H3C S12500G-AF Core Data Center Switch

H3C S12500G-AF Core Data Center Switch

Brand: H3C | Category: Network Switches

SKU: LS-12500G-AF | Part #: LS-12500G-AF | MPN: LS-12500G-AF

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About the H3C S12500G-AF Core Data Center Switch

The H3C S12500G-AF is a modular, high-density core switch designed for data center spine deployments requiring substantial throughput and port concentration. The system supports flexible line card configurations enabling organizations to scale port capacity from 10GbE to 400GbE interfaces while maintaining consistent latency and forwarding performance across fabric architectures.

Built on a non-blocking switching fabric architecture, the S12500G-AF delivers wire-rate performance across all port densities and supports advanced Layer 2/3 routing protocols, MPLS, and segment routing for modern underlay and overlay network topologies. The modular chassis design accommodates redundant supervisor modules, power supplies, and cooling systems to meet carrier-grade availability requirements in mission-critical data centers.

Ideal for

  • Spine layer aggregation in large-scale Clos/leaf-spine fabric architectures
  • High-throughput core switching for multi-tenant cloud data center environments
  • Long-haul inter-datacenter backbone connectivity with 400GbE uplink consolidation
  • Financial services network hubs requiring microsecond-level latency and deterministic performance
  • Content delivery network (CDN) distribution hub with massive east-west traffic concentration
  • Containerized and virtualized workload aggregation in hyper-scale compute clusters

Technical specifications

ManufacturerH3C
ModelS12500G-AF
Part NumberLS-12500G-AF
Form FactorModular chassis
Switching Fabric Capacity51.2 Tbps
Maximum Throughput51.2 Tbps non-blocking
Supervisor Modules2 (redundant)
Line Card Slots16
Supported Port Types10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 100GbE, 400GbE
Maximum Port DensityUp to 768 ports (configuration dependent)
Forwarding RateLevel 2/3 wire-rate at all port densities
LatencyMicrosecond-class latency
Routing ProtocolsBGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, Segment Routing
VLAN Support4094 VLANs
ACL EntriesScalable hardware-based filtering
Power ModulesRedundant hot-swappable power supplies
CoolingHot-swappable redundant fan modules
Management InterfaceOut-of-band Ethernet management, SNMP v3, SSH
Launch TimelineQ2 2024

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Technical Specifications

BrandH3C
CategoryNetwork Switches
SKULS-12500G-AF
Part NumberLS-12500G-AF
ConditionNew
ModelS12500G-AF
Form FactorModular chassis
Switching Fabric Capacity51.2 Tbps
Maximum Throughput51.2 Tbps non-blocking
Supervisor Modules2 (redundant)
Line Card Slots16
Supported Port Types10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 100GbE, 400GbE
Maximum Port DensityUp to 768 ports (configuration dependent)
Forwarding RateLevel 2/3 wire-rate at all port densities
LatencyMicrosecond-class latency
Routing ProtocolsBGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, Segment Routing
VLAN Support4094 VLANs
ACL EntriesScalable hardware-based filtering
Power ModulesRedundant hot-swappable power supplies
CoolingHot-swappable redundant fan modules
Management InterfaceOut-of-band Ethernet management, SNMP v3, SSH
Launch TimelineQ2 2024