Comparison of Huawei S6730-H48X6C and CE6881-48S6CQ-B
Switch Series:
S6730-H48X6C is CloudEngine S6730-H Series 10 GE Switches deliver 10 GE downlink and 100 GE uplink connectivity for enterprise campuses, carriers, higher education institutions, and governments, integrating native Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Access Controller (AC) capabilities, to support up to 1024 WLAN Access Points (APs).
CE6881-48S6CQ-B is Huawei CloudEngine 6881 series switches, the next-generation 10GE access switches that provide high performance and high port density on data center networks and high-end campus networks. The CloudEngine 6881 series have advanced hardware architecture with 40GE/100GE uplink ports and high-density 10GE access ports. Using Huawei’s VRP8 software platform, CloudEngine 6881 series switches support extensive data center features and high stacking capabilities. In addition, the CloudEngine 6881 series use a flexible airflow design (front-to-back or back-to-front). CloudEngine 6881 series can work with CloudEngine 16800 or CloudEngine 12800 series data center core switches to build elastic, virtual, and high-quality 40GE/100GE full-mesh networks, meeting requirements of cloud computing data centers.
Product appearance and ports:
1) S6730-H48X6C with 48*10 GE SFP+, 6*40/100 GE QSFP28(If you want to realize 100G, need additional special license).
2) CE6881-48S6CQ-B with 48*10 GE SFP+, 6*100 GE QSFP28, this model supports 100G directly without any license.
3) CE6881-48S6CQ-B Back-to-front airflow for port-side intake:
From above information, although they are different products, they have the same ports. S6730-H48X6C price is higher now, so we recommend you to choose CE6881-48S6CQ-B to replace, and CE6881-48S6CQ-B supports 100G directly without any license. If you need more information, please feel free to contact: [email protected].
