H3C S6860 Series

Data Center Switches

Release Date: March, 2021

New H3C Technologies Co., Limited

H3C S6860 Series Data Center Switches

H3C S6860 Series Data Center Switches

Product overview
S6860 series switch is H3C self-developed intelligent data centers switch with abundant data
center features and IPv6 forwarding capability. The series provides flexible combination of 10GE,
40GE and 100GE ports with high port-density. With its modular dual power supply and fan trays
design, S6860 provides a high redundant framework.
The switch is suitable for high-density 10GE switching or 40GE/100GE aggregation at data centers
and cloud computing networks. It can also operate as a TOR access switch in an overlay or
converged network.
The S6860 switch series includes the following models:
 S6860-30HF—Provides 24 × 1/10G SFP Plus ports, 6 × QSFP+ ports or 2 × QSFP28 ports (each QSFP+
port can be split into 4 × 10GE ports), 2 × power module slots, 4 × fan tray slots, 2 × out-of-band
management ports, 1 × mini USB port and 1 × USB port.
 S6860-54HF—Provides 48 × 10G SFP+ Plus ports, 6 × QSFP+ ports or 2 × QSFP28 ports (each QSFP+
port can be split into 4 × 10GE ports), 2 × power module slots, 4 × fan tray slots, 2 × out-of-band
management ports, 1 × mini USB port and 1 × USB port.
 S6860-54HT—Provides 48 × 10G Base-T ports, 6 × QSFP+ ports or 2 × QSFP28 ports (each QSFP+ port
can be split into 4 × 10GE ports), 2 × power module slots, 5 × fan tray slots, 2 × out-of-band
management ports, 1 × mini USB port and 1 × USB port.

S6860-30HF front panel S6860-30HF rear panel

S6860-54HF front panel S6860-54HF rear panel

S6860-54HT front panel S6860-54HT rear panel

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Features and Benefits

Intelligent Resilient Framework 2 (IRF2)
H3C S6800 switch series is pre-built with Intelligent Resilient Framework 2 (IRF2). IRF2 provides the following

benefits:

 High scalability: With IRF2, plug-n-play device aggregation can be achieved by adding one or more
switches into the IRF2 stack and enabling IRF2 stacking on the new device. New devices can be
managed with a single IP, and upgraded at the same time to reduce network expansion cost.
 High reliability: The IRF2 patented 1:N backup technology allows each slave device in the IRF2 stack to
serve as the backup of the master, creating control and data link redundancy, as well as uninterrupted
layer-3 forwarding. This improves the reliability, avoids unplanned business downtime and serves to
improve overall performance. When the master device fails, traffic remains uninterrupted.
 Load balancing: IRF2 supports cross-device link aggregation, upstream and downstream can be
connected to more than one physical link, which creates another layer of network redundancy and
boosts the network resource utilization.
 Availability: H3C Implements IRF2 through standard Forty Gigabit Ethernet (40GE) or Ten Gigabit
Ethernet (10GE) ports which allocates bandwidth for business and application access and reasonably
splits local traffic and upstream traffic. IRF2 rules can not only be obeyed within and across the rack,
but also across the LAN.

Abundant Data Center Features

The switch supports abundant data center features, including:

 EVB—The switch realizes the traffic forwarding between virtual machines (VM) and solves the
connection and management boundary between the VM and the network via Virtual Ethernet Port
Aggregator (VEPA) mode.
 TRILL—Helps set up a large, resilient, high-performance Layer 2 network with support for long-distance
VM mobility and data mobility.
 VXLAN—The switch can operate as a high-performance VXLAN hardware gateway to support
multitenant data center services. In conjunction with the H3C cloud management platform, the switch
can be used to set up an agile, resilient, highly available high-performance Layer 2 network, with
support for long-distance virtual machine mobility, data mobility, and business continuity.
 FCoE—Allows transmission of FC packets over Ethernet so that FC SAN services and LAN services can
run over the same network infrastructure.
 PFC, ETS, and DCBX—Helps provide FC storage and high-performance computing services with low-
latency and no data loss.

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Flexible choice of airflow

 To cope with data center cooling aisle design, the H3C S6800 switch series comes with flexible airflow
design, which features bi-cooling aisles in the front and back. Users may also choose the direction of
airflow (from front to back or vice versa) by selecting a different fan tray.

