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Quick Competitive AnalysisH3C S7500 vs. Catalyst 4500

Date：Security Level:

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General Competitive and Positioning

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Quick Competitive Replacement Guides

Price Comparison

Conclusion

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Price Comparison

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General Competitive and Positioning highlights-C4500

H3C S7500 competes against the Catalyst 4500 series

Cisco will lead with the Catalyst 6500 and will offer the Catalyst 4500 if the 6500s price is prohibitive

Two key differentiators for the 6500:

• High density 10 Gigabit Ethernet

• Every Feature a customer could ever want

Catalyst 4500 Family Catalyst 4500 Family Catalyst 6500 Family Catalyst 6500 Family

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Supervisor options

Supervisor II-plus-TS

Supervisor II-plus

Supervisor IV

Supervisor V

Supervisor V-10GEModules for 4500

48-port 10/100Base-TX

48 port 10/100Base-TX Inline Power

24-port 100Base-FX (MT-RJ)

48-port 100Base-FX

6-port 1000Base-X (GBIC)

18-port 1000Base-X (GBIC)

48-port 1000Base-X (SFP)

24-port 10/100/1000Base-T

24-port 10/100/1000/Base-T IEEE 802.3af PoE

48-port 10/100/1000Base-T (RJ-45)

48-port 10/100/1000 IEEE 802.3af PoE

48-port 10/100 IEEE 802.3af PoE

Chassis Options

4503

4506

4507R

4510R

Catalyst 4500 FamilyCatalyst 4500 Family

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General Competitive and Positioning Highlights-C4500

64Gbps, 48Mpps (28Gbps, 21Mpps in 4503) performance –

• Basic Layer 2/3/4 only

• layer 3 routing done in software

• Poor Layer 3 performance of 500Kpps!

• No OSPF, BGP or IS:IS• Limited VLANs and QoS

Cisco positions this Supervisor as a wiring closet access device

Supervisor II-Plus TS provides 12 front panel Gig PoE ports and 8 SFPs

Only supported in 4503 Chassis

Supervisor II-plusSupervisor II-plus

Supervisor II-plus TSSupervisor II-plus TS

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General Competitive and Positioning Highlights-C4500

96Gbps, 72Mpps (68Gbps, 51Mpps on 4507R) - $16,495 US list

Only Supervisor supported by the 4510R

chassisEnhanced Layer 3 support and routing

OSPF, BGP or IS:IS available with $10K

software upgrade4K VLANs

NetFlow support included

Supervisor VSupervisor V

Supervisor IVSupervisor IV

• 64Gbps, 48Mpps (28Gbps, 21Mpps in 4503 Chassis) performance –

• Enhanced Layer 3 support and routing– OSPF, BGP or IS:IS available with $10K software

upgrade

• 4K VLANs

• Limited QoS support on blocking/high density Gig modules

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136Gbps, 72Mpps (68Gbps, 51Mpps on 4507R)

2 10GBase-X Xenpak sockets and 4 Gig SFPs

Xenpak or SFP uplink, not both at the

same time

Enhanced Layer 3 support and routing

OSPF, BGP or IS:IS available with $10K

software upgrade

4K VLANs

NetFlow support included

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General Competitive & Positioning highlights-C4500 Modules

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General Competitive & Positioning highlights-C4500 Modules

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Switching Fabric

Example shown of 24 port 1000BT card

PerformancePerformance limited by blocking ratio of blades, each slot only has

6 Gbps bandwidth

4:14:1 4:14:1 4:14:1 4:14:1 4:14:1 4:14:1

Switching Fabric

ModulesHigh Blocking ratios through multiplexer, with no local switching causing bottlenecks

BackplaneOnly 6 single 1Gbps links to fabric, each allocated to specific ports

FabricAll switching done here even for traffic on same blade

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General Competitive and Positioning highlights- Catalyst 4500

Catalyst 4500 family has major drawbacks

All Switching (Layer-2 or Layer-3) carried out by Supervisor Engine

No Local Switching on the blades, all traffic goes to the Supervisor

Supervisor II+ is for network access due to poor Layer 3 support/performance, Supervisor IV & V aimed at

larger enterprise networks

Advanced QOS and Jumbo Frames only carried out on Ports with 1:1 link to supervisor II, III & IV

