Huawei S12710 Switch – Product Information Sheet

Product Overview

The Huawei S12710 is an enterprise-class core switch from the S12700 series of Agile Switches, designed for large campus networks and data center environments. It belongs to Huawei’s CloudEngine series and is built with a fully programmable architecture based on Huawei’s self-developed Ethernet Network Processor (ENP) chip.

The S12710 adopts a modular chassis design that supports flexible expansion with various service cards and interface types. It features an integrated built-in hardware wireless LAN access controller (WLAN AC), enabling true convergence of wired and wireless networks. The switch supports iPCA (Packet Conservation Algorithm for Internet), which allows on-demand, point-to-point detection of any service flow to facilitate precise service management.

Built on Huawei’s self-developed Versatile Routing Platform (VRP), the S12710 delivers high-performance Layer 2/Layer 3 switching capabilities while integrating MPLS VPN, IPv6 hardware support, desktop cloud, video conferencing, and various other network services. It supports CSS2 hardware clustering with 1+N main control unit backup, hardware Eth-OAM/BFD, ring network protection, and other high-reliability technologies. Key components including power supplies, fans, main control units, service boards, and switch fabric units all support hot-swapping and redundant backup.

The S12710 is one of four models in the S12700 series, alongside the S12704, S12708, and S12712, allowing customers to select the optimal configuration based on their network requirements.

Key Features

• Fully Programmable Architecture: Customizable forwarding modes, behaviors, and lookup algorithms enable rapid deployment of new services without hardware replacement

• Built-in Hardware WLAN AC: Eliminates the need for separate AC hardware purchases and breaks through external AC performance bottlenecks

• Unified User Management: Supports PPPoE, 802.1X, MAC, and Portal authentication methods with group/domain/time-based user authorization

• CSS2 Hardware Clustering: 1.92T cluster bandwidth with 4μs cross-frame latency and 1+N main control backup

• High-Density Port Support: Supports 8×100GE and 16×40GE high-density interface cards

• Large Hardware Tables: 1M MAC address entries, 3M FIB entries, 1M Netstream entries

• Comprehensive QoS: Supports 256K ACL, multiple queue scheduling methods (PQ, WRR, DRR, PQ+WRR, PQ+DRR), WRED and tail-drop congestion avoidance, multi-level H-QoS, and traffic shaping

• Advanced Security: MAC address authentication, Portal authentication, 802.1x authentication, MACsec, NAC, RADIUS/HWTACACS login authentication, DoS attack protection, SYN Flood, UDP Flood, and broadcast storm protection

Technical Specifications