Installation Manual
Quidway S8500 Series Routing Switches Chapter 1 Product Overview
Huawei Technologies Proprietary
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
1.1 Preface
Huawei S8500 Series Routing Switches are orientated to operate at the convergence
layer of a large MAN, or at the core layer of a small MAN, or at the backbone of a large
enterprise network or a campus network. They serve as the Layer 3 devices in the
switching center and convergence center. S8500 series provide 10GE ports, redundant
power systems and redundant SRPU modules, to address multiservice, high-reliability
and large-capacity needs from high-end users.
The S8500 series currently include three models:
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S8505: provides up to 300 Gbps switching capacity and allows the concurrent
wirespeed forwarding on 240 GE ports, or 20 × 10GE ports, or 240 FE electrical
ports, or 100 FE optical ports.
Figure 1-1 Quidway S8505
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S8508: provides up to 480 Gbps switching capacity and allows the concurrent
wirespeed forwarding on 384 GE ports, or 32 × 10GE ports, or 384 FE electrical
ports, or 160 FE optical ports.