6 Port Gig modules

Only 6 Gigabit links from each blade to Supervisor Engine

8:1 Blocking on 48 Port Blades


PoE modules highly blocking

Poor investment protection

OSPF through additional $9,995 upgrade (Sup IV, V and V-10GE only)

New Chassis just re-spin of legacy Catalyst 4000

Supervisor VI engine or above required to support 4507R

Supervisor V or V-10GE required for 4510R

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General Competitive and Positioning highlights-S7500

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4 slots， 3 universal I/O slotsSwitching Capacity: up to 312GbpsThroughput: up to 216MppsMax. No. of Ports: 148GE/144FE/12 10GEDual power input, 1+1 backup

7 slots， 6 universal I/O slotsSwitching Capacity: up to 336GbpsThroughput: up to 216MppsMax. No. of Ports: 292GE/288FE/24 10GEDual power input, 2+1 backup

8 slots， 6 universal I/O slots (1 or 2 SRPU)Switching Capacity: up to 768GbpsThroughput: up to 432MppsMax. No. of Ports: 292GE/288FE/24 10GEDual power input, 2+1 backup

2 slots， 2 universal slots (1 or 2 SRPU)Switching Capacity: up to 192GbpsThroughput: up to 144MppsMax. No. of Ports: 96GE/48FE/8 10GEDual power input, 1+1 backup

• Core layer of small networks• High density GE to desktop• Access layer of large networks

• Middle Enterprise Core layer• Price sensitive solution of Large Enterprise Core layer• Data center access/core service• High performance wiring closet

• Aggregation layer of large Enterprise• Middle Enterprise Core layer • High performance wiring closet

• Core layer of small networks• Access layer of large networks

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General Competitive and Positioning highlights-S7500 SalienceTM III Series

Salience III Edge-96G

Only support GE bus 96Gbps

72Mpps

CF cards

4 GE SFP interface

288FE/292GE/6*10GE

RRPP

cross-board Link-aggregation

cross-board mirroring

MAN access layer

Campus aggregation and access layer

SMB core and aggregation

SMB high density access

Salience III-384G

Support GE bus in all slots and XG bus in the last slots of S7503, S7506, S7506R

384Gbps

198Mpps

CF cards

4 GE SFP interface

288FE/292GE

12*10G(wire-speed)

RRPP



NAT/NetStream/PBR

MAN aggregation layer

Large or middle Enterprise aggregation layer

Campus aggregation layer

Server farm switch

Salience III Plus-768G

Support GE bus and XG bus in all slots

768Gbps

432Mpps

CF cards

288 FE

288 GE/24*10G(wire-speed)



NAT/NetStream/PBR

Campus Core layer

Large Enterprise Core layer

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General Competitive & Positioning highlights-S7500 Modules

8-port 1000BASE-X*

48-port 1000BASE-X48-port 10/100/1000BASE-T

20-port 10/100/1000BASE-T

20-port 1000BASE-X8-port 10/100/1000BASE-T*

1-port 10GE 2-port 10GE 4-port 10GE

VSNP(NAT/NetStream/PBR)

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12-port 10/100/1000BASE-T and 4-port 1000BASE-X

12-port 1000BASE-X and 4-port 10/100/1000BASE-T

48-port 10/100/1000BASE-T

48-port 10/100 BASE-TX(PoE)

48-port 10/100/1000 BASE-T(PoE)

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Salience III /Salience III Plus

* 8-port 10/100/1000BASE-T and 8-port 1000BASE-X can’t be worked with Salience III Plus and can’t be configured in the last slot of S7506 and S7506R

GEBUS Uplink Interface Modules XGBUS Uplink Interface Modules

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CISCO

C SE II+ Ts

Salience III PlusFuture

C SE V

C SE IV

C SE II+

C SE II+ 10GE

C SE V-10GE

Salience III Edge

H3C

Salience III

S6502 MCU

CISCO

C SE II+ Ts

Salience III PlusFuture

C SE V

C SE IV

C SE II+

C SE II+ 10GE

C SE V-10GE

Salience III Edge

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Quick Competitive Replacement Guides-MCU Comparison

