SWITCHING
H3C S3600
Overview
H3C S3600 Series Ethernet Switches are a new generation of premier
multi-layer switches that entirely fulfill the enterprise requirement for
design and implementation of a unified, highly resilient network. One of
the most important and innovative highlights of the S3600 Series
Ethernet Switches is the IRF (Intelligent Resilient Framework)
technology which offers the highly efficient advantage of stackable
technology. IRF enables network managers to build adaptable
networks with high reliability, scalability and easy management.
“
Pay as
you go
”
is the slogan of the S3600 Series Ethernet Switches.
H3C S3600 Series Ethernet Switches include the following models:
S3600-28P-SI,
S3600-28TP-SI,
S3600-28P-EI,
S3600-28F-EI,
S3600-28P-PWR-EI,
S3600-28P-PWR-SI,
S3600-52P-SI,
S3600-52P-EI, S3600-52P-PWR-SI and S3600-52P-PWR-EI.
Features
Full wire-speed, multi-layer switching
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The S3600 Series offer L2/L3 wire-speed switching capability for
all ports. The system offers 4 GE ports to meet the requirement of
a single piece of equipment for multiple Gigabit uplinks and for
access to the Gigabit server, thereby greatly increasing savings
on equipment investment.
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The hardware supports L3 wire-speed switching, and is able to
identify and process the application traffic flows from L2~L4.
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All ports have an independent data packet filter, and distinguish
specific application flows for different management and control.
IRF Technology
Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) is an innovative resilient network
technology that allows enterprise customers to design and implement
Fast Ethernet core and aggregation that are adaptable, providing
exceptional reliability, scalability and easy management. With IRF
technology, the S3600 Series switches can be interconnected together
to behave as a single logical switching entity called a Distributed Fabric.
From management and configuration perspectives, the Fabric appears
as a single device, while from a performance perspective, each switch
in the Distributed Fabric can make its own forwarding decisions, both at
Layer 2 and Layer 3 for traffic that appears on its ports.
The IRF technology provides: DDM (Distributed Device Management),
DRR (Distributed Resilient Routing) and DLA (Distributed Link
Aggregation).
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Distributed Device Management (DDM)
Distributed Device Management is the control system for IRF
technology, responsible for distributing management and control
information across the IRF Distributed Fabric.
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Distributed Resilient Routing (DRR)
Distributed Resilient Routing, provided by Enhanced Image, is an
advanced
routing
implementation
that
allows
multiple
interconnected switches in an IRF Distributed Fabric to behave as
a single active routing entity.
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Distributed Link Aggregation (DLA)
Distributed Link Aggregation, provided by Enhanced Image,
allows networks and IRF Distributed Fabrics to be coordinated
