Operation Manual – Product OverviewH3C S7500E Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 3 Product Overview3-1Chapter 3 Product Overview3.1 PrefaceH3C S7500E Series Ethernet Switches (hereinafter referred to as the S7500E series)are cost-effective Layer 3 switch with high capacity. It is designed to operate at the corelayer of small and medium-sized networks, convergence layer of large enterprisenetworks, and convergence layer and access layer of the metropolitan area networks(MANs).The S7500E switch has been optimized to meet users’ diversified demands fordevices used on these networks.3.2 Switch ModelsThe S7500E series Ethernet switches (also referred to as S7500E series switches)include five models, as described in Table 3-1.Table 3-1 S7500E series switch modelsModelType ofplugboard andslotNumber of slots SRPU slotS7502E Horizontal 4 2 half-sized slotsS7503E Horizontal 5 2S7506E Horizontal 8 2S7510E Horizontal 12 2S7506E-V Vertical 8 2For the S7500E series switches, SRPUs are the core in the control and managementplane and switching network. Four types of SRPUs are applicable to an S7500E switch.Table 3-2 describes the SRPUs.Table 3-2 SRPUs and matched chassisSRPUChassisLSQ1MPUA0LSQ1SRP2XB0(SalienceVI-10GE)LSQ1SRPB0(Salience VI)LSQ1SRP1CB0(SalienceVI-Turbo)S7502E Yes No No NoS7503E No Yes Yes YesS7506E No Yes Yes Yes
