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Huawei Ethernet Switches

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What is Huawei Ethernet Switches?

Global company Huawei IT, headquartered in Guangdong, China, offers Ethernet switches.

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Amazing ethernet switches

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Supervisor in Information Technology (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Huawei Ethernet Switches in a large part of our MPLS network. They are very reliable equipment and work very well both as P and PE within our service infrastructure. These switches have very straightforward and intuitive configurations and are easy to adapt to professionals of the most varied technical levels.

Pros

  • VLAN encapsulation
  • MPLS label switching
  • L3VPN services
  • QinQ

Cons

  • Interoperation with other vendors

Return on Investment

  • Low investment to acquire compared to other vendors

Usability

Other Software Used

Nokia 7250 IXR, Nokia 7750 Service Router (SR), Juniper ACX Series Routers

How you can use Huawei Ethernet Switches in your network environment.

Incentivized
Gilson Jose do Nascimento
Network Engineer in Engineering at ALOO TELECOM (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • Scalability
  • High throughput links
  • Redundancy of links with resilient protocols
  • Fast switching in the event of a redundant link failure.

Cons

  • MPLS
  • Traffic engineering
  • Transport of multi services in the same infrastructure.

Most Important Features

  • Interface de 100G
  • Protocolos que garantem a implementação de links redundantes.
  • Suporte ao MPLS
  • Engenharia de Tráfego

Return on Investment

  • Revenue Increase
  • Greater satisfaction for our customers.
  • Greater compliance with SLAs

Alternatives Considered

Nokia 7250 IXR, Juniper MX Series, Nokia 7750 Service Router (SR) and Extreme Ethernet Switches

Other Software Used

Nokia 7250 IXR, Huawei AR Series Routers, Nokia 7750 Service Router (SR)

High performance, no downsides

Incentivized
Dylan EikelenboomView profile
Security Officer in Information Technology at IXON Cloud (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • There is little to no bandwith loss
  • Power-over-ethernet is a welcome feature
  • VLANs can be configures easily

Cons

  • One of our switches encounted a hardware defect after 6 months of use (but was replaced within warranty)
  • The switches appear to get hotter than what I would expect under normal use

Most Important Features

  • PoE
  • VLANs
  • Bandwith maintenance

Return on Investment

  • One solution means our network managers do not need extensive knowledge and can easily update the network
  • They are cheaper than most alternatives
  • PoE means we can power devices even in location where a power outlet is not available

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Catalyst 1000 Series Switches

Other Software Used

GitLab, Icinga, Nmap

Huawei Switch, good for standard use and low impact

Incentivized
Amilcar Jose Salazar SiryView profile
Lider de proyectos in Information Technology at CANTV (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • Good technical support
  • Its configuration is very similar to the Cisco switches

Cons

  • The cost of the hardware is acceptable but the licenses of use are expensive and in the end its price equals or exceeds the switch of other brands.
  • There are functionalities that should be available in the standard version and when they are trying to enable, Huawei support indicates that they have an additional cost which causes inconvenience and difficulties at the time of implementation
  • the performance of the equipment is inferior to those of other brands although it is decent.

Return on Investment

  • For basic and standard functionalities is a viable and relatively cheap option.
  • It is not advisable to use it in high-profile projects, it is preferable to use Cisco switches.

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Catalyst 2960-L Smart Managed, Cisco Catalyst 2960-L Series Switches and Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches

Other Software Used

Cisco ASA, Skype, Alcatel-Lucent Ethernet Switches