Building on next-generation, high-performance hardware and the Huawei Versatile Routing Platform (VRP), the S5720-LI series support intelligent stack (iStack), flexible Ethernet networking, and diversified security control. They provide customers with a green, easy-to-manage, easy-to-expand, and cost-effective gigabit to the desktop solution. In addition, Huawei customizes specialized models to meet customer requirements and to suit special scenarios.
The models with front power sockets can be installed in a 300 mm deep cabinet. They can be maintained through the front panel, saving space in small equipment rooms.
The S5720-12TP-LI-AC adopts the ground-free design. Only the 220 V power module needs to be grounded. This design facilitates switch deployment in the places where grounding is difficult, such as corridor.
The models that use a fan-free design reduce power consumption and noise.

• 48 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet ports, 4 GE SFP ports
• AC power supply, supporting RPS
• Forwarding performance: 87 Mpps
• Switching capacity: 336 Gbit/s

PoE Power Supply Configuration

The S5720-LI series PoE-capable switches, including S5720-12TP-PWR-LI-AC, S5720-16X-PWH-LI-AC, S5720-28P-PWR-LIAC, S5720-28TP-PWR-LI-AC, S5720-28TP-PWR-LI-ACL, S5720-28X-PWR-LI-AC, S5720-28X-PWH-LI-AC, S5720-52P-PWRLI-AC, S5720-52X-PWR-LI-AC and S5720-52X-PWR-LI-ACF, have built-in PoE power supplies.

Flexible Ethernet Networking

In addition to traditional Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), and Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP), the S5720-LI supports Huawei-developed Smart Ethernet Protection (SEP) technology and the latest Ethernet Ring Protection Switching (ERPS) standard. SEP is a ring protection protocol specific to the Ethernet link layer, and applies to various ring network topologies, such as open ring topology, closed ring topology, and cascading ring topology. This protocol is reliable and easy to maintain, and implements fast protection switching within 50 ms. ERPS is defined in ITU-T G.8032. It implements millisecond-level protection switching based on traditional Ethernet MAC and bridging functions.

The S5720-LI supports Smart Link, which implements backup of uplinks. One S5720-LI switch can connect to multiple aggregation switches through multiple links, significantly improving reliability of access devices.

The S5720-LI supports Ethernet OAM (IEEE 802.3ah/802.1ag) to fast detect link faults

Diversified Security Control

The S5720-LI supports 802.1X authentication, MAC address authentication, and combined authentication on a per port basis, as well as Portal authentication on a per VLANIF interface basis, and implements dynamic policy delivery (VLAN, QoS, and ACL) to users.

The S5720-LI provides a series of mechanisms to defend against DoS and user-targeted attacks. DoS attacks are targeted at switches and include SYN flood, Land, Smurf, and ICMP flood attacks. User-targeted attacks include bogus DHCP server attacks, IP/MAC address spoofing, DHCP request flood, and change of the DHCP CHADDR value.

The S5720-LI collects and maintains information about access users, such as IP addresses, MAC addresses, IP address leases, VLAN IDs, and interface numbers in a DHCP snooping binding table. In this way, IP addresses and access interfaces of DHCP users can be tracked. You can specify DHCP snooping trusted and untrusted ports to ensure that users connect only to the authorized DHCP server.

The S5720-LI supports strict ARP learning. This feature prevents ARP spoofing attackers from exhausting ARP entries so that users can connect to the Internet normally.

Easy Operations and Maintenance (O&M)

The S5720-LI supports Huawei EasyOperation which is a solution that provides zero-touch deployment, replacement of faulty devices without additional configuration, USB-based deployment, batch configuration, and batch remote upgrade. The EasyOperation solution facilitates device deployment, upgrade, service provisioning, and other management and maintenance operations, and also greatly reduces O&M costs. The S5720-LI can be managed and maintained using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) V1, V2, and V3, Command Line Interface (CLI), web-based network management system, or Secure Shell (SSH) V2.0. Additionally, it supports remote network monitoring (RMON), multiple log hosts, port traffic statistics collection, and network quality analysis, helping with network consolidation and reconstruction.