Abundant QoS
The switch provides abundant QoS features, including:

 Packet filtering based on packet header fields from Layer 2 through Layer 4.
 Traffic classification by source MAC, destination MAC, source IP, destination IP, TCP/UDP port number,
protocol type, and VLAN.

High Availability
 The switch uses removable power modules and allows you to select AC or DC power modules as
required. The power modules available for the switch have a self-protection mechanism to prevent
overcurrent, overvoltage, and over temperature conditions. The switch can detect faults in power
modules and fan trays and will generate an alarm when a fault occurs.
 The switch supports diverse link redundancy technologies such as H3C proprietary RRPP, VRRPE, and
Smart Link. These technologies ensure quick network convergence even when large amount of traffic of
multiple services runs on the network.

Outstanding Management Capacity

The switch improves system management through the following ways:
 Provides multiple management interfaces, including the console port, mini USB port, USB port, and two
out-of-band management ports.
 Supports configuration and management from CLI or a mainstream network management platform and
H3C IMC Intelligent Management Center.
 Supports multiple access methods, including SNMPv1/v2c/v3, Telnet, SSH 2.0, SSL, and FTP.
 Supports standard NETCONF APIs that allow users to configure and manage the switch, enhancing the
compatibility with third-party applications.
 Provides a variety of traffic monitoring and analytic tools, including sFlow, NetStream,
SPAN/RSPAN/ERSPAN mirroring, and port mirroring to help customers perform precise traffic analysis
and gain visibility into network application traffic. With these tools, customers can collect network
traffic data to evaluate network health status, create traffic analysis reports, perform traffic engineering,
and optimize resource allocation.

Comprehensive Security Control Policies

 The switch supports AAA authentications (including RADIUS authentication) and dynamic or static
binding of user identification elements such as user account, IP address, MAC address, VLAN ID, and
port number. Using the switch in conjunction with H3C IMC, you can manage and monitor online users
in real time and take prompt action on illegitimate behaviors.
 The switch offers a large number of inbound and outbound ACLs and VLAN-based ACL assignment.
This simplifies user configuration while saving ACL resources.

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Hardware Specification
Item S6860-30HF S6860-54HF S6860-54HT

Dimensions 44 × 440 × 400 mm 44 × 440 × 400 mm 44 × 440 × 460 mm

(H × W × D) (1.73 × 17.32 × 15.75 in) (1.73 × 17.32 × 15.75 in) (1.73 × 17.32 × 18.11 in)

Weight ≤ 10 kg (22.05 lb)

Console port 1

Out-of-band
management One GE copper port and one GE fiber port
port

Mini USB port 1

SFP Plus port 24 48 N/A

10GBase-T port N/A N/A 48

QSFP+ port Max. 6

QSFP28 port Max. 2

AC-input voltage 90 VAC to 290 VAC

DC-input voltage –36 VDC to –72 VDC

Power module 2

Fan tray 4 5

Air flow direction From front to rear or from rear to front

Operating
0°C to 45°C (32°F to 113°F)
temperature

Operating
10% to 90%, noncondensing
humidity

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Software Specification
Item S6860-30HF S6860-54HF S6860-54HT

Switching capacity 960Gbps 1.44 Tbps 1.44 Tbps

Line-rate
switching
Forwarding capacity 720Mpps 720 Mpps 720 Mpps

Forwarding mode Store-forward and cut-through modes

IRF2

Distributed device management, distributed link aggregation, and distributed resilient

routing
Virtualization
Using standard Ethernet interfaces for IRF connection

Setting up an IRF fabric by using IRF member devices in the same site or geographically
dispersed

10GE/40GE port aggregation

Link aggregation Static aggregation, dynamic aggregation

Link cross board aggregation, cross device link aggregation M-LAG

VXLAN Layer 2 gateway, VXLAN Layer 3 gateway

EVPN distributed gateway

802.1Qbb PFC, 802.1Qaz ETS, ECN

QCN, ETS, DCBX

FCOE

MAC & ARP assignment on demand

EVB (VEB, VEPA, Muti-channel three modes)

Data center
TRILL/TRILL & IRF

SPB

Netconf, python

Service chain

OpenFlow

Telemetry

Multiple Openflow controller

Jumbo Frame Supported

Static MAC address

MAC address table
Blackhole MAC address

Port-based VLAN (quantity: 4094)

