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Huawei S6720-54C-EI-48S-AC, S6730-H48X6C and CE6881-48S6CQ are 48 10GE SFP ports switches. S6720-54C-EI-48S-AC and S6730-H48X6C belong to Huawei campus series switches, but CE6881-48S6CQ belongs to Huawei data center switches. Therefore, in the application, what is the difference among them? How to choose a more suitable model? Let’s see below differences among them.

Product Series Description

S6720 Series:
The S6720 series switches are next-generation 10G box switches. The S6720 can function as an access switch in an Internet data center (IDC) or a core/aggregation switch on a campus network.

S6730-H Series:
S6730-H delivers 10 GE connectivity for enterprise campuses, carriers, higher education institutions, and governments. Integrating native WLAN AC capabilities to support up to 1024 WLAN APs, CloudEngine S6730-H enables you to converge your wired and wireless networks for simplified operations. It also offers free mobility to deliver consistent user experience and VXLAN-based virtualization to create a multi-purpose network. With built-in security probes, CloudEngine S6730-H supports abnormal traffic detection, Encrypted Communications Analytics (ECA), and network-wide threat deception.

CE Series:
Huawei CloudEngine 6881 series switches are 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.
CloudEngine 6881 series provide high-density 10GE access to help enterprises and carriers build a scalable data center network platform in the cloud computing era. They can also work as core or aggregation switches on campus networks.

Data Comparison

Product name	S6720-54C-EI-48S-AC	S6730-H48X6C	CE6881-48S6CQ
Type	Fixed-port	Fixed-port	Fixed-port
Switching Capacity	2.56Tbps	2.16/ 2.4Tbps	2.16Tbps
Forwarding Capacity	1080Mpps	490Mpps	940Mpps
10GE Port Density	48	48	48
40GE Port Density	6	6	0
100GE Port Density	0	6	6
Num of Pluggable Power Module	2	2	2
Num of Fan Trays	1	4	4
VxLAN	Y	Y	Y
MAC Capacity	288K	384K	256K
ARP Capacity	–	140K	256K
IPv4 FIB Capacity	128k	256K	256K
IPv6 FIB Capacity	–	80K	80K
ACL Rule Capacity	1000(Ingress) 512(Egress)	6K	30K
Depth /mm	420	420	420
Wight /mm	442	442	442
Height /mm	44.4	43.6	43.6

Note: S6730-H48X6C, 100GE QSFP28 interfaces support 40GE and 100GE optical module auto-sensing.
The default uplink port is 40GE, which needs to be upgraded to 100GE through the license.

From the above article, we should know some similar or differences of Huawei S6720-54C-EI-48S-AC, S6730-H48X6C and CE6881-48S6CQ. If you have any questions, please email: [email protected]