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10G Campus Switch Overview Cisco 9500 vs Huawei S6730

Updated Jun 19,2020

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Summary: List the 1U 10G based fixed campus switch by main stream vendor Cisco and Huawei.

Cisco 9500 maps to Huawei S6730 (Cisco 9500 vs Huawei S6730)

Huawei 10G

CloudEngine S6730

Product Model	CloudEngine S6730-H48X6C	CloudEngine S6730-H24X6C
Forwarding Performance	480 Mpps	420 Mpps
Switching Capacity	2.4 Tbit/s	2.4 Tbit/s
Fixed Ports	48 × 10 Gig SFP+, 6 × 100 Gig QSFP28	24 × 10 Gig SFP+, 6 × 100 Gig QSFP28
Wireless Services	Management of up to 1024 APs AP access control, AP domain management, and AP configuration template management Radio channel management, unified static configuration, and dynamic centralized management WLAN basic services, QoS, security, and user management CAPWAP, tag/terminal location, and spectrum analysis
iPCA	Collection of real-time statistics on the number of lost packets and packet loss ratio at network and device levels
Super Virtual Fabric (SVF)	Functions as the parent node to virtualize downstream switches and APs vertically as one device for simpler management Supports a two-layer client architecture Supports third-party devices between SVF parent and clients
VXLAN	VXLAN L2 and L3 gateways Centralized and distributed gateways BGP-EVPN Configured through the NETCONF protocol
Interoperability	VBST (compatible with PVST, PVST+, and RPVST) LNP (similar to DTP) VCMP (similar to VTP)

Product Model	CloudEngine S6730-S24X6Q
Forwarding Performance	300 Mpps
Switching Capacity	2.4 Tbit/s
Fixed Ports	24 × 10 Gig SFP+ ports, 6 × 40 Gig QSFP ports
VXLAN	VXLAN L2 and L3 gateways Centralized and distributed gateways BGP-EVPN Configured through the NETCONF protocol
Super Virtual Fabric (SVF)	Functions as the parent node to virtualize downstream switches and APs vertically as one device for simpler management Supports a two-layer client architecture Supports third-party devices between SVF parent and clients
iPCA	Collection of real-time statistics on the number of lost packets and packet loss ratio at network and device level
Security	Encrypted communication analytics (ECA) Threat trap technology Network-wide security collaboration
Interoperability	VBST (compatible with PVST, PVST+, and RPVST) LNP (similar to DTP) VCMP (similar to VTP)

Model	Description	1G port density	10G port density	25G port density	40G port density	100G Port density	10G port density with breakout cable	25G port density with breakout cable

C9500-48Y4C	Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series high-performance 48-port 1/10/25G Gigabit Ethernet switch with SFP28	48 (96)	48 (96)	48 (96)	4 (8)	4 (8)	–	–
C9500-24Y4C	Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series high-performance 24-port 1/10/25G Gigabit Ethernet switch with SFP28	24 (48)	24 (48)	24 (48)	4 (8)	4 (8)	–

C9500-40X	Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series 40-port 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch with SFP/SFP+	48 (96)	48 (96)	–	2 (4)	-	8	–
C9500-16X	Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series 16-port 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet switch with SFP/SFP+	24 (48)	24 (48)	–	2 (4)	-	8	–