EasyDeploy: The Commander collects topology information about the connected clients and stores the clients' startup information based on the topology. Clients can be replaced with zero-touch configuration. The Commander can deliver configurations and scripts to clients in batches and query the delivery results. In addition, the Commander can collect and display information about power consumption on the entire network.S5720-LI Series Simplified Gigabit Ethernet Switches 7

The S5720-LI can use the GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP) to implement dynamic distribution, registration, and propagation of VLAN attributes. GVRP reduces manual configuration workload and ensures correct configuration. Additionally, the S5720-LI supports MUX VLAN, which involves a principal VLAN and multiple subordinate VLANs. Subordinate VLANs are classified into group VLANs and separate VLANs. Ports in the principal VLAN can communicate with ports in subordinate VLANs. Ports in a subordinate group VLAN can communicate with each other, whereas ports in a subordinate separate VLAN can communicate only with ports in the principal VLAN. The S5720-LI also supports VLAN Central Management Protocol (VCMP) and VLAN-Based Spanning Tree (VBST) protocol.

Intelligent O&M

The S5720-LI provides telemetry technology to collect device data in real time and send the data to Huawei campus network analyzer CampusInsight. The CampusInsight analyzes network data based on the intelligent fault identification algorithm, accurately displays the real-time network status, effectively demarcates and locates faults in a timely manner, and identifies network problems that affect user experience, accurately guaranteeing user experience.

The S5720-LI supports a variety of intelligent O&M features for audio and video services, including the enhanced Media Delivery Index (eMDI). With this eDMI function, the switch can function as a monitored node to periodically conduct statistics and report audio and video service indicators to the CampusInsight platform. In this way, the CampusInsight platform can quickly demarcate audio and video service quality faults based on the results of multiple monitored nodes.

Intelligent Stack (iStack)

The S5720-LI supports intelligent stack (iStack). This technology combines multiple switches into a single logical switch. Member switches in a stack implement redundancy backup to improve device reliability and use inter-device link aggregation to improve link reliability. iStack ensures path failover within 200 milliseconds and implements hitless master/backup switchover.

iStack provides high network scalability. You can increase ports, bandwidth, and processing capacity of a stack by simply adding member switches to the stack.

iStack also simplifies device configuration and management. After a stack is set up, multiple physical switches are virtualized into a single logical device. You can log in to any member switch in the stack to manage all the member switches in the stack.

Excellent Network Traffic Analysis

The S5720-LI supports the sFlow function. It uses a method defined in the sFlow standard to sample traffic passing through it and sends sampled traffic to the collector in real time. The collected traffic statistics are used to generate statistical reports, helping enterprises maintain their networks.

Enhanced QoS Control Mechanism

The S5720-LI provides excellent QoS capabilities and supports queue scheduling and congestion control algorithms. Additionally, it adopts innovative priority queuing and multi-level scheduling mechanisms to implement fine-grained scheduling of data flows, meeting service quality requirements of different user terminals and services.

The S5720-LI implements complex traffic classification based on packet information, such as the 5-tuple, IP preference, ToS, DSCP, IP protocol type, ICMP type, TCP source port, VLAN ID, Ethernet protocol type, and CoS. ACLs can be applied to the inbound or outbound direction of a port.

The S5720-LI supports flow-based two-rate three-color CAR. Each port supports eight priority queues, multiple queue scheduling algorithms, such as WRR, DRR, SP, WRR+SP, and DRR+SP, and WRED that is a congestion avoidance algorithm. All of these features ensure high-quality voice, video, and data services.

Easy O&M with the Front Panel

The models with front power sockets can be installed in a 300 mm deep cabinet, and can be maintained through the front panel. This simplifies equipment O&M and allows more flexible cabinet deployment. The small-sized cabinets can be placed against a wall or back to back to save space in the equipment room.

Cloud Management

The Huawei cloud management platform allows users to configure, monitor, and inspect switches on the cloud, reducing on-site deployment and O&M manpower costs and decreasing network OPEX. Huawei switches support both cloud management and on-premise management modes. These two management modes can be flexibly switched as required to achieve smooth evolution while maximizing return on investment (ROI).

High-Performance VRP Software System

Huawei S series switches build on a unified Versatile Routing Platform (VRP) software system, meeting the growing network scale and the evolving Internet technologies and guaranteeing network services and network quality.

VRP is a network operating system developed by Huawei with independent intellectual property rights. It can run on multiple hardware platforms and provide unified network, user, and management views. VRP provides flexible application solutions for users. In addition, VRP is a future-proof platform that maximally protects customer investments.

The VRP platform is focused on IP services and uses a component-based architecture to provide more than 300 features. Besides, VRP stands out for its application-based tailorable and scalable capabilities.

OPS

The Open Programmability System (OPS) is an open platform based on the Python language. IT administrators can program the O&M functions of a switch through Python scripts to quickly innovate functions and implement intelligent O&M.

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