Engine Layer 2/3/4 ServicesBandwidth/ Throughput

Chassis Support Uplinks

Supervisor V-10GE

Full Layer 2/3/4 EIGRP/OSPF/ BGP/IS-IS

136 Gbps/ 102Mpps4503, 4506, 4507R, 4510R

4GE and 2 10GbE

Supervisor VFull Layer 2/3/4 EIGRP/OSPF/ BGP/IS-IS

96 Gbps/ 72Mpps4503, 4506, 4507R, 4510R

2GE

Supervisor IVFull Layer 2/3/4 EIGRP/OSPF/ BGP/IS-IS

64 Gbps/ 48Mpps 4503, 4506, 4507R 2GE

Supervisor II-Plus-10GE

Basic Layer 2/3/4 108 Gbps/ 81Mpps 4503, 4506, 4507R4GE and 2 10GbE

Supervisor II-Plus

Basic Layer 2/3/4 64 Gbps/ 48Mpps 4503, 4506, 4507R 2GE

Supervisor II-Plus-TS

Basic Layer 2/3/4 64 Gbps/ 48Mpps 4503 only8GE and 12 10/100/1000 PoE

Engine Layer 2/3/4 ServicesBandwidth/ Throughput

Chassis Support Uplinks

Salience III Edge-96G

Full Layer 2/3/4 OSPF/ BGP/IS-IS/Policy Routing

96Gbps/72MppsH3C S7503,S7506,S7506R

No Limitation

Salience III Full Layer 2/3/5 OSPF/ BGP/IS-IS/Policy Routing

384Gbps/198MppsH3C S7503,S7506,S7506R

No Limitation

Salience III PlusFull Layer 2/3/6 OSPF/ BGP/IS-IS/Policy Routing

768Gbps/432MppsH3C S7503,S7506,S7506R

No Limitation

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H3C- Salience III Edge-96G

S7503Cisco

Catalyst 4503 w/S II plus

Switch Fabric Performance 96Gbps/71Mpps 64Gbps/48Mpps

Backplane Bandwidth 840Gbps/72M 28Gbps

Max Gig Ports, Non-blocking 64 12

Max Gig Ports, Blocking (Includes PoE) 148/144 98/92

Max Fast Ether. Ports Non-Blocking (Includes PoE)

144 96

10 Gigabit Support Yes Yes (higher cost)

OSPF Support Included Software upgrade

Multicast Routing Yes Yes

Number of VLANs 4096 2000

QoS Queues per port 8 4

Bandwidth Management Yes

Any Port

Non-Blocking Gig Ports Only

(6-port Gig or 18 port server switching modules)

RMON Included Software upgrade

S7503 Vs C 4503

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H3C Salience III Edge-96G

S7506Cisco

Catalyst 4507R w/SE IV

CiscoCatalyst 4510R w/SE

V

Switch Fabric Performance 96Gbps/72Mpps 64Gbps/48Mpps 96Gbps/71Mpps

Backplane Bandwidth 1.68Tbps/ 72Mpps 60Gbps/44Mpps 96Gbps/71Mpps

Max Gig Ports, Non-blocking 120 36 48

Max Gig Ports, Blocking (Includes PoE)

292/288 242/240 386/384

Max Fast Ether. Ports Non-Blocking (Includes PoE)

288 240 384

10 Gigabit Support Yes Yes Yes

OSPF Support Included Software Upgrade Software Upgrade

Multicast Routing Yes Yes Yes

Number of VLANs 4096 4096 4096

QoS Queues per port 8 4 4

Bandwidth Management Yes

Any Port


(6-port Gig or 18 port server switching

modules)


(6-port Gig or 18 port server switching

modules)

RMON Included Software Upgrade Software Upgrade

S7506 Vs C 4507R & 4510

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Quick Competitive Replacement Guides FE Cards

　 CISCO H3C

Fast Ethernet

over Fiber Line

Cards

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Fast Ethernet Switching Module, 48-port 100BASE-X (SFP)

　

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Fast Ethernet Switching Module, 24-port 100BASE-FX (MT-RJ)

　

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Fast Ethernet Switching Module, 48-port 100BASE-FX MMF

H3C S7500 48-port 100BASE-FX Ethernet Optical Interface Module, SFP Req.

