Flexible Ethernet Networking
⚫ In addition to supporting traditional Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol(RSTP), and Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP), CloudEngine S5735-L-V2 is also designed with the industry's latest Ethernet
Ring Protection Switching (ERPS) technology. ERPS is defined in ITU-T G.8032, and it implements millisecond-level protection switching based on traditional Ethernet MAC and bridging functions.
⚫ CloudEngine S5735-L-V2 supports Smart Link, which implements backup of uplinks. One CloudEngine S5735-L-V2 switch can connect to multiple aggregation switches through multiple links, significantly improving reliability of access devices.
Diversified Security Control
⚫ CloudEngine S5735-L-V2 supports Portal authentication, 802.1X authentication, MAC address authentication, and hybrid authentication on a per port basis, and implements dynamic policy delivery (VLAN, QoS, and ACL) to users.
⚫ CloudEngine S5735-L-V2 provides a series of mechanisms to defend against DoS attacks 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 changing of the
DHCP CHADDR value.
⚫ CloudEngine S5735-L-V2 sets up and maintains a DHCP snooping binding table, and discards the packets that do
not match the table entries. The DHCP snooping trusted port feature ensures that users connect only to the authorized DHCP server.
⚫ CloudEngine S5735-L-V2supports strict ARP learning. This feature prevents ARP spoofing attackers from exhausting ARP entries so that users can connect to the Internet normally.
Easy Operation and Maintenance
⚫ CloudEngine S5735-L-V2 supports Huawei Easy Operation, a solution that provides zero-touch deployment, replacement of faulty devices without additional configuration, USB-based deployment*, batch device configuration, and batch remote upgrade. The Easy Operation solution facilitates device deployment, upgrade, service provisioning, and other management and maintenance operations, and also greatly reduces O&M costs.CloudEngine S5735-L-V2 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, paving the way for
network optimization and reconstruction.
⚫ CloudEngine S5735-L-V2 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 cannot communicate with each other. CloudEngine S5735-L-V2 also supports VLAN-Based Spanning Tree (VBST) protocol. Note:Only those switches with USB ports can USB-based deployment.
iStack
⚫ CloudEngine S5735-L-V2 supports intelligent stack (iStack). This technology combines multiple switches into a 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 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 one logical device. You can log in to any member switch in the stack to manage all the member switches in the stack. CloudEngine S5735-L-V2 support stacking through electrical ports.
⚫Some CloudEngine S5735-L-V2 supports two 12GE dedicated stack ports, which release uplink ports and do not need to be configured.
PoE Function
⚫ Perpetual PoE: When a PoE switch is abnormal Power-off or the software version is upgraded, the power supply to PDs
is not interrupted. This capability ensures that PDs are not powered off during the switch reboot.
⚫ Fast PoE: PoE switches can supply power to PDs within seconds after they are powered on. This is different from common switches that generally take 1 to 3 minutes to start to supply power to PDs. When a PoE switch reboots due to a power failure, the PoE switch continues to supply power to the PDs immediately after being powered on without waiting until it finishes reboot. This greatly shortens the power failure time of PDs. Network Slicing Functions
⚫ CloudEngine S5735-L-V2 provides a range of VLAN slicing functions to meet
diversified SLA requirements of different services and customers. Service isolation and bandwidth guarantee are implemented based on QoS. Slices can be completely isolated from each other without affecting each other. Traffic is isolated at the physical layer, and network slicing is performed for services on the same physical network. The Network Slicing technology can be used at the access, aggregation, and core layers to meet differentiated SLA requirements of new services on campus networks.
Intelligent O&M
⚫CloudEngine S5735-L-V2 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.
Intelligent Upgrade
⚫ CloudEngine S5735-L-V2 supports the intelligent upgrade feature. Specifically, CloudEngine S5735-L-V2 obtains the version upgrade path and downloads the newest version for upgrade from the Huawei Online Upgrade Platform (HOUP). The entire upgrade process is highly automated and achieves one-click upgrade. In addition, preloading the version is supported, which greatly shortens the upgrade time and service interruption time.
⚫ The intelligent upgrade feature greatly simplifies device upgrade operations and makes it possible for the customer to upgrade the version independently. This greatly reduces the customer's maintenance costs. In addition, the upgrade policies on the HOUP platform standardize the upgrade operations, which greatly reduces the risk of upgrade
failures.
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).
OPS
⚫ CloudEngine S5735-L-V2 supports Open Programmability System (OPS), an open programmable system based on the Python language. IT administrators can program the O&M functions of a CloudEngine S5735-L-V2 switch through Python scripts to quickly innovate functions and implement intelligent O&M.