Super VLAN
VLAN
MAC VLAN

Basic QinQ, flexible QinQ

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Item S6860-30HF S6860-54HF S6860-54HT

Traffic monitoring sFlow

DHCP server/client

DHCP DHCP snooping/DHCP relay

DHCP snooping support for Option 82/DHCP relay agent support for Option 82

Gratuitous ARP

Dynamic ARP inspection

ARP ARP anti-attack

ARP source-suppression

ARP detection

Stating routing, RIPv1/v2, OSPFv1/v2/v3, BGP, IS-IS

IP routing ECMP, VRRP, policy-based routing

BGP4+ for IPv6, VRRP, IPv6 policy-based routing

IPv6 ND

IPv6 PMTU
IPV6
ICMPv6, Telnetv6, SFTPv6, SNMPv6, BFDv6, VRRPv3

IPv6 portal/IPv6 tunnel

IGMP snooping v2/v3

IGMPv1/v2/v3

PIM-DM/SM

Multicast IPv6 PIM-DM/SM/SSM

BIDIR-PIM, MSDP

MLD snooping

Multicast policy

Zero-configuration Auto-config and config rollback

MCE
MPLS
MPLS VPN, VPLS

STP/RSTP/MSTP

PVST+/RPVST+
MSTP
STP root guard

BPDU guard

RPR RRPP, Smart Link

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Item S6860-30HF S6860-54HF S6860-54HT

Inbound and outbound traffic rate limit

CAR

Eight output queues on each port

Flexible port-and queue-based queuing and scheduling algorithms

SP, WRR, WFQ, SP+WRR, and SP+WFQ queuing

QoS/ACL 802.1p and DSCP priority marking

Packet filtering at Layer 2 to Layer 4

Traffic classification based on source MAC address, destination MAC address, source IPv4/IPv6
address, destination IPv4/IPv6 address, port number, protocol type, and VLAN

Time range

WRED

Traffic mirroring

Mirroring N:4 port mirroring

Local port mirroring, remote port mirroring

Hierarchical user management and password protection

AAA (RADIUS/HWTACACS)

SSH 2.0

Security IP address, MAC address, and port number binding

IP source guard

HTTPS/SSL

PKI

Loading/upgrading through the XMODEM protocol

Loading and upgrading
Loading/upgrading through FTP and TFTP

Configuration at the CLI

Telnet configuration

Configuration through the console port

RMON, Event log

SNMPv1/v2c/v3

IMC

NETCONF configuration

Management and System logs

maintenance Hierarchical alarms

NTP, SNTP

Power module status alarming

Fan tray status alarming

Temperature alarming

Debugging information output

Ping and tracert

File uploading and downloading through the USB port

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Item S6860-30HF S6860-54HF S6860-54HT

FCC Part15 SubpartB CLASS A

ICES-003 CLASS A

VCCI CLASS A

CISPR 32 CLASS A

EN 55032 CLASS A

AS/NZS CISPR32 CLASS A

EMC CISPR 24

EN 55024

EN 61000-3-2

EN 61000-3-3

ETSI EN 300 386

GB/T 9254

YD/T993

UL 60950-1

CAN/CSA C22.2 No 60950-1

IEC 60950-1

Safety EN 60950-1

AS/NZS 60950-1

FDA 21 CFR Subchapter J

GB 4943.1

Order information
PID Description
LS-6860-30HF H3C S6860-30HF L3 Ethernet Switch with 24 SFP Plus Ports and 6 QSFP Plus or 2
QSFP28 Ports
LS-6860-54HF H3C S6860-54HF L3 Ethernet Switch with 48 SFP Plus Ports and 6 QSFP Plus or 2
QSFP28 Ports
LS-6860-54HT H3C S6860-54HT L3 Ethernet Switch with 48 10GBASE-T Ports and 6 QSFP Plus or
2 QSFP28 Ports
Power
PSR250-12A 250W AC Power Supply Module
PSR250-12A1 250W AC Power Supply Module
PSR450-12A1 450W AC Power Supply Module
PSR450-12A 450W AC Power Supply Module
PSR450-12AHD 450W AC Power Supply Module,Support 240V/336V HVDC Input
PSR450-12D 450W DC Power Supply Module

