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ECS5520-18X/ECS5520-18T
L2+/Lite L3 10G Ethernet Aggregation Switch with 2 40G Uplinks
Product Overview
The ECS5520 series consists of two switches with sixteen 10GbE SFP+ ports or 10GBASE-T ports and two 40GbE uplink ports. The
switches are designed for carrier/enterprise aggregation or small data center top-of-rack. The ECS5520 series is an ideal solution
for traditional three-tier aggregation or core topologies and folded-Clos architectures, serving with a 2:1 oversubscription. The
ECS5520 switches are packed with features that bring high availability, comprehensive security, robust multicast control, and
advance QoS to network aggregation, while maintaining simple management. The switch also supports the most advance IPv6
management, IPv6 security, and IPv6 multicast control in accordance with the growth of IPv6 deployment. ISPs can expand their
services from home to business users by providing a more reliable and resilient network (ITU-T G.8032 ERPS), L2 VPNs, and
advanced OAM (Operations, Administration, and Maintenance) functions to ensure service-level agreements.
Key Features and Benefits
Performance and Scalability
The Edgecore ECS5520-18X/ECS5520-18T is a
high-performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet Layer 2+/Lite L3
managed switch with 480 Gbps switching capacity. The switch
delivers wire-speed switching performance on all 10GbE ports,
taking full advantage of aggregating high-performance Gigabit
access switches with 10G uplinks, or TOR switches with links to
10G rack servers etc, significantly improving the
responsiveness of applications as well as file and multimedia
transfer times.
The two built-in 40G QSFP+ ports provide uplink flexibility,
allowing the insertion of fiber 40G transceivers to create 40Gbps
high-speed uplinks to service provider core or spine switches,
or corporate or campus networks, reducing bottlenecks and
increasing the performance of the access network. With
40G-to-10G SFP+ breakout cables, users can increase the
number of 10G SFP+ ports to 24.
The ECS5520-18X/ECS5520-18T provides dual hot swappable,
load sharing power supplies to ensure the reliability of the
switch. The airflow is from front to back and there is a
temperature sensor for fan speed control.
Continuous Availability
The IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol provides a
loop-free network and redundant links to the core network with
rapid convergence, to ensure faster recovery from failed links,
enhancing overall network stability and reliability.
The IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol runs STP per
VLAN base, providing Layer 2 load sharing on redundant links
up to 64 instances.
The ECS5520-18X/ECS5520-18T supports IEEE 802.3ad Link
Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP). It increases bandwidth by
automatically aggregating several physical links together as a
logical trunk and offers load balancing and fault tolerance for
uplink connections.
The ECS5520-18X/ECS5520-18T supports G.8032 Ethernet
Ring Protection Switching with the ability for the network to
detect and recover from incidents without impacting users,
meeting the most demanding quality and availability
requirements. Rapid recovery time when problems do occur is
as low as 50ms
L2+/Lite L3 Gigabit Ethernet Switch
For a world always connected…
Enhanced Security
Port security limits the total number of devices from using a
switch port and protects against MAC flooding attacks.
IEEE 802.1X port-based or MAC-based access control
ensures all users are authorized before being granted access
to the network. When a user is authenticated to the VLAN, QoS
and security policy are automatically applied the port where
the user is connected, otherwise the port is grouped in a guest
VLAN with limited access.
DHCP snooping allows a switch to protect a network from
rogue DHCP servers that offer invalid IP addresses.
IP Source Guard prevents users from using IP addresses that
were not assigned to them.
Access Control Lists (ACLs) can be used to restrict access to
sensitive network resources by denying packets based on
source and destination MAC addresses, IP addresses, or
TCP/UDP ports. ACLs are hardware supported, so switching
performance is not compromised.
Private VLANs (traffic segmentation per port) isolate edge
ports to ensure user privacy.
DAI (Dynamic ARP Inspection) is a security feature that
validates Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) packets in a
network. DAI allows a network administrator to intercept, log,
and discard ARP packets with invalid MAC-to-IP address
bindings.
Secure Shell (SSH) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL/HTTPS)
encrypt Telnet and web access to the switch, providing secure
network management.
The ECS5520-18X/ECS5520-18T also supports both RADIUS
and TACACS+ authentication methods to secure your network.
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