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Fast Ethernet Switching Module, 48-port 100BASE-LX10 SMF

　

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series 48-port 100BASE-BX10-D Fast Ethernet Line Card for single strand of SMF

　

Fast Ethernet

over Copper

Line Cards

Cisco Catalyst 4500 10/100 Module, 24 ports (RJ-45) 　

Cisco Catalyst 4500 10/100 Module, 48 ports (RJ-45)H3C S7500 48-port 10/100BASE-TX Ethernet Interface Module, RJ45

Cisco Catalyst 4500 10/100 Module, 48-port telco (4 x RJ-21) 　

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Cisco prestandard 10/100, 48 ports (RJ-45) 　

Cisco Catalyst 4500 32-port 10/100 (RJ-45), 2-Gigabit Ethernet (GBIC) module

　

Cisco Catalyst 4500 32-port 10/100 (RJ-45), plus modular uplink slot 　

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Fast Ethernet Uplink Daughter Card, 4-port 100BASE-FX (MT-RJ)

　

Fast Ethernet PoE Line

Cards

Cisco Catalyst 4500 PoE IEEE 802.3af 10/100, 48 ports (RJ-21) 　

Cisco Catalyst 4500 PoE IEEE 802.3af 10/100, 24 ports (RJ-45) 　

Cisco Catalyst 4500 PoE IEEE 802.3af 10/100, 48 ports (RJ-45)H3C S7500 48-port 10/100BASE-TX Ethernet Interface Module, RJ45 (PoE)

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Quick Competitive Replacement Guides GE Cards

Cisco H3C

Gigabit Ethernet (GBIC or SFP) Line

Cards

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Gigabit Ethernet Module, 2 ports (GBIC)

H3C S7500 12-port 1000BASE-X SFP and 4-port 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ45

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Gigabit Ethernet Module, 6 ports (GBIC)

H3C S7500 8-port 1000BASE-X Ethernet Optical Interface Module, SFP Req.

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Gigabit Ethernet Module, server switching 18 ports (GBIC)

H3C S7500 Enhanced 20-port 1000BASE-X Ethernet Optical Interface Module, SFP Req.

Cisco Catalyst 4500 48-port 1000BASE-LX (SFP)H3C S7500 32-port 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ45 and 16-port 1000BASE-X SFP with XGBUS uplink

Catalyst 4500 Gigabit Ethernet Module, 48-port 1000X (SFP)

H3C S7500 48-port 1000BASE-X Ethernet Optical Interface Module with XGBUS uplink, SFP Req.

Gigabit Ethernet (Copper) Line Cards

Cisco Catalyst 4500 24-port 10/100/1000 Module (RJ-45)

H3C S7500 Enhanced 20-port 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet Interface Module, RJ45

Cisco Catalyst 4500 48-port 10/100/1000 Module (RJ-45)

H3C S7500 48-port 10/100/1000BASE-T Enhanced Ethernet Interface Module, RJ45

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Enhanced 48-port 10/100/1000 Module (RJ-45)

H3C S7500 48-port 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet Interface Module with XGBUS uplink, RJ45

H3C S7500 8-port 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet Interface Module, RJ45

H3C S7500 12-port 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ45 and 4-port 1000BASE-X SFP

H3C S7500 16-port 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ45 and 8-port 1000BASE-X SFP with XGBUS uplink

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Quick Competitive Replacement Guides GE Cards

Cisco H3C

GE-over-Copper PoE Line Cards

Cisco Catalyst 4500 6-port 10/100/1000 RJ-45 PoE IEEE 802.3af and 1000BASE-X (SFP)

Cisco Catalyst 4500 PoE IEEE 802.3af 10/100/1000, 24 ports (RJ-45)

Cisco Catalyst 4500 PoE IEEE 802.3af 10/100/1000, 48 ports (RJ-45)

H3C S7500 48-port 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet Interface Module, RJ45 (PoE)

10GE(XENPAK/ XFP) Line Cards

Catalyst 4500 Supervisor V-10GE, 2x10GE (X2) and 4x1GE (SFP)

H3C S7500 Enhanced 1-port 10GE Interface Module, Xenpak Req.

