Comparison between S5320 series and S5720 series

Comparison-between-S5320-series-and-S5720-series
Huawei S5320 series and S5720 series switches are both Huawei switches. On some projects, the customer was specified to need the S5320 series switches. However, the number of S5320 series switches in the Chinese market is small, therefore, customers are concerned about whether they can use S5720 series switches to replace S5320 series switches. What’s the differences between S5320 series and S5720 series?

Huawei S5720 series are Huawei enterprise switches, and Huawei S5320 series are Huawei carrier switches, they belong to different categories of Huawei, usually, S5320 series only provide to carrier, therefore, S5320 series are few quantity in the market.

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Comparison S5320-50X-EI-46S-AC and S5720-50X-EI-46S-AC
S5320-50X-EI-46S-AC belongs to Huawei carrier model, S5320 series.
S5720-50X-EI-46S-AC belongs to Huawei enterprise model, S5720 series.

Model S5320-50X-EI-46S-AC S5720-50X-EI-46S-AC
Ports 46 Gig SFP, 4 10 Gig SFP+, AC 110/220V 46 Gig SFP, 4 10 Gig SFP+, AC 110/220V
Forwarding performance 129Mpps 129Mpps
Switching capacity 598Gbps 598Gbps
MAC address table IEEE 802.1d
64K MAC address entries
MAC address learning and aging
Static, dynamic, and blackhole MAC address entries
Packet filtering based on source MAC addresses
IEEE 802.1d
64K MAC address entries
MAC address learning and aging
Static, dynamic, and blackhole MAC address entries
Packet filtering based on source MAC addresses
VLAN 4K VLANs
Guest VLAN and voice VLAN
GVRP
MUX VLAN
VLAN assignment based on MAC addresses, protocols, IP subnets, policies, and ports
1:1 and N:1 VLAN mapping
VLAN-based transparent transmission of protocol packets
4K VLANs
Guest VLAN and voice VLAN
GVRP
MUX VLAN
VLAN assignment based on MAC addresses, protocols, IP subnets, policies, and ports
1:1 and N:1 VLAN mapping
VLAN-based transparent transmission of protocol packets
MPLS MPLS L3VPN
MPLS L2VPN (VPWS/VPLS)
MPLS-TE
MPLS QOS
MPLS L3VPN
MPLS L2VPN (VPWS/VPLS)
MPLS-TE
MPLS QoS
IP routing Static routing, RIPv1/2, RIPng, OSPF, OSPFv3, IS-IS, IS-ISv6, BGP, BGP4+, ECMP, and policy-
based routing
Static routing, RIPv1/2, RIPng, OSPF, OSPFv3, IS-IS, IS-ISv6, BGP, BGP4+, ECMP, and policy-based routing
Jumbo frame 12K 12K
IPv6 features Neighbor Discovery (ND)
Path maximum transmission unit (PMTU)
IPv6 Ping, IPv6 Tracert, and IPv6 Telnet
6 to4 tunnel, ISATAP tunnel, and manually configured tunnel
ACLs based on source IPv6 addresses, destination IPv6 addresses, Layer 4 ports, or protocol
types
Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) v1/v2 snooping
Neighbor Discovery (ND)
Path MTU (PMTU)
IPv6 ping, IPv6 tracert, and IPv6 Telnet
6to4 tunnel, ISATAP tunnel, and manually configured tunnel
ACLs based on the source IPv6 address, destination IPv6 address, Layer 4 ports, or protocol type
MLD v1/v2 snooping
Multicast IGMP v1/v2/v3 snooping and IGMP fast leave
Multicast forwarding in a VLAN and multicast replication between VLANs
Multicast load splitting among trunk member ports
Controllable multicast
Layer 2 multicast control
Port-based multicast traffic statistics collection
IGMPv1/v2/v3, Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode (PIM-SM), and Protocol Independent
Multicast Dense Mode (PIM-DM), and Protocol Independent Multicast Source-Specific Multicast
(PIM-SSM)
Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)
IGMP v1/v2/v3 snooping and IGMP fast leave
Multicast forwarding in a VLAN and multicast replication between VLANs
Multicast load balancing among member ports of a trunk
Controllable multicast
Port-based multicast traffic statistics
IGMP v1/v2/v3, PIM-SM, PIM-DM, and PIM-SSM
MSDP
MVPN

From above table, we know that S5320-50X-EI-46S-AC can be replaced completely by S5720-50X-EI-46S-AC.
S5720-50X-EI-46S-AC

Therefore, no matter whether Huawei’s classification is S5720 or S5320 series, just to distinguish between carrier and enterprise, in fact, the functions of these two series of products can be replaced by each other. If the S5320 series cannot be found in the market, customers are advised to choose the S5720 series to replace. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact: csd@telecomate.com.