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H3C S5100-SI/EI Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 Product Overview
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
1.1 Preface
H3C S5100 Series Ethernet Switches (hereinafter referred to as
the H3C S5100 series) are Gigabit Ethernet switching products
developed by H3C Technology Co., Ltd. The H3C S5100 series
provide a variety of service features. The H3C S5100 series are
designed as convergence and access devices for intranets and
metropolitan area networks (MANs), and can also be used for
connecting data center server clusters.
The H3C S5100 series come in two series: S5100-SI and
S5100-EI, which are available in the models listed in Table 1-1:
An SFP port and its corresponding 10/100/1000Base-T
autosensing Ethernet port form a Combo port. That is, only one of the
two ports forming the Combo port can be used at a time. Table 1-2
shows the mapping relations between the ports forming the Combo
port.