Catalyst 4500 Sup II+10GE, 2x10GE (X2) and 4x1GE (SFP)

H3C S7500 2-port 10GE Interface Module with XGBUS uplink, XFP Req.

H3C S7500 4-port 10GE Interface Module with XGBUS uplink, XFP Req.

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Price Comparison-C4500 Supervisor Engine

Catalyst 4500 Supervisor EnginesWS-X4516-10GE Catalyst 4500 Supervisor V-10GE, 2x10GE (X2) and 4x1GE (SFP) $19,995

WS-X4516-10GE= Catalyst 4500 Supervisor V-10GE, 2x10GE (X2) and 4x1GE (SFP) $19,995

WS-X4516-10GE/2 Catalyst 45xxR Supervisor V-10GE,2x10GE (X2) and 4x1GE (SFP) $19,995

WS-X4516 Catalyst 4500 Supervisor V (2 GE),Console(RJ-45) $16,495

WS-X4516= Catalyst 4500 Supervisor V (2 GE),Console(RJ-45)(Spare) $16,495

WS-X4516/2 Catalyst 45xxR Redundant Supervisor V (2 GE),Console(RJ-45) $16,495

WS-X4515 Catalyst 4500 Supervisor IV (2 GE),Console(RJ-45) $11,995

WS-X4515= Catalyst 4500 Supervisor IV, 2 GE, Console(RJ-45)(Spare) $11,995

WS-X4515/2 Catalyst 4507R Redundant Supervisor IV,(2 GE),Console(RJ-45) $11,995

WS-X4013+10GE Catalyst 4500 Sup II+10GE, 2x10GE (X2) and 4x1GE (SFP) $11,995

WS-X4013+10GE= Catalyst 4500 Sup II+10GE, 2x10GE (X2) and 4x1GE (SFP) $11,995

WS-X4013+10GE/2 Catalyst 4507R Sup II+10GE, 2x10GE(X2) and 4x1GE (SFP) $11,995

WS-X4013+ Catalyst 4500 Supervisor II-Plus (IOS), 2GE,Console(RJ-45) $5,995

WS-X4013+= Catalyst 4500 Supervisor II-Plus (IOS), 2GE,Console(RJ-45) $5,995

WS-X4013+/2 Catalyst 4507R Redundant Sup II-Plus,(2GE),Console(RJ-45) $5,995

WS-X4013+TS Catalyst 4503 SupII-Plus-TS, 12 10/100/1000 PoE+8 SFP slots $5,995

WS-X4013+TS= Catalyst 4503 SupII-Plus-TS, 12 10/100/1000 PoE+8 SFP slots $5,995

WS-F4531 Catalyst 4500 NetFlow Services Card (Sup IV/V) $2,995

WS-F4531= Catalyst 4500 NetFlow Services Card (Sup IV/V)(Spare) $2,995

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Price Comparison-H3C S7500 RPU

Main Control Unit For S7503 S7506 S7506R

0231A43H LS8M4SRPGH Salience III Edge-96G with 4 1000BASE-X interface, SFP Req. $6,980

0231A43F LS8M1SRPGH Salience III-384G, with 4 1000BASE-X interface, SFP Req. $9,980

0231A43G LS8M2SRPGH Salience III Plus-768G $12,980

Main Control Unit For S7502 with GEBUS uplink

0231A41X LS8M1T12PEH 12-port 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 and 4-port 1000BASE-X SFP,SFP Req. $4,980

0231A41Y LS8M1P12TEH 12-port 1000BASE-X SFP and 4-port 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45,SFP Req. $4,980

Main Control Unit For S7502 with XGBUS uplink

0231A43ELS8M1GP48H-

XG48-port 1000BASE-X Ethernet Optical Interface Module with XGBUS uplink,

SFP Req.$11,980

0231A44BLS8M1GT48BH-

XG48-port 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet Interface Module with XGBUS uplink,

RJ45$11,980

0231A42XLS8M1T16PH-

XG16-port 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ45 and 8-port 1000BASE-X SFP with XGBUS uplink,

SFP Req.$7,980

0231A42WLS8M1T32PH-

XG32-port 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ45 and 16-port 1000BASE-X SFP with XGBUS uplink,

