5700-28P-LI-24S-BAT and S5700S-LI do not support stacking.	Stacking through stack cards NOTE: The S5700-26X-SI-12S-AC does not support stacking.	S5700EI: stacking through stack cards S5710EI: stacking through service ports	S5700HI: stacking through service ports S5710HI: Not supported