Installation Manual
H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 Product Overview
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
1.1 Introduction
H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches (hereinafter referred to as the S5500-EI series)
are Gigabit Ethernet switching products developed by Hangzhou H3C Technologies
Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as H3C). The S5500-EI series support diversified
service features, IPv6 forwarding, and routing function, and provide 10GE extended
module slots. Through the H3C proprietary cluster management, you can streamline
network management. The S5500-EI series are designed to operate at the
convergence or access layer of enterprise networks and metropolitan area networks
(MANs). The S5500-EI series support the IPv4/IPv6 dual stack and can also be used
for connecting server groups in data centers.
Table 1-1 lists the models of the S5500-EI series.
Table 1-1
Models of the S5500-EI series
Model
Number of
auto-sensing
10/100/1000Base-T
Ethernet ports
Number of
1000Base-X SFP
ports
Number
of
console
ports
S5500-28C-EI 24
4
S5500-28C-EI-DC 24
4
S5500-52C-EI 48
4
S5500-28C-PWR-EI 24
4
S5500-52C-PWR-EI 48
4
S5500-28F-EI 8
24
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Together with an auto-sensing 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet port, each 1000Base-X
SFP port forms a Combo port. For each Combo port, either the SFP port or the
auto-sensing 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet port can be used at a time. For the
mapping between the two ports forming a Combo port, refer to Table 1-2.
Table 1-2
Mapping between two ports forming a Combo port
Model
1000Base-X SFP
port number
Auto-sensing 10/100/1000Base-T
Ethernet port number
25 22
26 24
S5500-28C-EI
S5500-28C-EI-DC
S5500-28C-PWR-EI
27 21