SFP Req.$12,980

0231A44DLS8M1TGX2H-

XG2-port 10GE Interface Module with XGBUS uplink, XFP Req. $10,000

0231A44CLS8M1TGX4H-

XG4-port 10GE Interface Module with XGBUS uplink, XFP Req. $20,000

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Conclusion-S7500 Advantages

1. Price performance ratio. S7500 reaches up to 768Gbps switching capacity for the fabric compared to Catalyst 45 ‘s 136Gbps

2. H3C S7500 has the maximum 1.68Tbps backplane bandwidth, which is several times bigger than Catalyst 45’s.

3. It have a maximum of 24 10GE ports, Catalyst 45 has very limited 10 GE ports and require hardware upgrades.

4. RPR and EPON support, which makes it applicable in Service Provider networks

5. High port density for wire speed GE ports of up to 292,while Catalyst is limited. Customers looking for a high port density switch with rich features to deploy in the wiring closet positioning for GE to Desktop solution, have a perfect answer-S7500 series.

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Conclusion-Application exampleEPON IPTV solution

– IEEE 802.3ah compliant

– Deploying point-to-multiple points fiber access

– Supporting OAM

– Supporting dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA)

– Providing up to 1:32 split ratio, 20km transmission distance

GE10GE

S7500 EPON-OLT Splitter

Internet STBInternet STB

S3100 series ONU

Home gateway

Home gateway

ET300

ET214

L2 switch

IP TV CenterMedia Server

H3C S7500 has various advanced features and it’s carrier class architecture puts on top for various network applications. EPON is just one of the many examples I can sight here. It provides a cost effective solution for Service providers as well as Cable TV providers. You can get more details on the Application in the main slide

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Conclusion-Key Points Against C4500

All Switching (Layer-2 or Layer-3) carried out by Supervisor Engine

No Local Switching on the blades, all traffic goes to the Supervisor

Supervisor II+ is for network access due to poor Layer 3 support/performance, Supervisor IV &

V aimed at larger enterprise networksAdvanced QOS and Jumbo Frames only carried out on Ports with 1:1 link to supervisor II, III &

IV

6 Port Gig modules Only 6 Gigabit links from each blade to Supervisor Engine



PoE modules highly blockingPoor investment protection

OSPF through additional $9,995 upgrade (Sup IV, V and V-10GE only)

New Chassis just re-spin of legacy Catalyst 4000

Supervisor VI engine or above required to support 4507R

Supervisor V or V-10GE required for 4510R

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Conclusion-Key Points Against C4500

• The Catalyst 4500 is based on old technology and is limited to 6Gbps backplane performance for each line card and has no upgrade path. H3C’s 7500 backplane can rich 1.68Tbps

• The Catalyst 4500 line cards use simple MUX technology to multiplex many front panel ports into the 6 Gigabit backplane connections, this means that every packet must traverse the backplane even if its destination port is on the same line card. S7500 line cards all provide local Layer2 switching thus minimizing latency and the amount of traffic that passes across the backplane.

• The Catalyst 4500 can only support a maximum or 6 wire speed Gigabit ports per slot for a total 32 for the 4507R or 48 for the 4510R.

• The Catalyst 4500 requires and optional software upgrade costing $9,995 to support OSPF. S7500 supports OSPF as Standard at no extra charge.

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Conclusion-Points to Avoid.

H3C S7500 Cisco Catalyst 4500

Nonstop Forwarding (NSF) with Stateful Switchover (SSO)

NOProvides dual supervisor engines with sub second failover. L2 sessions remain up. L3 forwarding continues during a routing event

Dynamic ARP Inspection

NO YES, Identity Spoofing with Gratuitous ARP Packets

IP Source Guard NO YES, prevent spoofing IP address

Control Plane Policing

?Provides a unified solution to rate limit the CPU-bound control plane traffic in hardware. Prevent DOS attack to CPU

MAC Authentication ?

Upon detecting a new MAC address on a switch port, the switch will proxy an 802.1x authentication request based on the device's MAC address. Provides network access to agentless devices without 802.1x supplicant capabilities.

Traffic Shaping No Yes

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