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PID Description
Fan
LSPM1FANSA Ethernet Switch Fan Module(Power to Port Airflow)
LSPM1FANSB Ethernet Switch Fan Module(Port to Power Airflow)
Transceiver
SFP-FE-SX-MM1310-A 100BASE-FX SFP Transceiver, Multi-Mode (1310nm, 2km, LC)
SFP-FE-LX-SM1310-A 100BASE-LX SFP Transceiver, Single Mode (1310nm, 15km, LC)
SFP-FE-LH40-SM1310 100BASE-LH40 SFP Transceiver, Single Mode (1310nm, 40km, LC)
SFP-GE-T 1000BASE-T SFP
SFP-GE-SX-MM850-A 1000BASE-SX SFP Transceiver, Multi-Mode (850nm, 550m, LC)
SFP-GE-LX-SM1310-A 1000BASE-LX SFP Transceiver, Single Mode (1310nm, 10km, LC)
SFP-GE-LH40-SM1310 1000BASE-LH40 SFP Transceiver, Single Mode (1310nm, 40km, LC)
SFP-GE-LH40-SM1550 1000BASE-LH40 SFP Transceiver, Single Mode (1550nm, 40km, LC)
SFP-GE-LH80-SM1550 1000BASE-LH80 SFP Transceiver, Single Mode (1550nm, 80km, LC)
SFP-XG-SX-MM850-A SFP+ Module(850nm,300m,LC)
SFP-XG-LX-SM1310 SFP+ Module(1310nm,10km,LC)
QSFP-40G-LR4-WDM1300 40GBASE-LR4 QSFP+ Optical Transceiver Module
QSFP+ 40GBASE Optical Transceiver Module (850nm,300m,CSR4,Support
QSFP-40G-CSR4-MM850
40G to 4*10G)
QSFP+ 40GBASE Optical Transceiver Module (850nm,100m,SR4,Support
QSFP-40G-SR4-MM850
40G to 4*10G)
QSFP-40G-BIDI-SR-MM850 QSFP+ 40GBASE BIDI Optical Transceiver Module (850nm,100m,SR)
QSFP-40G-LR4L-WDM1300 QSFP+ 40GBASE Optical Transceiver Module (1310nm,2km,LR4L,LC)
QSFP+ 40GBASE Optical Transceiver Module
QSFP-40G-LR4-PSM1310
(1310nm,10km,MPO/APC,LR4,Parallel Single Mode)
QSFP-100G-SR4-MM850 100G QSFP28 Optical Transceiver Module (850nm,100m OM4,SR4,MPO)
QSFP-100G-PSM4-SM1310 100G QSFP28 Optical Transceiver Module (1310nm,500m,PSM4,MPO/APC)
QSFP-100G-LR4L-WDM1300 100G QSFP28 Optical Transceiver Module (1310nm,2km,LR4L,CWDM4,LC)
QSFP-100G-LR4-WDM1300 100G QSFP28 Optical Transceiver Module(1310nm,10km,LR4,WDM,LC)
Cable
LSWM1STK SFP+ Cable 0.65m
LSWM2STK SFP+ Cable 1.2m
LSWM3STK SFP+ Cable 3m
LSTM1STK SFP+ Cable 5m
LSWM1QSTK0 40G QSFP+ Cable 1m
LSWM1QSTK1 40G QSFP+ Cable 3m
LSWM1QSTK2 40G QSFP+ Cable 5m
LSWM1QSTK3 40G QSFP+ to 4x10G SFP+ Cable 1m
LSWM1QSTK4 40G QSFP+ to 4x10G SFP+ Cable 3m
LSWM1QSTK5 40G QSFP+ to 4x10G SFP+ Cable 5m
QSFP-100G-D-CAB-1M 100G QSFP28 to 100G QSFP28 1m Passive Cable
QSFP-100G-D-CAB-3M 100G QSFP28 to 100G QSFP28 3m Passive Cable
QSFP-100G-D-CAB-5M 100G QSFP28 to 100G QSFP28 5m Passive Cable
License
LIS-S6800-DC H3C S6800 Data Center License
FCoE, FC, SPB, Trill, EVB require a software license. Only one license is
required even if multiple features are installed on the switch.

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