Chapter 1 Product Overview - Huawei Quidway S6500 Series Operation Manual

Operation Manual - Getting Started
Quidway S6500 Series Ethernet Switches
1.1 Product Overview
Quidway S6500 Series Ethernet Switches is a series of large capacity, modularized
wire speed L2/L3 Ethernet switches. They are mainly designed for IP MAN, large-sized
enterprise network and campus network users. The series include the following main
types of switches:
S6506 Ethernet Switch
S6503 Ethernet Switch
S6506R Ethernet Switch
S6502 Ethernet Switch
Quidway S6500 Series Switches have an integrated chassis structure. The chassis
contains card area, fan area, power supply area, and power distribution area.
For S6506, in the card area, there are seven slots. Slot 0 is prepared specially for
SRPU (Salience I, Salience II or Salience III Series). The other six are LPU slots.
For S6503, in the card area, there are four slots. Slot 0 is prepared specially for SRPU
(iSalience I or Salience III Series). The other three are LPU slots.
For S6506R, in the card area, there are eight slots. Slot 0 and slot 1 are prepared
specially for SRPU (Salience II or Salience III Series) and they operate redundantly.
The other six are LPU slots.
For S6502, in the card area, there are two slots. Slot 0 is prepared specially for SRPU
(supporting LS81P12TE and LS81T12PE), and slot 1 is LPU slot.
User can select required LPUs for different networks.
Quidway S6500 Series Ethernet Switches support the following services:
Internet broadband access
MAN, enterprise/campus networking
Providing multicast service and multicast routing and supporting multicast audio
and video services.
Hereinafter Quidway S6500 Series Ethernet Switches are referred to as S6500 Series
Ethernet Switches.

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