Huawei CloudEngine S8700-10 – Product Documentation & Specifications

Product Overview

The Huawei CloudEngine S8700-10 is a next-generation modular aggregation/access switch designed for premium campus networks in the Wi-Fi 6/7 era. It is the largest model in the CloudEngine S8700 series, featuring 10 slots to support ultra-high densities of GE, 10GE, 25GE, 40GE, and 100GE access ports, helping organizations quickly build a future-proof campus network with simplified architecture.

The S8700-10 leverages Huawei’s self-developed ARM architecture CPU and Solar series switching chips, delivering exceptional performance and scalability. All key components—including main control boards (SRUs), power modules, and fan modules—adopt a redundancy design for carrier-grade reliability. Two SRUs work in active/standby mode for 1:1 hot standby, with the dual-active detection (DAD) mechanism automatically switching over services upon detecting a fault in any main control board to ensure service continuity.

Key highlights of the CloudEngine S8700-10 include:

• High-density access: Supports up to 72 10GE SFP+ ports per board and 504 10GE SFP+ ports per chassis, facilitating unified access for high densities of terminals

• Ultra-high reliability: Redundancy design for key components with fast failover < 5 ms

• Super Power over Ethernet (PoE): Innovative optical-electrical synergy technology supports PoE++ up to 90 W on a single port, powering APs, IP phones, and other high-power terminals at ultra-long distances

• Energy saving: Innovative “Y + Psi (ψ)”-type front-to-rear air duct design for heat dissipation and mixed-flow fan technology deliver low power consumption, low noise, and strong heat dissipation

• Wired and wireless convergence: Integrated native AC functions can manage a maximum of 5K APs without the need for additional hardware ACs

The S8700-10 is widely used in large-scale campus aggregation and access scenarios, as well as serving as the core for medium and small-sized campuses across various industries such as government, education, and finance.

Specifications