Key Features and Highlights
High Performance and scalability
With high switching capacity, CS6580-HI supports wire-speed L2/L3 forwarding and high routing performance for IPv4 and IPv6 protocols. The 25G/10G Ethernet connectivity of CS6580-HI is accomplished via a hot-pluggable 25G/10G SFP28/SFP+ transceiver which supports distance up to 300 meters over multi-mode fiber and 10 to 40km over single-mode fiber (The distance depends the optical module chosen).
High Reliability
CS6580-HI series support modular 1+1 redundant power supplies and 5+1 redundant fans. Business won’t be interrupted in case replacing power supplies and fans. System supports dual images. Even though the primary image was destroyed, system will still boot via backup image normally.
VSF (Virtual Switch Framework)
As new generation data center switch, CS6580-HI support VSF which not only guarantees the flexibility, but also enhanced the scalability of datacenter network.
Flex Resource
Flex Resource is able to allocate, recover and reallocate hardware resource dynamically according to demand. It can increase the utilization of the hardware resource.
Rich L3 Features
CS6580-HI delivers high-performance, hardware-based IP routing. RIP, OSPF and BGP provide dynamic routing by exchanging routing information with other Layer 3 switches and routers. With CS6580-HI, customers could easily achieve Policy based Route (PBR), which is important when they need multi exit application.
MPLS/VPLS
CS6580-HI supports MPLS L3 VPN/MPLS L2 VPN(VPLS) and helps customer to construct more secure/extendable network. With max.255 VRF instances, CS6580-HI series could be deployed as P & PE devices, guarantees the variety of services.
Abundant IPv6 Support
CS6580-HI supports IPv6 switching and routing based on hardware for maximum performance. With increased network devices growing and the need for larger addressing and higher security becomes critical, CS6580-HI will be a right product to meet the requirement. CS6580-HI passed IPv6 form Phase II certification, which is the best proof of the application.
Strong Multicast
CS6580-HI supports abundant multicast features such as IGMPv1/v2/v3 snooping and fast leave and IGMPv1/v2/v3, PIM-DM, PIM-SM, PIM-SSM and even MSDP. With Multicast VLAN Register (MVR), multicast receiver/sender control and illegal multicast source detection functions, CS6580-HI provides great application experience for customer.
