Naming Conventions

A

Product type (1 character)

The value is fixed at S, indicating that the device is an S series switch.

B

Role on the network (1 character)

• 6: aggregation switch
• 5: access switch

C

Market positioning (1 character)

7: switch for enterprise networks

D

Product sub-series (2 characters)

The left character indicates the generation, for example, S5720 and S5730. The right character is reserved.

E

F

Level type (1 character)

• H: high-level
• S: standard
• L: lightweight

G

Number of downlink ports (1 or 2 characters)

H

Downlink port type (1 or 3 characters)

• T: GE electrical port
• P: GE electrical port, supporting PoE+ or PoE++
• LP: GE electrical port, supporting PoE+, low PoE power
• FT: FE electrical port and GE electrical port
• ST: GE optical port and GE electrical port
• U: GE electrical port, supporting PoE++
• N: 2.5GE electrical port
• UN: 2.5GE electrical port, supporting PoE++
• UM: 10GE MultiGE electrical port, supporting PoE++
• XUM: 10GE MultiGE electrical port supporting PoE++ or 10GE optical port
• X: 10GE optical port
• S: GE optical port
• Y: 25GE optical port
• HB: GE or 10GE hybrid optical-electrical port

I

Number of uplink ports (1 character)

J

Uplink port type (1 character)

• S: GE optical port
• ST: GE optical port and GE electrical port
• X: 10GE optical port
• C: 100GE optical port
• Q: 40GE optical port
• Y: 25GE optical port
• H: GE hybrid optical-electrical port
• HT: GE hybrid optical-electrical port and GE electrical port

K

Function type (0 or 1 character)

• Empty: The switch does not support pluggable cards.
• C or Z: The switch supports pluggable cards.
• W: The switch can be installed on a wall in a duct.
• E: The switch supports independent stack ports
• N: The switch can be installed on a DIN rail.

L

Special function type (0 or 1 characters)

• Empty: By default, this field is left empty.
• I: The switch supports a wide temperature range.
• M: The switch supports monitoring functions.
• B: The switch adopts the back-to-front airflow design.
• Q: The switch uses natural heat dissipation.
• RU: The device is a remote unit.
• T: The switch supports HTM

M

Power module type (0 to 2 characters)

• Empty: The switch uses pluggable power modules.
• A or A1:
  • The switch is sold with AC power module.
  • The switch uses built-in AC power module.
  • The switch uses power adapter.
• D or D1:
  • The switch is sold with DC power module.
  • The switch uses built-in DC power module.

N

Version type (0 to 2 characters)

• Empty: By default, this field is left empty.
• V2: If the same series of models use different software platforms, this field is used to differentiate them. For example, the S5732-H and S5732-H-V2 use different software platforms.
• TV2: The TV2 models use the same software platform as the V2 models and support the HTM function.

A

Switch

B

• 6: 10GE downlink ports
• 5: GE downlink ports
• 3: Layer 3 switch with 100M downlink ports
• 2: Layer 2 switch with 100M downlink ports

C

7: switch for enterprise networks

D

Product sub-series (such as 00 or 10)

E

• S: channel distribution model

• SV2: enhanced channel distribution model

• I: model supporting a wide temperature range

F

Maximum number of ports

G

Uplink port type:

• C: The product supports pluggable cards and its uplink ports are provided by a pluggable card or are fixed 10GE ports.

• PC: The product supports pluggable cards and its uplink ports are provided by a pluggable card or are fixed GE ports.

• X: The product has fixed 10GE uplink ports.

• TP: The uplink ports of the product include combo ports consisting of electrical and optical ports.

• P: The uplink ports of the product are fixed GE optical ports.

H

• PWR: The product supports Power over Ethernet (PoE).

• PWH: The product supports PoE++.

I

Level type:

• LI: lightweight edition

• SI: standard edition

• EI: enhanced edition

• HI: high-end edition, which supports high-performance operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM) and built-in real-time clock (RTC)

J

K